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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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if i look back, i am lost
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Not today Justin
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My new (and only) music box! Old school, I know. If it looks familiar, it is inspired by the movie Anastasia. I haven't had a music box since I was a kid, it brings me back! I just love the details with this one, and the antique look. The minor melody that it plays (Once Upon A December) isn't half bad, either:)
Blowin’ In The Wind
This is the 1000th take (not really, more like 6th or so) of one of my first times accompanying myself on guitar! It’s something I’ve always wanted to be able to do, and I found it to be a really fun and liberating experience:)
Since my guitar skills are still in their infancy, I decided to go with a familiar folk song with simple guitar chords. I grew up on this kind of music (despite not being born ‘till the 80’s).
I had a lot of fun recording this, and hope you enjoy listening to it!
So cute. I love my cats:)
Five things to NOT say to an anosmic
I see articles and lists all the time about "x number of things you shouldn't say to *insert group of people here.*" There's one for women who don't want kids, women who have kids, ones that have nothing to do with women or kids, there's one for just about everyone.
But I've never seen one for anosmics. (Someone who does not have their sense of smell). So I thought I would make one. Here are a few things that, as an anosmic, I am sick of hearing but hear all the time by people who just found out I can't smell. Here goes.
1. Wait, you can't smell anything? Not even really strong farts, or flowers, or anything? Like I could fart in your face and you wouldn't know?
K, couple things. First, who farts in someone else's face? That's just weird and gross. Second, someone who is missing the sense of smell generally cannot smell anything. You wouldn't ask a blind person if they could at least see that really big mountain, or that brilliant sunset.
2. You're so lucky that you can't smell dog shit or garbage dumps!
Again, you wouldn't tell a blind person how lucky they are to not see, I don't know... all the crappy sights there are in the world, or a deaf person how lucky they are that they can't hear nails on a chalkboard. Why not treat anosmia with the same sensitivity and respect as blindness or deafness??? True, I can't smell the crappy shit, but I also can't smell cinnamon rolls baking on a Sunday morning. Or more importantly, I couldn't smell the gas leak that preceded the natural gas explosion that occurred in my apartment two years ago. So f*** off.
3. Oh, so you can't taste either, then.
Are you asking me, or are you telling me? 'Cause I understand genuine curiosity, but if you're presuming to tell me what I can and can not do, (no doubt based on your extensive knowledge and expertise on anosmia, a condition that 5 seconds ago you had never heard of), then it's very good that you're reading this list. Keep reading.
4. How do you know you can't smell? Have you ever tried?
Hahaha, I DARE you to say this to a blind/deaf person. 'Have you ever tried to see/hear anything?' How do YOU know that you CAN smell? Or do anything, for that matter? Just because I was born this way and don't know any different, doesn't mean that in my 27 years on this planet I haven't noticed that everyone else can detect something that I can't. I mean, how does a deaf person know that they can't hear? Sounds ridiculous, right? It's equally ridiculous to say to an anosmic. So don't.
5. If I had to pick one sense to lose, I would pick smell.
See #2 above.
#music #passion
If i ever become one of those "until you have a child" mothers, SHOOT ME.
4. Don’t Complain About Being Tired (Unless You Have Kids)
OH TRIPLE SNAP. Joan and Ryan are both teachers, and Jennie done messed with the wrong education department. Don’t start complaining about a sick baby around a teacher, especially a drama or music teacher, because you will get shut down. “Try 40 kids, muffin,” I can practically hear them sneering back. Yawn. When are we going to stop turning “tired” into a competition?
A Refreshing View About Marriage
This is a quote I found on a blog titled "Bad Feminist."
I think it's absolutely perfect, and sums up my view of marriage in a way that I myself have never been able to:
"I don’t believe in marriage. No, I really don’t. Let me be clear about that.
I think at worst it’s a hostile political act, a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house and out of the way, wrapped up in the guise of tradition and conservative religious nonsense.
At best, it’s a happy delusion. These two people, who truly love each other and have no idea how truly miserable they are about to make each other.
But, when two people know that, and they decide with eyes wide open to face each other and get married anyway, then I don’t think it’s conservative or delusional. I think it’s radical and courageous…and very romantic."
