Rounding out July

Just thought I'd get one more post in before July ends, but I can't think of much to post. Sure plenty has gone on since the last one, but the question is: do I want to post about it or not? Obviously.

The coolest thing that's happened to me since the last post was that I was asked to be a mermaid at the Southern Pirate Festival in Georgia in October. I'm so excited that I catch myself flipping through a calendar at least once a day just to see the dates again. In the mostly-three months until then, I need to fix two holes in my tail's seams that came apart because of wonky sewing, I need to get a lovely wig because my hair will not be a sufficient mermaid length in time (stupid slow-growing hair) and I need to construct a new top that will fit my character. Honestly, "excited" doesn't really cover what I feel about this opportunity. A mermaid for reals (and not just randomly swimming in a tail in a spring/pool)? Yes, please!!!

Hmm...that's all for now. Fighting mind-wise over how I want the next part of my fanfiction to go, waiting for October and trying to avoid car-related deaths and tickets is all I'm doing outside of regular work right now. Oh. And watching Korean teen soap operas. "Boys Over Flowers" is awfully addicting in a weird way.

Here are some observations that I found randomly on a random website that I completely agree with:
How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear what they said?

I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

There’s no worse feeling than that millisecond you’re sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What’d you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?

I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it’s on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

It really annoys me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.