The online quote book must begin with the most infamous quote of all times. However, in regards to the "book" in it's entirety, some of the quotes are are thoughtful or profound, but most of them are funny and entertaining. Some of the quotes are from television or movies but most of them are from casual conversation among people I know. Some of the quotes...well, you simply had to be there and if you were you understand. Every quote is cited with a source, typically a first name, initials or a handle. The date is given in cases where it was recorded. This is the first time these have ever been complied and I have been collecting them for nearly a decade so enjoy!
"What...did I sleep with you or something?!?!?"
-Dave
"There exists no statute of limitations on deceit."
-Me, 5/30/08
"That's the problem when you break up with someone is that you always miss their pets."
-Tracy
“Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
-unknown
"My phone has issues when I'm drunk."
-Me
"You can never have too much potato in you."
-Celeste
"It's the same book with a different cover."
-Tim
"It's not the seis that counts but how the quake shakes the Earth"
-unknown
"I will end up somewhere."
-Cholzer
"I'm going out searching for the gnomes."
-Celeste
"That's not how Italian families work; you fuckin' like everyone whether you like it or not!"
-Celeste 6/9/00
"I mean, you can't make fun of people for being mutants."
-Rachel
"If you insist!"
-Rachel & I in unison
"I'm half dork...on my father's side."
-Me
"..when 2 people end something neither one wants to end.. it can't be nice."
-Booha 5/3/07
"...its never just sex when its that good...just sex isn't that good."
-Booha 3/11/07
"This moment of sanity is brought to you by some fantastic pharmaceuticals."
-Me
"Cheese, when it's heated and then it cools, is supposed to do really nasty things to you."
-Neil
"He's a happy, fat guy."
-Tracy
"It's not going to happen tonight...my cock is NOT coming out of my pants!"
-Dan
"He thinks he shits ice cream."
-Jen
"You probably shouldn't give your monkey large quantities of cool whip."
-Mandy
"I either have to marry a rich woman or work real hard." (Talking about student loans.)
-Jeff J(?) 11/9/00
"Do not ever email me with stupid-speak ever again!"
-Wendy 2/24/08
"Ya know, I'm not religious so I can fuck all I want to!"
-Janelle
"All I want is pee and water"
-Cassie
"So we asked them if they were hookers and they laughed because they knew that they're hookers."
-Dan 7/9/00
"Life is like a dick. When it gets hard, fuck it!"
-Jen 8/21/06
"Can you get carpel-tunnel in your mouse finger?"
-Brain H 3/29/04
"I told you I bowled with the Munchkins didn't I?"
-Bill K 11/11/04
"scars ARE tattoos...just with better stories"
-Booha 10/12/07
"I'd rather deal with a genuine asshole than someone trying to be an asshole."
-Me 11/5/04
"You know what really frosts my cookie?!?"
-Lisa 11/2004
"I told the bitch off...nicely."
-Troy 4/1/04
"How would you kill a stuffed animal if it became alive?"
-Chris
"I don't make threats. I just predict the future."
-Chris 5/16/04
"That sign said shut my monkey down!"
-Chris 7/2002 (believed he didn't need glasses) The sign actually said, Stop my mommy works here.
"I remember when I'd come home like this and have 15 minutes to sleep before work. And those 15 minutes went by like 15 minutes."
-Chris 5/12/01
"The good things that come to those who wait are just the leftovers from those who got there first."
-unknown
"It is the things in common that make relationships enjoyable. But it is the little differences that make them interesting."
-Todd Ruthman
"The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as in playing a poor hand well."
-H.T. Leslie
"If at first you succeed, try something harder.
-random fortune cookie message
"I think therefore I'm single."
-KDFRG(?)
"Theorem: If he makes you cry more than he makes you orgasm, the man's got to go."
-Me 2/2008
"Maybe you would have more time if you stopped playing with your 84s."
-Jared
"Live as you would have wished to live when you come to die."
-Gellert(?)
"I wish I could speak cat." (With a look of seriousness) "No really, my dad has a lot of cats!"
-Steve
"Damn cat hair makes everything so non-adhesive!"
