This weekend, I had the worst road trip experience I've ever had in my entire life. However, it was all for a good cause; one which was definitely worth it. ...just...don't ask me to do it again.
I travelled with a guy I've been friends with for years. We've fallen in and out of touch throughout those years, so it's not like we were "so close" or anything. I had no other options available to me but him pretty much. We shall call him Jack. (Apparently I like that name.)
Whilst on the 36-hour-driving-plus-however-many-hours-spent-on-breaks-and-sleeping road trip, I HAD to vent. So I deleted him from my Facebook friends and vented on Facebook. This is one of the notes I created and peoples' responses to it. I deleted it from there because I told "Jack" I'd accidentally deleted him instead of someone else and will be re-adding him as soon as my computer at home is set back up. If I'm going to do that, I had to get rid of all mean-ness. So I am moving it to my blog. Please. Do enjoy.
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Ok, so I decided to write about my adventures of annoyance this weekend just in case I was overexaggerating things. I'd like some feedback to see if I'm just too easily annoyed and need some help. If I am justified in my feelings, I of course would be pleased; but it is not necessary to say so if it is not true. Thank you for your assistance.
I'm am on an 18 hour road trip with a friend named Jack. A good guy, generally speaking, but one who, generally speaking, lacks good ideas for social interacting.
First of all, I like the occasional 80's song, okay? But consistently? Oy! Can't. STAND it! Yet he's stuck on it like it's all he's got left! "This was my favorite song in 1st grade!" he exclaims, turning it up even louder. I cringe, ready to plug in my earphones and block him out for the rest of the night. These are the only cd's he's got in his car, as he puts in one after the other filled with 80's pop, bobbing his head up and down to the various beats.
Okay, insert this real quick: "Alaina, look really close right there. You see that? Right there," pointing ahead.
"What?" I ask.
"Look right there as far ahead as you can!"
"What about it?"
"You see that?"
"See what?!"
"The back of your head! It's so flat you can see the back of your head, you see that? Haha! Get it? You can see so far ahead of you?"
Back to my story. I get several texts last night. Guess he gets annoyed that he's not my only center of attention.
"Who's that?"
"Kristi."
"What does Kristi have to say?"
Is it any of your business? "Um...she went to Lagoon today?
"Oh fun!"
Next text. "Who's that?"
Omg. "Colten."
"What'd he say?" And a Christmas song comes on that he turns up.
He decides to pay for a cheap motel; nice of him, to be sure! Asks what time we're leaving in the am. 6:30, I tell him, bc of what time we need to be there. He asks if I have an alarm and I told him I'd already set it. "Groovy," he says.
I go to bed, he goes to take a shower. When he gets out, I'm half asleep. He comes over to me, "You asleep?"
"Well, I kinda was."
"Sleeping baby," he says in a very baby-talk voice, rubs my shoulder and kisses my cheek. He goes back into the bathroom area and finishes getting ready for bed before he turns in.
4:00 am. "You awake?"
For REAL??! "Now I am."
"Is it time to go yet?"
"No...the alarm hasn't gone off."
"Oh, okay."
4:15 he laughs really loud. I open my eyes and see him sitting up in his bed facing me. CREEPY!! WHAT the hell!
4:30 I scratch my nose and he laughs again and sits back up. "You awake?"
I ignore him this time and go back to holding still. Next thing I know, he is literally right in my face, saying "hello?" or something. I don't know. I just turn my head away from him and get so pissed off I couldn't go back to sleep. On top of that, he starts trying to shake me awake. WHAT THE EFF??
Now he's asking me what I'm writing and he won't drop it. "Is that your journal? What you writin'? I'm interested now!"
Freak!
We stop at a gas station this morning for food. I get a muffin. In the car a piece of it falls in my lap. He sees it out of the corner of his eye and gasps loudly! Seriously? "Are you okay?" he asks very concernedly. No. No I'm not. That tiny piece of bread broke my femer bone and now I must be rushed to the hospital, dang it! Road trip prolonged.
Now he's talking politics and comparing Jesus to Obama and others who were for change. "Everyone who was for change has gotten assasinated. I think Barak Obama's next. Even Jesus Christ tried to change things up and He got killed."
He reads almost every sign aloud.
As we took off this morning he confirms that we had 11 hrs left. I said yes. "Soooo fuuuun! Definitely journal entry time!" [insert weird sound effect meant to demonstrate writing] "About 5 pages would be good."
