tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667745621045184992023-06-20T05:25:20.007-07:00Cats Enjoy People Who Hate ThemRants and Ramblings from the cynical little old lady who lives inside my headMeikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-11624856816497263682008-09-08T13:54:00.001-07:002008-09-08T13:54:52.807-07:00Palin Want a Cracker???This Independent voter is not very impressed with this "Blind Date" that John McCain has set America up on with Sarah Palin, but I'm hearing snippets from women who are smitten with this woman who has captured the hearts of conservative females with one scripted speech. I heard several women gushing over Sarah Palin over the weekend and frankly, their basis for Superfandom seemed to have as much Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-53900248763121849412008-08-29T10:56:00.001-07:002008-08-29T10:56:49.703-07:00Vice President Sarah PalinSure, McCain.A conservative gun toting, former beauty queen/sports reporter who is opposed to Choice and same sex marriage is REALLY going to appeal to Hillary Clinton supporters...I mean I guess she might to SOME who strictly don't want to see a man of color in office...but not to the Hillary Clinton supporters who really grasped her issues and what all she actually stands for.BAHAAAAHAHAHAAAAA!Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-80588989687692049042008-08-26T11:39:00.000-07:002008-08-26T11:40:13.461-07:00Cigarettes and WhiskeyHad a dream last night about cigarettes and whiskey. The cigarettes I can see, but whiskey? I haven't been much of a whiskey drinker since high school. Gin? Maybe, but I would have thought that I'd of been dreaming of beautifully sweating pints of frothy German beer.I woke up wondering if it's the actual cigarettes and whiskey that I miss, or if it's what the cigarettes and whiskey REPRESENT thatMeikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-25086093485727020142008-08-21T09:37:00.001-07:002008-08-21T09:44:11.660-07:00OKC Phallic WarSo OKC will have the 54th tallest building in the world, come 2012. This new Devon skyscraper is going to be ridiculously massive, "eclipsing" downtown's existing tallest building- the Chase Tower.This glittering new pillar of male phallic symbolism will be the shining middle finger of Downtown OKC, dwarfing everything surrounding it, compliments of Devon Energy Corp. How long will it take after Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-91190559728045957642008-08-11T09:15:00.001-07:002008-08-11T09:40:13.149-07:00Pineapple ExpressCan I PLEASE get that hour and a half of my life back???? PLEEEEEASE? I'm sorry to all of you who liked that movie, or who will go on to see it and think it's "awesome." I can't hold back. I want my $5.50 back (thank goodness for Tinseltown or I'd of wasted an additional 3 or 4 bucks on scriptual vomit).I didn't care to see Pineapple Express in the first place- you know, after that impressive Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-50222720460456847592008-07-29T13:17:00.000-07:002008-07-29T13:18:16.332-07:00Taking Lemons and Making Lemon Drop Shots...NonAlcoholic Lemon Drop Shots, that is...So the trip to Key West went bunk and I'm trying to figure out what to do with the time off I set aside for vacation...and boy do I need a vacation. I'm taking one anyways, even if it means staying at home alone for a few days (while Taylor is out of town and at Lake Texoma...sorry, but hanging out on a boat at a lake in 100 degree heat while everyone around you gets shit faced drunk is not my Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-18227210937054605562008-07-14T08:08:00.000-07:002008-07-17T13:10:51.454-07:00Team JolieI found myself immersed in an interesting conversation the other evening, while stuffing wedding invitations for my best friend. It's interesting the kind of chatter that comes about when you get a group of women together who don't know one another all that well.It's foreign territory for me~ I rarely find myself socializing with more than one or two females- and when I do, those females are Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-41900971283505142062008-07-11T08:56:00.000-07:002008-07-11T09:57:07.723-07:00Feeling a Tad Vain TodayThinking today about personal style and I how I am going to adjust my wardrobe to accommodate my progressively expanding preggo bod. I don't believe it's going to be as big of a transition as I thought it might be however. I have never been into clingy revealing clothing as it is, mind the occasional tight baby t-shirt or butt-hugging jeans when feeling extra sassy for a night out. I'm finding Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-72720174403482292622008-06-20T09:22:00.000-07:002008-06-20T09:42:06.419-07:00McCain's Family ValuesI've had way too much down time today at work, giving me extra time to catch up on my reading. Earlier this week I read that California (tentative, really, until November) is now currently legally marrying gays and lesbians. I think that is great. I am particularly sensitive to this subject considering one of my sister in-laws is a lesbian and has a life partner whom I am very fond of. I would Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-33298555982552621622008-06-17T13:48:00.000-07:002008-06-17T14:43:32.046-07:00Food MonsterEveryone keeps asking me, "Are you craving anything special now that you are pregnant?"Oh yes. Yes I am. I am craving, like a ravenous starving animal, HOME COOKED MEALS. I don't care what it is, so long as it comes off a pan or out of a pot from someone's stove top. Or even a frozen pizza from someone's oven. Leftovers from someone else's previously cooked home cooked meal, a grilled cheese Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-29325976938667289752008-06-12T13:18:00.000-07:002008-06-14T20:43:02.502-07:00Curiouser, and CuriouserEach semester, including summer session, I have to study and break down the demographics for the university that I work at for press releases announcing enrollment trends.It sounds boring, but it really isn't. I think it's kind of interesting- especially when you start noticing trends within gender, race and age. For example, I believe that by now the entire country is aware of the fact that Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-90963973557414834712008-06-11T14:15:00.000-07:002008-06-11T14:31:33.740-07:00UnicornHow cute is THIS:A little deer with a single horn in the middle of its head has been discovered in Italy...and it has been nick named "Unicorn." Um, is it just me or could they have been a little more creative? I mean, obviously it embodies the mythological unicorn creature's defining characteristic...and that's the point. It's like naming a cat "Kitty." A little redundant if you ask me.And this Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-46779831501022766922008-06-10T12:11:00.001-07:002008-06-10T12:53:14.284-07:00Happiness is......a plate of macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes with gravy. No meat. No veggies. Just carbolicious goodness. I am thinking that I could eat this meal every day for the next 7 or so months. My baby is going to be born craving macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes from the womb. By the way, for those who do not know yet, I am pregnant. It feels good to finally let that cat out of the bag Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-40221776763540072252008-06-03T13:24:00.000-07:002008-06-03T13:25:46.551-07:00Happy Tuesday!Today is a good day...Go Obama!Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-47914785498646574322008-06-02T12:08:00.000-07:002008-06-02T12:54:28.012-07:00Oh Johnny...I watched the MTV Movie Awards for the first time in many many years last night. My interest was sparked because Mike Meyers was hosting, and I just love me some Mike Meyers. It wasn't so bad- a lot more of the heavy hitting A-list stars made appearances than I believe they have over the past X number of years. This is because the awards show is really nothing but an excuse for these stars to Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-34619049985286705902008-05-30T14:58:00.001-07:002008-05-30T14:59:52.419-07:00More Sex and the CityFeeling Catty today...um...more so than usual? Maybe not. Actually, I guess I'm just feeling particularly like myself today. Go figure.Sex and the City the movie came out today, but I am still battling the urge to watch it.I am not finding myself feeling compelled to rush out and see it in the movie theater. This is surprising to me. I figured that once one of my favorite shows was released on Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-53681409106237119912008-05-29T13:39:00.000-07:002008-05-29T14:52:08.740-07:00Sex and the CityI love Sex and the City. I think it would be safe to say that I could easily out SATC trivia pretty much every woman out there, because I've watched every episode of every season so many times that I have them all but memorized- and I'm not talking about the diluted, safely edited versions that TBS airs. I'm talking the gritty, R-rated HBO originals. I own them all and I value them like I do my Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-55955306443470738602008-05-28T08:52:00.000-07:002008-05-28T09:53:51.494-07:00BigotsTHIS article breaks my heart.You know, when I was in college and taking classes such as Minorities in American Society, and Gender, Race and Class in American History, and others, I was amazed to find how many people failed to recognize that race issues still exist so predominately in this country. So many of them were either ignorant or in denial that race issues still exist in our society todayMeikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-74854157710947918502008-05-27T10:27:00.000-07:002008-05-27T11:43:38.766-07:00A Decade Later, They're Still the SameI went to my very special and favorite cousin John Michael's high school graduation for Norman North on Saturday morning- Norman North being my adolescent alma mater down South a ways. His being a part of the graduating class of 2008 marks the 10 year anniversary of my 1998 graduation.It was weird sitting there in the Lloyd Noble Center watching a class of high school seniors go forthright with Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-8182978934127416542008-05-21T13:49:00.000-07:002008-05-21T14:59:55.953-07:00Cougar? Moi?After announcing that today is Taylor's 27th birthday at work, I was promptly called a "cougar" by my male colleagues. Whatever, COUGAR. He's only a year and a half younger than me- which SO does not put me into the cougar category. For five months out of each year, I am, by number only, 2 years older than him. I had forgotten until said cougar mentioning that up until today I am 28 and he was 26Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-4677636967917160822008-05-20T09:47:00.000-07:002008-05-20T13:48:40.774-07:00I Do Not Endorse Mail Order Brides and BulimiaYou know when you go to a website, and there are a slew of Google ads running up and down the side of the page, and then if you should happen to click on one you are taken to a place where the information isn't really relevant and there are only links hosted to other sites or ads to get you to spend money? That's called Google Adsense. It's seems like a good idea for people who blog, because withMeikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-4037949968014814112008-05-19T07:19:00.001-07:002008-05-19T09:25:12.488-07:00Balls and HumanityA friend of mine at work was at Lake Hefner this weekend with his father to enjoy a day of sailing.Upon taking a break and going back to the car to grab something, they found that the rear windshield had been shattered. On the car was a note from a woman with a name and phone number, and a message reading that she believed her golf ball to have hit the car and to call her to get things Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-21140725689868088752008-05-16T08:42:00.000-07:002008-05-16T09:59:29.583-07:00The Return of Man BoyMy husband bought himself a PlayStation 3 last night, thus introducing the triumphant return of Man Boy. Man Boy has been on hiatus for the last few months, with T starting another business venture and running the show for our house renovation. It's hard to be Man Boy when Man Man duties call.His 27th birthday is next week and I have a hard time every year figuring out what to do for him. Saying Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-85991590150006761502008-05-15T08:57:00.000-07:002008-05-15T09:24:20.146-07:00Screw You Slowed Down MetabolismOne of the part-time guys in my office also works for Krispy Kreme donuts. I can't tell if he's an angel or the devil for bringing his weekly donut pilgrimages into the break room.His generosity reminds me that I no longer have my 21 year-old metabolism, and that pushing 30 means that I have to learn this thing called "self-control" in the eating department.I've never had to watch what I eat and Meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866774562104518499.post-36194519449182694112008-05-14T13:57:00.001-07:002008-05-15T07:29:56.886-07:00Potty TalkYou know how, if you work in a building where you are forced to use the public bathroom in your corner of the institution, you find yourself bumping into some of the same people who share your "pee schedule?"I'm thinking, usually after you have been at work for an hour or so, after your coffee kicks in and makes itself at home in your system, you naturally find yourself on a somewhat consistentlyMeikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239069630662458867noreply@blogger.com