The Longest Day... Ever...

Two seperate entries in one day?  How do I rate...  I am just sitting here at work.  I have looked up everything on the internet that I can possibly think of (or get away with) and have played, I would say, upwards of 1,000,000,000,000 games of Solitaire and believe it or not listened to Accuradio and started hearing the comedy tracks I was listening to - over again, and Accuradio has a HUGE playlist....  I didnt have anyone to go to lunch with so I sat here through my lunch and also no one to chat with (all my attempts failed).  So I am listening to music and I started thinking about yesterday I was driving home from work (dying in my car without air conditioning) and trying to find at least ONE song on the radio that didnt have to do with love, happines, kissing, joy, ANYTHING and I got onto a song that sounded good - for one second.  It was the Backstreet Boys song:  "Incomplete".  First of all what are they trying to do with that song?  Cause already sad people around the world to jump or drive off the road?  It made me angry (I am becoming very good at that)... what is this song teaching young girls - I would bet most young guys arent listening to the song - it is teaching them that alone they are nothing but when they have a man in their life they are suddenly complete - nevermind about being a complete person without a man - it isnt possible.... how awful!  And second the song is about a boy that is keeping a girl hanging on because HE just cant let her go - LAME (and very true in most cases)  Maybe if there were more - I am good alone songs - in this world we would have so many problems... maybe if we had more positive songs I wouldnt have dated the wrong person for 7 years and let him make me think I was incomplete without him, although he was quite complete without me.... So I say turn off those silly, stupid, disheartening love songs....  Women - we are quite complete without men in our lives - they can enrich our lives in some cases, lucky cases - but if we never find our "better" half we need to know that we can do it ourselves and we need no one but ourselves to make us happy.... so make a song out of that Backstreet Boys!!!

Ohhhh I get to go now.... ranting passes time just perfectly... off to a job interview... 

525,600 Minutes... How do you Measure a Year?

Most people choose to think about the events of the last year on an important date, you know, New Years, Birthdays (themselves or their children), Christmas... ohhhh not me - I choose to break tradition and ponder on the dealings of last year on July 19th.  The date actually does means something to me, it was the time I first ever met or chatted with Chris.  As I sat and read the conversation we had a year ago - I got to thinking about how much our relationship had changed in a year and then I thought - what else has happened.... thus the post.

I decided to make a list to start with of things that have happened for me from July to July:

Trips I've Taken: 4

Times I've Twisted my Ankle: 2 

Weddings I've Attended (happily or otherwise): 4 

Babies Born (not mine!!!!): 3

Engagements (my own): 1

Break-ups (my own): 1

Therapists: 2

Different Kinds of Churches Attended (other than LDS): 3

Deaths: 1

Musicals I've Seen:  12 - that I can remember...

So then, at the rate of sounding like a real "RENThead", How do you measure a year?  Should I measure mine in heartache or happiness, love lost or love gained, trips or musicals?

I cant believe it's been a year since I first talked with Chris...      

You know...

You know that feeling right after you smash your finger or get a paper cut?  Yeah ... its like that only a million times worse and it lasts longer...