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introducing… stumbleupon sunday!
As part of my (many) (year-long) (futile) efforts to get my blog rolling, I’ve come up with several ideas for weekly posts, all complete with hokey catchy alliterations. After much deliberation, I decided to kick off the festivities with StumbleUpon Sunday, an entire day devoted to the fascinating corners of the web that StumbleUpon leads me to.
For those sad few not familiar with StumbleUpon, it is a website and FireFox add-on that allows its users to tell it what sort of websites they want to be taken to, such as humor, Windows, drugs, Japan, and idependent films. The options are virtually limitless. Users may then hit the “Stumble!” button on their toolbar, and SU will then take them to a random website (or image) that falls under one of the categories the user in which the user is interested. You then have the option to “like” something, which saves it to your profile should you ever want to visit it again. This is super handy if you don’t feel like adding it to your browser’s bookmarks. StumbleUpon is immensely entertaining and definitely not for those who already have procrastnation problems, such as myself.
Anyway, without further ado, I present StumbleUpon Sunday!
1. The Kraken.
2. Bedroom Quirks of 10 Great Authors.
3. 400 Costumes to Die For.
4. A Little Competition Never Hurt.
5. Someone Once Told Me.
6. Unusual (and fun!) Date Ideas.
7. Six Word Stories.
8. Terry Border Makes Everyday Objects Come Alive.
9. 20 Incredible Lego Artworks by Nathan Sawaya.
10. America’s View of the World.
11. Cell Size and Scale.
12. Fiction Writer’s Character Chart.
Leave your favorite Stumble discoveries (recent or not) in the comments 
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I have a confession to make.
I play the Sims 3.
No, no. That isn’t the confession. Sure, it’s a certain level of nerdy that some people wouldn’t appreciate, but I still know other people who love to play the Sims.
I just take mine very, very seriously. I put in an epic amount of thought into my gameplay to the point where I attempted to make one Sim, Elle, fall in love with her boss, Jared. I wouldn’t let them talk about work around each other because I didn’t want them to be reminded that Jared was her boss and that them dating would be inappropriate. Because, you know, Sims think logically like that.
Eventually, they did fall in love and moved in with each other (and Jared’s creepy brother), and then, out of nowhere, Jared proposed to Elle without me telling him to. I was a ridiculous amount of annoyed that he did something that monumental without my permission. When I was going through his friends to see if he had any that Elle could cheat on him with, I discovered that he actually not only has an ex-girlfriend, but also a daughter. I then proceeded to become annoyed when neither his ex nor his daughter wanted to talk to him on the phone, and ~retaliated by getting Elle pregnant.
I really, really need a life.
In other, almost-as-pathetic-news, I am overexcited about the fact that I have nearly mastered bridge shuffling cards in the air.
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Tags: sims 3
Somehow, I have gotten it into my head that I am going to breed betta fish. This cannot possibly end well, considering the disastrous results this same experiment ended with in sixth grade. (Okay, I wouldn’t say they were “disastrous,” really; the fish just never took to each other and thus I never put them in the same tank and they eventually died of natural causes. I just wanted to be melodramatic.)
However, I am older (seven years older, to be exact), and much more prepared this time around. I have purchased a 10 gallon tank to be used as a “breeding tank” (sounds kinky, right?), several plants and other decorations for the female betta to hide in should the male decide to pull a Chris Brown on her, and misc. other materials that my Happy Pet: Betta book suggested I purchase.
Most important, however, I have chosen my perfect fish. Meet Ginny and Draco, respectively (And thus my Harry Potter and Draco/Ginny OTP obsession is introduced to To The Sleepless)
(Excuse the poor photography; it’s rather difficult for me to manage a decent picture of the two.)
So far, this plan seems to be going well. I am about 99.9% sure that Draco has begun building a bubble nest for Gin, which is lovely, though he really should have waited until I moved them to the big tank (I hope that his relocation doesn’t stop him from rebuilding :/), and he hangs out at the side of his bowl next to Ginny’s bowl. He also flared his gills and me when I kneeled down next to his bowl to study his “nest,” as if he was attempting to ~protect Ginny. It was really sweet :’)
I just hope that they don’t kill each other when I try to put them together. Ugh. That would be my luck.
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Tags: animals, draco, fish, ginny
Yoga.
Specifically, yoga from the Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga DVD I picked up at Target earlier this week. I won’t lie; about 67% of my motivation for choosing that DVD was my attraction to Bob Harper on the cover of it, with the rest of my reasoning being the “weight loss” part of the title. I took a chance when I bought it, because I buy a lot of things that go to waste (I’ve done my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred a total of 0.5 times, for example), but I got lucky with this one.
