Not so Single Helping

Hey everybody - guess who's back to blogging?  

That's right - it's me.....kinda.  

I just had a really good idea for a blog post....and here it is! 

A lot of people think that Thanksgiving can be a pretty rough time for people like me who are single and living away from their families.  I mean, the holiday obviously reminds us of how we don't have anyone to cook Thanksgiving dinner for us like we used to when we were little.  And it can even make some of us feel a little lonely at times.  But it you know your way around the Holiday--and how to manipulate it to your advantage-- Thanksgiving can be pretty awesome. 

For you see, Thanksgiving is a "Family Holiday" - a time when everybody gets it into their heads that if they're not part of some wedded, coupley, baby-harvesting, child-rearing collective, then they're unhappy.  And that widely-held belief (which might possibly be true) is how you can manipulate tons of families and couples into inviting you to their Thanksgiving meals!

All you have to do is mention you don't have plans for Thanksgiving to your "coupled" friends and one of them will eventually invite you to theirs.  And if you mention this multiple times to multiple people, you will get invited to multiple Thanksgivings. 

That's right - MULTIPLE THANKSGIVINGS.  

And if you're lucky enough to have friends who are celebrating Thanksgiving at a different time of day, you can go to ALL of them....and win Thanksgiving.  

Please sir, can I have some more?  I have no one to share Thanksgiving with! 

Obviously there are drawbacks to celebrating this many Thanksgivings: it's greedy, manipulative, and takes advantage of your friend's well-meaning generosity.  Plus, eating all that turkey is bound to make you fat.  Maybe man was not meant to celebrate Thanksgiving more than once. 


......but it's a fun thought, isn't it?

Blogging Return - TBD

Hey Everybody who follows my blog! 

So I dunno if you realized by my lack of posts this month, but I’ve been slacking on my blogging lately.  Otherwise you'd probably be seeing some obligatory posts about the Election, Daylights Savings and Halloween (again). 

Unfortunately there’s a good reason for that.  I got promoted to a new position at my job this past week and the training is turning out to be pretty intense!  And since the majority of my posts are written during work hours, I just haven’t had time to write (or think about) new posts.  

I’m *HOPING* this will change once my training is over (next month) but the job seems to keep a lot of my new co-workers really busy, so the blogging slump MIGHT be a permanent change. 

On the plus side though, I get business cards through my new position!  Now I can toss them into fishbowls at Sandwich shops in hopes of getting a free sandwich!  

See you when I see you....!  

More Fun w/Zombies!

OH JAPAN, YOU SO CRAZY...! 

Getting into the Spirit

Since Halloween is coming up, I figured I would post some "Halloween-related" videos for your viewing pleasure. 

Hope you like this one! 



Pre-Halloween / Party Foul

This past weekend, Lauren and Ryan invited me and Carol over to a Halloween Party Ryan’s cousin was hosting in Thousand Oaks. Not sure why they were throwing it the weekend BEFORE Halloween, but I think it might have been someone’s birthday as well?

Anyway, this meant I had even less time to throw together a Halloween costume – luckily I already knew what I wanted to be since last year.

THIS GUY

So Carol and I drove up to Thousand Oaks, costumes in hand, ready to meet up with Lauren and Ryan.

The party was a rather posh-looking mansion up in the Hills, complete with a pool, catered food and a couple of DJs to help get the party going. Apparently, Ryan’s cousins were rich and threw out all the stops when decorating for their party. (The entire ground floor was covered in Halloween decorations!)

Anyway, here are some of the better pictures I took that evening.

BLIND REFS

CAROL WENT AS A GHOST

CHILEAN MINER - One of the better costumes at the Party

RYAN (AS LADY GAGA) & ME, CLEAVIN' SOME CLEAVAGE)

"ENERGIZER BUNNY"

I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS LADY ON THE RIGHT IS

I THINK THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE (THE ANGEL) IS THE HOST

LOOKIT HIS HUGE ARM! 

RYAN & HIS SISTER

GHOSTLY GAGA

TEQUILA SHOOTERS

AfterI got back from the party that I realized that, if you didn’t already know who Uncle Istvan was, I probably looked like some kind of Terrorist.....which is in pretty poor taste as far as costumes go. 

Maybe if I get rid of the beard...

Maybe I should find something else to wear for THIS weekend......!

(In)tolerance

With Election Day coming up in California, (Tuesday 11/02/10!) I’ve been watching some of the Gubernatorial debates. (Meg Whitman vs. Jerry Brown) I’ve also been listening to a lot of people go off on their opinions about the Propositions that are on the ballot this year. And it’s gotten me thinking about how tolerant / intolerant people get when it comes to their opinions.

I think a lot of people believe they’re “tolerant” and “accepting of others” because they don’t go out of their way to convert people to their way of life. This is otherwise known as the “live and let live” policy of life. (As long as you don’t bug me, I won’t bug you)

But somehow I think “tolerance” goes a bit further than that.

To me, it’s more than letting other people live their lives as long as they don’t bug you. It’s not much further, mind you, but I tend to think of “tolerance” as letting someone voice a different opinion than you and not telling them they’re wrong.

Every debate I’ve seen or ‘discussion’ I’ve listened in on about this or that issue has always had both parties trying to yell on top of each other, interrupting each other and both mocking the other’s opinion.

And I’m starting to notice that it doesn’t just happen around Election season.

Test it out: Find a group of friends who think alike and try to voice an opposing opinion. It doesn’t have to be something you believe, just something that you can objectively see the logic behind. And see what happens.

POST YOUR RESULTS IN THE
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"Stay in School, kids"

HEY KIDS - STAY IN SCHOOL

....OR WIND UP LOOKING LIKE A MORON ON THE INTERNET.