Karen’s Blog

1. Approve of yourself.

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

2. Your limitations may just be in your mind.

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

3. Lighten up and have some fun.

“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.”

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”

4. Let go of anger.

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to

anything on which it is poured.”

5. Release yourself from entitlement.

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was

here first.”

6. If you’re taking a different path, prepare for reactions.

“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”

7. Keep your focus steadily on what you want.

“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way

you can manage it.”

8. Don’t focus so much on making yourself feel good.

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

9. Do what you want to do.

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in
front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large
empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks
about 2″ in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them
into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course,
rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and
poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this is
your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your
partner, your health, your children - anything that is so important
to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed.

“The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your
house, your car.

“The sand is everything else. The small stuff.

“If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the
pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend
all your energy and time on the small stuff, you will never have
room for the things that are important to you.

“Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your
partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean
the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

“Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set
your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

i think little kids are the smartest people in the world. i’m not kidding. they have no inhibitions, no fear of saying the wrong thing, nothing. they’ll tell you the truth, straight up, everytime. they have the best imaginations. when we group, we lose these things, and we turn into boring, self-centered, untruthful people and try to be just like everyone else.

look at this superrr cute thing i found. XD

what is love?

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over
and paint her toenails anymore.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when
his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.”

Rebecca- age 8

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”
Billy - age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on
shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.”

Karl - age 5

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of
your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”

Chrissy - age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”

Terri - age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she
takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.”

Danny - age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired
of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they
kiss”

Emily - age 8

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you
stop opening presents and listen.”

Bobby - age 7

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with
a friend who you hate.”

Nikka - age 6

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he
wears it everyday.”

Noelle - age 7

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared.
I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.
He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.”

Cindy - age 8

“My mommy loves me more than anybody .
You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”

Clare - age 6

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”

Elaine-age 5

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still
says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.”

Chris - age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left
him alone all day.”

Mary Ann - age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all
her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.”

Lauren - age 4

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you.”

Karen - age 7

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t
think it’s gross.”

Mark - age 6

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it.
But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”

Jessica - age 8

Throw popcorn in the air and yell, “It’s snowing!”
Go, “Oooooh…” whenever anyone kisses.
Clap when the good guy gets killed.
During the previews, yell, “Can you fast-forward it?”
Whenever the bad guy is doing something devious, say, “Watch out!”
Laugh very loudly at all the corny jokes.
Tell the man selling popcorn that the bathroom is flooding.
Yell out what is going to happen.
Wear a cape and when its your turn to get popcorn yell, “I’m Batman! Hahaha!” and run away.
Say that they cannot sit next to you because you invisible friend already is.
Dress for every movie as if it were the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Use empty chairs next to you as catapults with candy. Aim at specific people behind you and see if you can hit anyone in the back row.
Wear 3d glasses. Complain loudly how bad the effect are.
Bring a flashlight. In the middle of the film do shadow puppets on the ceiling.
Bring a remote control. Complain that you can’t change the channel.
Sit front row, the minute the movie starts run out screaming.
Every time a character’s name is mentioned do the Richmeister. (for a guy named Nick say, the Nickmeister, the Nickenator, Nickarino…)
Bring a beach ball. Toss it around.
Try to start a wave.
Become a bookie. Take bets on who will die first.
Sit in the back and throw eggs at the projection window.
Every time someone curses cover your ears and scream, “No profanity!”
Sing with the theme music.
Bring and use your own air freshener.
At the ticket booth, request tickets for really old movies, “I’ll have two tickets for the Goonies.”
Throw spit wads on the screen. Try throwing them on the upper part of the screen so they can’t get scraped off.
Pass around a collection plate and see if anyone contributes.
Point a laser pointer at the screen. Give the audience a laser light show.
Bring a book and a bright light. Start reading the book with the light on. When someone asks you to turn out the light, yell, “Shh, I’m trying to read!”
Use binoculars. Stare at the audience rather than the movie.
Bring a Nintendo laser gun. Shoot at the screen.
Clap loudly every time a person walks into the theater late.
When someone kicks the back of your chair, scream, “Ahhh, whiplash!”
Ask what the theater’s return policy on popcorn is.
Ask the person at the ticket window, “Do you work here?”
Start a standing ovation at the end of the movie.
Quote all dialogue 4 seconds after it is said on the screen.
Get up frequently and leave the room while singing “Let’s all go to the Lobby to get ourselves a treat”
Every time there is a gun shot scream, “Hit the floor!”, jump on the floor, and cover your head.
Wear one of those “cat in the hat” top hats.
Get 3 people together and act like you are Crow, Tom Servo, and Joel from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Before the movie starts, stand up, and imitate the Truth commercial saying, “The makers of this film couldn’t find any way to make their characters rebellious, rockin`, or cool so instead, they’ll just smoke.”
When someone walks by you in the aisle scream, “Ahhhhhh! Bad Touch!”
Play musical chairs, getting up frequently and moving right next to someone sitting by themself.
Bring your own beanbag chair and sit in the aisle.
During a love scene, stand up and run to the screen shouting “Hooters!”
Before the movie begins, tape fart cusions to various chairs in the theater room.
Bring a portable air popper, pop your own popcorn.
Bring a watergun and shoot it at anyone who begins talking.
Tie a cardboard box around your waist and walk up and down the aisles shouting “Get your popcorn, peanuts!”
Cough really loudly right at the most important part of the movie, so nobody can here it, like when the killer’s name is going to be said.
Bring a flashlight and shine it on the walls or ceiling, in advance draw an outline o#*@!uy screwing a chick (or perhaps another guy), then cut
out the outline and put it in front of the flashlight, so the image can be seen on the wall or ceiling.
Laugh hysterically during the sad parts in the movie, cry during the funny ones.
Smuggle in cans of roaches, locusts, ants, and other bugs that can annoy and reproduce quickly. You may even bring in some rats. Then sit in the very back, open the jars, and toss the bugs out on the ground. Since the floor is more slanted in the back the bugs will spread
throughout the theater faster. Be sure to be the first one to raise and scream “There’s a #*@!roach crawling up my leg!” Then run out into the
lobby and start yelling “there’s #*@!roaches in here!” Or “This theater is contaminated!” The theater will have to close down and fumigate the
showroom(s), and after this little “accident” no one will want to go back to the theater anyway!
Bring a pager or cellphone and set them off every 5 minutes, you can also set off a watch alarm if you have a loud one.
Say “Shhhhh” every 5 minutes.
Pass by a room that’s showing a movie you’ve already seen, put your head into the room, and scream the ending.