-Mandy 2/8/06
"If I do cheat it will only be with one person so that it is monogamous...because that's not cheating.
-Aimee
"I think I'd rather be a hooker...then at least we could be honest about the fact that I'm getting paid to be fucked!"
-Me
"Straight men don't use coasters."
-Jen P 3/28/06
"...you know someone who looks like they've lived their life in a bar? And not like a nice bar but a really seedy one."
-Celeste 3/17/07
"I'm not working! There's cake!!!"
-Adam J 7/30/04
"I'm not being critical. I'm empowering you."
-unknown
"Dating is the gateway drug to heavy shit like cohabitation and marriage."
-Me
"What if the nice, fat girl rejects me? Then I am truly a horrible, undateable person!"
-Dan 11/6/00
"How DO they test condemns?"
-Dan
"Toast, toast is the most, that is why I love the toast."
-Erin
"Lickin' the crack rock."
-Celeste
(Me)"Wow, you have a good memory."
(Him)"Yeah, I eat a lot of fish."
-Tino
"I will fuck you for a turkey."
-Chris 11/2/01
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
-unknown
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are"
-unknown
"I have failed at many things. But I have attempted more than most dare try"
-Me 10/10/07
"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."
-William Feather
"Life was too short to dwell on nightmares instead of dreams."
-Dean Koontz
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body"
-Sir Richard Steele
"I want like, a career or something."
-"Sammy" - Reality Bites
"Breaking up is like knocking over a coke machine. You can't do it with one push. You have to rock it back and forth a couple of times first."
-Seinfeld
"For every inch your skirt is above your knee, the more they underestimate you."
-"Tiffany" - Happily Ever After
"Stroke a man's cock, he's yours for the night. Stoke his ego, and he's yours forever."
-"Grace" - Perfect Stranger
"I went to bed at one. I was still wide awake at two-thirty... There were no words left. We'd said them all. After we made love, I knew it was over. Did I really love Big? Or was I addicted to the pain? The exquisite pain of wanting someone so unattainable? I wanted to go to him, but I felt like I was tied to the chair. Some part of me was holding me back, knowing I had gone too far, reached my limit."
-"Carrie Bradshaw" - Sex and the City - "La Douleur Exquise""
My Senior Quote (JKF class of '95)
"People expect the impossible from me...
...and they usually get it." - unknown
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Single+Female=Pathetic...HUH?!?
IF status=single AND gender=female
THEN the individual is pathetic and would benefit from or be interested in products and services to help them end their lonely & miserable existence.
Apparently, those mining my data on myspace for the sake of customizing advertisements for me must think so!
My profile used to list my status as divorced. But then I started to realize an influx of advertisements to help me save my marriage. I was consistently receiving friend invites from "people" advertising relationship help books, groups and classes. I became disgusted and changed my status to single. After-all, both were indeed true.
Well, the "friend" invites stopped but I suspect that has more to do with Myspace cracking down on that crap because the advertisements remain. I mean, do I possess no other demographic that is of any interest? What is perhaps worse now are the advertisements geared towards the sad little woman that can't get or keep herself a man. Abundant are the ads for dating sites as well as advise on "why men pull away", "what attracts a man physically is not what attracts him emotionally", "finding Mr. Right", blah blah blah and such topics.
Ok, really? Do people really click on this shit? I mean, if someone is selling I would assume someone is buying but seriously now. At any rate, this is yet another RANT of mine on the topic of the initially stated assumption. Let's review to make sure we are clear:
A single female is an unhappy female.
If a female is single it is because something is wrong with her.
If a female is single she must not know how to get or keep a man.
A single female wants nothing more than to be coupled.
Being single is undesirable and a truly miserable way to live.
People, especially females are incapable of functioning alone.
Hmm...did I cover everything? LMAO!!!
If I didn't absolutely love myspace for keeping in touch and up to date with a number of friends, I swear I'd cancel my account over this. I cringe and I kinda want to throw up a little every time the homepage loads and I get to see what new advertisements have been delivered specially for my supposed pathetic self.
