Proving People Wrong

As many of you know, I'm a huge plurk addict. When SL camp started I was presented with a challenge that my stubborn butt accepted. To not plurk for an entire week. At times it was really difficult but I was successful!!



I learned in that week that I didn't really miss it. At least I didn't miss the drama or the possibility of having theoretical salt rubbed in a wound. Plurk is something I do out of habit or when I'm procrastinating or have nothing better to do. Don't hate me my plurkies, I love you guys, I really do but sometimes I worry it's a bit of a crutch for me. I lean on it and it's become a way to share my day or random thoughts with SOMEONE and it helps me feel not so alone.

Ok I'm getting to... emotional-y here... MOVING ON:

Another great MOMENT OF WIN. Today, my head bosslady (the CEO of the company I work for) came to my desk to ask me if I had reviewed and excel spreadsheet that was supposedly emailed to me. I looked at her with a quizzical look on my face because I had NO clue what she was talking about. Being a noob in the accounting department, I've had my share of flubs and have ignored things that were actually really important. So I was scared. Very scared. If you knew the CEO you'd know why. That lady is fierce. Anyway, I told her that I don't think I was copied on the email distribution for it. She insisted I was, so I searched my Outlook. Did I find it? No I did not. My manager had it though and it was confirmed, I was never copied on it. So... HA! IN YOUR FACE!!! I proceeded to go about my day with a smug look on my face because for once, I didn't do something wrong!

So, the next time someone tells you that you can't do something just remember all it takes is some will power and dedication. You CAN DO anything you put your mind to. And the next time someone tells you that you did something when, in fact, you didn't and you have proof... keep it professional. No one likes a gloater. Even though I'm totally gloating right now.

Quiet Time

*sighs peacefully*

Moment of Win: being awake when everyone else is asleep. I don't think there are many moments quite as peaceful.

Nuf Said.

Even Numbers

I love even numbers, for some reason I feel like they're lucky. It doesn't make sense, I realize this. It's just how I am. In particular, my favorite number is 2. There's no real rhyme or reason for this other than maybe it's because 1 seems like such a lonely number and 3 is an ODD number so I go with good ol' trusty even number deaux. So you can imagine my elation when I was the person to generate invoice number 222222 in my company today. In fact, I was planning on it. I told my supervisor on Monday that no one else better steal that even numbered blissful moment from me or I would be ANGRY... VERY VERY ANGRY. So... HA HA HA HA HAAAA.

Moment of Win!

I got it, I got it! *dances around joyfully*

Hey... it's the little things in life man. The little things.

My Favorite Song

MOMENT OF WIN!!!
I love it when I hop into my car, start the engine and the radio station is playing my favorite song (or current favorite song - which is "Stereo Hearts" by the way) right off the bat. Better yet, it's the very START of my favorite song!!! DOUBLE WIN!! That little moment right there just turned my bad mood into a good one. Prior to that moment, I was dreading the journey ahead of me. But now I'm looking forward to the drive ahead, if only to listen to my favorite song and sing along. For the next 4 minutes anyway.

Casual Friday

It's bad enough to have to wake up early in the morning to get ready to go to work. But what makes the day a little sweeter is knowing that it's casal friday. I can slip on a comfy pair of jeans and a sweater and roll out. I don't have to worry about my work pants and their wrinkles or the cat hair they seem to attract. In all honesty, I think they should let us come to work in our pajamas. That would be even better! Why do they even make us dress up anyway? Personally I'm more productive when I'm in a relaxed environment and a lot less stressed, so why not?

Ohhh I shall keep dreaming for that day. But until then, I'm going to appreciate my MOMENT OF WIN and look forward to casual fridays (if I have to go into work anyway).

Golden Tickets

I was so excited to find out that one of my favorite bands is coming to my area. What I mean by favorite is, I'd actually purchase their entire album. I don't know about you but that's very rare in my book. When I got home from work, out of curiosity I checked to see how much ticket prices were (not that it'd matter too much, I WANT TO GO!). I found out they're reasonably priced and just like any good fangirl I stalked my RL sister until she answered my IM's to see if she'd go with me. The conversation went something like this:

**via Facebook**
Me: Sis.
Me: Sisssssss...
Me: Sissssssssssssssssss.... SIS SIS SIS SIS SIS SIIIIIIIIIIIIS!!!
**msg's go unanswered. Then don't stay online darn it!!! At this point I flip to text message**
Me: SIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!
Her: What?
Me: If I were to get tickets to go see Daughtry, would you go with me?
**a second later**
Her: Let me think about that... OH HELL YEAH!

