I don't want to wake up

{subject artist: The Smith's song: Asleep}

The title of this post is a song about death. Morbid, I know. It's been a while since someone close to me died {thankfully}. In fact, it was a year and a half ago when my grandmother died - three weeks before turning 105.
This post is, admittedly, a little fucked up but I've had death on my mind lately and then I got to thinking of some of the strange ways that my relatives have died over the ages. I'm sure most families have some equally odd tales but here are a handful of mine......

Surprising: my dad's uncle died last year from West Nile Virus

Bizarre: two of my grandma's sisters were killed when lightening came through their house, killing one child standing at the door and then jumping to the other sibling slighly farther in the room.

Saddest: my cousin was murdered by Gary Bishop

Famous: my distant relative was one of those hung (or is that, "hanged"?) at the Salem Witch Trials.

Who Needs Sleep?

subject artist: Barenaked Ladies title: Who Needs Sleep?}

Another bout of insomnia. It's 3:01 am.
I, and about 12 other people in the USA, only have basic television. Wanna know what my entertain options consist of?
~~Exercise Infomercials~~
~~Religious Teachings~~ (believe it or not, none of it was LDS-based)

After two hours of exhaustive channel flipping, I somehow am feeling like I want to be a skinny preacher. WeIrD!

Happy Birthday!

{uh...the happy birthday theme}

Ok - so it was my birthday today. The big 35! I felt like I wanted to put something cool here. Reflect on the past year.....do a flashback of memories.....speak of regrets, happiness, and of things to come, but alas - it's 11pm and I spent my big day working, then got the crud shocked out of my legs and.....ahem....spots, so that I'll be hair free soon. OUCH!! Then it was off to school for a test then back home to start packing for Lake Powell (we leave tomorrow). I did take a breather when my parents stopped by to wish me a happy birthday and again when I opened up some gifts from my man. In case you're curious, here is what I got.....

• Women's Soccer Ball
• 2 - Blue October cd's
• A "Mustang" t-shirt
• Ear-buds for my iPod

And so as I sit here exhausted from a busy day, I've decided that this is the best I can muster for a post. A lame ending to a lame way to celebrate my birthday (work and school?! Sheesh!) but I have high hopes for a good year to come ~~or maybe I have hopes of getting high this year! Either way!