UGH! I HATE stereotypes. I HATE labels. I HATE titles. I HATE social expectations associated with said stereotypes, labels and titles. I don't fit neatly in any little box and sure, some people do. But honestly the only up side to this clear insult on my character is the comical fact that these companies think they are doing a good job marketing their target audience. What is mildly entertaining is their ads do not interest me. On the contrary they disgust me. They probably spend a good deal of money on their methods and with me, they couldn't be more wrong.
Really and truly people, I LOVE being single. I see it all the time, people doubting that statement of mine. And despite numerous disclosures in any and all online profiles, I still get people trying to date me. Folks, I'm just not interested...really.
THEN the individual is pathetic and would benefit from or be interested in products and services to help them end their lonely & miserable existence.
Apparently, those mining my data on myspace for the sake of customizing advertisements for me must think so!
My profile used to list my status as divorced. But then I started to realize an influx of advertisements to help me save my marriage. I was consistently receiving friend invites from "people" advertising relationship help books, groups and classes. I became disgusted and changed my status to single. After-all, both were indeed true.
Well, the "friend" invites stopped but I suspect that has more to do with Myspace cracking down on that crap because the advertisements remain. I mean, do I possess no other demographic that is of any interest? What is perhaps worse now are the advertisements geared towards the sad little woman that can't get or keep herself a man. Abundant are the ads for dating sites as well as advise on "why men pull away", "what attracts a man physically is not what attracts him emotionally", "finding Mr. Right", blah blah blah and such topics.
Ok, really? Do people really click on this shit? I mean, if someone is selling I would assume someone is buying but seriously now. At any rate, this is yet another RANT of mine on the topic of the initially stated assumption. Let's review to make sure we are clear:
A single female is an unhappy female.
If a female is single it is because something is wrong with her.
If a female is single she must not know how to get or keep a man.
A single female wants nothing more than to be coupled.
Being single is undesirable and a truly miserable way to live.
People, especially females are incapable of functioning alone.
Hmm...did I cover everything? LMAO!!!
If I didn't absolutely love myspace for keeping in touch and up to date with a number of friends, I swear I'd cancel my account over this. I cringe and I kinda want to throw up a little every time the homepage loads and I get to see what new advertisements have been delivered specially for my supposed pathetic self.
UGH! I HATE stereotypes. I HATE labels. I HATE titles. I HATE social expectations associated with said stereotypes, labels and titles. I don't fit neatly in any little box and sure, some people do. But honestly the only up side to this clear insult on my character is the comical fact that these companies think they are doing a good job marketing their target audience. What is mildly entertaining is their ads do not interest me. On the contrary they disgust me. They probably spend a good deal of money on their methods and with me, they couldn't be more wrong.
Really and truly people, I LOVE being single. I see it all the time, people doubting that statement of mine. And despite numerous disclosures in any and all online profiles, I still get people trying to date me. Folks, I'm just not interested...really.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Another MySpace Survey
1. What is the story behind your couch?
Well, it was a wedding gift from my grandparents kinda...they gave me and the ex money with explicit instruction to buy a piece of furniture. It's super comfy. Everyone loves it.
2. What do you use your kitchen table for most?
a collect-all for misc crap
3. Do you make your bed?
Only if I'm expecting company
4. How did you spend Sunday night?
Worked 7am-3pm...slept...ate...then 7p-11p was all Calculus
5. Beer? Wine? Liquor? What's your poison?
I'm more of a Mead drinker myself.
6. What happened to your first love?
I'm not sure who counts as my first love.
7. How do you get your laundry done?
um...washing machine and dryer?
8. Coffee... want or need?
Ooo...def both.
9. Are you over ramen noodles?
yup, gimme indigestion
10. What is your guilty pleasure movie?
no clue
11. How do you justify using your credit cards?
I don't use credit anymore
12. How do you feel about Harry Potter?
Don't care
13. What do you look for in "the one?"
NA...I don't look and I don't buy "the one" concept.
14. What newspaper do you read?
none
15. What is the mantra you use to get through the rough days?
lol...honestly? When I'm down or stressed I think of all the ugly and/or obese people in the world and how hard it must be for them to get laid. Then I smile knowing that my life could be worse. (I know that sounds terrible but it's what works for me.)
