Which everyone knows. However, some things have been bothering me about my shows lately. And that is straight characters who suddenly become gay. Now, I have no problem with people being gay. Introduce as many gay characters as you want. But I would like the shows to quit making established straight characters gay. Why doesnt this bother the gay community? if it's that easy to become gay, it should be that easy to become straight.

The first offender was Willow on Buffy. She had been in love with Xander since she was little, in love with Oz for at least 2 1/2 seasons, then all of a sudden, bam, she meets Tara and bats for the other team. If it had been a case of fell in love with the person, not the gender, that might have been fine for me, but when they killed Tara off, she was still all gay all the time, which was very annoying.

The second was Torchwood, specifically Ianto, however he has been forgiven. Not because he died, but because of a line before he died, when he was talking to his sister and said it wasnt that he liked blokes, it was just this one guy, Jack. Because, really, who doesnt love Jack? Although I will admit, Ianto's death leaves Jack open for making out with girls as well as boys. It makes me mad that Jack is portrayed as an anybodies, but he seems to be mostly all gay all the time. At least Spike hit on everyone, including a poodle. So, I guess Torchwood is a slight offender, but mostly in the way that I'd like to see Jack act a little more like he did on Dr. Who and want to kiss girls and boys. :-)

The last, is Grey's Anatomy. Callie, specifically. I actually hate Callie, but I especially hate that she's randomly gay now. To the point of alienating her family and telling a priest that you cant "pray out the gay." which, in itself, was an awesome line, but I wish it had come from an actual gay character. She was established as straight, married George, had ridiculous amounts of sex with McSteamy, then all of a sudden she's gay for Hawn, Hawn leaves, then she's all gay for Arizona. Seriously?

What would have happened if it had been a character who was established as gay, like Arizona, who has sex with McSteamy, and wakes up all "i'm cured! Now I'm straight!" Everyone would be flipping out, right? Because sex with one person doesnt "cure" you of being gay, or suddenly make you gay. So why do these shows keep doing this to us? And why do we let them? That's what I want to know. And it drives me crazy!! anywho, that's my two cents.

So, my life is pretty boring right now. Get up, Get Nora up, go to work, get Nora, have dinner, play, read a book, Nora to bed, watch TV, go to bed, lather, rinse, repeat. We did have Daina up for the weekend, which was fun. She brought Dr. Mario for my old school nintendo, which is totally awesome. Nora is totally smart and awesome. She knows her left from her right, which is great! And when we went to ren fest a few weeks ago, I had a bee touch my face. I exclaimed "f***ing bee!" and Nora said "no mommy, it's a honey bee!" which was totally awesome!

Now I just need to do Christmas shopping without my Christmas bonus from FDA, which will suck.

I dont update very often anymore. Facebook is sadly too easy to do and fun b/c I can see what other people are up to! Also, my life is pretty boring. Although we are getting ready to start doing more on our weekends starting the weekend after next with the MO State fair, then down to Wichita for a weekend, then in Sept we have my high school reunion, the KS state fair, and also starting in Sept is the Renaissance Festival, which we will most likely attend at least once.

Currently our life is just arranged around a cute toddler, who does sometimes say adorable things. Like telling Audrey yesterday that she has a lovely baby. hee.

And that's about it, since it's time for me to get her up from her nap.

Not much new. I went to see Star Trek and Wolverine last week and Angels and Demons and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past this week, the most movies I've seen in a long time. I love seeing movies and I forgot how much I missed it! I got too spoiled at the Warren. :-)

And that's pretty much all that's new with me. I'm super excited about Dollhouse being renewed, even if only for 13 episodes. I am also totally ready to see the final three episodes of Pushing Daisies, whenever ABC decides to air them, which I hope is soon.

My aunt is coming to visit next weekend, which should be fun. I found out that there are apparently graves behind the building where I work, the couple that used to own the land are allegedly buried back there, so I want to check that out.

Nora now has enough hair for pigtails, which is totally cute. :-) Also, she's told me spontaniously that she loves me and that I'm her best friend this week, so that was nice to hear. :-)

I need something new to read, so if anyone can recommend something good, I'd appreciate it. I've been into supernatural romances or mysteries lately, but I also dont turn down a good biography or really much of anything if it's interesting.

So, my boss talked to the other girls that I work with, and they're willing to give up enough hours to keep me on at least 4 days a week. Yay! I can probably afford that, and have an extra day for Nora!

Unfortunately, today when I went to take her to daycare, I didnt realize that I'd pulled crookedly into the garage and off went my driver's side mirror! Poop! It seems a mechanic nearby can get me a used one for under 200, which will be good, as I cant afford much more than that. What a dope. :-)

While I havent been let go again, I've been told that I'm awesome, but my boss cant afford me for 5 days a week, only 3. I cant afford to only work 3 days a week and pay all my bills. Suck!!!

