I was in the gas station today, and the older gentleman cashier said "feelicious" to me. I am very disturbed. Not only because he is a very older gentleman and was making up knew -icious words up, or maybe I just havent heard of this one? But he was calling the egg nog that I was buying feelicious.. I dont think I'll be drinking this eggnog.

I'd like to be friends with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He is pretty entertaining. My sister April saw him on an airplane in LA one time during his 3rd rock from the sun years & the jealousy has never really worn off. Speaking of April..

A few days ago I was reluctantly walking into work, minding my own business, finishing a txt to a friend saying I was veeerry reluctant to go to work that day. Ive discussed my texting talent & lack thereof before so you can imagine the focus brewing as I was walking into work, making sure not to get hit by cars/angry customers, being on time for work, and finishing one of my pathetic txts. Needless to say, I was very involved with my phone inches from my face.

When in the distance, I hear the slight pitter patter of feet in a slightly rushed manner. Not really interesting. Then it got louder. Just as I look up in intrigue, I am intensely personal-bubble violated as a crazy blonde lady is jumping in my face, hands raised, eyes bulging.

Before i go on, I have to mention that one of my all-time favorite hobbies is shopping in stores, browsing and finding great bargains but most especially, finding one of my sisters in the same store at the same time. I gratefully take advantage of this blessed coincidence to nonchalantly take my sisters purse from their shopping cart, or take it off of her shoulder in a mad dash, all causing a case of sheer panic to grace my poor sisters' faces and souls. I most especially enjoy finding them or sneaking up to them, then blatantly and rudely pushing them as I grab the mascara above the lip gloss they are currently reaching for, much like the very ignorant shopper does. All of these situations causing the most wonderful awkward situations. These moments don't have to occur only when I randomly see them, they happen anywhere, anytime, basically they are never really safe.

So as I froze in sheer terror and fear for my life, I had no idea who this crazy lady was and why she was attacking me. All I could do was stop, freeze, and then scream. Loudly. More than loudly actually, it was piercing. and it didn't stop for a while. So there I was, work clothes on and everything, screaming in the middle of a bustling parking lot with a crazy lady arms raised.

Turns out the crazy lady was April getting her payback on all of the awkward shopping incidents.. Finally. Also turns out that I ended up the crazy lady still screaming for all to hear because by this time April was crouching over laughing and the realization was just settling in. Honestly any facial recognition that my brain capacity has or should have was non-existent. One of the only people that I have known for all of my 24 so odd years was a complete stranger.

I found this on my photobooth the other day. I thought it appropriate to post this weekend as April is a devoted twilight fan. She is a funny, funny, sister that everybody immediately loves and adores. All growing up I thought that April gave our family its personality, with out her, Im pretty sure we would be a reeeally boring bunch. She's the happy one making sure everybody else is happy. Im glad I had an older sister to borrow cool clothes from, take leftover magazine cutouts to stick on my walls, teach me art, and get rides in her chevy spectrum car. April is a great sister and momma and friend and I love her to death.

Daygirl, champion of karate & friendship for everyone.

Im going to SLC next tues to pick up my brotha & his girlfran from the airport, a last min. trip planned because he cant get his AM's and PM's straight... But im really excited because i get to see my good'ol friend Cate.

And that is her great sis Annie to the left of Cate. Becs I totally would post a picture of you on here but I dont have any! :( sheesh I was surprised I had this one. Man, now Im feeling guilty..

Ok, heres Becca! She is also great.

:)

And a looker.

So Cate, kindly pushed the thanksgiving food preparations that I just assumed took everyone days and days and days of preparing to get done before the actual Thanksgiving dinner - I really didnt want to impose on her prep plans! She kindly informed me that no, she doesnt reside in the 18th century and everything will be just fine. What a gal she is. Ever since the 2nd grade this great lady has had my back for things like these.. From just hangin out during highschool, going to crazy events looking like fools, driving around town talking about funny things in her fabulous lumina, packing hundreds of people in my VW bug, taking great photos of all of us throughout jr high & high school knowing we'd appreciate them later, she was the one to gather us all together and ring us all up to do stuff- she still does! We would also set alot of various things on fire in various places.. . Cate was always the one to say "NO. Im not doing this"..we would never listen (me, erika, amanda, carly..) So I guess it was surprising to everyone when her room suddenly burnt down.. Cate? burned it down??? Whhhhhaaaatttt???? I guess in the Cotton residence, the innocent until proven guilty theory doesnt necessarily apply, she was guilty untill everyone found out she was innocent years and years later when a confession was made by her sibling, Alejandro(a) *

*Names could be changed allowing sibling to remain anonymous.

Yep she is a trouper and I am grateful for her and what she does for me and my family and to the rest of this world. So Ode to Cate Fausett. Way to be the best Cate Fausett I know. What a pal for moving her thanksgiving prep plans for me. And not living in the 18th century.

**Cate Fausett will also have to watch Its always sunny in philadelphia to understand the title of this post... Because Im sure she was wondering why I titled it, "Daygirl, champion of karate and friendship for everyone." Cate doesnt even play Karate. play? ya. Cate doesnt play karate..

I love vintage adds. they are insane.

So this is what implanted the fear into our grandparents of the need to save every last newspaper..

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"How do you live like this?"

Ok, so maybe i talk to my dogs, Sam and Steve. But who wouldn't ask their dogs this question when the power is out for 2 hrs in the middle of the day?? I had so many things I needed to do, all on the computer, and the power goes out, which left me sitting on the couch, in the cold, with no heater, staring at my dogs wondering what the crap they do all day or if they are entertained at all throughout the day. I mean seriously how can they live without using any kind of power/energy requiring an electrical outlet..

So I sat in a very quiet, cold, dim lit house and had no idea what to do. Recently my friend Jamie Z. posted a very interesting article about how the "glowing rectangles" are taking over our lives. For example; TV's, Computer Monitors, Laptops, XBoxes, Playstations, Nintendo DS', DVR's, DVD players, IPods, Cellphones, the list goes on and on.. there is no denying it. they are/have taken over.

As I was thinking about all of these glowing rectangles, all of which I couldn't use at the moment it occurred to me that working in a technology retail store that sells all of the above products... Im around a lot of these rectangles.. all day.. This cant be good for the none glowing circle on top of our bodies..

This is a stretch.. hypothetically speaking.. while all glowing devices were shut down, the idea popped into my brain that not only was my computer not receiving the wireless signals floating in the air searching for all wireless devices, but neither was my brain, I was receiving a glowing detox of all those invisible wireless waves going through every cell in my body. Maybe the wireless signals were actually using my brain waves??? And because they weren't going through my brain, I could actually think clearly. Maybe I shouldn't post this.

But honestly there is nothing a person can do but think of crazy weird conspiracies when there is absolutely nothing else to do in a cold, empty house. Besides maybe talking to their dogs. So when the power came back on, I was quickly distracted back to my work designing logos and illustrating. Letting my router use my brain as the crazy wave connector. I guess I'll continue being constantly entertained by my computer and let my dogs be entertained by the construction workers across the street. To each their own.

..I was mostly thinking of this youtube video when coming up with the new found conspiracy...

But then realized as I was looking it up since the last/first time I saw it, that there have been countless youtube videos posted debunking the new cellphone popcorn popper idea. I kind of really wish I would have seen this before the power went out.