What the crap are you going to write about? You've been the only one talking. We've listened to 1 genre of music. You say every piece of scenery looks like Texas. And you had insomnia! What could possibly be 5 pages worth?
Kay, I'm done venting for now. Let me know if I am just making a big deal out of nothing. I am honestly in no position to be able to tell. My vision is WAY too blurred by this irritation.
Hope everyone is having a better weekend than I am!
Oh and PS, he is no longer a FB friend, so there is no risk of him seeing this note...heh.
Kelly
Well the 80's music would have been enough for me!! Why didn't you change it!?
Jessica
i would have smacked him for messing with me while i was trying to sleep
Alisha
Yeah, um. I would have probably shot him by now. So if it is up to me, you're definitely justified in being annoyed. (Is this the same Jack who told me I was going to hell for playing bubble bobble? If so, you're a better woman than me)
Alaina
It's his car, so I didn't think I had the right to change the music.
And yeah. Verrry tempted toward physical violence ;)
Colten
Man. apart of me is WISHING I would've just stuck it to the man, and come along! Then again. . . I don't know if we would feed off each others PATIENCE. . . or rip that poor boy to shreds in HALF the time.
Hmm. . . Well! I'm excited to hear about the remaining 11 hours!!!
You'll have to keep us updated :D Sympathizing you. . .
Brionna
Wow...you are completely justified in being annoyed.
Tanya
OMG Alaina! HAHHAH!! Hollywood cannot write that kind of stuff!
Alaina
Ok everyone, I have an announcement to make. 1st of all, yes Alisha.
It is the same Jack. But mostly, my trip just got better - I gave him Tylenol PM in a Gatorade drink and took over the driver's seat.
Life just got a whole lot easier! LOL!!! I'd like to thank my cousin for the idea. You're the best ever!
Brionna
HAHA! You're evil! Thats awesome. =)
Rachael
Sneaky sneaky...whose idea was the trip, anyway? Just curious. Glad things are going better...hope it's not short lived.
Robert
You what!!!! You are genius!!! Wow, I.. wow, i'm sorry to hear about all your problems with this man, but it just made my night.. I"m crying, from laughing so hard. Wow... Oh, and I would of shot the dude already.
Colten
HAHAHAHA, pretty swaz thinking there!!! Kudos ;)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Mina
I, my friends, am getting the most adorable kitten in the world! Just look:
Is she not SOOO beautiful!?!? She’s a Persian and will be absolutely gorgeous when she grows up! One of those rich cats that you see in the millionaires’ homes in the movies. Yeah. I’m gonna be a millionaire. Ha. Not so much, but I’ll have a beautiful cat. And a very loving cat, from the sounds of it.
Her name is going to be Mina. It's Korean for "beautiful." It's also a Japanese name. I like taking oriental words and tweaking them for names for my animals. One of my cats was named Nakai, derived from the Japanese word for "soft." Not anywhere near the actual word anymore, but it's where it stemmed from. But this word didn't need any tweaking at all.
I am driving to Missouri to get her and I think it’ll be so worth it. Hey. Road trip. That’s a bonus. My little brother will be coming with me and that will be quite fun methinks. I can’t describe my excitement.
I have been craving the companionship of a kitten for a couple to a few years now and the time is finally here! *sigh* Life is good. I am so happy!
Is she not SOOO beautiful!?!? She’s a Persian and will be absolutely gorgeous when she grows up! One of those rich cats that you see in the millionaires’ homes in the movies. Yeah. I’m gonna be a millionaire. Ha. Not so much, but I’ll have a beautiful cat. And a very loving cat, from the sounds of it.
Her name is going to be Mina. It's Korean for "beautiful." It's also a Japanese name. I like taking oriental words and tweaking them for names for my animals. One of my cats was named Nakai, derived from the Japanese word for "soft." Not anywhere near the actual word anymore, but it's where it stemmed from. But this word didn't need any tweaking at all.
I am driving to Missouri to get her and I think it’ll be so worth it. Hey. Road trip. That’s a bonus. My little brother will be coming with me and that will be quite fun methinks. I can’t describe my excitement.
I have been craving the companionship of a kitten for a couple to a few years now and the time is finally here! *sigh* Life is good. I am so happy!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
These are a Few of My Favorite Things
Recently I've been on the receiving end of some links to some very funny skits/clips/whatever-you-wanna-call-'em on youtube and hulu. I thought I'd share my excitement in the discovery of these things. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
Friday, June 5, 2009
For the Girls
You know what I think is cool? Periods. Cramps. Bleeding ‘til you’re embarrassed to walk around because it’s gotten on your pants like you’ve peed red. I think it’s great! Writhing in pain wherever you are: in bed; on a chair at your desk at work; in a car waiting for your friend to freakin walk out of the damn store so that you can get to your room where there’s a heating pad and some pain pills…. It’s wonderful. You know why? Because it means a few things.