On the upside, the staffing firm that found me my current job thinks they might have another part time position for me. Maybe I can make up the difference? Who knows, but if you pray, pray that I can get enough hours to pay all my bills and keep out of bankruptcy. We were going to have the house painted, as it desperately needs it, but that's a good chunk of our savings. :-(

I'm not sure I should be so excited by the Highlander marathon that Sci-Fi is having on Thursday, but I super cant wait. I need my Duncan McLeod of the clan McLeod fix!!! Why wont any channel rerun this show on a regular basis? There is always plenty of crap on, but the good stuff, Highlander, Hercules, Xena, those I never catch anymore. Maybe I should break down and start buying them....Highlander used to rerun on Spike TV all the time, with it's "television for men" ads, which, hello, chicks watch Highlander too! I'd even bet that more chicks watch Highlander than guys....although that could be why Spike quit running it....hmmm....

Also, I'm super into the Sookie Stackhouse books right now. It's like Stephanie Plum meets Anita Blake, with a lot less slutting around than Anita does. But fun, like Stephanie. And I feel worse for Sookie when she gets hurt than I ever do for Anita. Anywho, that's what I've been doing. I go through jags where I find a new series, then get obsessed and have to read them all. (I have one more sookie book that's already out. I couldnt get Club Dead from the library for awhile, so I drove to 2 bookstores to try to find it....it's the only one I own. hee.)

Anyone have any good book suggestions for me? Otherwise I'm just OD'ing on Charlaine Harris over here. I'm currently on Grave Surprise, the second in her series about a chick who got struck by lightening and now can find dead bodies and tell what they died of, but not who killed them if they were murdered. I like it.

In reality news, my baby is potty training, which is totally hard on me. Mostly she just wants to sit on the potty, and then wipe and go. If we try to make her sit there until something happens, she throws a huge fit. So we hear "I need go potty!" and then "I done!" as soon as she's sat on the potty. Also "I need my sticker!" no matter whether she's done anything or not, although I only give stickers if she poops, I dont know what Clare does. And she's hugely smart, which could be part of her problem, as she is trying to manipulate us. She knows who the parent is who will give in most (me) so she comes to me for things, like crackers or juice, when she either thinks Daddy will say no, or he already has. And she knows what going to the Walmart means, and gets super excited, even though it usually means groceries and we very rarely buy her anything there. (we got a wonder pets book a few weeks ago b/c it was 3 bucks, but that's the only thing I can think of in a long time) Also, we went to Long John Silvers on Friday and as we were leaving she waved at the building, and said "bye, Dinner, see you later crocodile!" hee.

It's also been hard with my new job's hours. Staying an extra half hour at night really throws off our nighttime routine. It used to be dinner about 5:30 and then play time from about 6-7. Now it's practically 7 by the time we're done then it's bed time. total suckage.

We took her to the zoo the weekend before last in a little summer dress. How did the weather go from summer dress weather to snow in one week? Yuck.

So, we were at Cracker Barrel on Saturday with a friend and Nora didnt want her chicken fingers. So I got out the vienna sausages (I know, I'm a terrible mother, right?) and made brad open them b/c i cant stand the smell. He ended up cutting his finger, but the only bandaid I had was a huge one from when Nora cracked open the back of her head a long time ago. But in the parking lot, in one of the little green areas in the middle, was an unopened bandaid, still good, still in an unripped or stained package. A present from God? Maybe not, but it was definately needed. :-)

So, I heard they were making a new Clue movie. And it made me mad. What could be more awesome than the original Clue movie? And then I heard this:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iaeb1c24de37000ac9d6ab15e86a4f615

Some a-holes in Hollywood want to remake The NeverEnding Story! Are they f-ing kidding me? The Neverending Story may have had some bad special effects compared to now, but it is one of my fav movies of all times. I teared up just a minute ago thinking of the giant Rock guy and his "big, strong hands." Seriously! No movie nowadays is going to give me that kind of emotion. I would never see a remake of the Neverending Story, no matter who starred in it. I mean, what's next? The Princess Bride? I seriously didnt realize I could get this mad about something that should be silly, but I am pretty steamed about this.

Star Trek the Experience is coming back to Vegas! It's going to be at a place called Neonopolis on Freemont Street, the old strip. Yay!

So, I'm feeling pretty blessed lately. I mean, I got laid off at the beginning of Feb. and 2 weeks later I've got a job offer! In this economy, that's pretty blessed. I know some people are weary of believing in the power of prayer, because they feel that God doesn't involve himself directly like that, and I agree. It's like in Evan Almighty when God said "Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?"

I feel that that is totally true. I liked my old job, but I wasn't busy enough and I kept wishing I had more to do and got paid more. (as i want a new baby and cant afford one yet!) It seems that God heard my "wishes" and so I got laid off. It gave me the opportunity to look for a new job and He put in my path people who could help me. My former supervisor hooked me up with a former coworker of hers who works at a staffing agency. The first staffing agency I signed up with told me that it takes about 8 weeks to find someone a job, and another told me it takes 4-6 for her. This lady got me an interview within a week which led to a job offer with more pay and more challenging work to do. God may not have found me a new job Himself, but he gave me the resources and opportunity to find one. Had I not been laid off, I wouldnt have spent 2 weeks actively looking for a new job, I would have stayed with my old one, quietly grumbling about wanting more pay. Had I not worked with my former supervisor, I wouldnt have been put in touch with the lady who found me a job. I am truly pretty blessed.