16. What is your drink from Sonic?
We don't have a sonic around here.
17. How do you "pick up" at bars?
it varies
19. Do you remember your dreams?
not often
20. Do you want kids?
Nope
21. When do you want to get married?
November 31 - great answer Boo! LMAO!
22. What is your magic number?
7...27...48...IDK
23. Where is that special someone right now?
FUCK IT
24. Do you have a will?
Nah...but its on my list of things to do.
25. What was the best day of your life?
Wow. That one made me pause. There certainly are some great moments that would contend for best moment. But best day? Wow. Now I'm all inspired to write a blog about this.
1. Do you still talk to the person you lost your virginity to?
Nah
2. Is it harder to be rejected or to reject someone else?
I can't fairly answer this question as I have never been rejected.
OK...honestly, it's so much harder to be rejected. :(
3. Who's your favorite person?
Awe now I can't choose favorites but if I did I'd say my cats. :)
4. What are you listening to?
The music on my old laptop that I turned into a jukebox by integrating it with my existing stereo system. So nice to hear the music on Bose am3s instead of stupid computer speakers.
5. Say something to the person reading this.
I'm a dork...I know.
6. What's the last thing you drank?
water...I'm super exciting like that.
7. Have you been on a date in the past week?
nope
8. Where are you going on your next vacation?
doubtful
9. Have you ever thrown up from working out?
No
10. Are most of the friends in your life new or old?
a good mix of both actually
11. Have you ever gotten so wasted you didn't know what was going on?
Guilty
12. Do you like pulpy orange juice?
yup
13. Are you touchy-feely?
I have to be VERY drunk
15. Do you prefer the tanning bed or the sun?
either
17. What are your biggest pet peeves?
OMG...waaaay too many yo list here. Another blog perhaps?
18. Do you consider yourself bi-polar?
No...my poison is anxiety.
19. What's something your friends make fun of you for?
hm...i don't know...past guys that I've "dated"?
20. What's your worst personality flaw?
It depends on your perspective but I love who I am.
21. Have you ever gone to therapy?
Not really...spoke to a counselor once.
22. Would you ever parachute off of a plane?
sounds like fun but I can't bc of my neck
23. Have you ever ridden an elephant?
I don't believe so
24. Are you Irish in any way?
Nope, but I have had a lil Irish in me. Haha...ok, that was cheesy.
27. Have you ever been to a nude beach?
Nope
28. Have you ever drank Jack Daniels?
yuck, no
29. Have you ever had sex on the beach?
The drink yes and damn it...literally, no.
30. What are you saving your money up for right now?
s-a-v-i-n-g?
31. What was the last gift card you received?
a bunch for last Christmas
33. Does the number of people a person's slept with affect your opinion?
Not really, but an extreme number like 2 or 200 probably would.
34. Have you ever gone to a party where you were the only sober person?
possibly
35. What do you do when you spot a bug in your house?
Squash it
What's your last name?
You either know it or you don't need to.
Who's your wife/husband?
NA
Where's your cellphone?
in my purse
Who are you talking to?
nobody
Who are you crushing on?
Not a soul.
Ever had sex in a graveyard?
Eek...no
Ever had sex in a church?
Nope
Ever tried the "Bloody Marry" trick in the bathroom?
No but when i heard that story I was afraid of my mirror for months!
Ever played strip poker?
no
Ever played video games?
Yeah
Ever played pool?
Yeah
Do you love weapons?
I do have an attraction to double-edged swords...both literally and figuratively.
Do you watch jack ass?
hell no
Ever dressed up as an anime person?
Nope but I do have a TON of fun costumes. :)
Well, it was a wedding gift from my grandparents kinda...they gave me and the ex money with explicit instruction to buy a piece of furniture. It's super comfy. Everyone loves it.
2. What do you use your kitchen table for most?
a collect-all for misc crap
3. Do you make your bed?
Only if I'm expecting company
4. How did you spend Sunday night?
Worked 7am-3pm...slept...ate...then 7p-11p was all Calculus
5. Beer? Wine? Liquor? What's your poison?
I'm more of a Mead drinker myself.