One – you can feel. Feeling is good. If you were numb to the things of the world, where would you be? A cold-hearted, desensitized possible jerk, that’s where!
Two – it means that one day you can have babies! How sweet is that! You get to go through all this pain for the rest of your life so that you can be a mother one day. What do the fathers get? They get nothing. They don’t understand the meaning of the word sacrifice. You know what that means? No bond with the child. I mean, many of them just leave. What is that all about? They don’t even get to know what it’s like to change diapers and clean up throw up and muddy footprints and snot on the windows. They’re missing out.
Three – let’s take a look at those who actually can’t have children for one reason or another. They get to just go through the pain. They get to get stronger with each passing month as they wrap their arms around themselves in hopes that a little bit of pressure will relieve a little bit of the hurt. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. But there’s an even bigger benefit: along with getting stronger every month, they don’t have to change diapers and clean up throw up and muddy footprints and snot on the windows. They don’t have to watch in slow motion as their great-great grandmother’s favorite vase is knocked over off of the small decorative table and crashes to the floor into tiny little pieces. They’ll have that family heirloom forever.
So either way you look at it, these periods, this PMS, this intense pain is worth it! Nothing should dampen your spirits, girls! Cheer up! Bear these so-called burdens with a glad heart and a happy soul! Because no matter the outcome of this pain you experience, you are getting the better end of the deal – something about which you should be smiling. Brightly.
One – you can feel. Feeling is good. If you were numb to the things of the world, where would you be? A cold-hearted, desensitized possible jerk, that’s where!
Two – it means that one day you can have babies! How sweet is that! You get to go through all this pain for the rest of your life so that you can be a mother one day. What do the fathers get? They get nothing. They don’t understand the meaning of the word sacrifice. You know what that means? No bond with the child. I mean, many of them just leave. What is that all about? They don’t even get to know what it’s like to change diapers and clean up throw up and muddy footprints and snot on the windows. They’re missing out.
Three – let’s take a look at those who actually can’t have children for one reason or another. They get to just go through the pain. They get to get stronger with each passing month as they wrap their arms around themselves in hopes that a little bit of pressure will relieve a little bit of the hurt. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. But there’s an even bigger benefit: along with getting stronger every month, they don’t have to change diapers and clean up throw up and muddy footprints and snot on the windows. They don’t have to watch in slow motion as their great-great grandmother’s favorite vase is knocked over off of the small decorative table and crashes to the floor into tiny little pieces. They’ll have that family heirloom forever.
So either way you look at it, these periods, this PMS, this intense pain is worth it! Nothing should dampen your spirits, girls! Cheer up! Bear these so-called burdens with a glad heart and a happy soul! Because no matter the outcome of this pain you experience, you are getting the better end of the deal – something about which you should be smiling. Brightly.The Best Ever
This post is going to be one of gratitude. I have got the BEST friends in the world. Seriously. Few though they may be, they are wonderful and they are always there for me no matter what.
Recently I went through a hard time and I was supported very much by such wonderful people. I will be forever thankful for and to them. I think I’m blessed more than anyone in this area and I almost don’t know what to do. I really, really hope they know that I love them a lot and will always appreciate them. I hope that they know that I will always be there for them, no matter the circumstances. My life is so much brighter because of them.
So here’s a shout out to such wonderful people! Thank you for all you do and have done! Nothing will change the way I see you, which is with such high regard that if you saw yourself the way I do, you would never ever think a single negative thought about you. Ever. You are quite simply amazing.
Recently I went through a hard time and I was supported very much by such wonderful people. I will be forever thankful for and to them. I think I’m blessed more than anyone in this area and I almost don’t know what to do. I really, really hope they know that I love them a lot and will always appreciate them. I hope that they know that I will always be there for them, no matter the circumstances. My life is so much brighter because of them.
So here’s a shout out to such wonderful people! Thank you for all you do and have done! Nothing will change the way I see you, which is with such high regard that if you saw yourself the way I do, you would never ever think a single negative thought about you. Ever. You are quite simply amazing.
(P.S. as you can tell, that pic is a professional one; I don't actually know these people, it's just depicting friendship. =D )
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