I don't believe in marriage in general, but I do believe in my marriage. It's illogical and I can't explain this lapse in rationality on my part, other than to say that it feels vaguely radical to jump in with both feet. To throw away my cynicism. To be optimistic, even in the face of odds. And to believe in my husband.
Yeah.This.
Cats!
Our two cats, during a rare moment when they're not trying to kill each other. Cameron on the left, Tess on the right:-)
Many people have a hard time understanding the difference between music therapy and music education. Many music therapists integrate adaptive music lessons into therapy, but the goals of a music therapist and a music educator are very, very different.
A degree in Music Education and a degree in Music Therapy are not interchangeable. Each field requires different and specialized training, specific to THAT particular field.
It breaks my heart that animals still suffer in the name of "human convenience."
People suck
Declawing is done for the benefit and convenience to the HUMAN, not the cat.
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I am a HUGE fan of Billy Joel, and this video is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. What an experience for this young college kid!
My favorite thing about cat yawns is they start off real cute and then get fucking menacing as shit
every time
Good Lord, my Tumblr has become boring enough to the point where I have been reduced to this: posting a picture of my new Asics Gels athletic shoes. But here they are. Bought them from Kohl's earlier today. I like that they're dark. Lighter shoes look crappier sooner. Yeah. New shoes. Good day.
....and this is why I hate people.
At least the stupid, clueless selfish ones. Which often seems to be the majority.
*Warning* Extremely angry rant ahead. You have been warned.
My mom recently adopted a puppy from this woman who had extras because she didn't spay the dog that she already had to begin with. My mom had been wanting a dog for a while, and she instantly bonded with this puppy, who she named Maggie. A few days after my mom brought Maggie home, the woman called her, saying she made a mistake and asking for Maggie back. My mom sympathized with the woman, but turned her down. This woman had already made her decision (one that should never be made lightly, btw) and my mom made hers. And that should have been that.
But the woman didn't respect my mom's answer, and continued to harass her, bombarding my mom with pictures of her children, saying they missed their puppy, etc. Nice guilt trip to dump on someone for YOUR OWN bad and irresponsible decision. She eventually wore my mom down, who brought the dog back to this lady the other day. My mom was left completely and totally, utterly devastated, not to mention out hundreds of dollars on vet bills. She had taken Maggie to the vet for her first round of shots, bought her treats, toys, a bed, etc. The lady never even offered to reimburse my mom for any of the expenses, although my mom eventually got half her money back.
I am so upset and furious over this situation, I can't even see straight. What happened here is wrong on so many levels. I really wish my mom wouldn't have given the dog back, for several reasons:
1. My mom's loyalty should have been to Maggie, not this lady or her selfish family. They created this whole situation in the first place by not getting their dog spayed, one of the most irresponsible things a pet owner can do. It's because of people like this that there are so many animals being euthanized and in shelters because homes can't be found for all of them. My mom didn't owe these people ONE GODDAMN THING, but she did owe it to Maggie to not return her to irresponsible owners. I don't believe giving the dog back in this case was the best thing for the dog.
2. At the very least, I wish my mom would have held on to Maggie until she could be spayed (she wasn't big enough yet, so she's been returned to this family unspayed, dear God). At which point my mom should have insisted that the woman reimburse her for the cost of the spaying. If the woman had been unable or unwilling to comply with this, my mom would keep Maggie. That's not being selfish or using the dog as leverage. That's being responsible and doing what's best for the dog.
3. I don't believe this woman has any idea what she's done. That she COMPLETELY DEVASTATED my mom AND dad. They've been so hurt and emotionally traumatized by this situation, they never want to try to get a dog, or any pet ever again. They never want to feel this kind of pain again. But she doesn't GET IT. All she cared about was appeasing her bratty kids. To harass someone into giving up an animal that they've bonded with because you didn't do right by said animal in the first place is totally inappropriate and hurtful behavior. Didn't she realize how doing that would make someone feel? The torment that she would be creating in someone else's life? She should have just let it go. She shouldn't even HAVE ANY animals in the first place, having already proven to be a selfish idiot. I can only hope she'll at least get Maggie spayed, otherwise we'll probably see her on Animal Hoarders soon.
