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50 by 50 #6 - Learn How to Play Bagpipes

50 by 50 #6 – Learn How to Play Bagpipes

I have no idea where my fascination with bagpipes started. I’m going to attribute some of it to my family heritage. While I do have a mix of stuff, I really embrace my Scotch-Irish heritage the most. I probably have as much German as I do Scot/Irish, but I tend to play up that side a bit more. I think because it has the best story. Now, how much of it is actually true, I have no idea. And…

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#50x50 #50x50 6 #Add to the Christmas list #Bagpipe chanter #Bagpipes #cat vs semi #Fifty by Fifty #I even saw chanters at Music Go Round #I really think they&039;re pretty #Learn how to play bagpipes

Dollar Daze - MMMmmmmm...BBQ hair!

Dollar Daze – MMMmmmmm…BBQ hair!

Spoiler alert (in case the title didn’t already give it away): this one does not end well.

We’re lucky in my family that we have awesome hair. Not gonna even try to be modest about it. Hair is one of my best assets.

My hair when it’s straight. Typically when I blow dry it in the winter, I end up looking like first year Hermione Granger. On this particular occasion, it actually worked. So, of…

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#Dollar Daze #Dollar Tree #Fake T-Gel shampoo #great now i&039;m hungry for The Salt Lick #If you can get past the BBQ smell let me know how it works #If you worked at Famous Dave&039;s or a BBQ hut it probably wouldn&039;t be noticeable #Maybe you like that smell #Texas BBQ represent

just-shower-thoughts

Just broke my personal record for consecutive days lived..Going for the record again tomorrow

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this is surprisingly extremely encouraging

autumnyte-old

When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up that not all adults experience “a calling”. That many of them never find particular purpose in a career. That sometimes, their job is just what pays the bills and they have to seek satisfaction and fulfillment elsewhere.

Because as an adult, this pervasive notion that there exists a perfect path for everyone, that people should love what they do, and that work is meant to function as a vehicle for fulfilling a person’s grand life destiny is not only inaccurate for many of us, it can be toxic.

The ideal is so ingrained that I have to remind myself constantly I’m not a failure because I don’t adore my job, and because I’m not rocking the world with my work. That is okay.

Sometimes, work is just work. There isn’t always a perfect career path, magically waiting to be discovered. There might not be this THING you were born to do. Sometimes, you discover that what you really want to be when you grow up is “paid”.

whatwouldyourmomthink

AMOUNT OF FUCKS YOUR SIGN GIVES

Aries: no number to describe how much they actually care

Taurus: information unknown

Gemini: literally nothing they don’t care about anything it’s great

Cancer: infinite amount of fucks

Leo: we talkin hundreds

Virgo: 3 on a good day 16 on a bad day

Libra: a lot but no one will ever know

Scorpio: 69

Sagittarius: ZERO

Capricorn: 1+6-3+14

Aquarius: minus three hundred

Pisces: the same amount as 1D singles sold worldwide

nagzilla

It is true. I'm a Sag.

In Memory of a Friend and Family Member

I debated whether to write this post, but I noticed that I mention her in my About section, and before I crossed her out or deleted her, I wanted to give an update. And for those who have been reading a while, you already know our crazy, spazzy, rock-herding, loving dog Ru. I’ve featured her before in posts, and most recently talked about her cancer diagnosis back in December.

The last picture we…

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#Love and miss you old girl #May 1 2011 to Dec 30 2014 #now the cat is super lonely #osteosarcoma #Our girl Ru #Rainbow bridge #Uluru #we miss her #we&039;ll meet again someday my friend

Dollar Daze - Earbuds

Dollar Daze – Earbuds

Having a teenage daughter means having a lot (a LOT) of devices. She has an iPod we gave her for Christmas four years ago,

Nope, she wasn’t excited AT ALL. Note the classy Yule log on the tv in the background. Cuz we are all about the class.

an iPad she saved up six months worth of babysitting and face painting money to purchase (because god knows we couldn’t afford to buy her one),

She was…

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#but if you&039;re not picky I suppose they&039;ll do in a pinch #Dollar Daze #Dollar Tree #Earbuds #Not good quality or comfortable #stick with the stylus because that&039;s still the best thing I&039;ve found

50 by 50 #5 - Finish Writing My Book

50 by 50 #5 – Finish Writing My Book

Now, I don’t know if I should specify which one. I’ve had several stories that have been floating around for a while. There’s two in particular that drive me crazy on a regular basis, so those are the ones I’m primarily concerned about.

I always get a little nervous talking about my book(s) because I’ve had people who are legit authors and editors (think actually published) warn that telling too…

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#50x50 5 #finish my novel #Gotta use that Master&039;s in religion somehow amirite?#Satan&039;s Porno Stache is the working title #So who&039;s gonna offer me a book deal?#Y&039;all can be my witnesses in case I get scooped

Happy Star Wars and A to Z Recap Day!

