Danni's Doorstep: Friday

This Thanksgiving I had the pleasure and joy (Note: Sarcasm) of watching the new song called "It's Thanksgiving" complete with unsupervised children cooking and random adult dressed as a turkey and a girl singing into a turkey leg and thinking she can rap.

Needless to say I was horrified.

I then came to learn that the song was created by the same man responsible for Rebecca Black's "Friday." everything makes sense now. I never thought there would be a day where there would be a song worse than "Friday." But alas!

For you Friday enjoyment:

Convo Convoy: Magic Powers

Tracey's Triangle: Workplace Do-Nothing-er

 Is it just me or does everyone have that coworker that you honestly have NO IDEA what they do all day.

I'm not talking about someone that does things and you're just too dumbwitted to understand what they do.

I mean they: get coffee, talk to family on the phone, go out to lunch, shop online, and then call it a day?

They're the ones that see you running around getting shit done and then ask you to help them do something, or remind you that you have to do something else?

and It takes all of your will power not to scream, "What the hell are you doing?"

I'm not talking about your boss, who's either earned respect, has experience, blah blah blah

I mean a co-worker, they may have more seniority then you do, but by far your boss.

They're also the first one's to complain about doing a job.

How life is unfair and they're not paid enough.

They're the ones who come in a 45 mins late, but complain that one time you're late 10.

(I bet these are the same ones who insist on walking in the middle of the sidewalk like they own it and won't move to the right so you have to move out of their way or you 'll bump eachother, and you know if you do run into eachother it'll be your fault.)

How do these people do this and not get fired?

More importantly how do I become one?

The Up Side, The Down Side, and My Side.

Bob WeHadABabyIt’sABoy: Laramie Eppler

If Michelle Williams

and Carey Mulligan

Had a baby 

It would be this Boy from Tree of Life (with Brad Pitt)

Things that need to be shared: Thanks Mom

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM CASA de AWESOME!

What are you thankful for this holiday season?

Thanks Mom (and family). -Love TraceYevidence



Tracey's Triangle: It's Funny because he's a Magician and a Dickens Novel

Okay first things first,  I would like to clear up the term "Young Adult".

When you say 'young adult' two things pop in my head.

1)What I think a young adult is. 20-early 30's. you are...a young - adult right?

2) Young Adult (YA) The book store section: Twilight, and the like.

The section in the book store should read 'teen', the books for 13-19 year olds. TEEN, it's right in the number itself. Now I'm not saying other people can't read them, some are good, some not so good, some so bad it makes them good. But most all of them are about teenagers going through the hardships of
highschool,
boyfriends,
and acne.

Although it never seems to really be about highschool.

I mean the real highschool: the studying and homework, being corralled though overcrowded hallways, trying to open your locker, buy and eat lunch in the 15mins allotted.

Acne, they ain't about that. The kids they write about about and eventually make WB shows about (sorry CW shows) are always clear skinned beautiful, and even the token 'poor kid' has a clothing allowance that equals what i pay in rent.

So they're mostly about boyfriends.

That "I would die for you love affair."

They're always Romeo and Juliet romances.

I'm not talking about what people THINK Romeo and Juliet is about, the greatest love story or whatever.

I'm talking about the real Romeo. People always seem to forget that there was this chick called Rosaline. That's right people the only reason Romeo even met Juliet because he was stalking his exgirlfriend he was still madly in love with, Rosaline. 

And I know that they're families hated each other and what not, but like most things the real drama was brought upon themselves through miscommunication.

Don't get me wrong I am a young adult, and I like reading Young Adult. They're easy to read, easy to understand - no complex plot or thinking required. They are fluff and they are fun.

MY POINT - I wish there was a REAL young adult section in the book store. Not Jeff Shaara or Maeve Binchy. I want the story that's between Gossip Girl and Anna Karenina, Hunger Games and War and Peace, Harry Potter and David Copperfield, and I'm sure they are out there, can you just put them in one, easily located section, preferably with a sign, so I can find them?

The Right Side, The Wrong Side, and My Side.

