Ya so apples and bleu cheese are so good together- in a salad? Heaven.

So guess who won’t be going to their 10 year reunion?

Did you guess me? You would be right.

First of all- I didn’t even graduate from that high school. Yes, technically I attended 3.75 years there, but I didn’t graduate.

Second? I don’t have many very good memories of it- I loved choir, I went there so I could be in the choir, and those memories were F***** over when my sister saw one of the girls I was in choir with making out with the MARRIED choir teacher who HAS KIDS OLDER THAN US in the parking lot of the store 8 years ago. Messed up.

Plus? Everyone I really cared about I’ve kept in touch with over the years.

Plus? I was glad when the school burned last year- it exorcised many yucky memories for me.
The weird thing is I didn’t have an unhappy high school existence- I got good grades, I had lots of friends. I wasn’t one of the “beautiful people” but I was well liked and everyone knew who I was. (small school, graduating class of 98 people total- 98 in 98, guess I messed that one up huh?)

But high school- while I enjoyed it for what it was- was in NO WAY the best part of my life! I wouldn’t go back to 18 for anything- yes, I wiegh15 lbs more than I did then, But I Feel GOOD about myself and who I am now. And I like that. I’m not the same person I was then, nor would I want to be. And the friends I kept in contact with? Love them as I do they are pretty much the same as they were then- which is fine for them, but I know they are uncomfortable with who I am now.

I am Ariel, twice divorced single mom. Mostly Buddhist, not even a little Mormon anymore- I have 2 bisexual sisters whom I am proud of and love very much and I think they should be able to marry anyone they want. I am pro choice, anti Bush and I believe in global warming. I live unashamedly with my boyfriend whom I will marry someday, when its right for us but we do not feel ashamed of our unmarried status.

So skinny mochas taste like sh**.
BUT. ITS FRIDAY!
And there was much rejoicing “yeah.”
I’m feeling very Monty Pythonish today. Crunchy frog anyone?

In other news Lindsey *coughTRAINWRECKcough* Lohan is going to play a Manson Family member in her next movie.
Right. Because she needs more help being scary psycho? And WHY are we making movies about such evil people and evil deeds? This makes no sense to me at all.
Even if Lindsey weren’t going to be in it, this is one movie I wouldn’t watch. Making movies about people who kill other people is just sick and wrong. They should be side notes in history- studied to help others from becoming that way, not glorified in movies.

A conversation

Brian: “I’ve been eaten by a nargle before, it wasn’t pleasant.”
Emma: “Well stay away from them!”

- none of us know what nargles are but Luna Lovegood worries about them and so do we.

PMS = Torture

Give me some chocolate cake and no one will have to die.

Because life is short!

I give you KILTS of all types.  ENJOY!

Total coolness is random number generators

http://www.mathgoodies.com/calculators/random_no_custom.html

I don’t know why, I just like.
Plus Random?=cool name. I know- total hitchhiker geek here, I love that name.
http://www.random.org/
Go. Amuse yourselves with the randomness of it all.

OPA!

Everybody! I have been informed that it is Greek Independence Day- and to celebrate, the downstairs neighbor Dan (who happens to BE Greek, and thus celebrating said holiday) brought up a bottle of “very old” Greek Brandy.
You are supposed to do this as a shot? But I can’t do shots, being of the gagging kind, so I am sipping my shot out of a wine glass.
It is very good.
I’ve only had just a tad, and I think we’ll run down to the pita pit for dinner, as a crunchy veggie filled pita sounds divine! When I return? A picture shall be posted of the brandy. That is right- I will find the camera and actually TAKE A PICTURE.
You are all stunned.

If you haven’t already

You really should see Enchanted. It was really really wonderful and so so funny.
My mom said “Its Ariel!” when she saw the heroine, Giselle.
When she told me that I said “Ya, 10 years and 2 rotten marriages ago.” And she acknowledged that this was true. I’m a still the same sweetheart on the inside but little harder on the outside.

I just enjoyed seeing the typical “Disney Princess Type” fleshed out and brought into real life. Amy Adams is too cute Plus? Patrick Dempsey AND James Marsden all rolled up? ( I have a crush on James Marsden)

I posted a couple of videos from youtube over on Gitu. Super funny stuff. Well, for me, anyway

moving up the food chain

So I just faxed the IRS my application for a PTIN- thats the number I use on tax returns to identify myself rather than my SSN.
I should have done it weeks ago when I started doing tax returns, but up until last week I still felt like everything should be double checked by someone else.
Don’t get me wrong- most things I still like someone to glance over, but for the basic ones- like w-2 and a schedule A? I’m totally comfortable. But not with the whole having to sign with my SSN righ there. The bad thing? It takes the IRS 6 weeks to get me the PTIN. So 6 more weeks of that business…