You see, since I do not have a boyfriend, my sister is my date to pretty much every event I don't want to go to alone lol. Once I got the A-OK and the security of knowing I wouldn't have to go alone, I flipped to the website to buy tickets.

And then... D:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? They don't go on sale until friday at 11am?
**goes back to messaging my sister**

Me: Umm, will you be home friday at 11am can you book the tickets because I have to work and I want the BEST... SEATS... POSSIBLE!
Her: Go to this link they're available for presale with that code.

:O

I wanted to cry in pure joy.

MOMENT OF WIN!! Pre-Sale ticket code for one of my favorite bands, Daughtry.

Who's going to the Daughtry concert? Oh that's right THIS girl right here is going to the Daughtry concert!!! 21 rows back babyyyyy!!!! These are MY GOLDEN TICKETS!! Who needs everlasting gobstoppers or giant gummi bears when I get to see live, in person, some seriously awesome eye candy with an even better voice!?! Did I mention, 21 rows back... TWENTY ONE!!! TWO - ONE. *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

I still can't wipe this silly grin off my face.

In case you need to HEAR who Daughtry is so you know WHO I'm talking about, here's some links to a couple of my favorite songs:


Crawling Back to You
Those lyrics!!!
"Lessons learned, bridges burned to the ground,
And it's too late now to put out the fire,
Tables turned, and I'm the one who's burning now..."

Over You
"Well, I never saw it coming.
I should've started running
A long, long time ago.
And I never thought I'd doubt you,
I'm better off without you
More than you, more than you know.
I'm slowly getting closure.
I guess it's really over.
I'm finally getting better.
And now I'm picking up the pieces.
I'm spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together.
'Cause the day I thought I'd never get through,
I got over you."

*sighs happily* UPDATE: The day of the concert, something spectacular happened. When my sister and I were in line waiting to get into the venue, one of the local radio stations had a raffle for front row seats. My sister urged us to enter and I thought to myself "Hey, why not, it couldn't hurt" even though I was also thinking "yeah I'll never win this". About 15 minutes before the concert started, we headed back to the radio station booth with a ton of other people. You see, the winner had to be present. They called out a name, no answer. They called out another name, no answer again. Then I heard it... MY NAME! I screamed! OMG OMG!!! I WON FRONT ROW SEATS TO DAUGHTRY :D At that moment, that was probably the BEST DAY OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. (although, he doesn't seem very fluffy friendly. I never claimed to be a skinny minny, although I'm working on my health. It seems he'd shake hands with everyone else around my sister and I, except us. Hate to admit, it kind of tainted my love for this band. But this was an incredible moment in my life nonetheless.)

Ninja Snowfall

I'm from Ohio. In Ohio, we have a season called Winter. In winter, it snows... a lot! But the great thing about Ohio is; (and I'm not exaggerating) if you don't like the weather, wait an hour, it'll change. If you're a lucky office worker like I am, you have a window seat. When I'm supposed to be working, my shiny object disorder often kicks in and I will find myself staring out the window, my mind wandering somewhere in lala land. On one such occasion, I was staring at the snow that was falling from the sky rather heavily. My emotions were torn between an excited "OOOH, SPARKLY" vs. an irritated "ugh, I'm going to have to clean this stuff off my car when I get out of work". At quitting time, I bundled up and drudgingly walked out of the building. As I opened the door to the outside world and freedom, my face was greeted by an ice cold chill as I squinted my eyes trying to adjust to the brightness of non-artificial light. Walking towards my car... wait... what is that? How on earth...?

For reasons unbeknownst to me, today's blizzard didn't consist of normal snowflakes. Mother Nature decided to bestow upon us a NEW kind of snowflake... NINJA snowflakes. They fell everywhere, on the roads, ditches, in the grass, on the sidewalks... just NOT on the cars. I didn't have to dig the snow scraper out of my trunk and freeze my poor little fingers off. I just hopped in my car and drove right on home with a big grin on my face.

