Mishmash Musings

Ugh, I’m gaining weight again. I had been doing so well for most of the summer, but then I slipped up these last couple weeks. How unfair is it that an entire summer of self-control and deprivation can be erased in just two weeks?? I’m up three pounds from where I was at the beginning of the summer — and I didn’t even enjoy myself in the process! I really just need to buy some appetite controlers and be done with it. Maybe pills can do what my own willpower can’t. At this point, what do I have to lose?

These stories are becoming more and more common, aren’t they? I just read that a girl in Germany intended to invite a few friends over to her house to celebrate her 16th birthday, but failed to make the event private on Facebook. As a result, she got more than 15,000 RSVPs from people saying they would come before she pulled down the event. Her family had to hire a private security team to guard her house on the day of the party, and police were also warned to show up. Nevertheless, some 1,500 strangers came anyway. Although there were a few arrests, the street party turned out to be somewhat tame and peaceful.

When will people learn to check their privacy settings on FB — or better yet, just close their account altogether?!

I’ve been in need of a new computer for a long time, and am happy to say that I finally got one! I’m not sure where it stacks up in terms of specs, but it has a 1TB hard drive and 4GB of memory. Those were the two most important considerations for me. It is so awesome to be able to have several applications running all at the same time without experiencing a dropoff in speed or performance. I love it!!! I’m still in the process of getting it set up just so, but that will happen soon enough. It’s an HP, by the way, and was priced (on sale) right in my budget range. I usually feel a twinge of remorse after these big purchases, but not this time!

Rivals.com has ranked all 120 NCAA Div. I football teams for the upcoming season. Alabama is ranked No.1, which is no surprise, and should be in a great position to defend their national title. Nothing about the list really surprises me, except for Nebraska being ranked so high (No. 5). They were definitely on the upswing last year, but No. 5? In the country?? Not sure about that. Also, putting Arkansas in the top 20 is questionable. Yes, they have a big-time scoring offense, but their defense gives up just as many points. I’d put FSU and Christian Ponder ahead of those guys for sure.

Anyway, it’ll be great to get the regular season underway soon. I love football and fall weather. There’s no better combo in the world!!!

Eight years on, and I still remember the attacks like it was yesterday. This is not something that will soon be forgotten by anyone who witnessed the events, either in person or on the news.

RIP to the innocent victims.

Man, there has been some pretty brutal weather around here recently. Between the snow, freezing rain, and blisteringly cold temperatures, it feels like the worst winter in years. And I can’t even begin to tell you the number of traffic accidents that have been recorded in the past few weeks as a direct result of the bad weather. I wouldn’t dare go anywhere without tire chains these days, and unless you have a 4WD vehicle I recommend that you be careful as well.

Fortunately, everyone in my family is on holiday for the next week, so there’s absolutely no reason for us to go anywhere. Don’t expect me to budge until after the new year!

Oh, man, I’m in serious pain right now! I broke my right pinkie finger yesterday in a stupid fall at home, and it hurts like hell! The nail is completely purple, the whole thing is swollen to a ghastly size, and I can barely move it at all.

Ugh, I don’t even want to go into the details of what happened, but I will tell you that it involved getting into an impromptu airsoft (plastic BB) gunfight with my husband.

It’s hard to type with this splint on, so I’m not sure how much I’ll be updating here in the next few weeks. I might just post with my cell phone, since I can use my thumbs to punch out posts on the keyboard.

Anyway, I’m off to take my pain meds and veg out in front of the TV.

I haven’t done the “Five Things” meme in, like, forever, so I thought this would be a good time to bust out with a quick list! Here are five books that I’m currently reading and/or listening to on my iPod now. I normally don’t like to get involved with this many different stories at once, but I’ve been feeling far too restless to stick with just one title for very long.

1. The Innocent Man by John Grisham
2. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
3. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
4. There is a Tide… by Agatha Christie
5. Saturday by Ian McEwan

I’m closest to finishing Never Let Me Go (creeeepy!) and The Innocent Man, (boring) but am most intrigued by The Thirteenth Tale. Let’s see which one I finish first!