Jamba Makes the World a Better Place

...or at least my world.

The little Gingerbread man is my favorite Jamba card cuz he's totally adorable. I thought I still had my one from last year to reload so I could do the whole buy a $25 gift card and get the free 16oz thing...and then I'd be set for buying more Jamba (cuz I go there all the time anyway...). I kept saying that I'd buy a card later but I wanted to find my old one to reload cuz I didn't like this year's design....but I couldn't find him. I went through 3 purses before I decided he was lost and the next time they asked I would just get one of the new designs just to help them out. (but only if it was someone I liked in case they were on teams competing for who could sell the most like we were last year)

Today I went in and got my usual substitute for my usual (Matcha Green Tea Blast, no fro yo, sub blueberries and energy boost cuz I'm freekin' tired at work) and Ben, who is usually there in the mornings, took my order. I had all intensions of buying the card if they asked and it didn't seem like he was going to ask (maybe cuz I whined about my gingerbread man card enough) so I was getting out my debit card to pay and he's like, do you wanna get a card this time? "Sure, why not?!" I kinda threw my arms up and grabbed one of the dumb looking apple ornament ones...but before I could hand that one to him he pulled another one out and said, "this is the one you liked, right? I found one for you." THE GINGERBREAD MANNNNN! TOO AWESOME! I'm pretty stoked, if you can't tell. He's so cute, isn't he?? I'll make it a point to not loose this one.

If you're insecure, don't take it out on me...

This is from eHarmony's advice article entitled "8 Bad Reasons To Break Up" and I couldn't have said it better myself.

"3) Your Partner Finds Other People Attractive

Just because you’ve captured another’s heart, it doesn’t mean that you’ve removed the eyes from that person’s head, too. Even when fully loved up, it’s crazy to think that your partner has gone blind to the attractiveness of others. Physically attractive people are all around us, on TV, in film and even in the local supermarket, so it’s naïve to think that they’ll go unnoticed. There’s even a chance that your loved one will feel that pull of chemistry with someone else, too, so you’d better learn how to manage it. In a good committed relationship, the partners are not cut off to external influences, but they’re mature enough to know that acting on them is a recipe for disaster."

Well said, bravo...

Jealousy is retarded. It in no way means you love or care about someone...it just means you're insecure. If you think your significant other is going to go cheating on you with some random hottie, or worse, one of their friends, you must be horribly insecure in your relationship. And if they do cheat or run off with someone else, they're the asshole, and I'm sure your jealousy didn't have anything to do with it.

2 seconds of "wow, aren't they attractive" never hurt anyone.

My first boyfriend was grossly jealous poseesive. I couldn't even say hi to one of my guy friends when I was with him. That SUCKED. The 2nd guy that was kinda almost my boyfriend was an even bigger flirt than me. Amazing. The last boyfriend...totally jealous. We had a bunch of fights about it. It was irritating...but I put up with it. Why did I do that??! (rhetorical question; I just realized what a tard I was!) I really mustn't do that again. If someone can't be confident in the fact that I chose to be with them, then they're not worth it. I'll probably just end up in a really frustrating situation for all parties involved...

I heart Vanilla Sky

This song was covered so many times....but the mockery of the video put out by these guys is just breathtaking. I'm not biased because they're Italian or anything...promise ;)

Prop-8: Pray for California

I'm sure you've heard (or maybe your haven't) about Prop. 8 being put on the California ballot this election. Prop. 8 is a ballot measure that will place into the California Constitution language that says "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California." I am in full support of voting YES on Prop 8.

I believe marriage is not a civil right created by the government but a covenant instituted by God for His purpose. Marriage was created not only to be a life giving union (Genesis 1:28) where a man and a woman become one flesh (Gen. 2:24) but also a reflection of our salvation, a metaphor for Christ and his church (Ephesians 5:22-33).

I am not saying this because I hate gay people or I think God hates gay people when in fact He truly does love them but redefining marriage will open up a can of worms that I don't think many people realize the repercussions of. If you think letting people marry whom they want has nothing to do with you, think again! This will affect our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, the things our children are taught in public schools and our society as a whole. This can already be seen in places like Canada or Massachusetts (or already in other ways in CA) where it is mandatory to accept the homosexual lifestyle and illegal to speak against it even in places like the church. Where is our right to freedom of speech there? Churches have had their licenses revoked because they believe the Bible and would not marry a homosexual couple. What will happen to freedom of religion? Practicing their faith - that's all they were trying to do.

To redefine marriage to be between "party A" and "party B" could very well mean I could marry my brother, my cousin, my dad, my dog, my car...60 year old men could marry 8 year old boys, polygamy might even be totally OK after all...because hey, it's all love, right? We shouldn't discriminate, right? Where then would we draw the line?! People are so self-centered these days they don't even consider the big picture.

Prop 8 will aid in preventing the further degradation of our already faltering society. The world already seems to be going to hell and I don't want to help it get there.

For more information visit:
http://www.protectmarriage.com/about
http://iprotectmarriage.com/prop-8/

My thoughts just never make it to my blog...

I'm a total blogging slacker but I vowed to be better about it in October.

I actually have a few things to say, but right now it's 11:30 and I need to wake up for work in approximately 6 hours so I'ma brush my teeth instead of write something long.

I will say this though: homemade raisins are the bestest things everrr (say it like a valley girl, ev-errr). Seriously, I just a bunch of grapes in my back seat for a week and my darling car parked out in the hot sun all day turns them into delicious raisins. No sugar added...cuz you know I don't need that stuff!

Sleep sweet ;)

I've Got To Admit It's Getting Better...

I woke up to a very gloomy morning and feel sluggish and lazy. The marine layer has been sitting over La Jolla pretty much all day blocking out my summer sunshine...but who cares!? It's my last day at the antique store!!! I have been unwillingly working my Saturdays away for the last 2 months (after trying to quit)... but not anymore. This is a very, very joyous day =]

On a side note, I never want to work in retail again.

repeating, repeating

everything's gonna be fine,
this is all part of God's plan

everything's gonna be fine,
this is all part of God's plan

everything's gonna be fine,
this is all part of God's plan....