Diary of a Fickle White Woman

Blah blah, I love Jess , blah blah. But here's something new for you... two meme's I've never done! Jess does them weekly and today's questions were fun, so I thought, why not? It's Friday, I'm bored, have things to say but am too lazy to put thought into it, so I'll just answer questions and link up. It's an easy-peazy kinda day ;) The first set of questions are brought to you by Mama M's "5 Question Friday." If you'd like to play along, copy and paste the questions, answer them, and be sure to link up! 1. Did you have a favorite blanket or toy as a kid? If so, do you still have it? I did! My blankies were pink with silk trim and yellow/cream with silk trim that'd I'd always nuzzle up to my cheek. Oddly (and, perhaps, embarrassingly, the blankets over my sheets have to have silk trim I can nuzzle). My favorite toys were my dolls, probably my Marianne Cabbage Patch Doll was my most favorite. Also, my mom's Barbie's that ...

You know how there's a theory that everyone has a twin in the world? Well, I've yet to find another person who looks like me, but I have found my twin of sorts. I’m talking about my darling friend Jess . The two of us, we were separated at birth. We have no doubt about this. Our morals, our passions, our wants in life, our humor, our everything. Seriously, we have so much in common. It's slightly freaky. And I hope nothing changes on that fateful day where the two of us are able to morph into real life friends and not just blog friends. The other day, she tagged an award to me: The rules for the award are simple: say where I think I will be 10 years from now. Copying Jess, I’ll start with where I was 10 years ago. July 2000, I was 13 and getting ready to start my 8th grade year. I was excited to finish being at the same school with the same people for the past 8 years and was ready to move on to high school. I was babysitting up a storm and enjoying summer—swimming in the b...

Seriously, don't. It talks about girly things. Have you clicked off, Jim? Joe? Uncle Mac? Nate? Good bye! Ok, good. Ladies, which one of y'all will give me a kid? I only ask because I'm about to perform my own total hysterectomy. Aunt Flo has won the battle. I'm waving the white flag as high as possible. I became a woman when I was 12. I've wanted to become a menopausal woman everyday since then. I was put on birth control when I was 14. Now, supposedly the Pill prevents cramps, irregular periods, heavy cycles, clotting, etc. Ah, yes. Clearly BC developers have never met my reproductive system. Neither have those liars that claim working out helps alleviate cramps. Lies, I tell ya. All lies. The only benefit (because it sure as hell hasn't helped my PCOS or endometriosis) I've found from taking the Pill for the past 9 years is that I can skip the monthly demon. And believe me, I do. I think I went 7 months between cycles, on purpose, until Flo had other plan...

When I was younger, I'd find myself and others referring to me as, "not your typical (insert any age here)." And you know what? I wasn't. I wasn't the typical pre-teen, I wasn't the typical high-schooler, and I wasn't the typical college student. Pretty much every decision I made was reached after a lot of thought. I never wanted to disappoint my family, so I always tried to do what would be considered "acceptable." Not to toot my own horn, but I've always been way more mature than my chronological age and don't feel the need to waste time with the nonsense. Now, that's not to say that I never got myself in a pickle, but, for the most part, everything has always been peachy in my life and with my relationships with others. As I'm sure is the case with everyone, drama seems to always be around in some way, shape, or form. You may not be involved in said drama, but you know it's there. I am of the "drama-free" type; fo...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln Happy Hump Day, Peeps! Image from Google Images

Compliments of being medicated, I don't get my panties in a wad quite as easily as I once did. That is, until, last night when perusing your website. You see, I happen to love my name. I am named after both of my grandmother's (Mary & Martha Anne) and the vintage, classy, feminine sound of it fits me perfectly. I also love the spelling, because it's less common (and I hate anything popular) and I don't really like dual first names. Unfortunately, not everyone shares these sentiments. I have found myself defending my name on many occasions. Others feel the need to say, "Oh, that's my dead grandma's name," Or, "My senile great-aunt who once was convicted of murder is named that." I mean, really? Thanks, people. Because we all want to be told we share a name with an old-fart with a criminal past. Ok, fine, no one has told me that their aunt was a convicted murderer, but it's only a matter of time. Or people have literally straight up tol...

Time for Ian 's Monday Minute! This week, he is co-hosting with Michelle @ Mommy Loves Stilletos . If you decide to play along, be sure to check out both of their blogs. 1. What's your real name? Marianne Elizabeth Bridget I'mnottellingyoumylastname. Bridget is my Conformation name (Catholic Sacrament), so not on my birth certificate. To be honest, I never use it. And my last name really isn't that big of a secret, if you're friends with me on facebook or have ever received an email from me, but, I'd rather keep it off the blog. 2. Have you ever fabricated a story or anything on your blog? No. What's the point? What you see is what you get, with me. 3. When in the car do you listen to the radio/CDs/iPod/etc? All of the above. Usually radio or iPod, though. 4. Describe the 'sexiest' item of clothing that you own Ha! Beats me! I'm sure I have my fair share of items deemed "sexy," but it's nothing special. I should take a picture of m...

I decided to link up with Keely @ MannLand5 today and do her "Getting to know you" meme. If you want to play along, answer the questions and link up on her blog! Hope y'all are having a great weekend! 1. If you had to choose a country to live in besides USA (or the country you live in), which would it be? Some easy-going island or Australia. Which, honestly, given the current state of this country, is sounding more and more appealing. 2. Which would be worse, wearing flip flops in the snow or wearing gloves in the summer? Gloves in the summer. I HATE sweating and do enough of it as it is, I do not need thick cotton suffocating my limbs adding to it! 3. Fried or Bake and why? Baked. I can eat french fries, but that's the extent of it. If I eat anything else fried, the tum tum gets back at me with a vengeance. 4. If you were an entertainment reporter, which celeb would you love to interview and why? Carrie Underwood, to see if she's as down to earth as she comes ac...

