Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about Jennifer's week1….This my first week blogging! Kinda fun, kinda feel pressure to write something everyday 2...I watch too much tv. I was thinking of how much I could get done in the evenings if I didn't watch so much. Then I started thinking I should get Tivo, so theoretically I would watch less (only the shows I really like instead of just surfing). But in reality, I know I would just watch more. 3...Speaking of tv, I just got addicted to a new show! My Boys is on Monday nights on TBS. Very funny I thought, and has a cute guy in it. 4...It is snowing/sleeting! Doesn't happen too much around here. Of course everyone at work is freaking out wanting to leave before it gets worse. I don't think it will get much worse. 5...My nephew has a girlfriend. He's only 11! I hope he's not growing up too fast. It makes me feel old. I'm too young to have a nephew who's old enough to date! 6...Back to tv - I miss Lost. Won't be on for many more weeks. 7...I got a promotion at work! Yippee! 8...Still snowing. 9...My little cat (Tigger) is driving me nuts. I keep catching him on my kitchen counters. He hasn't seemed to learn about punishment (the water spray). It only took my other, smarter cat a few sprays to the face before he learned what it meant. Everytime I bring it out, Tigger just looks at me like, what is that for? How do you train a cat? 10...I'm taking off work tomorrow! No big plans. Hopefully catch a movie. I want to see Stranger than Fiction. 11...The snow is melting :( 12...I got my haircut today and my brows waxed. Man, that hurt. I think she took a chunk of skin! And I normally just do a touch up, but this is a lot! 13...I love where my apartment is. I can walk to so many places: restaurants, my beauty shop, Tuesday Mornings, a dollar store, a grocery store, Blockbuster, Starbucks, convenience store, two parks, a tire store, a car repair place - so I don't have to wait there. This probably sounds like I live in a bad part of town with all these commercial areas around, but it's not really. I will miss the convenience when I buy a house. Links to other Thursday Thirteens!1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Is it so wrong???

...to accept the gifts (paying for drinks, etc.) from a guy that you know has a thing for you, but you have no intention of ever dating? He's just a nice guy, that is very generous, and likes to pay for stuff. That's not my fault. I don't think I have ever lead him on. I feel a little bad, because he's a teacher, so I'm probably make 2x what he makes. But he offered!

When people offer to pay for something, I generally let them. I know how it feels when I have tried to buy someone dinner or whatever, and they won't let me. I try to help people work on the virtue of generosity ;) But then again, I have never been offered anything extravagent, so I know I wouldn't accept anything outrageous. But what's a martini between friends?

A rose by any other name...

I chose the title of my blog after my recent Thanksgiving holiday at my parents. It was a very nice trip, especially for an all-family, long weekend in L-view. At the actual dinner festivities, there were no kids, for once in a long time. My mom made the observation that I was the youngest person there, at 28 years old. (I was the youngest by just a few months.) She jokingly said that I had to sit at the kids' table alone.

However, while there was not an actual kids' table, I often feel that there is a symbolic one floating around the room when I am around my family. Perhaps it is because I am the youngest of four children and will always be considered the baby. Perhaps it is because I am still unmarried, with no kids, and thus haven't begun the "next step" of life. Perhaps it is because I love animated movies and Harry Potter. Hmm...interesting...must think about that one more and discuss with my shrink. Note to self: Get a shrink.

But generally, most people say that I am mature for my age, so I don't think that I necessarily act immaturely. So I guess it is just other people's perceptions of me. Or else my perceptions of other people. Or my perceptions of myself. I didn't blogging was going to be this painful. Mommy!

Anywho, so I am planning to buy a house in the next 6 months or so. My goal has been to buy one by the time I turn 30, so this will work out. I'm not buying the house to make people think that I am not a kid anymore, but I think it might be a side-effect. This blog will be my diary of house hunting/house purchasing experiences, as well as random thoughts.

So "No longer at the kids' table" is my new state of mind. If I act this way, then that is how others will perceive me! Or at least, that is what I will believe in my mind.

Blog Entry, The First

Here goes...I am usually pulled into the latest technological trends kicking and screaming. Does anyone else think CDs are the musical industry's little joke? Let's let the world buy big collections of cassette tapes. Just when you buy a new shelf customized to hold your tiny cassettes - boom, there's a whole new music format. So anyway, here I am blogging. The Internet is just a fad, right?

Like many people, I feel like I have nothing interesting to say, so why bother blogging? But I won't let that stop me. I hope you enjoy, or at least don't get annoyed or bothered.