It’s pretty amazing, especially for people like me who have no idea how to work out. It’s a six week program, so it has a specific routine for weeks 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6, and has a “maintenance” section for after you’ve completed your six weeks as well. I used to be one of those people who was a little hesitant to try yoga because I wasn’t sure how it actually helped other than stretching your muscles, but oh my God. It works you up into a good sweat and your muscles ache so amazingly, and it’s probably just a placebo effect, but I feel longer and leaner already, and I’ve only been doing it for three days.
It says that I should do the routine 4-5 times a week, but I’ve been doing it twice a day because I feel so amazing after I complete it. I hope this isn’t bad for me.
Skinny called me early yesterday morning because I told her I started doing yoga, and she wanted to know if I want to take a class with her since she knew I was interested in it. I’m a little hesitant to start a class because I know I look like an idiot when I do it, but if it’s in the privacy of my own home, it’s fine. If I’m in an actual class, I don’t know how I’ll feel. Everybody else will be better than me and I’ll probably be pretty embarrassed. I told her I would do it, though, so we’re looking around for classes. My gym offers them to members for free, but I don’t know if non-members can attend, even if they pay.
I have also decided that whenever I am in what I consider to be good enough shape, I will be treating myself to this ditty of a tattoo:
(I have no idea who the original artist is; I found the picture on some website and fell in love.)
I will be getting it on my side (ribs) and the bird will be modified to be a cardinal, my late grandmother’s favorite bird. I’m really hoping they’ll be able to execute that style of coloring. I’ve seen a lot of watercolor style tattoos, so I have hope. I’m super excited about it. I just can’t be all rolypoly when I get it, and that will give me enough time to save up for it as well.
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Tags: tattoos, weight loss, yoga
I am writing this from my recently found iPod Touch. I lost it in December, and while I was rearranging my room, I found it behind a dresser. My excitement is ridiculous.
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:/
Today, the animal world lost one of its greatest members.
While I was at work today, I received a call from one of my friends informing me that another friend’s dog had been hit by a car and killed.
Each and every time I arrived at Mystique’s house, I would be greeted by the booming woofs of Barkley as he came galloping towards me. Said bark, paired with his size (roughly that of a moose), made him appear a most formidable creature, but anybody who knew him knew better. He was, in fact, one of the greatest buffoons to ever grace the planet.
The second I opened my car door, he would be there, still barking at me. I would promptly tell him to shut up, and he would respond with a tiny growl before hmphing and pressing his nose into my hands and commence the loving. He constantly smelled like wet dog mixed with garbage, and I can’t tell you how many time I nearly tripped over a dead groundhog that he had left in the yard as some morbid offering.
Dead animals weren’t the only present Barkley had for his family. No, his chief export was love. This was painfully evident each time he would happily trot alongside Mystique’s dad, his best friend, tongue lolling about and tail wagging furiously, or when he curled up next to Mystique’s mom when she sat at the foot of the ottoman, content to just lay beside her and fall asleep. He was also a good sport, putting up with the lot of us making fun of him, or letting Mystique take goofy pictures with him and Bon Jovi.
There isn’t a person who ever met him that isn’t going to miss him. I feel as if I’ve lost my own dog. And now I’m crying, so I’ll just stop.
RIP Barks, you crazy bastard.
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Tags: animals, mystique
what the fuck is this shit?
The amount of Bacardi 151 in my system at this very moment is nowhere near being proportional to the amount of drunk I’m feeling right now (see also: a couple shots and two mixed drink, and not really even tipsy).
I’m rather disappointed.
(In all theory, I should be dead right now. I’m almost afraid that if I go to sleep, I won’t wake up, despite my lack of drunkeness.)
Oh, well. Good night!
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“hello world of warcraft! LOVE ME.”
That was Giggles. She is fascinated by this blogging idea and wanted to type something. From the other side of the table. Upside down.
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what the hell?
This is the creepy-ass mother fucker that greeted me today as I walked through the breezeway for my dorm.
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i am a grade a student.
I should be writing a concept paper for my Readers Theatre class. So far, I’ve finished the introduction paragraph. Kind of.
As I just explained to Giggles, I have now reached the “desperation” stage of my procrastination efforts, in which I grasp for any activity that would take the place of any work I should be doing.
My most recent effort: rummaging through Giggles’s kitchen before deciding that I would attempt to make waffles with butter and blackberry jam (all food courtesy Giggles’s roommate whom she hates and I’ve never met; thanks!).
It was actually quite delicious. Would eat again.
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Tags: giggles, readers theatre
to the sleepless …
... because "the life and times of a 20 year old, vegetarian, borderline alcoholic, insomniatic, nerdy, struggling actress" was too long.
to be honest, my life is pretty much just one big “… cool story, bro.”contacting tts
to the sleepless
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