Rebel Southern Belle

Hi. I'm Elise Caile, an INFJ, writer, editor and expert procrastinator. To find out anything else about me, just ask. Glad you stopped by! ASK ME ANYTHING! (Except that.) For those who know you, no explanation is needed; for those who don't, none is possible. ~K.Cobain ☞ My PHOTOS ☞ My POETRY & PROSE ☞ My FEATURE ARTICLES ╔══════ೋღ☃ღೋ══════╗ ☞ OTHER PLACES I LURK: •Facebook (Public Acct.) •StumbleUpon •Twitter •G+ (Feel free to add me. More forums added later. Joy!) ☞ CONTACT ME ╚══════ೋღ☃ღೋ══════╝ ☞ DISCLAIMER: No pixels were harmed in the making of this site. At the most, they may have been somewhat incovenienced, but I'm not entirely convinced they are self-aware. /disclaimer ☞ ©Elise Caile | 2011 All original content is free to repost with proper attribution. Other content is from open-source forums and may not have a source available. Cheers, "Air Elise" ~ Thanks for flying.

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I'm coming back here very soon.

Be afraid.

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They just don't make music like this anymore.

(I wonder if he's still just as freaking hot. Men grow "distinguished" with age. Women...depreciate. Blech. I blame our shallow American culture.)

Sorry, got a little tangential. Ummm..........mmm.......

Oh, yeah. Okay. So anyway, this song helped me through breakups & major life changes waaaay back in college. Today, it's *still* helping me through breakups & major life changes.

Thought I'd share with newer generations who missed out on the awesome (& meaningful!) tuneage from the 20th century's final two decades.

Now I'm off to listen to #Switchfoot's "Dare You To Move"....

Because my crippling inertia regarding life's recent challenges is so eloquently summed up below:

This stream-of-consciousness post brought to you by Air✈️Elise. Now aren't y'all glad it's taken so long for me to show up here again? Ha-ha. 😋

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V is for Verbosity

This morning's note to my friend regarding a tentatively-scheduled visit that has been postponed several times now due to constant fluctuations in my daily life, those of the folks in my immediate familial and social circles, the Earth's gravitational pull, the Einsteinian-unidentified "spooky action" of the space-time continuum, and my inability to find a matching and/or weather-appropriate change of clothes after my recent move, among other annoying incidentals. (In other words, be REALLY glad you don't live in my vicinity!) ~*~🌺~*~🌺~*~🌺~*~ Hi: Well, finally got my ADD meds yesterday, after a week of Heap Big Havoc at Ghetto Chez Elise. Yes -- my usual chaos levels exploded into Super-sized Freaknado Events which I, in my mentally and motivationally incapacitated, zero-fucks-given state, was helpless to rationally and logically address. So, I did what any medicinally-deprived, courageous person would do: abandoned my home entirely to avoid the human vultures (and their accompanying issues and subsequent confusions) with which I was surrounded. However, I will return this afternoon amidst the unresolved metaphorical flotsam and jetsam contained within this unnamed circle of Hell for several hours if you'd like to drop by! 🙂 Yes, I know how utterly ENTICING that invitation sounds! 🤔 Gonna be hard to pass up a ticket aboard the stationary Crazy Train! Hoping to change it to the Funkytown Express once I deal with the various variables invariably vying for my various valuable evaluations. 🤓 Also, I have a new word after a rather indelicate situation occurred yesterday morning: "Snart" (v) -- "To sneeze and fart simultaneously." (Or, in emoticon parlance, "🗣+🍑💨". ) 😁 Cheers from your "special friend" who *always* keeps it classy! 💋✈️ ~Elise

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Hola amigos! I thought I'd share one of the little ways I pass time when I'm unable (or unwilling) to do anything more productive. Here's a fairly recent example. Enjoy! 💋~Elise "Redneck Repurposing: Keepin' it Classy" Ingredients for decorative (and highly USEFUL!) Custom Clips: ✔️boredom/nothing better to do ✔️cheap, ugly plastic pants hangars ✔️glue (or double-sided tape) ✔️random hoarded decorative crap (top: beheaded & deconstructed tacky silk flowers; bottom: holiday ribbon scraps) ✔️ADD/ADHD (optional, but it helps) The above photo collage is pretty self-explanatory. (If not, you probably should stick with Legos or Play-Doh instead.) Cheers! 😘

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Quickie

Sorry for the delay... some issues both here as well as back home, where my family has been caring for my grandmother in and out of the hospital the past few weeks. She passed away yesterday afternoon. Life (and death) will always trump my online presence. Thanks for understanding. EliseCaile

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POL (Proof of Life)

