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Secrets of a Happy Marriage

spingirl | 13 May, 2008 14:19

What are the secrets to a happy marriage? Lilo and Gerry Leeds claim that they know. They have been married for 56 years, and as this MSN article states, they have some tips to share with the rest of us mere mortals.

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Random update

spingirl | 14 November, 2006 15:29

So, I haven't posted in a while. I blame the fetus. In addition to causing sciatica, heartburn, water retention, and excessive nocturnal peeing, the baby has been sucking up my creative inspirations. Or so I'm claiming. And no one can actually disprove it, so we'll leave it at that.

In order to get back into the swing of things, I thought I would just randomly spout off about things that have caught my interest (or lack thereof). Celebrities: Britney and K-Fed? Yawn. Who didn't see that one coming? I just feel sorry for the kids. They're half Federline. Can't wash that away, can you? Of course, they're also half Spears. Poor kids, they're just SOL.

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A Pregnant Pause

spingirl | 12 September, 2006 10:54

Okay, so my one or two regular readers might have noticed that it has been a while since my last posting. This is because it's really hard to type on a computer when you are spending most of your day face down in the toilet or curled into a little ball feeling like you wish you were face down in the toilet. Too much partying? Not quite. No, actually, I'm just knocked up.

Yes, after 7 years of marriage, Scott and I are finally reproducing - frightening thought, I know. Going into the whole pregnancy, I knew that there might be "discomforts." Little did I know I would be one of the lucky ones who would pretty much cease to function until the end of the first trimester. Nausea started up around 5 weeks and progressed to daily vomiting at 9 weeks. Exhaustion? Check. Heartburn? Check. Frequent urination? Check. Headaches? Check. Backaches? Check.

Wanting to never be touched by my husband ever again? Check.

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Whip `Em Out, Girls!

spingirl | 28 July, 2006 13:52

The female breast. Some humans find them attractive, some find them disgusting, and others find them to be a massive turn-on. Whatever your opinion on them, it's fair to say that the primary purpose for the female breast is to produce milk in order to feed the human young. Humans don't regurgitate already digested food for their wee ones, like birds or other animals; human females feed their babies by breastfeeding, preferably, though machine produced formula is also an option. In order to breastfeed, the female has to present the breast to the baby and allow the baby to latch on and suck. This is how it has been done since the beginning of mankind, and it doesn't look like it is going to change any time soon.

So why do so many people have a problem with women breastfeeding in public?

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Confessions of a Trainwreck Whore

spingirl | 02 July, 2006 12:34

I will admit it: I love a good celebrity trainwreck. Few things capture my attention in the way a tacky celebrity breakdown does. So, you can probably understand that right now, I am in heaven, sheer heaven. Between the Star Jones/Barbara Walters all-out brawl and the demise of Britney Spears' career, the air is thick with the fires of celebrity self-combustion.

And here I thought fireworks are only for July 4th.

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Elliot, Schm-Elliot

spingirl | 12 May, 2006 09:05

I am seriously about to lose my mind. The entire city of Richmond has lost what little tenuous grip it had on sanity and has gone Elliot Yamin-crazy. And it is driving me nuts!

Let me preface this by saying, I don't watch American Idol. I don't care about American Idol. If I want to see karaoke, I'll go to my local bar. I don't feel the need to earmark 2 hours of my week in order to pay homage to musicians of yesteryear or watch Ryan Seacrest's metrosexual bantering. However, since "Richmond's Own Elliot Yamin" has progressed through the rounds of American Idol, it seems there is no way to get away from American Idol. I am innudated with American Idol and Elliot Yamin on the radio every stinking day. There are billboards up in town supporting him. Everywhere I seem to go in town, I am being urged to "Vote Like Yamin It!!!!!"

All I want to do is hurl things like I mean it.

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"Respect my Authori-tay"

spingirl | 28 March, 2006 16:30

Oh, the joys of dealing with the Homeland Security's TSA. I will start this post by saying, quite clearly, the following: I don't feel any more safer flying today than I did before 9/11 happened and the TSA took over security. I don't think that stationing a bunch of poorly trained, yet power-hungry people at metal detectors does much to increase my security, or that of my fellow flying passengers. Combine this belief with an innate streak of distrust for most forms of government authority, and you end up with my sick sense of humor about the whole "screening" process. Most of the time, I manage to keep my comments to myself, but I was in a wacky mood yesterday, and well, read on.