So you get another two-fer because YAY! It’s my favorite day of the year, the high holy day in my religion. It is Star Wars Day! May the Fourth Be With You!

Why, yes. I DID wear my Yoda t-shirt and Leia buns to work today. Why do you ask?

The good Lutheran girl in me always wants to respond to that by saying, “And also with you.”

I originally was going to do my A to Z recapon the first, but…

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #Happy Star Wars Day!#May the Fourth Be With You #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #Nagzilla&039;s Star of Excellence #Yoda is my spirit animal #You take the good you take the bad you take them both and there you have...#You&039;re ALL winners in my book!

Z is for Zombies

Well, my Zillas, this is the final A to Z entry. Ok, technically I have a “what I learned” recap tomorrow, but I don’t count that. This is the final nerdgasm post. We survived! This theme was super fun for me, even if I got a little behind here and there.

Z is obviously going to be for zombies. I mean, duh. What’s nerdier than zombies?

Here’s where I share a confession: I haven’t seen The Walki…

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #But I still haven&039;t seen the Walking Dead #I&039;m more a Shaun of the Dead kinda girl #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #z is for #z is for zombies

Y is for Yates

Yates as in Jen Yates, the CakeWrecks lady.

You will never look at cakes the same way again.

Someone else earlier in the challenge did a post about Blogger Crushes, and this is probably the closest thing I have to a blog crush. Hers are the only two blogs I consistently look for, day in and day out for I don’t even know how many years now. I started out as a CakeWrecks fan, and while I still…

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #Cakewrecks #Epbot #Jen Yates #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #The only blogger I follow religiously (sorry Bloggess)#Y is for #Y is for Yates

X is for Xander Jeanneret

I am not one to watch much reality tv. Well, truth be told, now that we’ve dropped cable I’m not much for watching tv in general, with the exception of Netflix. But even when we did have cable, I was not going out of my way to watch American Idol, or Biggest Loser, or The Voice, or Survivor(which, true story, I have never seen a single episode of any of these shows) or whatever is the big…

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #Bet you didn&039;t think I could find an X didja?#King of the Nerds #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #X is for #X is for Xander Jeanneret

W is for Weird Al

No good nerd worth their salt would have a list that excluded Weird Al Yankovic. I mean, let’s be honest, this guy is King of the Nerds. Not to be confused with the show of the same name, which (sneak peek) we’ll discuss tomorrow. He plays accordion. He writes parody songs. He has crazy wild hair. Hell, he even had a song called “White and Nerdy” which I think should be my personal anthem.

[you…

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #The only guy to write a song with my name (even if it&039;s spelled wrong)#W is for #W is for Weird Al #Weird Al Yankovic

V is for Vampires

#A to Z Blog Challenge #Anne Rice #April A to Z 2015 #Count Dracula #Count Orlock #Fangs #Lestat #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #Not that sparkly shit #Real Vampires #V is for #V is for Vampires

U is for Urban Dictionary

I was originally going to do this post about unicorns, because that was the only U word I could think of. But truthfully, I don’t get all worked up over unicorns. That was my mom’s thing. Plus, how stereotypical. So I was trying to come up with something, ANYTHING, that I could use for U (I’m also on the hunt for V as well because I guess I’ve already done vampires…), and I thought “Hmmmm, let’s…

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #kids these days #more than you ever wanted to know #My go-to for slang #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #U is for #U is for Urban Dictionary #Urban Dictionary #Will save you lots on brain bleach

T is for Trivia Crack

OMG, I love Trivia Crack. The only downside to playing it is that it makes me wish Grandma and mom were still alive, because I would force them to get smart phones so they could play with me.

We used to have EPIC Trivial Pursuit games. Not even kidding. We were ruthless.

This little guy wouldn’t be smiling if he’d been playing with us.

If you don’t have a smart phone, really Trivia Crack is…

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #I&039;m a beast #People fear me- for real #T is for #T is for Trivia Crack #There&039;s a reason it&039;s called Trivia Crack #Trivia is my jam yo

S is for Star Trek and Shingeki No Kyojin

I know. Y’all are shocked my S post isn’t Star Wars. It’s been done.

Just kidding. I always want to talk about Star Wars, but since I already did that with my E entry, I thought I’d talk about the other Star show that everyone gets confused over.

I can’t tell you how often someone will say, “You love Star Trek, right?”

*Sigh*

In fairness, I do like Trek. Not to the extreme that I love Star Wars

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#A to Z Blog Challenge #April A to Z 2015 #Attack on Titan #Nagzilla&039;s Nerdgasm #Picard Rules #S is for #S is for Star Trek and Shingeki No Kyojin #Star Trek Next Gen

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