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QotD: Scared Senseless

What are your irrational fears? 
Submitted by Dan Culhane.  

I have two very distinct fears that I think are very irrational and I really wish that I could get over them, but for some reason I can't.

The first one is that I have a fear of being chased.  I can't even run around and let my husband chase after me because after a few seconds I will get freaked out so bad that I scream like I'm really about to die.  Immediately once I realize I'm being chased my heart starts pounding and my adrenaline starts pumping.  I literally get in fight or flight mode, and because I'm too scared to be chased, I'm in fight mode.  I freeze up, scream, and get ready to fight to the death.  I really need to get over this.  I think the only time it doesn't count is when I'm playing with the dogs.  But for people to chase me....*shudders*

The second one is a fear of zombies.  YES, zombies.  Please don't make zombie noises, please don't put your arms out like a zombie, please don't shuffle your feet like a zombie, please don't roll your eyes back like a zombie, and please do not CHASE ME while acting like a zombie, because that is combining my two irrational fears and more than likely one of us is going to die.  While I know that deep down inside I wont ever really encounter a zombie, I still feel threatened by the idea.  One day while student teaching I was walking alone in the hallway and someone was behind me, dragging their feet.  Without even looking around, I started walking as fast as I could without running until I got safely to my classroom.

Scared of being chased.  Scared of zombies.  Scared of being chased BY zombies.

I need help. :P

Dear Baby C

Corbin (I think) or Chloe (I wouldn't mind),

I just want you to know that I didn't cry when I saw you on the screen this morning or when I heard your very rapid heartbeat.  I got really giddy.  There is no other word to describe it.  I started giggling so much and cracking so many funny jokes that the nurse nicknamed me "Giggles."  I just couldn't believe how much you were moving.  Thanks for the fantastic dance routine.  It makes me excited to know how active you already are.  I think you are going to be one cool dude (or dudette).

Me and your daddy are looking forward to meeting you, as are Winston and Madison.  Don't mind the cat, she's REALLY strange.

We also can't wait until December 21st to see whether or not you really are a boy ('cause you sure are giving me boy vibes) or a girl (if you are a girl, you must be a tomboy or something! Sheesh!).

And sorry that you have to live inside me for nine whole months.  I know my singing is very loud and atrocious.  But just imagine how much horrible it is in person!  Mwahaha!

With love,
Mama

*outburst*

I'M HAVING A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More about my dogs.

Because you never tire of hearing about it.

So I got a frisbee the other day and I REALLY wanted to teach Winston to catch a frisbee.  He is really smart and he fetches, so we got out in the yard and he made a really good start.  He was chasing it across the yard and bringing it back to me very enthusiastically.

I got an idea to pretend to throw it so he'd run a little ways and then throw it for real so he'd be able to catch it, as he was closer to it.  He made some promising progress.

So when Ryan got home, it was time to show him what we'd learned.  We went out in the backyard and I made Winston run across the yard.  He was standing there waiting for me to throw it, and so I did.  For some reason he just didn't move and the frisbee just beamed him right in between the eyes, AND HE STILL STOOD THERE!  I was laughing so hard.  That dog is just ridiculous.

Going to see Granny today!  The dogs are seriously thrilled. (My mama's, lol.  They love going there.  Winston freaks out so bad when we pull into the driveway.  He jumps out my window if it's rolled down.)

More bad dogs (ode to Meg)

I'm glad everything is okay with Riley and that Meg and her brother were smart and quick thinking.  DOG LOVERS UNITE!!!

So my dogs are in crates for most of the day when no one is home and so when I get home from work, I always feel very obligated to take them out and then let them run around and play for a while.  Usually if I'm not watching them very closely, Winston especially, they will get in to something they aren't supposed to, poop on the floor, or some other annoying thing.  Ryan gets so mad at me for not watching them, but I'm always so distracted on the computer!  What's more is that when I'm upstairs, they can get downstairs and wreak all sorts of havoc and I have no idea until I go down there to get something later.

Such as yesterday.

I had been on the computer for a while after getting off work, and I went downstairs to get my book I had been reading and it was a sight to behold.  Winston had torn apart my box of tampons and strew cardboard and tampons across the floor (only destroying two, thankfully); there was also remnants of a milk carton of whoppers on the floor, and not a single chocolate malt ball was in sight.

I knew that this was NOT good, but I hadn't seen either of the dogs get sick, and they were both acting 100% normal.  I called Winston down the stairs, and he knew he was in trouble, so he climbed straight in his box.  I had to go get Madison, who was standing at the top of the stairs trying to look all innocent, and she got put away as well.  They were in there for a good two hours before Ryan got home from work, and he had some company over, and Winston kept whining.  I was like, "FINE, I'LL TAKE YOU OUTSIDE!"