6. What happened to your first love?
I'm not sure who counts as my first love.
7. How do you get your laundry done?
um...washing machine and dryer?
8. Coffee... want or need?
Ooo...def both.
9. Are you over ramen noodles?
yup, gimme indigestion
10. What is your guilty pleasure movie?
no clue
11. How do you justify using your credit cards?
I don't use credit anymore
12. How do you feel about Harry Potter?
Don't care
13. What do you look for in "the one?"
NA...I don't look and I don't buy "the one" concept.
14. What newspaper do you read?
none
15. What is the mantra you use to get through the rough days?
lol...honestly? When I'm down or stressed I think of all the ugly and/or obese people in the world and how hard it must be for them to get laid. Then I smile knowing that my life could be worse. (I know that sounds terrible but it's what works for me.)
16. What is your drink from Sonic?
We don't have a sonic around here.
17. How do you "pick up" at bars?
it varies
19. Do you remember your dreams?
not often
20. Do you want kids?
Nope
21. When do you want to get married?
November 31 - great answer Boo! LMAO!
22. What is your magic number?
7...27...48...IDK
23. Where is that special someone right now?
FUCK IT
24. Do you have a will?
Nah...but its on my list of things to do.
25. What was the best day of your life?
Wow. That one made me pause. There certainly are some great moments that would contend for best moment. But best day? Wow. Now I'm all inspired to write a blog about this.
1. Do you still talk to the person you lost your virginity to?
Nah
2. Is it harder to be rejected or to reject someone else?
I can't fairly answer this question as I have never been rejected.
OK...honestly, it's so much harder to be rejected. :(
3. Who's your favorite person?
Awe now I can't choose favorites but if I did I'd say my cats. :)
4. What are you listening to?
The music on my old laptop that I turned into a jukebox by integrating it with my existing stereo system. So nice to hear the music on Bose am3s instead of stupid computer speakers.
5. Say something to the person reading this.
I'm a dork...I know.
6. What's the last thing you drank?
water...I'm super exciting like that.
7. Have you been on a date in the past week?
nope
8. Where are you going on your next vacation?
doubtful
9. Have you ever thrown up from working out?
No
10. Are most of the friends in your life new or old?
a good mix of both actually
11. Have you ever gotten so wasted you didn't know what was going on?
Guilty
12. Do you like pulpy orange juice?
yup
13. Are you touchy-feely?
I have to be VERY drunk
15. Do you prefer the tanning bed or the sun?
either
17. What are your biggest pet peeves?
OMG...waaaay too many yo list here. Another blog perhaps?
18. Do you consider yourself bi-polar?
No...my poison is anxiety.
19. What's something your friends make fun of you for?
hm...i don't know...past guys that I've "dated"?
20. What's your worst personality flaw?
It depends on your perspective but I love who I am.
21. Have you ever gone to therapy?
Not really...spoke to a counselor once.
22. Would you ever parachute off of a plane?
sounds like fun but I can't bc of my neck
23. Have you ever ridden an elephant?
I don't believe so
24. Are you Irish in any way?
Nope, but I have had a lil Irish in me. Haha...ok, that was cheesy.
27. Have you ever been to a nude beach?
Nope
28. Have you ever drank Jack Daniels?
yuck, no
29. Have you ever had sex on the beach?
The drink yes and damn it...literally, no.
30. What are you saving your money up for right now?
s-a-v-i-n-g?
31. What was the last gift card you received?
a bunch for last Christmas
33. Does the number of people a person's slept with affect your opinion?
Not really, but an extreme number like 2 or 200 probably would.
34. Have you ever gone to a party where you were the only sober person?
possibly
35. What do you do when you spot a bug in your house?
Squash it
What's your last name?
You either know it or you don't need to.
Who's your wife/husband?
NA
Where's your cellphone?
in my purse
Who are you talking to?
nobody
Who are you crushing on?
Not a soul.
Ever had sex in a graveyard?
Eek...no
Ever had sex in a church?
