The first snowman of the year

Okay, so he's no Frosty, but the boys were so excited for the first snow, they had to put on some boots and gloves and get out there!
He's sporting a canvas fishing hat and the only carrot I had left in the crisper, which is sorta broken. Well, there he is in all his muddy glory, our first snowman. With any luck, we'll be able to showcase a bigger, whiter one with the next snow.

Currently on my annoyance list

Normally I'm not one too easily annoyed, but lately I have a very low tolerance for people who judge others. I can understand having beliefs about what is wrong and what is right and all. What I can't understand is why someone would attack another person for not believing exactly what they believe. I recently had to delete one of my myspace "friends" because I just couldn't stomach the mess that they were posting. Said person is a vegan and pagan. Personally, I eat animals and animal products, but I don't judge those who do. I expect people to treat me with the same respect I treat them and not push their ideals on me. Hey, if I wanted to change, I would. We are all who we are and should just accept it as simply that.
I posted a bulletin on myspace about people judging others, but I doubt the people who it was directed toward got it. They are so wrapped up in convincing everyone else that meat is murder and ruining the earth that they have lost sight of others feelings and thoughts. Make no mistake, I am not personally offended by those that choose to eat something different or what higher power (if any) they believe in, it's just that it gets annoying after awhile. Some of the stuff that was being posted is just plain gross. Hey, I know where my meat comes from, but if I wanted to see that stuff, I would buy a farm and slaughter my own animals. That's the beauty of living in a civilized society, other people can do that for me and I can pick up a pack of chicken at Safeway. I'd rather not know how it got there. Call it naive or ignorant, but I have a computer and I can research for myself if I really wanted to, it's not classified information. Speaking of this information, not all of it is true anyhow. If you find it on vegansrock.com, I am willing to bet that it's a little biased.
Then there is the religion issue. People who know me know not to go there. I believe in God and I go to church, end of story. Don't give me some philosophical argument over how you can "prove" that Jesus told men to rape and murder women or some shit like that. Just because you don't believe it's true does not mean that you have to make it into some sort of conspiracy theory movie. And don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm some sort of uber Christian that's out to save the world and make everyone believe in God. I have never in my life given someone a church lecture, or even given unsolicited information. Come on people, it's not like I'm a serial killer, I just go to church. I've done it my whole life (okay there were a few years in my teens and early twenties when I rebelled, but pretty much my whole life), you liked me just fine before you found out, why change your opinion of me now?
SO I know this whole post has been pretty bitchy, so on a lighter note, both Danny and I are doing fantastic in school. Danny has overcome his adjustment issues, and I'm sitting on a nice big fat A for now.

Hip Hoppin'

So it seems that I have been all over the pop/hip hop scene lately. Usually I stick to old school (read: stuff from my jr. high/high school days) but for some reason I have been dancing around the house to the new stuff. One of my favorite-ist right now is Mr. Kanye West. Now I am not saying this is mind-blowing musical genius stuff, but he sure does have a great booty-shaking beat on "Stronger". A close second is Rhianna's "Umbrella", which by the way, has been covered in a softer more cotton candy version by Mandy Moore.

Funny how songs catch other artists like that. Case in point: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw covered Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" at their concert in early August (the one from Grey's Anatomy, go ahead, look it up, I dare ya! You know it, trust me). Ok, back to the subject of dancing around my house with a hairbrush as a microphone, the great Justin Timberlake has also got me going with his SexyBack and all.


Of course you couldn't get out of this without reading about what makes my "just plain tired of it" ramblings, but you're this far into it, so might as well just go ahead and wade through it. The Duchess is on the top of this list right now. Sorry Fergie, this big girl just might break down in tears if I have to hear that song one more time. It's time to know when to give up when a song is played out. Write some new stuff, it's not that hard! And of course, she is a huge part of the pop scene, and while I'm loving "Gimme More" right now, can we get Britney off of CNN for pete's sake? It's not like she's bombing Iraq. People lose custody of their kids all the time! It's not like she'll lose 'em forever, the judicial system is just whipping her into shape. Look at Courtney Love, she didn't get half the coverage when she was going thru it with Frances Bean, and she was a gazillion times worse than Britney. She seems to be coming around, though.


Okay, well perhaps it's natural that music just makes us happy, but I'm glad it's affecting me this way at the moment. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to load up my imaginary iPod with all of my favorite songs and hit the gym.