Listen Once in a While

     Listen when someone is trying to share their dreams and aspirations. Nothing hurts more than trying to talk about something that you find truly interesting only to be shot down by disengaged ears, distracted minds, and uninterested souls. If someone takes the time to try to explain something or to even open up to you about what they want to do in life, at least listen. You don't have to understand. You don't have to be knowledgeable about it or even be interested in it. All you have to do is listen and at least try to show signs of life. Contribute to the conversation because sometimes that is the only meaningful conversation they will have all day. Eventually they will stop sharing their dreams, then they stop talking and then eventually you will wonder what happened. You will wonder what happened the the happy girl that took time to have dreams and to share them. Everyone needs someone because this world can be a lonely place.

My Theory on Fruity Pebbles

     This morning I was in my mom's kitchen deciding between a bowl of Frosted Flakes or Fruity Pebbles. I ultimately decided on the Fruity Pebbles. While eating my cereal I had the most peculiar thought pop into my head. I have a way of coming up with random theories about the most ridiculous things. I was just sitting on the couch eating and I thought it was so interesting that the Fruity Pebbles were like mini colorful Frosted Flakes. I decided to make a theory about where Fruity Pebbles came from. My theory is that Frosted Flakes got together with some Froot Loops and had a baby which we now know as Fruity Pebbles. Gah. I'm weird.

Man, I'm Weird.

I think about the most weirdest things sometimes. I don't know why, but sometimes I just sit in my apartment and get caught up in these thoughts. After I am done thinking, I say to myself, "Why are you so weird!?" followed by a chuckle to myself and then I go on with my day. My most recent weird thought was about aliens. Yes, aliens. I'm not entirely sure why, but I did.
     So here it goes. I was just sitting in my apartment thinking about how aliens are portrayed to come down in these extravagant UFOs where they then start talking to the humans they have scared to death. They say "We come in peace." Now, I don't know about you, but  how believable is that? I don't know. That is besides the point. Then my mind took a turn and thought, "What if aliens traveled in giant pea pods?" That would be a an unexpected change. Then they could say, "We come in peas." Now that would provide some comic relief. Regardless I thought it was pretty funny and then realized man, I am really weird.
     I hope that provided a little laugh for your day. Now here is a visual representation of my strange thought because after I though that I IMMEDIATELY went to scavenge the interwebs to find a picture. So thankfully I am not the only weirdo that thinks like that.

Go in Peace, Earthlings.

Be selfish

   My father always seems to have the right words to say at the right time. At each new stepping stone and check point in my life he instills new ideals and thoughts in my mind to help me grow and learn. One thing he has tried to imprint in my mind is the idea that it is okay to be selfish. While growing up, most of us are taught to be selfless and make sure we do good for other people. At some point along the way we are so consumed in making other people happy that we lose ourselves and our happiness. If you spend your entire life trying to make other people happy you will inevitably fail. It is impossible to please EVERYONE! In the midst of trying to find what makes other people happy, you end up not knowing what makes you truly happy and then you end up regretting the "what if's" in life. It is pertinent that at some point in your life you know what it is like to be selfish. By being selfish, you end up finding out who you are. Imagine it as the road to self discovery.
    If you are like me, you've spend most of your life worrying about making sure other people are happy and pushed your happiness so far across the world that it has finally made a complete revolution and is now ready to be fully embraced. At this point in my life, I am making the choice to be selfish. Along this journey, I have really started to find out who I am: what I like, what I don't like, what makes me genuinely happy and what sucks all of the energy out of me. I have discovered dreams I never knew I had. I have come upon this huge desire to know what is out "there."
     Being selfish is important because it lets you be you, but it also needs to be fed by the courage to know that you are making the right decisions in this time period. This may mean that you have to make decisions that scare the living crap out of you, but one thing to remember is you cannot grow if you don't change. And that change might be actually making a decision for you.
     My father is a smart man, and I know that he has some experience in this interesting world we live in. One thing I hope to take from his spiel about being selfish is that it is okay to do something to make yourself happy. After all, everyone needs and deserves to be happy for themselves without guilt. Be selfish while you can before you live a life of regret and resentment toward that self-happiness you lost out on.

Awkward Physics

     I was sitting in physics lecture today minding my own business, drinking my water and listening to a lecture on Optics. I went to take a sip of water and when I went to lower my water bottle away from my mouth, out of NOWHERE it decided to slosh around and erupt like a water volcano out of the spout of the water bottle. Random droplets of water were everywhere: on my pants, on my shirt and somehow water even managed to find its way to my forehead. HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN!? So of course my friend that was sitting next to me asked "What just happened?" I just replied, "I don't even know. Life, man. That's what happened."
     Once I got past that, later in lecture, the professor was talking about focal distances and near points. Near points are basically how close you can see something before it becomes out of focus. The average near point is about 25 cm. Of course I had to see how close my eyes were to the norm, so I moved my thumb closer and farther away until I found the shortest distance my thumb could be until it was out of focus. The same friend looks over at me, sees what I am doing, and just chuckles. I quickly put my hand down and laugh at myself.
     Now that  I think about it, I probably looked a little ridiculous moving my hand in front of my face. Just imagine a lecture room with about 75 students (give or take), and a female on the right side of the room was moving her hand ever so intently back and forth as the professor was lecturing. Yep, That would be me. I can almost guarantee that I was not the only one though! I am on a roll  today and it is not even 2 PM yet.

Anchor Tattoos

     One thing that I will never understand is why someone would get an anchor tattoo and then have a saying to go along with it that says something along the lines of  "I will never sink." Like why? Is that not the point of an anchor: to sink? If you are trying to say that you will never sink then why don't you get a freaking life raft or something, I don't know, that floats. NOT A DAMN ANCHOR. I am all about symbolism, but unless you can defy the laws of gravity, an anchor would be my last resort of something to show anti-sinkage.

My Life in a Commercial

     If you have seen the Progressive commercial where the actress has Flow as a hand puppet, you basically have a good idea of what I act like when I am at home and haven´t left the apartment for a couple days. What´s even better is the way she acts when her husband walks in. That is the epitome of how I act in situations. I make an awkward comment and act like nothing happened.

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My First Official Post...Ever

Hello... Anyone...

     This is my first official blog post EVER and I am super duper excited to see where this blog goes. I have some really good ideas brewing.. haha get it, BREWING..coffee..tea..no..okay. I'll stick to writing on this blog and leave my comedy to myself. There is a good possibility that I will tell really corny jokes on here because what else do I have to do with my time. I suppose I will give a little introduction to what ideas I have for the potential of this whole shindig. This blog is basically just going to be a little bit of everything. I will write some of my poetry here once I slowly gather my thoughts and put them into beautiful words. I will also post pictures of my cat Garth because he is too cute for words and I think everyone should know. I will write about my Indy life and random nonsense I think people should know about it. I'll talk about my nerdness and things I am passionate about. And of course I will share the embarrassing and uncomfortably awkward situations I find myself in. Please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, and anything else you want. No judgment necessary. I am sure there are more awkward people out there than me, but who cares. This is not a competition, but feel free to share what awkward situations you find yourself in as well!
     I am always interested to hear people's perspectives on anything. If you live in Indianapolis and want to share cool places people should know about, please feel free. Heck, share whatever you want. Also, if there is any thing that you would like to see, let me know. Other than that I will just post about different things that go on in my life, places I want to visit, things I want to accomplish, and the list goes on. The possibilities are endless and the world is my oyster. I hope this blog gives you a different perspective to this wonderful world we live in.

Go in peace, Earthlings. Enjoy the world and be you.


Onna.