Nope
Ever tried the "Bloody Marry" trick in the bathroom?
No but when i heard that story I was afraid of my mirror for months!
Ever played strip poker?
no
Ever played video games?
Yeah
Ever played pool?
Yeah
Do you love weapons?
I do have an attraction to double-edged swords...both literally and figuratively.
Do you watch jack ass?
hell no
Ever dressed up as an anime person?
Nope but I do have a TON of fun costumes. :)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Something Nice to Say
I am an equal opportunity commenter. It is only fair. We don't hesitate a second to write a letter, fill out a comment card, speak to a manager or let our opinions be heard when we feel we have been wronged or have been presented with something unacceptable. Why is it that we hold back when the experience is positive or when we genuinely have something nice to say? Is a compliment really more difficult to convey than a complaint?
As a kid, good grades were expected of me. I caught hell for anything less than a B. Yet, aside from my grandfather giving out dollars for good report cards, I never heard a peep about how good I was doing when I brought home those A's and B's.
In employment it has been the same. OK, I was once named employee of the month. I believe that was in December of 1994? I've worked in sales and nobody says a thing when your numbers are good. But just let those numbers fall one week and holy shit will you be the center of attention.
This semester in one of my classes I was instantly impressed by one of my professors. He does not accept late work with a penalty as most would do. What he does is award extra points for work handed in early. What an excellent example of positive reinforcement!
Anyhow, getting back to my initial discussion...
Yesterday I emailed Dove Chocolates just to tell them how much I love their Dove miniatures with the little saying inside the foil. (really, they make me smile). Last week I left a note on the bulletin board at work, commenting on how fantastic a particular area of the store looked knowing that one individual in particular was responsible for that organization. Both of these actions took less than a minute of my time.
We shouldn't just be commenting when there is something wrong or a problem present. We should also be reinforcing the good service, the good grades, the good performances. And if for no other reason, it's nice to make someone feel appreciated.
So in conclusion I encourage everyone who reads this to take the two minutes to fill out that comment card not just when you receive poor service, but when the service is outstanding as well. Award your students, children or employees when they do good even if it is just a verbal confirmation of a job well done. Little things like this can really make someone's day...so don't hold back when there's something nice to say.
As a kid, good grades were expected of me. I caught hell for anything less than a B. Yet, aside from my grandfather giving out dollars for good report cards, I never heard a peep about how good I was doing when I brought home those A's and B's.
In employment it has been the same. OK, I was once named employee of the month. I believe that was in December of 1994? I've worked in sales and nobody says a thing when your numbers are good. But just let those numbers fall one week and holy shit will you be the center of attention.
This semester in one of my classes I was instantly impressed by one of my professors. He does not accept late work with a penalty as most would do. What he does is award extra points for work handed in early. What an excellent example of positive reinforcement!
Anyhow, getting back to my initial discussion...
Yesterday I emailed Dove Chocolates just to tell them how much I love their Dove miniatures with the little saying inside the foil. (really, they make me smile). Last week I left a note on the bulletin board at work, commenting on how fantastic a particular area of the store looked knowing that one individual in particular was responsible for that organization. Both of these actions took less than a minute of my time.
We shouldn't just be commenting when there is something wrong or a problem present. We should also be reinforcing the good service, the good grades, the good performances. And if for no other reason, it's nice to make someone feel appreciated.
So in conclusion I encourage everyone who reads this to take the two minutes to fill out that comment card not just when you receive poor service, but when the service is outstanding as well. Award your students, children or employees when they do good even if it is just a verbal confirmation of a job well done. Little things like this can really make someone's day...so don't hold back when there's something nice to say.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
A Step Back
"Sometimes you have to take a step back before you can move forward."
That was the line I had been telling myself and others regarding my decision to go back to school which required some serious downsizing of my life. I went to earning half the salary I had been accustomed to for the past five years. I was letting a bill go unpaid because I couldn't afford it and this would certainly ruin my otherwise perfect credit. If that didn't, it was likely that I'd be filing for bankruptcy. Painfully I sold my dream vehicle, my 2005 Jeep Liberty in which I had much fun and good memories. I bought a cheaper vehicle. I purchased groceries only from the discount stores that offered little variety and I ate the same cheap things regularly. And even though I don't watch much TV, I canceled my cable and now receive only one channel via antenna.