- I cant sleep with my arms or legs hanging off the mattress cause I feel like something will grab me

- i try to re-create fart noises that are made by objects that i move or shift, just to prove it was that object making the noise and not me lol

-When watching Harry Potter, I pause the movie and talk in a British accent

-I make really high pitch noises when poked

- I smell everything before I eat or touch it

- I also always have to be hearing something. Whether it’s music or TV, before bed and during the day. I don’t like complete silence -.-

- I type all of my sentences at least 4 times before I’m satisfied with what I’m saying

- I make fun of (some) people in a way that can probably scar them for life if they would know about it

-Every time I see a cute guy, I wonder what his kisses are like

-I can only sleep with a pillow covering my head, no matter how hot it is.

-Everything leaves an impact on my life..if I read//watch something scary, I prevent doing those things so that it won’t happen to me.

- I have the habit of talking about one thing and thinking about something else. Which makes me forget what I’m saying in mid-sentence.

- I yell at inanimate objects, like the computer. If something doesn’t work, I yell at it

- If I see a typo, I have to look at the keyboard to see if the incorrect letter is anywhere near the intended letter- I.E. if someone types “so whar” instead of “so what”.

- I jump out of bed. I’m scared something will grab my foot when i step off, so i wind up and leap off the bed 2-3 feet away. Same with getting on the bed, I jump from a distance.I don’t know why under the bed scares me so much. maybe because I’ve watched too many horror films.>_

-i get songs i like, listen to them on repeat til i get bored then never touch them again

- i lock my door when i’m in my room even if i’m expecting someone

- If a pen is in my hand, chances are it will make it to my mouth in a matter of moments

- I always tell people random and useless informations

- I scratch my head a lot, even though I’m not supposed to

-Even though I like my music on random, I skip songs until I hear the one I want to listen to

-I often run some part of my body into a wall or door. [shoulder, elbow, hip, face

- I tend to make angry faces at people I don’t know

- I will change the subject mid-conversation
To something you don’t understand. (Like the smell of purple.)

- I buy lots of shit I don’t need, just so I can say I have it lol

- I get jealous over simple things for no reason

-I block people on YM when I get even slightly pissed at them or don’t want to talk to them

-The icons on my desktop HAVE to be organized in the way I want, or else I go nuts

-I can’t walk listening to a music or anything, I need to be aware of my surroundings otherwise I kinda freak out and think something or someone is following me.

-I play with my hair… all the time I can’t stop myself

- I can’t cross the street by myself.haha

-I don’t like when people do stuff for me, later I feel like I owe them -_-

… It’s waking up in the middle of the night for no reason, shifting under the blankets and feeling the heat of the person next to you. You turn around and see them in their most peaceful, innocent, and vulnerable state. They breathe as though the weight of the world lies on anyone’s shoulder but their own. You smile, kiss their face in the gentlest manner so as not to wake them. You turn back around and involuntarily a grin forms on your own face. You feel an arm wrap around your waist, and you know it doesn’t get any better than this.

You want more money?
People are in poverty.
You want a boyfriend?
Someone doesn’t even have parents.
You’re hungry?
A child is starving.
You want to go to the mall?
Someone is looking for anything that they can wear just to stay warm.
You’re chilly?
Others are frozen.
You want those shoes in another color?
Others don’t even have one pair.
You hate school?
Others would love to go to school for one day.
You just want to die?
Most people want to live.
Don’t waste your time on things
that you think you want,
because there is always someone out
there who needs it much
more than you could ever possibly know.