Danni's Doorstep: Underestimating

People underestimate the enjoyment value of bunny ears.

Urban Artwork: The Most Wonderful Time of Every 4 Years

It's that time of year again, and no I don't mean that most wonderful holiday where we pay homage to the supermarket gods by preparing way too much food and insisting that we need two helpings. Then submitting ourselves to the fate that is know as a food coma.

No, I mean the Presidential Election in the U.S. It's that time of year when you guard what you say or risk alienating acquaintances. Note the use of the word acquaintances, generally your friends know your beliefs and agree or just agree to disagree. You will also see many posts on Facebook praising one party and condemning the other. You'll drive past houses with 14 lawn signs telling you who they'll be voting for on the first Tuesday of November.

It's the homemade lawn signs that I really love. While coming home from my parents' house the other day I saw a particularly amazing one.

Now for those who don't know me, a point of reference, I am pretty liberal in comparison to others, but I am in no way an extreme liberal. I learn the facts about every question and race on the ballot and I make an informed decision based on what I believe on the individual topics.

For this election I have many reasons affirming my choice. There are stances that each candidate has taken on important topics, that fact that I grew up in a state where one of the candidates held a political office, and my satisfaction with the current president.

So when I see signs like these, I can't help but laugh at some people who feel the need to publicly declare their beliefs in a very obvious way.

If you can't read it, it says "IF Obama (Obama's Logo) WINS you can kiss your sweet a$$ (the Obama logo substitutes for the 'A') goodby"

Here are the issues I have with this sign:

1. Message - I am perfectly alright with making a political statement as long as you have facts to back it up. For example, I would find it perfectly legitimate if I said, "If Romney wins, as a woman in charge of her own reproductive organs, my rights will disappear." Romney is pro-life and wants to make it very difficult and expensive to purchase birth control. In this sign, what specific belief or stance does Obama take, that will cause me to, "kiss my sweet ass goodbye." Healthcare? Wall Street? What!?!

2. Grammar and Punctuation - This statement is missing a comma and a period to be a sentence in proper English. The way the sign should have been written: "If Obama wins, you can kiss your sweet ass goodbye."

3. Substituting Logos - As brought up by 2nd 3rd Roommate, when using a logo in a statement, it can either, mean the person's name (in this case), or replace a letter in a word. It doesn't work for both. For this sign, I will accept the use of the logo in replace of the president's name, but not as the 'a' in ass. For any sign in this election if you are going to be using a logo, here are the only appropriate uses. The Obama logo can be used for an 'o' and the Romney logo can be used for an 'r'.

3. Most Importantly...Spelling - Clearly Obama's plans for education are not that far off considering the person who constructed this sign can't even spell the word goodbye correctly.

With all of that being said, I hope everyone goes out on Tuesday and votes, no matter what you believe or who you are voting for. It's our right as American citizens to head to the polls and vote. Many people around the world don't get that option.

For more information on registering to vote or where to vote, check out this site: http://www.rockthevote.com/election-center/

Tracey's Triangle - Not my Cup of Tea

The T
The Tea Train
The Tea Train of Thought

The best part of tea is holding the warm cup.

It makes me think of the Tea Party.
Not the Alice in Wonderland kind, or the ones I would have as a kid with my fisher price plastic set with water and cookies, and not those pseudo-republican types, but of the real Boston Tea Party: Yankees throwing the British tea overboard

I think of Felicity (the American Girl) who refused to drink tea stating that she "shall take no tea".

I think of the quote from Dear Blank Please Blank:

Americans,

You'd have cool accents too if you didn't throw all that tea in the water.

Sincerely, 

The British 

and then I think I remember hearing something about Accents and how American English really hasn't changed from 'original' English and how the Hoity-toity Brits could have cool accents like us. 

and then I find this article that confirms what I remember hearing: American/British Accents

then I get to the end where it says: except Boston. 

So with my great grandfather being from England and the Boston/Rhode Island accent that slips from my usual normal general american newscasters english I guess I'll just hold my tea and shut up. 

I like trains.