I have honestly been so excited to be back in school and working towards something that I want. In fact, I had never really done that before. Everything I had ever done in my life (for the most part) was typically for someone else or because I "had to". It was exciting to have my life be about me and only me. But if ever there was any doubt about the decision I had made to embark on this journey, that was laid to rest this past Monday.
At one of my places of employment there was a little promotion going on from an outside sales person. The guy set up outside our place and all day approached customers in the lot trying to get permission to demonstrate his product and then hopefully get them to buy. I watched from the window. Hour after hour he approached customers, some of which completely ignored him. A few came into the store and complained about the annoyance. I couldn't hear them outside but I watched as he presented the product. I witnessed a few demos. I saw him make one sale.
As I watched I got chills. A pit formed in my stomach and at least twice tears swelled in my eyes. I would never do that again. I had never done that type of sales exactly but I was all too familiar with the cold-call or sale...approaching or calling random people practically begging them to talk to me. The desperation. The rejection. The defeat. I thought of all the times I had locked myself in a bathroom stall at work to cry or gone out to my car for the same reason. I thought of how many times I looked at the picture of my cats on my desk...the ONLY thing that kept me going as I wondered which day would be my last...aware that at any moment I could easily be disposed of and have no way to provide for them or myself. I thought of how sick that made me feel...how my heart would sometimes race with palpitations from the anxiety of it all. I remember waking up exhausted and disgusted after a night of restless sleep full of nightmares about the very job that I would soon suffer through for another eight hours. And I was so disappointed because through it all that voice in my head kept telling me, "you can do so much better than this."
When I snapped out of that horrific flashback a moment of genuine peace and satisfaction overcame me and I was excited again. It was worth it. It had ALL been worth it. And anything that came forward would be worth it too. In fact, the ONLY thing I wouldn't have given up for this was my cats. I was NEVER going to do that again. Never. It was all over and everything was going to be OK. Things were going to get better. And "I" was back.
That was the line I had been telling myself and others regarding my decision to go back to school which required some serious downsizing of my life. I went to earning half the salary I had been accustomed to for the past five years. I was letting a bill go unpaid because I couldn't afford it and this would certainly ruin my otherwise perfect credit. If that didn't, it was likely that I'd be filing for bankruptcy. Painfully I sold my dream vehicle, my 2005 Jeep Liberty in which I had much fun and good memories. I bought a cheaper vehicle. I purchased groceries only from the discount stores that offered little variety and I ate the same cheap things regularly. And even though I don't watch much TV, I canceled my cable and now receive only one channel via antenna.
I have honestly been so excited to be back in school and working towards something that I want. In fact, I had never really done that before. Everything I had ever done in my life (for the most part) was typically for someone else or because I "had to". It was exciting to have my life be about me and only me. But if ever there was any doubt about the decision I had made to embark on this journey, that was laid to rest this past Monday.
At one of my places of employment there was a little promotion going on from an outside sales person. The guy set up outside our place and all day approached customers in the lot trying to get permission to demonstrate his product and then hopefully get them to buy. I watched from the window. Hour after hour he approached customers, some of which completely ignored him. A few came into the store and complained about the annoyance. I couldn't hear them outside but I watched as he presented the product. I witnessed a few demos. I saw him make one sale.
As I watched I got chills. A pit formed in my stomach and at least twice tears swelled in my eyes. I would never do that again. I had never done that type of sales exactly but I was all too familiar with the cold-call or sale...approaching or calling random people practically begging them to talk to me. The desperation. The rejection. The defeat. I thought of all the times I had locked myself in a bathroom stall at work to cry or gone out to my car for the same reason. I thought of how many times I looked at the picture of my cats on my desk...the ONLY thing that kept me going as I wondered which day would be my last...aware that at any moment I could easily be disposed of and have no way to provide for them or myself. I thought of how sick that made me feel...how my heart would sometimes race with palpitations from the anxiety of it all. I remember waking up exhausted and disgusted after a night of restless sleep full of nightmares about the very job that I would soon suffer through for another eight hours. And I was so disappointed because through it all that voice in my head kept telling me, "you can do so much better than this."
