Tired of the Tirades

duh. easy choice.

I vowed to you many a time that I would not allow my blog to become an expression of my political beliefs, even though I'm fairly certain that the majority of you know exactly where I stand in that regard. That being the case, the circular thought there should be enough to explain it anyhow.

ANYWAY,

We should all know by now [and if you don't, I can't say that I'm sorry for giving you a spoiler alert]... that we've re-elected President Obama for another four years. I'm gonna keep my promise of not converting my personal blog into a political platform of sorts, so I'll just leave it with this:

We should've been allowed to write in our best-available candidate. I personally would've gone with this guy.

I kid, I kid.

But seriously. For the love of all that is every person's facebook page, and every other person somehow inspired to share based off of the election.... let's try and be a little more mature about the whole thing, yeah? Hateful slander, bashing, and gut-spewing tirades really aren't going to do a whole lot to either "fix" if you feel that's needed, or "further discourage" if that's your stance... either side.

A good day is what you make of it! (:

xo | cmd

VOTE.

Yeah, that's right, this is a MORNING post!

This is probably the first [& only] morning blog you're going to get out of me for a very long time.

I hopped on Google this morning to check something and was instantly reminded that today is election day. That's not to say that I really every forgot, but my brain takes a couple minutes to engage in the mornings; forgive me. That, and with the convenience of absentee voting [♥ Ohio!], this portion of the process is already under wraps for me.

That being said, I should've thought better than to get on Facebook at all this morning. Haha.

GO VOTE.

[[&& have an amazing day!!]]

xo | cmd

Horoscope : Saggittarius

I'm not the type of person that usually puts any sort of real stock into horoscopes. I think at one point way back when I worked for Clearchannel, I crash landed on a daily mailing list for one of the horoscope dealers; as accurate as those things seemed to be, I never really bothered to try and read too deep into the astrological alignment of somethingsomethingsomething....

As that case may be, my dear Kanice sent this my way today. As much as I strained to resist its content, I do have to say it carries a bit of truth to it. And by bit, I mean a whole whopping truckload.

See for yourself.

I have no idea who writes these things, but I think it's kind of funny. I thought over it, and I reminded myself that this is not ture for everyone, because I do know a few gals born within days of me who don't fit this mold at all, but as it concerns me, I'm afraid this hits the nail square on the head. Haha.

Thanks, Kanice.

I'm totally going to embrace that whole comfort and not style thing today. I'll blame it on the stars. ;) Watch me go... haha.

xo | cmd

Rest Stop, Hallelujah.

amen for that.

[backdated.]
I can't even tell you how grateful I am for these things.
More later. I'm beside myself tired right now.

xo | cmd

Pumpkin Chuckin'. OWLS!. Bluegrass | Asian x2!

Today was something of a random day. I know that's surprising. Haha.

It started off with my trekking down to Catie's place and heading out together to one of Cincinnati's park areas for a Pumpkin Chucking festival. It wasn't a huge production, but everything you could possibly need on a chilly Saturday was all in one spot: Hot chocolate, apple cider, grilled cheese, burgers, midieval trebuchets for pumpkin launching, an owl, a falcon, a goat & a sheep, and most importantly, one of my best friends playing some mean fiddle for a live bluegrass rundown.

+ I hugged the sheep. Let's be real, he looked warm.
Like I said, slightly random. But awesome.


owl! i almost stole him. | cincinnati

catie & her band! loved loved loved it | cincinnati

trebuchet for pumpkin launching | cincinnati


Once we were cleaned up from the perpetual dew that still hadn't burned off by the time the morning was over, we tailed it to Eli's BBQ [recommend!!] for some true pit BBQ, before we all split off on our separate ways for a bit. 

not even a hard decision. this place is amazing. | eli's bbq | cincinnati

>> Insert Nap. 
+ in a hammock. (:

