While we’re on the subject of definitions let me give you the definition of stupid fucked up sorry-ass bastard son-of-a-bitch professor…………That would be my Interior Insights professor-moron.  (this is going to get long I can feel it, hang in there with me)

First off last week we had to do the whole living room furniture thing (it’s a few blogs below) well, I did that and I sat at Hickorychair.com for HOURS (it spilled over into the next day!) searching out the perfect fabrics.  Found the fabric and e-designed the sofa and loveseat (complete with pillows) and turned it in.  Well this week the assignment is to “find fabric samples of the fabrics we want to use in our living rooms and scan them in and post them to the discussion area.”  Well I thought, “COOL! I’ve already searched out my fabric samples, SWEET!!!!”  So I go back to Hickorychair.com and wade through the samples to find the ones that I used last week, found them and downloaded the pictures (scans of the actual fabric) made this (click it its a link) project.  Well I turned it in on Monday (thinking “hoo hoo now I can FINALLY devote some time to my English paper!”) Well TODAY I get THIS response, keep in mind that the other 3 people who’ve turned something in had scans that abso-fucking-lutely SUCKED, none of them were very clear and I’m not exactly sure how they were praised over and over and I was told………….

“OK, but remember that this is an exercise in practicing to be a designer. You would never present a photo of furniture to a client without separate samples of fabrics.”

WELL NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! So I replied (the one I actually submitted, the first one I was a little…umm..well, I called him a sorry fucker, I just didn’t submit it);

“I would most definitely order the swatches beforehand. I could have ordered swatches from Hickorychair but I figured their scans were as good as mine would have been :) Thanks!”

I’m sorry but why in the hell was I made out to be the biggest fucking fool???? All I did was use the manufacturer’s scans?!?!?! HELLFUCKINGOOOOO????????? And shit, my pictures were clear (and I didn’t have to post, “The sofa swatch is a little orangey sorry!”)!! These idiots in my class didn’t even know what a scanner WAS until the 3rd day of school and someone explained it to them!!!

Of course, this is the guy who is doing everything short of beating it into us, that designing has NOTHING to do with our personal preferences, yeah we know that, but THEN he’ll start a lecture out talking about how he hates antiques and why he doesn’t understand how people could actually WANT ,and pay so much for, something that is “old”…THEN the last sentence says “But this is just my personal opinion.” WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!  So, I figure we only have 7 more weeks left, I’ll just be the good little student and do what it is he wants me to do and if I can find an easier (i.e. on the internet) way of doing his projects, I’ll continue to do so, I have 2 kids & hauling them to and from 500 fabric stores is NOT feasible, I’m sorry, but it isn’t and the stupid pretentious fucker will have to get the hell right on over all that shit.

DAMNIT! 

ok better now! off to carve pumpkins!

con·tent
Pronunciation: ‘kän-”tent
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin contentus, past participle of continEre to contain
Date: 15th century
1 a : something contained — usually used in plural <the jar’s contents> <the drawer’s contents> b : the topics or matter treated in a written work <table of contents>
2 a : SUBSTANCE, GIST b : MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE c : the events, physical detail, and information in a work of art — compare FORM 10b
3 a : the matter dealt with in a field of study b : a part, element, or complex of parts
4 : the amount of specified material contained : PROPORTION

 

 

So, what is the point of this, you ask?  Well, now I can safely say that I’m not lacking content
*runs off for another round of ‘Mario Sunshine’ clop,clop,clop*

Well, it has been 2 full days now (2.5 if you get technical) with our new Gamecube and let me just say……

I am now carrying around with me;

For the redness……and…….

For the lack-of-sleep headache, and the neck-crane achiness.

 

We haven’t tried Luigi’s Mansion yet, but we’re so hooked on Mario Sunshine!  We are planning on buying a TON more games (Animal Crossing is the first on my list, thanks verona! I was teetering on the fence with that one!).  So I like it, for now, I’ll have to keep buying games though or I’ll get bored SUPER fast. 
DH said last night that since we’ve gotten the Gamecube he’s seen more of BT in the past 24 hours than in the past 2 weeks!! BT is usually up in my room playing Nintendo64, but now that it’s obsolete, he stays downstairs with us and just watches, he doesn’t even really want to play, just watch. 

I need to have sis come over, she’d have a BLAST! So go tell her! Oh, and tell her how cute her new kitten is too!

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Reading footnote; Oleander is getting better, FINALLY! And go figure, I’m almost through it.  This Nintendo thing has set me back a few days!

Right now, BT is playing on our new;

He is playing;

Which came with the system (along with a memory card SWEET!)

We also bought;

But haven’t played it yet.  Spooky eh?!

BT also got;

For doing all his chores!

So now, for the next 2,847,271,034 days the T.V. will only serve its purpose as a video game……DH is mighty happy, also…

 

Ok, so the ONLY reason that I blogged about this was because I could find pictures and I love pictures, especially in books, they take up a TON of room!

Oh, I went to sis’ Halloween party also, I was a derranged housewife, then I was informed that my costume was suppose to be the OPPOSITE of what I am in real-life. DAMNIT!

Busy weekend lies ahead, not to mention that I STILL haven’t finished my tests or 1 (one of 528) paper for English…soooooooooo I’ll be up late tonight and early in the AM to finish it all….I sort of live for the rush factor, I’m a freak that way……

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ANYWAY!  Here are some pictures for your looking pleasure…Included is our new dog ‘Sunshine’…she’s a SUPER sweet Shar pei mix that we adopted from the county just north of us.  This poor shelter has too many animals and not enough money, it’s pretty sad really, so I went looking for a cat and came home with aNOTHER big(ish) dog!! But she’s housebroken, CALM, and good with the kids…….someone was pretty stupid to let her go, she’s the BEST dog (save our current dog, Sammie…she’s the best lol) So here ya are!!!   ENJOY!!!