So, since I've had a baby my reactions to things are strange. I'm not sure if it's a residual hormone imbalance (I've read that it can take up to 3 years after having a baby to have normal hormone levels again. Yikes!) or if I just look at things differently since I've had the baby. And the main thing is crying. Before I had Nora, I would RARELY cry. Now I cry at stupid things. Things I've seen a million times. For example, today I was watching my favorite episode of Voyager, Before and After, which I've seen a ton of times, and their were parts where I teared up! So weird! I never had before! But I think I hadn't watched it since I had Nora. Was I crying b/c of the hormones, or b/c I imagined how terrible it would be not to recognize my own daughter and husband? Both? Who knows, but it's weird.

I have an interview at 2 and I'm very nervous! It's for an accounting firm in Overland Park, so another communte to Kansas. It's also business professional dress, so i may have to go buy a nice jacket beforehand....

We got our new couch on Saturday and it is AMAZING! I love it like I've never loved a piece of furniture. And nora's so cute when she sits on it and pats it saying "new couch. Nora new couch" hee. :-)

I'm a little more positive today, I just signed up with my third staffing company. Hopefully something will pan out!!!

I'm thinking of dyeing my hair today, my roots are getting pretty dark....

UPDATE: I think I'll wait until tomorrow afternoon, on the off chance I have to go out to another meeting or interview, so I dont go with stinky hair...

I signed up with a staffing company today and the girl was super positive about my prospects. I took a data entry and 10 key test, which I thought was super easy, and I scored high and with 100% accuracy, which apparently is pretty good. So, hopefully she can help me find something.

I'm currently headachy, but hopeful.

Another sucky day of looking for a job. On the upside, I have an interview with a staffing company who might do it for me. :-)

I also just got a call from a lady at another staffing place who got a call from my direct superior who was laid off at the same time I was and she wants to meet with me tomorrow. At least I'm keeping busy.

I'm hearing unfortunate things from some coworkers, seems they painted themselves into a corner letting me go. The person they hired to replace their accountant, who was going to have my job rolled into hers, was supposed to start yesterday but sent an email that she decided to take another job instead. Oops! It also turns out that they didnt realize that no one else really knows how to do what I was doing since the girl who taught me quit a few months ago. (that's who they were replacing) So now they're scrambling to figure it all out.

On the upside my boss said that firing me was the hardest thing she ever had to do and that I have a great work ethic. I hope she says those things to future employers who call to verify that I worked there. :-)

Nora at least is super cute. Yesterday she kept wanting to help me in the kitchen, but I was afraid to let her because the stove was hot. Maybe tonight I'll make some brownies, she can help with that. She's a good little helper, although you cant

Friday was pretty bad. It started out with Nora saying "I no love mommy anymore!" and ended with my boss saying "well, you've done a great job, here's a 4 weeks severance, piss off." (I paraphrased the last one, the first was word for word)

So, needless to say I'm pretty freaked out. I havent been unemployed, except for the first couple of months I lived in KC, since I was seventeen. A couple of people have suggested I just up and have a baby, which seems silly, since if I dont work no one is going to be able to afford to pay our car payment and my student loan payment. Having a baby would only add stress to our financial situation. The only thing we could reasonably cut out right now would be cable and it wouldnt allow us to cover everything we need to cover. Therefore, I need to find a new job. My biggest fear is that I wont be able to find one before Clare fills Nora's spot at daycare, and it would suck so hard if I had to find someone else. Clare may be a bit 'spensive, but she's the best and it's worth it.

Also, Katie, I did think about subbing, but it's not steady work and that would freak out schedule-oriented me. :-)

I got laid off today. Anyone know of any good jobs on the MO side of KC?

Despite waking up on Saturday to "oh my god, Sara get in here!" and an ass load of pink, strawberry chex vomit all over my poor baby, we somehow managed to make it out to the Nebraska Furniture Mart and pick out a couch. It is awesome, and I cant wait until Valentine's day when it will come live in my living room. The downside? Now we need to find somewhere for our old couch to go. Anyone want a couch? Does goodwill accept couches?

Also, we took nora to the T-Rex restaurant, where she was afraid of the dinosaurs, except for the one near us, which I told her only eats celery like the wonder pets. Then I heard alot of "dinosaur eat celery, mommy?" hee. She also counted the massive ladybugs near us, of which there were five, and she is a pretty good counter. Sometimes she would even skip a number and still end up at 5. Awesome.

Also awesome? How I met your Mother. I love that friggin show!!! Of all the shows I watch now, I would be the most sad if it was cancelled. And Lifetime has started showing two episodes on Monday nights from 6-7, so I get THREE episodes on Mondays. Mondays are awesome. And so is Barney Stinson. Who I dream cheated on Brad with the other night, and I dont even feel bad about it. :-)

Also, I'm apparently a sick person. hee.

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