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a tale of 346ish legos…

Yesterday I bought my very first actual Lego set! I’ve had the big tub of Lego pieces since I was a kid, but never an actual, honest to goodness set. I chose to get Big Ben from the architecture collection, and I have to say, it was a blast to put together! This is pretty much how it went:

Once upon a time I built Big Ben. That’s right, it was me all along. When it was completed, it was a majestic site to behold.

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But then, seemingly from nowhere, a Dalek appeared!

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It started exterminating every tiny thing it could find! And if that wasn’t bad enough, a second Dalek came along to party as well!

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While they were exterminating, The Silence paid us all a brief visit.

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Wait, was I saying something? That’s so weird, I feel like I’m forgetting something important and there are suddenly all of these marks all over my hands, but anyway back to the menace at hand: DALEKS!

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They exterminated bugs and other little Lego people. Then they tried to exterminate me, but they failed! Mostly because they are tiny and I’m gigantic in comparison. Oh right! Marks! On my hand! That’s what they meant! The Silence was there!

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Ugh, this is me getting very old. You see, I seem to have forgotten my place again. What was I talking about? Daleks? Big Ben? That’s right. Big Ben had been created and then there was a Dalek attack! See?! Daleks!

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And that’s pretty much how things ended. The Daleks conquered everyone but me. (Because I’m huge!) The Doctor never showed up because I didn’t pull him out of any of my mini figure packs. It was a good day for Daleks, and a bad day for bugs.

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And that is the end of my story about what happened when I put together my first set of Legos.

(Also, that’s another one off of my bucket list!)

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this is ivan…

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Ivan, the homicidal love narwhal!

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so many questions…

So… this is the thing? I have a friend? And she and I decided we were only talking in questions today? I had this poem sitting in a notebook for some time, and it didn’t have the question marks, but I thought I would give it an edit and share it for this game because it seemed to fit?

Enjoy? And have a good day?

How many things
are there to do?
I’ve seen you?
I’ve seen the way you play?
There are so many people
that you purposely hurt?
Run away?
Run away and leave us be?
On this day,
I prefer to purge?
No longer welcome,
no longer wanted,
leave and stay elsewhere,
but do not remain here?

Oh, and go check out my previously mentioned friend’s new comic? I think you will like it?! http://familyportweets.com/

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blog a day challenge: y…

Y is for yarn…

During this challenge I’ve done a post of random facts about me and my life, and a post about things I do not like, I figured it was probably a good idea to also include a post about a few of my favorite things. (You’re all singing the song now right along with me, aren’t you…)

Yarn, especially yarn in piles, or baskets, or on shelves in yarn stores, is one of my favorite things. I like the way it smells, and how it feels as I work with it pulling and pushing with needles or hooks to create something new. I like the way it looks, from different textures, to different colors… I have a yarn buying problem. I’d like to say I’m working on it, but I’m not, and I probably won’t.

I love baseball. The San Francisco Giants are my team, and I love watching them, but I also enjoy the game in general.

Speaking of  SF, if I could live anywhere without having to worry about money, it would be there.

My birthday week is one of my favorite times of year. It’s pretty much the only time I can get away with eating cake multiple times a day for several days in a row without being chastised or called pathetic. Cake? Clearly also one of my favorites. I’m not that particular about the kind. As long as it’s moist and edible, I’m sold.

I often paint my fingernails black. It’s my favorite color. Well, it and purple and grey. They are happy colors. Colors that make me feel warm and safe.

Okay, now for a quick and dirty run down of a few more favorites…
Ben and Jerry’s: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Coffee: Vanilla Latte (I’m kinda boring)
Beer: Hefeweizen or Blue Moon or my friend Gordon’s homebrew
Toothpaste: Crest
Fast Food: Tacos!
Place for drinks (nonalcoholic): Sonic
Place to read: Curled up in bed.
Place to write: Curled up in bed.

I have a pair of little, gold, hoop earrings that my mom got me when I was a lot younger than I am now. I wear them all the time and they are pretty much my favorite jewelry.

My first car was a 1990 Subaru Legacy wagon. Nothing will ever beat that car in my eyes. Nothing.

When I think about the place I would like to be on any given day, it is with my friends. I don’t really care where we are, I just like being around them.

Camping, fishing, hiking, and reading in the sun are my favorite outdoor activities.

Finally, I’m a fan of technology and electronics. For instance, I love my android phone and I love that there is an app that stores my Starbucks card and so I can pay with my phone. It’s so awesome!

 

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blog a day challenge: q…

Q is for quixotic…

This is a blog about a silly word, and other things I do not like.

I absolutely hate the word quixotic. It completely annoys me that it is pronounced kwik-sot-ik. It doesn’t make sense. It’s a word directly derived from the character Don Quixote [kee-hoh-tee], so why is it pronounced differently? It’s just silly.

Also, I’m not a fan of the planet Jupiter. For some reason, it has always gotten under my skin. I’ve always felt like it feels better than the other planets. Seriously, Jupiter, I just do not care about your never ending storm. Saturn has a kajillion rings. Now that is cool. Sure, you have a sweet moon with Io and all, but here is the deal, Io is not you. Io is it’s own awesome place, stop trying to stand next to it and be awesome by association. Popularity does not work like that. Trust me, I know from years of trying to appear cooler than I am. Step off, Jupiter. Just step off.

Now, let’s talk about erasers that do not, in fact, erase. Look, know your job! If you live on top of a pencil, you are pink, and go by the name “Eraser”, you should erase things and not just smear them all over the paper. Nobody needs a smearer, lots of people need erasers.

I hate the term “women’s rights”. I’m a person. I want person’s rights. Who cares what chromosomes I have? I certainly don’t. I don’t need a woman’s license to drive, so I don’t want to have to fight for women’s rights. I want to fight for people’s rights. I feel similarly about the term “gay rights”. Seriously, guys. It’s about time we realize we’re all people, and we all deserve love and acceptance and equality.

The Las Angeles Dodgers. Yeah, they make me upset. (Don’t take it personally if you are a fan, I’m just a Giants girl. I’m sure you understand now.)

Blue Gatorade should not exist. Anything that has a color as a flavor, in fact, should not exist. Colors are not flavors. I do not want to eat something that tastes like purple, and I do not want to drink something that tastes like blue.

Oh yeah, so, the Star Wars movies that shall not be named. I can’t really talk about how much I do not like them, because that is giving them too much attention.

Pepsi.

Finally, I do not like the period of time between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Actually, I’m not entirely convinced that there is time in that space. I’m pretty sure 4:00 a.m. is some sort of conspiracy created by the government to make people too sleepy to fight against all of their shenanigans, and 5:00 a.m. just does not exist, nope, it is not there.

So, yes, that is a list of things I do not like. I’m sure I’m missing something big. But, the truly important things to remember about me are that words often make me salivate in both good and bad ways, I’m a Coke girl, I’m easily annoyed but not easily angered, and I truly, truly, truly despise Jupiter. You think I’m kidding. I know you do. I’m not. Jupiter sucks.

 

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