my favorite text of the day

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy anniversary to you both--
Happy birthday to just you!

friday ramblings

- pumpkin pie pop tarts kick serious ass.  the pastry actually tastes and flakes like pie crust; the filling is the taste and consistency of pumpkin pie filling; and the super-cute fall-inspired-and-colored frosting and sprinkles are reminiscent of whipped cream... i'm in love (sorry my love)

- speaking of fall-inspired, HAPPY FALL!  finally, i'm a step closer to my favorite season: snow

- my birthday is in two days, i'll be the same age jesus was when he kicked-it.  i've unofficially decided not to celebrate this year because every year i find i care less about birthdays and more about the fancy dinners i get to have on them w/ my hubbie (there, i made it up to you, hun)

- i'm considering an "i lived longer than jesus" party, though, when easter comes along.  not to rub it into jesus' face or anything but, let's face it, chances are definitely in my favor that i'll be living longer than he did

- http://www.drawastickman.com/

early rainbow

no, your eyes aren't messing with you... that is a rainbow in downtown saint paul at SEVEN O'CLOCK in the morning! the sun wasn't even over the horizon yet! i felt quite lucky to have caught it, it didn't last long =) a good way to start today.

oh... you're one of them

i just got pulled into a discussion at work that ended in the imfamous "oh, you live in an APARTMENT" line.

i guess there's still a stigma around 30-somethings who choose to save their money and decrease their carbon footprint by living urban.

i guess i shouldn't be surprised tho, these are the same people who occasionally still ask when john and i are going to have kids. when will they learn that we're never going to fit into their moulds???

[almost] ICE!

the temp was a mere 38 this morning on my walk into work and tomorrow should be around the same.  i am LOVING this mid-september chill and can't wait till next week when i can, once again, celebrate the return of the fall and my favorite half of the year - the LAST half!  HOLLA!

bring on mabon, fools!

fortune cookie

they other day my fortune cookie said, "the secret to a happy life is not doing what you love but loving what you do."

i couldn't disagree more.

"doing what you love" puts you in the center of your domain of control, giving you the ability to decide what you are doing based off of what you love.  to do what you love means you've taken an active role in your life by admitting that you are the only person who controls what you do (mental stability assumed) and therefore you'll do what you like, dammit.

"loving what you do" puts you in a passive and, thusly, inactive role in your life.  to say you "love what you do" makes it sound like you happened to wake up one morning and conveniently decide that what you're doing is satisfactory for your life.  

true... loving what you do will occur naturally if you do what you love but it can't be said in the reverse... you won't necessarily love what you do if you're not doing what you love.  this cookie is disturbing me on several levels.

fall

fall is finally on the way... while dropping the hubbie off at the airport for a business trip i couldn't help but notice that the leaves are starting to turn and are already starting to fall - FINALLY!  it's been a long summer with too much sun and too much heat (e.g., it's 90+ right now... WTF!?!?!).

do you think if i were to start picking leaves off of the trees they'd get the hint and start dropping them on their own???

sneaky little bastards

so the sneaky little bastards at work did an update to our instant messaging software over night so it no longer allows people to create/import their own custom emoticons.  true, they've gotten a little out of hand (belly dancers, hula-hoopers, tea bags, dancing hippos, a box of summer's eve (reserved for douche bags)) but really??? 

oh company-who-doesn't-like-to-be-named-in-social-media... you've done it again. 

*snapping on the handcuffs*

who are YOU???

i'm a grain belt, menards, costco, target, dunn bros kind of guy... now where's that broken lamp?

http://bit.ly/qYA3Ng

the highlight of my day

today's highlight: roseanne barr calling me a "hookr" =)

twitter

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holla!