Hi y'all, haven't posted in quite some time (since I left the US). Hope to start being more active online next week, it's been quite an adjustment process so far! Hope to have photos and appropriately Caile-esque "pithy gringo commentary" plastered here and there once I get my act together (remember, ADD & OCD do NOT play well together, something they don't point out in the DSM-V Manual of Psychobabble, ha). Traveling today until Sunday night, if I get a wild hair I may even post a random snapshot of a random item/sign/person/place/dangling participle/etc, but if not, assume I at least considered it (hey, I gotta start somewhere in my quest to renew my Internet addiction, I reckon!). Love to y'all from a tall, skinny white chick (a bit tan now, tho) in a country of short, bootylicious hispanic people! (I should've gone to Sweden or Norway so I'd blend in much better! Ha-ha.) Note: I still haven't gotten to see any sloths yet, but I will. I MUST! It's on my bucket list. Hopefully I can even adopt one at some point. ;) Cheers/Saludos y "pura vida" desde CR! *Muah!* "Elisa"

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A "quaint billboard thingy" on a little jaunt to a nearby area (alongside the CentroAm Pacific), conveniently advertising 3 local (and quite unrelated) services: Thai massages, horseback rides to see a waterfall, or surfing lessons. Handy! 👍

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~Madame Slothica~

Still alive...relocated to another country and some other stuff I've been too busy, confused or lazy to share online, despite the earnest-est of intentions to do so and the plethora of pertinent pics I've planned to post, pathetically plastered across a plurality of photographic programs and platforms. (Aren't asinine alliterations annoying? Ha-ha.) Back soonish, tho! Muah! :-* Elise

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Flula: my latest YouTube crush! (Sorry Pewds [Pewdiepie], still love ya, but you swear too much). Found this LL Cool J cover gem in a Mashable newsletter raving about its awesome quirkiness; and judging from the views/likes since last week's upload, it seems folks are pretty wild about this version featuring an accordion and his parental units.

Gotta love the guy's wild enthusiasm, weird and funky "Auto Tunes" ("These are Dope Tunes I record in an Auto, with no Pre-Recording or things. All Sounds are Live!"), "Interviewings", other varied playlists ("What the Flula", "German With a German") and, my favorite: his Vlogs ("Flogs") of a foreigner's perspective on Americanisms (some topics: "Sorry 110%. But Nobody is Giving You.", "Needle In Haystack, You Are A Bad Hider", "Do Not Tickle My Fancy", "I Have Your Last Straw, Michael", "Butt Hurt, What Is You?", "Balls To The Wall, This Is Not Effektive", "Twerking, You Give Me Confusion", "Pot, You Are Racist To Kettle", "Bark Up Some Trees: I Will Not Do It", "Pie Is Not Easy, Eric", "A Camel Toe Is Not For Partys", "Bird in the Hand, I Dislike You Very Much", "Chip On A Shoulder? I Just Snack You" . . . I could list these all day, but you get the idea) . . .

WAIT!! OMG I just found "Happy as the Clam? No." -- I wrote an entire feature-length article/blog post on this EXACT TOPIC a while back. If i can find it, I'll re-post it somewhere. And "The Proof Is In The Pudding, Please Why?" is something I was wondering about just last week. And, and, annnd: "Have You Cake? Then Perhaps Eat It Too" -- a phrase that has always bugged me, because what's the POINT of cake if you can't eat it? Seems he and I have similarly inquiring minds. His "Flogs" are much like some of content (among other things, more unique to myself) I have been considering for my own YouTube channel (when I get it started, need more set-up stuff first).

Anyway, I went from 2+ months of total silence here to a post of considerable verbiage. I'm afraid I'm not very consistent with this concept of "moderation". Like, practically ever. But, at least my inconsstency is consistent! So, I'm finally typed out. Enjoy my new-found inquisitive, hyper little German "Flogger"! (Ha-ha). Cheers, Elise~

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Ditzy Broad Terrorized by Her Own Sleepwear

Ack! Glanced over at my onesie hanging on the door and freaked out because I thought it was a person standing there.  (Haaha.)

NTS: Sometimes you're such a dingbat.

[Image via PostSecret]

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Just a note that I will try to respond to all my varioius social media stuff tomorrow; been too busy doing productive and unproductive things the past few days to stay on top of online things. Soooo...that's my plan, anyway. Aren't y'all excited?? Me too! (Ha-ha.) Talk to y'all soon! ;-)

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Happy Thanksgiving to y'all here in the US, and I wish a wonderful day to all my friends elsewhere on this kooky planet we live on. <3

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For anyone who could use a little extra boost today. :-)

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This has been in my “Drafts” folder for a long time, so I have no idea why I made this, but there was definitely a reason (my memory stinks).

Thanks for flying Air Elise, where the flights often don’t leave the tarmac. Instead, I just taxi around until I get bored and make everyone deplane. Cheers!

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I miss my loft so much. Staying with an elderly relative right now, so my life is in storage. Sometimes I feel that my stuff is more comforting than people: At least it's always there for me, it doesn't change, it puts up with my crap without complaint, and doesn't judge me. Also, I really miss my cat Spaz, R.I.P.

/sentimental sappy stuff; resume regularly-scheduled sarcasm or total social media neglect, depending on if I ever finish this Red Bull

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I think you're amazing and I adore you! <3 xx

Thank you, Anonymous. That was very sweet. It’s nice to be adored, I hope you’re not a stalker. (lol, j/k!) (mostly.)  :-D