Scott and I flew to Houston over the weekend and were making the return trip yesterday, starting out in Houston's Hobby Airport. Apparently, Hobby Airport is one of those airports, you know, the kind that makes you take your shoes off so that they can be scanned. *insert eyeroll here* Maybe it's just me, but I would feel more safe if TSA could catch more overtly dangerous things, like the pepper spray and matches that I once accidentally left in my rather small purse, rather than spending their time scanning my Reeboks. But anyway, back to the shoes. Usually, I keep my tennis shoes on, in spite of being "cautioned" that not "volunteering" to having my shoes scanned could lead to further screening. In other words, when given the choice between: a) mindlessly following and submitting to pointless governmental directives that only serve to increase governmental control over every facet of one's life; or b) bucking the system for the sake of questioning authority, even if it leads to more hassle, I will generally choose b.

Sometimes, it leads to interesting results.

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The V is for Vomit-inducing...

spingirl | 14 February, 2006 10:54

So, that celebrated day is here at last: Valentine's Day. A day full of saccharine hearts, grocery store roses, and dime store-purchased sentiment.

In a word: Barf.

Yes, I am a self-admitted Scrooge when it comes to Valentine's Day. Pretty much the only holiday I like is Halloween. At least Halloween is upfront about being a complete fantasy, a fraud, and all about making the cash registers at Wal-Mart go ring. Not like Valentine's Day, which wraps itself in faux sentiment like a 14-year-old boy on his first date douses himself in cheap cologne: they both stink.

Both Valentine's Day and Venereal Disease share the same initials: VD. Coincidence? I think not.

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Like Dust in the Wind, dude

spingirl | 25 January, 2006 11:00

I just sent in my information for my 10-year high school reunion. And honestly, I don't know how I feel about that. Has it really been 10 years since I graduated from high school? Has it really been almost 10 years since I pushed out into the great big world? (Yeah, ok, so College Station, Texas doesn't really count as the "great big world," but I did actually move out my parents' house and the state, so that has to count for something)

I guess the thought of my high school reunion is making me take stock of my life. Where I have been, where I am, where I am going. I spent 18 years in Baton Rouge, and for the most part they were good. Sure, middle school sucked ass, but I honestly believe that middle school sucked ass for practically everyone and it would be better for everyone concerned if they just did away with middle school and everyone stayed home from the end of elementary school until the start of high school. But that's just me.

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Confessions of an Orange Clean Addict

spingirl | 09 January, 2006 10:43

Hi, my name is spingirl and I have a confession to make: I'm addicted to cleaning. I happily spent this past weekend vacuuming, rearranging, dusting, and polishing my home. Consider it spring cleaning a few months early. My husband thinks my obsession with cleaning is a sickness. I, on the other hand, know it's a sickness. But damn, do I enjoy it!

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Google me this, google me that

spingirl | 13 December, 2005 08:12

So, I’ll admit it: I google. I have entered my name into the google search engine in order to see what is out there in the vast cyberspace about me. Not that much, to tell the truth. I really have become such a bore. I was not this much of a bore when I graduated from Texas A&M, I swear. But the intervening years in graduate school really took all of the personality out of me. I’ve googled family members, friends. I google ex-boyfriends. Oh, come on! I know that I am not the only one. We all have a driving need to know what our exes are up to and find out whether they are any more successful than we are. Ok, maybe not all of us need to know these things, but I have always had an enquiring mind. Somewhat embarrassing to admit, but the truth. I have an almost voracious need to know what people are up to, whether it be my husband, my friends, elected officials, you know. Anyway, I have managed to keep tabs on at least one of my ex-boyfriends through the marvels of modern technology. The others? Well, their lives must be even more boring than mine, because google has jack about them.

Wherefore art thou season pass?

spingirl | 08 December, 2005 17:11

So, I watch a lot television. Two of my regularly Tivo'ed shows are America’s Next Top Model and Nip/Tuck. Which leads my everloving husband to conclude that I must really want to be a model or have plastic surgery. Men can be so silly. I don’t want plastic surgery, that’s for sure. On the whole, I am very happy with my features. The only thing I really don’t like is my nose, and, well, I’ve had it for 27 years, it’s done well for me, why bother to change it now. As for the modeling thing – well, perhaps hubby has touched a nerve.

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First post, Third blog

spingirl | 07 December, 2005 19:29

This is the first entry of my journal. My third blog I started today. Why my third? Because I am fickle and can't choose which service I want to use for my blog. So I have also opened a Friendster blog and an LiveJournal account. Friendster can be a pain to get into. LiveJournal seems cool, but only if you pay for an account. I'm Indian. I like free. Paying for an account is pretty much out of the question.

So, why am I starting a journal?

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