It's no secret that I loathe working out. Nothing about it invigorates me. Everything about it makes me hate my body. So twisted and ass-backwards, right? However, tonight, at a mat pilates class, in the midst of wanting to amputate every limb of my body, I had to fight back the incredible urge to bust out laughing. "Why?" you may ask. Well here's my current facebook status: Dear Girl Behind Me in Pilates Class, Just a thought, but you may want to consider taking a gas-x or two before class next time. Best regards, Me Yes folks, I had a compulsive flatulator (just made up a word) behind me. It was so bad that at one point when we were on our backs and legs in table top position, every contraction of our abdomen that we made, a little fart would sneak out behind me. At least it made me hate the hour session a little less. And in completely unrelated news, Mel Gibson claims to be a Catholic. His anti-Semitic rant a few years back made me question this. His recent morphi...

I really should have called this "Random Complaints," because that's mostly what I'll be doing, but it just doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Awesome welcome back post, huh? I'm sure it'll make you realize how much you (did not) missed me! *I really, really need to get better eating habits. I'm working on another post about this, so I won't elaborate, but I'm very much a self-sabotager when it comes to what I put in my body. Ugh. *I traded in my old car for a new on last November. Now, overall I LOVE this car (a gently used 2008 Ford Escape). However, the upholstery is driving me nuts! It's some super weird fabric that stains wicked easily and is impossible to clean. It came stained because the morons at the dealership did the worst detail job in history (if you live in Indy, never buy from Andy Mohr. They are complete jerks and idiots. Horrible combo. I did get in a fight with them and win though, so yay for that!). Anyway, I paid St...

I have no excuse for my lack of blogging lately, I've just been enjoying the summer and really haven't had much to write about! Between the long 4th of July holiday weekend filled with cookouts and such, family being in town, enjoying the lack of work I've had to do for Microbiology, and spending time with friends and family, I've just been ignoring my computer! And it feels SOOOOOO good! So, sorry for taking 5+ days to respond to comments (some of which I still haven't gotten to... they're coming), and sorry for not reading and commenting on your blogs. I'd say I'll do better, but with the beautiful weather in full swing, the trend as of late will probably remain. Honestly, I don't have much to say, other than "Hi!" It's same ole', same ole' around here. However, I do have some thanking to do... JoJo @ Newlywed Adventures passed on the Outstanding Blogger Award to me! I feel so honored, especially since we haven't been read...

Given my inability to commit to anything for longer than .2 seconds, what I am about to say should come as no surprise. I've changed my mind again about the future. Why? Because I'm fickle. Says so in the title of this here blog. And if you've ever wondered "how" I'm fickle, the fact that I've changed my mind about my career path(s) and how I will go about getting there 101 times should be explanatory enough. Need a refresher? Let's map it out, shall we? Aug '05-May'06: Begin college as an education major with a concentration as Intervention Specialist (fancy name for special ed). July'06-January'09: Have my sites set on being a journalist, which I ultimately earn my BA in, in May'09. January '09: Decide I'd rather do something in the medical field. Toy with the idea of being a diagnostic medical sonographer (my mother is one), but wanted an accredited program that doesn't require you to go through x-ray school first. Fi...

First up is Ian's Monday Minute. This week he is cohosting with Brittney @ Mommywood , so be sure to check out both of their blogs! If you want to join in on the fun, click the button below, answer the questions, and link up! 1. Who of all your blog friends would you like to meet and/or who have you met? The better question is, who don't I want to meet? But lets see, there are serious plans in the work to meet Rosh (possibly in August!), and Jess , once I can get my life together and head down to the Sunshine State, where I also hope to meet Jenna , my favorite quad momma! From Indy, I could make a pit stop in Missouri to say "Hi" to Katherine and then I could do a tour of MN and meet Laura , Anne , & Pennie . After that, I'll head over to Wyoming and visit my fave Momma Fargo and then blow a kiss to Lindsey and gang as I go through Oregon. Afterwards, I'd take a little journey down to California to see my sista from another mista, Helene , as well as ...

Yet another email from one of the "prospects" (I'm beginning to use that term very loosely) on match. While it is more than flattering that some of the men on there find me attractive and interesting and I certainly appreciate it, I also appreciate the laughs some of the emails give me. *my mind blowing commentary is in the aqua color* Enclosed----corny pick up lines (Oh joy, just my cup of tea.) If I could rearrange the alphabet I'd put u and I together (And thanks for the warning.) . Are you tired because you've been running through my mind all day (That's impossible. Everyone knows I can't run for more than 5 minutes.) and my personal favorite, I lost my number can I have yours (1-317-yaright) lol what's the weirdest line someone has used on you ("You have amazing bone structure." True story. In fact, it happened just a couple weeks ago.) ? anyway enough of the corniness lol, in your profile you mentioned you want to travel and live somew...

It's 12:30 and I just woke up. After 13 hours of sleep. And I could have gone longer, had I not woken up and saw 12:30 on the clock and sprung out of bed like a jumping ant and screamed "SHIT" as loudly as possible. There's a slight chance I took too much medicine before bed, so if any of this sounds loopy, it probably is. The interview I did with Gucci Mama is up today. Sneak on over there and have a looksy ! I swear, it's really there. I'm not lying this time! If you're stopping by from Guc, WELCOME! Thanks for popping in :) I hope you enjoying reading it as much as I enjoy writing it! Lately I've been really pissed with my camera. It's two years old, but barely been used. However, it has been acting up big time and it's really ticking me off! Whenever I change the setting to, say, black and white or sepia, or anything other than automatic, the pictures come out blurry. As a result, I've been looking at new cameras. I'm sure all I ne...