mirror, mirror

so if i've been asking you 'a lot' recently if you like me or not. rather than getting snappish and telling me that i'm annoying you, why not try to figure out why i'm feeling this way? could it possibly be something you're doing (or not doing)?

i dislike people who don't engage in constant self-examination. yes, it is much easier to blame others, esp for problems you are took lazy to figure out. but that doesn't really accomplish anything now does it? rather than pointing fingers at others for wat could possibly could be your mistake, why not look to yourself first and see if maybe you did anything wrong. and if so, why not try to fix that?

if you are constantly thinking that others are doing things wrong or find that you often disagree wit others on how to do something, then maybe you should realize that the world isn't filled wit as many idiots are you think. maybe you're that idiot.

that's hot

such a pretty necklace from castaway jewelry. it's like the perfect summer necklace.

re-white

+- Bizarre Facts About the Original Version of Snow White -+  

The Grimm fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is much different from the Disney version. Here are some examples of how the tale was different:  

The Queen doesn't ask for Snow White's heart - she wants the princess's lungs and liver. When the hunter brings her the boar's innards, the Queen - thinking they're Snow White's - has them boiled in salt and eats them.  

In the original story, the Queen tries to kill Snow White three times. The first two attempts fail. Since the Queen uses the same disguise all three times, we have to assume Snow White is a little short in the brains department.  

The dwarfs - who don't have cute names - do put Snow White in a glass coffin. But the Prince doesn't wake her with a kiss. In fact, kissing her never enters his mind. He just thinks she's pretty (albeit dead), and wants to keep her around his castle.  

On the way back to the castle, servants carrying the casket trip and drop it. This dislodges the poison apple from Snow White's throat and she's revived.  

In this tale, the Queen makes it back to her castle after apparently killing Snow White. A little later, she's invited to a wedding. The wedding, it turns out, is Snow White's. When the Queen arrives, Snow and the Prince have a pair of red-hot iron shoes waiting in the fireplace. The Queen is forced to wear the shoes and dance until she drops dead.  

[From Uncle John's 4-Ply Bathroom Reader]

celebrate!

so last night we had a family bbq which was pretty good. we had baby back ribs and korean bbq. so yummy! and afterwards we had two different kinds of 'cake'. the quotes are because one of the cakes was cheesecake. lanny's kids came over and they were hilarious. they kept sucking on and throwing some lemons that they found in our backyard (fallen from our back neighbor's tree) and they wanted to eat it. lanny told them that no, the couldn't. but they really really wanted to so she peeled one and gave them each a little bit and you should've seen the look on their faces!

later on i went to jose's house for a fireworks 'extravaganza' lol. and while i was there i got hit wit a firework thing! jon had launched something up and i was looking out at his neighbor's stuff and something came down and hit me in the right arm. then it bounced off and hit me in the left arm. oy! i got burned a bit (holli had me put on some mustard which she said would help it no longer burn [i don't think it really worked...]). looking at my arm today, it's a little swollen and i have this funny circular burn. but my arm actually hurts a bit too. the thing that hit me fell from pretty high up so... i dunno. you can't see a bruise or anything but i'm pretty sure i have one. but anyway. later on a firework tipped over and it shot out and hit jose's brother in the ass! it was really scary but also pretty funny. lol. later he showed us his shorts and there were three burn holes. oish! he said that he was okay tho. altho i'm thinking that he'll also be a little sore for a while. bleh. but anyway. all in all i had a pretty great july 4th. :)

geo

+--------------- Bizarre Geography Trivia -----------------+  

About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice.  

According to National Geographic, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a year: the two tectonic plates of Asia and India, which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other, causing the Himalyan peaks to grow slightly each year.  

All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be painted black, unless they belong to a high official.  

At 840,000 square miles, Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is three times the size of Texas. By comparison, Iceland is only 39,800 square miles.  

Disney World in Orlando, Florida covers 30,500 acres (46 square miles), making it twice the size of the island of Manhattan, New York.  

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.  

Europe has no deserts - it is the only continent without one.  

Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first city in the US to put fluoride in their water.  

St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest city in the US.  

The border between Canada and the U.S. is the world's longest frontier. It stretches 3,987 miles (6,416 km).  

[www.corsinet.com]

doh!

"I read the most illuminating article the other day. An audit has just been published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency which revealed some rather creative expenditures of federal relief dollars. And as we all know, when we say 'federal' dollars we're really talking about your dollars.  
  
"FEMA was hoodwinked into paying for season football tickets, a tropical vacation, a divorce and a sex change operation, among other things, by not so scrupulous victims of last year's hurricanes. And sometimes it wasn't even disaster victims who have been stealing your money. Prison inmates, a supposed victim who used a New Orleans cemetery for a home address and a person who spent 70 days at a Hawaiian hotel all were able to get taxpayer help, according to evidence that gives a new black eye to the nation's disaster relief  agency.  
  
"The audit concluded that up to $1.4 billion - perhaps as much as 16 percent of the billions of dollars in assistance expended after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - was spent for bogus reasons. How big of a bureaucracy do you have to have before $1.4 billion slips through the cracks?  
  
"Well, in case you have felt like you haven't done enough for those who are less fortunate than you did recently, you can take comfort in the fact that the homeless from New Orleans and Mississippi have enjoyed, at your expense, an all-inclusive, Caribbean vacation, season tickets to New Orleans Saints professional football games, Adult erotica products in Houston and "Girls Gone Wild" videos in Santa Monica and Dom Perignon champagne and other alcoholic beverages in San Antonio."