Would you want to be pitied?

Today is my friend/co-worker's birthday
We took a page from the "10 Things I Hate About You" movie and gave her a "hate" poem.
She loved it. Score!

She's fighting breast cancer. When she told us - they all hugged her and made the pity sounds.

I waited a bit, went to her office and told her "This f'ing sucks. I'm not going to hug you. Let me know if you need anything." (or something like that) and walked away.

Not so very sympathic no. But you know what? She liked my reaction best. This makes me happy.
She says she's so tired of the pity party and everyone coddling her and I totally get that. Why can't people try to put themselves in that persons shoes?

Would you want to be pitied? I can't think of many things worse then that personally...

I'm reading Emma Chase's Tangled series - 1 and 3 are told from the male perspective. It's fun to see a opposite ...and in some instances pretty spot on (based on past personal experience) point of view.

And since I'm in an old-school country music sound mood - Jason Boland is doing it for me today.
Blows my mind that he listens to Anthrax (or somesuch thrash metal craziness) but plays this kind of music that harkens back to Don Williams.
Again I'm digging the dichotomy...

It took awhile at least for me
to live enough until I believed
In none of what I heard and less than half of what I saw

Perfect is boring!

It's patio weather and I feel pretty today!

I also ordered our Derby invitations.

Went a little color/pattern happy on the back too but who cares. It's fun! I wish more people would do invitations. Nowadays it's just texting - Booo - I like getting fun mail!!

And so now I'm looking into the decorating -
honestly, I try to stick to pretty and elegant (like most everyone else) and always end up going with the fun/cheesy/mexican styl(ish). HA!

You can take the girl out of El Paso but can't take the El Paso out of the girl I guess...

It's just that... when I go into a house that looks too "put together" I never have as much fun for fear of messing something up. So I'd rather go the cheesy "color bomb" route for my own house. oh well.

Its taken some adjustment for Jamie (reminiscent of this Fools Rush In scene ;0) ) he wants everything to be perfect. It drives me bonkers sometimes!

Perfect is boring. How about perfectly awesome!!!

wretched wicked gin smoke & lies

Finally Texas is doing something I fully support! - they are trying to ban texting while driving.

If you think you're good at texting and driving you're delusional. 

I'm not a proponent of violence - 

but seriously, there are times I so wish I could be this guy.... 

Alas...I just relegate myself to be that girl behind/around you cussing you out even though it doesn't make me feel better.

In other (more positive news) cause really I'm starting to get on my own nerves with how grumpy I've been lately

Heard my favorite Oklahoma band (and this favorite of angst-ridden songs) It made me feel better. 

My BB girl dog was telling me that bad weather was near...she paced all night last night. And sure enough Oklahoma city/Tulsa area got hit pretty hard (again) with tornadoes. ugh. aweful.

Finished Wicked Games - good like the rest - the female leads in this series are reading very similar but besides that. fun.

We've got less than two months till we go on vacation...i can't freaking wait!