When I snapped out of that horrific flashback a moment of genuine peace and satisfaction overcame me and I was excited again. It was worth it. It had ALL been worth it. And anything that came forward would be worth it too. In fact, the ONLY thing I wouldn't have given up for this was my cats. I was NEVER going to do that again. Never. It was all over and everything was going to be OK. Things were going to get better. And "I" was back.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Words of the Day
I nonchalantly weened myself from the obligation of posting a Word of the Day in my Myspace Bulletin every day. I was surprised by how many people read them, commented and responded that they loved them. But really, I'm much too busy for that now. Anyhow, I shall list some of my favorite "BIG" words here along with other words I tend to abuse.
- Leitmotif - a dominant recurring theme.
- Ameliorate - to make better or more tolerable.
- Infamous - having an extremely bad reputation.
- Notorious - generally known and talked of.
- Assuage - To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of; to ease; to relieve. To appease; to satisfy; to soothe or calm; to pacify.
- Maudlin - Tearfully or excessively sentimental.
- Multifarious - having great diversity or variety.
- Exacerbate - to aggravate; to make worse.
- Lackadaisical - Lacking spirit or liveliness; showing lack of interest.
- Ineffable - Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable.
- Melancholy - Depressions of spirits; a pensive mood.
- Spurious - not genuine, authentic, or true; pretended; not from the claimed/proper source.
- Licentious - lacking legal or moral restraints; : marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness.
- Coquet - to deal with something playfully rather than seriously; to play the flirt (n- coquette).
- Equivocate - To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or to avoid committing oneself to anything definite.
- Propinquity - Proximity; nearness. Kinship. Similarity in nature.
- Ubiquitous - existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread.
- Hiatus - a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- Jaded - to wear out by overwork or abuse : to tire or dull through repetition or excess.
- Serendipitous - come upon or found by accident; fortuitous, good; beneficial; favorable.
- Pretentious - characterized by assumption of dignity or importance : making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
- Ostentatious - characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others : intended to attract notice.
- Capricious - apt to change suddenly; whimsical; changeable.
- Callous - being hardened and thickened : feeling no emotion : feeling or showing no sympathy for others
- Quixotic - extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable : impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
- Vicarious - experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another : performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another.
- Anomaly - deviation from the common rule : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified.
- Surreptitious - done, made, or gotten by stealth.
- Penchant - a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something.
- Cohort - a group of individuals having a statistical or demographic factor in common.
- Despondent - feeling or showing extreme discouragement or depression : implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort.
- Muse: a source of inspiration; a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction; to become absorbed in thought; to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively.
- Quandary: a state of perplexity or doubt.
- Pensive: musingly or dreamily thoughtful : suggestive of sad thoughtfulness.
- Transpicuous: clearly seen through or understood.
- Besmirch: sully; soil.
- Cantankerous: difficult or irritating to deal with.
- Cumbersome: burdensome; troublesome; unwieldy because of heaviness or bulk.
- Synopsis: a condensed statement or outline.
- Copious: large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful.
- Plethora: overabundance; excess.
- Disheveled: marked by disorder or disarray.
- Exanimate : inanimate or lifeless; spiritless; disheartened.
- Pugnacious: inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- Intrinsic: belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing.
- Epic: extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope.
- Rote: mechanical or unthinking routine or repetition.
- Cupidity: strong desire; lust, particularly for wealth.
- Erudition: extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books.
- Vituperation: the act of instance of speaking abusively; verbal abuse.
- Verbose: containing more words than necessary; given to wordiness.
- Antithesis: contrast; the direct opposite.
- Prurience: inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts: causing lust: having a restless desire or longing.
- Posthumous: following or occurring after death.
- Nary: not any : not one: not a single.
- Vacuous: emptied of or lacking content; marked by lack of ideas or intelligence; idle.
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