Snoozin’ on the sofa, recovering from the spaying.

She’s terrified of the camera
and anything else anyone has in their hands, poor baby!

LT Eating an apple in his Farmer getup

Locking himself in the dog crate! and…

‘I CAN’T HEARRR YYOOUUUUU!”
And no I’m not wearing pants either, thank goodness for the removable plastic tray I’m sittin’ on!

HA HA! I can escape though! buwahahaha!

See, I’m leavin’……really I am!

BOO!
See the stain on the carpet in front of him?  That is what 2/3 of a bottle of Mr. Bubble will do to your carpet….The carpet will soon be gone anyway, and hey he had fun while dumping it on the floor!

HOOOOTTTIIIIEEEEEHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Yes Folks, Robb (“With TWO B’S GUYS! Dang!”) was booted off the island.  Life is now complete.  But hey, he’s “Already going home a winner.” Right?
Apologies to anyone who didn’t see Survivor yet and I just spoiled it for them, get over it, there’s tons more to see…like the ‘Coming of Robb.” Don’t ask, you’re better off not knowing.

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‘Oleander’ is going OK.  Hopefully the ending will justify the middle.  Or maybe with my wealth of knowledge I’ve just become an English snob.  Or it could be the writing of the ‘Left Behind’ series rubbing off on me.   OK, I’ll quit knocking LB they are interesting and I *DO* keep buying them so……….

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Well, grocery shopping and film development awaits, hmmm maybe I’ll develop WHILE grocery shopping, Wal-Mart is so fucking cool.  And, no I’m not ashamed to admit that I shop at Wal-Mart.  It’s cheap, they have some interesting/useful things and hey it saves me money so that I can buy more shit from Lands’ End.  Too bad Sears (The sorry rotting fuckheads that they are) bought them out, I really liked Lands’ End, until now….hmm L.L. Bean anyone? Or I could just save up all the Wal-Mart money and buy the Living Room that I designed for IAD…seen HERE. No, there aren’t 2 cocktail tables in the room it’s the same table just different angles of the room

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The Mind is a bit wanderous this mornin’, bear with me.  well it was when I wrote this

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AAARRRGGGGHHHHHH I forgot the film, FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  damnit, off to CVS………

Midterm Grades are floating around this week.  Last night, after a night of helping sis hang up ‘wanted’ posters, I came home and logged into school to find 2 emails waiting on me…………..One was from Tom, my English instructor, the other from Dr. Guy, my IAD professor.  Well here is the break-down for my grades.  Keep in mind that throughout high school if I got a D (or just a not bad F) it was a celebration……

English- A

IAD- A

YUP!!!!!!!! I’m soooo fuckin’ smart hoooo hooo!   Tom even said that my first draft of my story was one of the strongest ones in all three of the classes he teaches! hooohoooo, turtlemama ISN’T the dumbest fuck in all the land (well, anymore anyway)

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Still need positive come home Spankster vibes……stupid cat.

OK, poetry hour is over   I’m back to my normal piss and vinegar self….all is well in the turtleshell! Damn Dr. Seuss.

Ok, so I’m reading White Oleander.  Let me just say that it’s a good book, I want to continue reading it but I do have one complaint.  The 3rd foster home that Astrid ends up in is a pretty pathetic excuse for creativity.  I mean, come on Janet Fitch, you couldn’t have come up with something original?  An old rich foreign widow who takes in girls so that she’ll get the money (to remodel her house none the less) then starves them and makes them her slaves?!?!?! Give me a BREAK! (BTW, she’s an interior designer, maybe that’s why I’m so bitter? lol) Janet, dear, you were doing so well with the first two homes with Ray and then Olivia, now this?! 
Maybe I just haven’t gotten far enough into that particular part of the story but as soon as I read the first line of the first paragraph describing this new foster home, I already knew where it was going.  TOO PREDICTABLE!!!!  I was a little disappointed last night and finally put the book down and went to sleep at 3:20am. 

I hate when books don’t live up to my expectations…damn them.

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I will be in need of new reading material soon.  I still have to finish the ‘Left Behind’ series, I’m almost done with those, thankfully.  The writing is pretty elementary but the whole concept is good, besides, I’m seriously eager to see how this guy writes the end of the world, it is SURE to be amusing… But hard as hell to muddle through

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The DH and I bought Scrabble and let me tell you, it is so nice to win game after game with huge scores such as 275-135 or 380-232.  Medicine is a great word when the last e ends on a triple word score and there are double & triple letter throughout.

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This entry is reminding me more and more of a fucking Easter egg, I must stop with the snazzy colors……nahhhh fuck ‘em I like snazz.

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Go to my SIS’ blog and send wonderful happy ‘reuniting with Spankster’ vibes, please? He’s the coolest cat, even cooler than mine (and mine are pretty damn cool!)

‘The Spankster’ and his normal ‘fuck off’ glare

I wanna be fun.
I wanna be happy.
I wanna be nice.
I wanna be friendly.
I want people to like me,
And me to like them back.
I want to stop writing stupid shit in my blog!

                                             

LT WATCHING THE LANDSCAPERS

 

You are Classical! Intelligent, romantic, and civil, you are Classical music. Commonly associated with class and style, your main themes are romance, passion, and drama. Many see you as a well-balanced person with few, if any, major faults. You work, you pay your taxes, you live the American dream. You are what most people would call normal. Whether it’s a casual dinner at home or a formal mixer, you have an undeniable charm about you. Though some people would say that very charm is pretension personified.

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