So Winston and Madison went outside, and then they were happily frolicking around the house.  I then noticed that Madison was over in Winston's crate, and I was wondering what she was getting in to, so I went to investigate.  APPARENTLY Winston threw up ALL INSIDE HIS CRATE and all over his crate blanket.  It was syrupy-chocolate with the leftover malted middles everywhere.  SO DISGUSTING.  I threw the blanket away (no use saving it) and took the box outside and rinsed it out with the water hose.  I was relieved that he had thrown up the chocolate, and also relieved he had done it in a place that was so easy to rinse and clean, versus say the floor or the bed.

A little while later, Ryan wanted to go to the store, so we rode with him, and Madison threw up her share of the Whoppers all over my leg and on the seat in Ryan's car.  Thankfully her share was much smaller than Winston's, but it was still gross nonetheless.

My silly little babies.  They'll never learn.  Winston LOVES candy.

Glad Tidings.

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNETH!!!!!  Hope yours is good, too.

And yeah, I should probably do a real update, but birthdays are way more fun. <3

Feel Special.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONY!!!!

Hope it's a great one and you get some good lovin', some good eatin', and maybe even some good presents.

WHOO~

Post-DH

I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And everyone laughed at me, but I was SPOT ON.

Take that.

HMPH.

Feeling Murderous

I am so upset about these Harry Potter leaks and the fact that those assholes out there who don't like Harry Potter can easily take advantage of the rest of us who are waiting until tomorrow night to get the book.  I'm so freaking paranoid right now that I don't even want to go get the book myself and I'm thinking of sending Ryan to get mine, as he could care less if someone ruined it for him, as he doesn't read it and know who any of the characters are anyway.

Several of my coworkers have thought it funny to say things to me, and one guy even went so far as to start naming names.  I really want to punch him in his fucking face, especially if he opens his big fat-ass mouth to me about the plot of this last book one more time.  TOMORROW NIGHT, PEOPLE.  That's less than two days.  PLEASE let me have my book to read without ruining it...

I have been reading Harry Potter since I was in middle school...and to think that it's about to end and there are all these ASSHOLES out there who think it'll be funny to spoil it.  I remember when the plot for book 6 was ruined for some people, and I heard that people had cried.  I was like, "OH MY GOSH, why would you cry?!" but then, at that point, I had already finished the book for myself.  When that guy at work yesterday starting naming names, I really was on the verge of tears.  NOW I SEE HOW THOSE PEOPLE FELT!!!!  And angry crying is going to equal violent Tori, because I am not going to just stand by and let you have your fun without some form of physical punishment.

And I'm dead serious.  I've never been in a physical fight, but at this point, I feel I'm capable of anything.  I WILL NOT hesitate to punch you in the face, even if it means that I'll have to be suspended from work or maybe even get fired.  Except if they try to fire me, I'm going to SCREAM HARASSMENT, because that is all that really is.

Try me, bitches.  I'll fuck you up.

QotD: The Deathly Hallows/Snape in LOVE

Did you see the Harry Potter movie this weekend?  Are you going to read the new book?

I saw OOTP last Wednesday night.  It was so much to look forward to because we had a big group of people from Transit go, and about half of us got to the movie theater to wait in line two hours early (after we had all just got off work).  The next group of people to come wait in line didn't come until an hour before the movie started, but we got much better seats than them.  I am happy to report I was in the VERY MIDDLE AWESOMENESS of the entire theater.  I have mixed feelings about the movie, but because it was Harry Potter, I loved it and want to watch it again.

As for the new book, I'm pretty much on the edge of anticipation.  I had a copy reserved at Borders, but I've decided to ditch my plan of waiting in line to going to Walmart at midnight instead.  I'm pretty sure I'll be able to waltz right in and grab my book and go pretty quickly.  I had so many other things I wanted to do this weekend, but because this book is coming out, I'm ditching the rest of my life temporarily.  Not that I want to read it quickly and get it over with, because I dont!, but I do want to finish reading it fast enough so that no one else can ruin anything in it for me when I return to the real world on Monday morning.

And about two days ago, I formulated a new theory about Snape...and it kind of takes me by surprise, but I can totally see it happening or something similar to it...I mean, I don't think Snape is a bad guy, and I think that...BRACE YOURSELF, THIS IS OUT THERE...that he was in love with Lily Evans.  YES I SAID IT!!!  I mean, Dumbledore says he has FIRM REASONS to believe Snape was truly on their side, and I think it's because he was in love with Lily and he didn't know Voldemort was going to kill her.  I think he had some kind of agreement with Voldemort that only James die and Lily live, but she wouldn't save herself and so...yeah.  And I also think that Snape hates Harry so much because he is just like his father, who tortured him throughout school and then ended up with the girl he loved...and Harry is the product of that relationship.  I told some people I work with today about this theory and they laughed at me...but what if I'm touching on something!?  I guess we'll find out this weekend!!!!