MOMENT OF WIN!



Yes, that really is my ride. Awwwah yeahh. Big Pimpin ;)

Expecting Nothing

This blog is going to start off with stuff that sounds pretty pessimistic. Please bear with me, I swear I have a point. In life I have learned the hard way that we can't expect anything from other people. As humans, we are all flawed and eventually we let eachother down. If we place our hopes and/or happiness in the hands of someone else, we're bound to get crushed and feel heartbroken.

On the flipside of that, the sooner we realize this the better because I've also learned I need to MAKE my own happiness. If I want something, I go get it. If I have a goal, I get up off my butt and take the neccessary steps to accomplish it. The only person I now place 100% faith in, is myself. Because if I let myself down, I am the only one to blame.

I'm sure you're wondering where the "Moment of Win" is here...

If I go about my life not expecting anything from anyone... For example: If I don't EXPECT my hypothetical boyfriend to text me to say goodnight or if I don't EXPECT my Mom to keep her plans with me (because her track record sucks), then I'm opening myself up for the opportunity to be surprised. I'm allowing things to just happen. So when I do get said text from hypothetical boyfriend I can smile and appreciate it, or when Mom actually goes to get her nails done with me, I can just sit back and enjoy our mother/daugther bonding time. I'm not saying to have low standards by any means. What I'm trying to say is, if you spend more time trying to do for yourself you might be too distracted to sit there and sulk about how things aren't working out for you and you can stop and smell the MOMENT OF WIN!

I'll leave you with a quote by um, Unkown (I'm too lazy to google it); "The best things happen when you least expect them to".




I really hope this post made sense. I'll fix it tomorrow when I'm not as tired. Sweet dreams everyone!

The Best Friend "slap upside the head"

You know you have a true best friend when you say something completely idiotic (usually out of pure emoness) and they have no problems saying; "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?". Said best friend will tell you things, not because you WANT to hear it, but because you NEED to hear it.

MOMENT OF WIN!

Thank you for caring enough about me to proverbially slap me upside the head. I love you too!! ^_^

Stop Signs

Maybe you're traveling along, going 60mph in a 50, belting out the newest catchy tune on the radio. You're loving life at that moment. Perhaps you don't have anywhere in particular to go or a reason to be in a hurry but the one thing that puts a cramp in your style is that darn stop sign up ahead. So you slow down, press on the brakes and come to a complete stop like a good law abiding citizen. Besides, ignoring that stop sign and getting into a crash would REALLY ruin your day. You look to your left and right and notice that another car has arrived at the same intersection as you, but a fraction of a second quicker. Just when you think your trip is delayed by another 5.5 seconds... the other driver waves you on letting you go first! TOTAL MOMENT OF WIN!!! ^_^ Thank you random stranger. For your small act of kindess (and patience) made me smile.

A New Years Kiss

I don't know what it is about New Years. Technically speaking, it's just another day. Except we have to re-learn how to write the date and add an extra number to the total. Anyway, a lot of people seem to think New Years is the time to wipe the slate clean and have a positive outlook for what's to come ahead. What's a better way to ring in the New Year than with a big ol' smooch right at midnight? It doesn't have to be a romantical kiss, it can simply be a peck on the lips with one of your BFF's or lay a sloppy wet one on some random stranger. Either way it's a total Moment of Win! So grab your chapstick and scan the room for your victim, this year is going to be a GREAT one! ;)

Why Am I Doing This?

So I've learned, happiness is a choice. Misery comes too easily in our lives. We actually need to make a conscious effort to remain positive. You'd be surprised how great life can be, simply by changing our attitudes and perspectives on things. When I was feeling really down, I was inspired by a book I read: "The Book of Awesome". It's a book that compiles a blog (1000awesomethings.com) that lists a lot of the "small things in life" we take for granted that make life well, AWESOME. So I said to myself, "self, you need to make a list like that". If anything to remind myself no matter how sucky life can be and at times, things aren't always going to go the way I want them to... that there are "Moments of Win" that happen that can make me crack a smile, no matter what. And here this blog is.

Just for the record, I don't have the book or blog memorized so I have no idea if I'll be repeating anything, if I do, SORRY!!