Becky and I decided it would be a good idea once she was off work to head up to Kenwood to grab some coffee and then to Norwood for a window-shopping visit to REI [who does that?! Oh wait, we do..]. It was a successful mission until we started digging in to our personal lives and spilling onto each other all of the things that move us to the core. As Becky happens to be one of my closest friends, it wasn't hard to give her the raw, unaltered version of my life in real time, but not without the consequence of a few tears. We drove all over Hyde Park, O'Bryonville, Madisonville, Norwood and Kenwood in search of food that sounded good, but landed ultimately right back at The Comet in Northside. Go fig. We managed to pull ourselves together, grab some food, and head back to her apartment. She left to go have a slumber party with her aunt and uncle's dogs [sitting, yeah!] while they're out of town, and I managed somehow to put myself into a presentable shape for dinner at Sung Korean [another recommendation] with Catie & Jen.

jen & me! | otr.cincinnati

^^ Would you look at that? There's another Asian girl around these parts! Haha. I joke, I joke. I only say that because of the circle in which I typically ran the last time I lived here, it was myself and my two dingo brother bears and that was the extent of the Asian presence. I always thought it would be nice to have some mocha estrogen around, so as it stands now I'm pretty stoked to have JEN, who, in a streak of awesome coincidence, is Pinay, too. Bah-riiiiing it. Haha. I'm joking. (:

I love these folks.
Blessed, yeah.

xo | cmd

Day 2: Thankful For... FAMILY.

So as a Facebook user, I've been reminded that each day of November represents a separate thing or two for which we're all thankful.

I figured I'd compensate for my not doing it yesterday and for also probably not repeating sequence tomorrow or the day after.

That being said....

I am especially thankful for my family. There are so many reasons I could list here for why I feel so blessed to have them, but for the sake of brevity, I'll just say that I love them, and that they are absolutely incredible. Now, saying that, I know that family is a very broad term, so I'm sticking to my most immediate family, just for today. Mom. Dad. Sister. 



entertrainment junction | cincinnati | 2010
heidi. dad. jonathan. corin. sydni. mom [missing joe]

I'll start with the women in my immediate family. For those of you who are looking at that picture, or who just don't know.... yes, I'm adopted. Let that lay to rest any questions about the *ahem, varied appearance of myself vs. the other ladies. 

mama & her daughters.

My mom is probably one of the kindest, most generous women I've ever met. Add to that her unbeatable charisma [honestly, I will not be surprised in the least if the woman outlives me; she's that incredible], her culinary genius, and her passion for just embracing life as it comes, and you've got a force with which I don't think anyone could or should reckon. Mom. I love you.

And then there's my sister. My sister, the adopted Dutch girl who is half a foot taller than me with gorgeous blonde hair and blue eyes, but all the while a pretty close reflection of my personality. She's the first person I go to when I need a true reality check [it's often, just fyi], and I know that I'll get it in a way that speaks perfectly to me and what I'm handling. She's random, spontaneous and hippy just like me, and I love her to the moon and back.



dad... i. love. you.

And then there's my dad. My poor dad, who endured a house full of women for years and managed to keep his cool :). Haha. He's fooled many who assume he had prior military experience [flat feet = no go :( .. ]; he carries himself with a confidence and a sense of dignity that I could only hope to exude someday. My dad worked himself to the point of exhaustion when it came to providing for his family, and for that I will forever be grateful. I love you, Dad. Thank you for everything.

 

I'm blessed.

SO blessed.

 

xo | cmd

 



 

Ohio Bound [Again]

Here I am in Ohio, again. Haha.

I feel like I should highlight the fact that Becky introduced me to tofu quesadillas [thanks, Comet].


tofu quesadilla | comet cafe, northside, cincinnati

 This one's gonna be super short, since I'm currently parked on the most comfortable futon in Northside, and I... am... exhausted.

Thank you, Lord, for delivering me safely once again. That five hour trek is no joke!

Three day weekend, let's go.

xo | cmd