Complete and Utter Randomness ~ Vida Bonita

If you know me, and I assume that if you're reading my blog you do know me, you know that I can be pretty random. I have the craziest thoughts and ideas all the time. Sometime my ideas help me be creative and some of them just made me strange- but that gets me to my point. This blog post is simply dedicated to some of my random thoughts I have been having none of which, by themselves are really blogworthy.

First- I have 10 followers on the page (WOO HOO!!!) and then I have my secret followers. They're not really secret though because I regularly have someone randomly tell me "oh, I read your blog..." Even my future mother in law mentioned the other day that she read my blog for the first time and that got me to thinkin. You really have to be careful what you put on the internet because you really have no idea who's reading it. Not that I would say anything bad about people on my blog (I'm like Beyonce and "my momma taught me better than that" -Survivor) but I can't go off giving away surprises, gift ideas, being overly opinionated because you just never know! My future boss may be reading this blog as we speak and I don't want him thinking I'm a dummy... but I guess now the secret is out that I'm all kinds of random and am even willing to admit it.

Speaking of gifts- I have another wedding etiquette question that I suppose I should look up. I just purchased a gift for my Big who is getting married later this month. She's having a destination wedding so I went ahead and had it sent to her home so she doesn't have to deal with getting it back home- that is wedding etiquette. But- one thing I will give away is that I bought her 2 gifts. I had a budget and I liked 2 things and they both fit into my budget so I got 2. BUT the question is, because I already had a budget for her gift that was larger than either item- should I have bought a more expensive item and left the less expensive items for someone else to choose off her registry? I mean, essentially it's all stuff that she wants because she registered for it, so does it matter who buys what? Maybe I am selfish because I bought her something I wanted her to have, but clearly she wanted it all so maybe I should have left more options for others. Perhaps I am over analyzing this. I tell ya- weddings are in the air these days and I want to get it right!

Another thought I had this morning. Sometimes I'll tease someone if they say something silly. Like one time Matt told me I had a photogenic memory. So I laughed and replied "So what you're saying is that my memory looks good in pictures? Or do you mean photographic?" Well let's be fair because I laugh at myself just as much as I laugh at other people (probably more so- because I probably do more silly things than the average bear). One time I got pulled over and the officer didn't give me a ticket, but said "Okay now, drive safely" and then I said "You too!" and just had to laugh. Or when you'll go to the movies and they'll say "enjoy the movie" and you say "you too!" and just shake your head and walk away. I do it all the time! As of lately, I have this professor whom I genuinely respect but every time I'm around him I have total word vomit (that really is a gross term). The other day he asked me specifically (it was really kind of an honor) if I could do him a favor for class. I said "Maybe. Probably." Why couldn't I just say YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! It happens all the time when I talk to him. I wish I would quit that!

Okay my final thought. Did you hear about the guy who took hostages at The Discovery Channel? Well if not, you can read about it Here. He was some sort of animal rights activist, frequently protesting at the Discovery Channel. He labeled himself an "eco-anarchist" which is kind of catchy, I'll give him that. Well he took it waaaaaaaay too far one day and ended up dying over it. I always think it's sad when someone dies, but he threatened the lives of others and SWAT had to do what they had to do. When I heard this story- I began to think, "Terrific, now this is what people are going to compare environmentalists to. The eco-anarchist". Well as a person with a stake in the issue of environmentalism (although we all deserve a stake, I should rephrase that, someone who takes particular interest and devotes her studies to the environment) I would like to make it clear that what this man did isn't commendable. He was an extremist and I take issue with extremists in any category. Environment, politics, philosophy, and even religion. Extremism is what's wrong with sooooo many issues these days. People need to learn a balance. That's why I don't like Sarah Palin. It's not at all that she's a Republican- I don't even categorize her as a Republican in my mind, she's part of a whole other subset of right wing agenda who is waving the flag of extremism from crazy town. I live in Oklahoma, surrounded with republicans, and I have never in my life met anyone who has the rhetoric that parallels with Sarah Palin. We may not at all agree, but we can at least be reasonable. Anyway- Soap box!

Anyway- there's a look into Shanna's mind. Hope you enjoyed! Don't crucify me if you like Sarah Palin- we can just agree to not talk about her. Ever.

Enjoy your labor day weekend! I am ready for football (who ever ever thought I would say that?). Oh and another random thought- I realized this morning that this will be the last year of my life where watching sports will be optional. Must spend it wisely!!!!!!!