Things that truly horrify me

This last weekend I got a small glimpse into the world of 1980s films. It was kind of awesome. Normally I go over to my cousins and we watch a TV show. So far we've watched Leverage and Rizzoli & Isles, both great stories with good plot lines and the unfortunate timing to not have the newest seasons out yet. Instead of starting another show that only has one season out yet we watched "16 Candles" and "Better Off Dead". Two fantastic movies that have landed in my favorite movies list.

I know this seems a rather random topic to go with the post title, but am getting to the horribleness. If you have not seen "16 Candles" I would suggest not reading this next paragraph. Ever. Actually, if you liked the movie you might not want to read it either.

The movie was cute, funny and had me totally caught up in the story. That is until I noticed something I could not unnotice. Jake Ryan, the main love interest, looks just like Edward. He has a similar hair style and the mannerisms are down right creepy, almost like what Edward would have been like if he wasn't an angsty, sparkly thing. The actor even had the same troubled/uncomfortable/constipated look... it was weird. Throughout the entire movie I was trying not to gag, I had an insane urge to stab a pencil in my eye. I really hate the Twilight saga. Like really, really dislike. If I could I would probably burn all the books. I know I should have said that Edward looked like Jake since that movie came out first (by about two decades), but since I saw Twilight first I cannot. Which majorly sucks.

Although, maybe I am the only one who sees it.

He has "Issues"

Now on to other things that really horrify me.

Comic sans. I feel like nothing more needs to be said for this. Nothing.

That moment when I take a sip of coffee and there is nothing in the mug. Then when I go to pour more in I find out there is nothing left in the carafe. It generally takes a few seconds for the horror to truly dawn on me, I drank all the damn coffee. Again. And Again I totally forgot the actual drinking part. Which sucks.

And the flip side of that problem. When I get so caught up in something I totally forget about my coffee until it colds, so I microwave it. And then forget about it again. There are only so many times you can reheat coffee without burning the crap out of it. Very few things taste nastier than burnt coffee. Or tepid coffee for that matter.

Um... I know there are other things that horrify me, but I can't think of anymore.

Mommy's out of school for the summer

One of the great things about having a parent who is a teacher is summer vacation, because they get it too. This means my mom is around all summer. Not that I've really had anytime in the last six years to spend with her. But it is nice to be able to hang out with mom and not have to work around her work schedule.

Poor mommy was sick this weekend, it was kind of nasty. She had really bad food poisoning, at least that's what she thinks. It was... bad. I ended up having to drive her to her last day of school, which wasn't to bad since I got free ice cream out of it. It was delicious.

Exciting things happened last week. When I went down to Lincoln I finally picked up my diploma, it's so pretty.  It only took me ten months to pick the stupid thing up. Four years to "earn" a diploma and I can't even be bothered to send in the letter with my home address on it. Fail.

I bought a black frame with matting, it is also pretty. It took me a good five minutes to get the stupid frame on the wall. In my college cheapness I bought a craptastic frame that has a hinged wall hook hangy thing. Everytime I would try to "catch" the hook on the nail it just collapsed. I almost dropped the frame (diploma and all) into the dark depths behind my dresser. The only wall space, and I do mean only, was right above my dresser... I was standing preciously on a folding chair and my dresser trying to hang a frame on a nail several feet above my head. I felt like an idiot. Apparently college does not give real world experience for mounting pictures on walls.

By the time I got the stupid thing up I pretty much fell over laughing. My sister didn't think it was quite as funny, but she found it amusing as well.

Summer time fun

There are several summer time activities that I absolutely love. My all time favorite has to be running through sprinklers. It's the hall mark of a great summer, if I don't end up running through sprinklers at some point it was a wasted summer.

The mist sprinklers (photo)

Of course there are several different types of sprinklers, some are more fun to run through than others.

Arched sprinkler that does nothing (photo)

Some of them are just horrible sprinklers, they don't get you wet, the don't water the lawn and their just kind or useless.

The ever awesome "broken" sprinkler (photo).

And then there is the most epic sprinkler ever. The broken one that shoots water up and all over the place, like a defunct fountain. Most definitely the best sprinklers ever. Unless you are actually trying to water your lawn, in which case, sucks to be you.

Must get them addicted young. (photo)