Stand Your Ground

A couple of weeks ago, a bunch of friends and I went to Six Flags!  Of course, we went on a Saturday--the WORST day of the week to go!  But, nonetheless, we all had a spectacular time!  Usually waiting in line for 2 hours for a 2 minute ride super stinks!  But we had a large group of 8!  Perfect for chatting and making the day go by quickly! :)

Anyways, you probably know that line-cutting at an amusement park is "not allowed and is cause for removal from the park."  Even though this is the rule, many people ignore it and jump ahead of hundreds of people to meet their friends.  I have one word for this--LAME!  And even though everyone hates it and wants to stop these line-cutters, no one has the guts to!

UNTIL NOW!

We were waiting in line for Roaring Rapids, a super not good idea at 4 pm!  Anyways, as we're waiting towards the back of the line, 2 middle school aged girls start passing people to "meet their friends."  But then Boyfriend steps up...blocks the path...and says "No cutting!"  The girls then proceed to stand there and explain that their friends are waiting.  Boyfriend then continues on..."I don't care...you're not cutting.  So go to the back of the line before it gets longer...I'm really serious.  You're not cutting.  I'm not kidding..."

At this point, I'm about to pee in my pants because I'm laughing so hard!  Yes, I know you're supposed to be all serious when people are getting in trouble, but I always have the exact opposite reaction for some reason!  WHOOPS!  Anyways, some other people in line start backing Boyfriend up saying "you're not gonna win, you do know this right?"  The childrens finally head back to the end of the line, scowling the whole way!

And a new HERO is born!  Cheers to Boyfriend for standing up for what everyone else wants to do!  So take note...don't let people walk over you just because you want to be nice.  Right is right.  Everyone has to learn that someday, so it might as well be now!

Don't let the line-cutters ruin your amusement park fun-ness!  Stop them in their tracks and send them packing!  STAND YOUR GROUND!  :)  Not only will you get on the ride sooner, but you'll have a super fun story for later!

"Have a Six Flags Day!" :)

Ah-Mazing Quotes From My Favorite Professor!

So I have this awesome professor at UCLA who says the funniest things in class!  And I don't mean just some days he says funny things...I mean like every day he says these things!  It was my favorite class to go to and so I've decided to dedicate a blog post to him!  Here's a compilation of my fave ones!

Some of them might not make sense to everyone, but honestly they don't really have to, they're just hilarious!  Enjoy!

"Today's lecture is like a messy onion."

"I just hoo-hawed these people!"  -- About the NY Times publisher

"Don't get all big pants" -- To computer scientists

"I'm mostly known for being only partially lame."

"No matter how you chop off the tail, the body still looks distorted."

"The swash-buckling crew" -- our class I think...

"I went huhu-ugh too early...it's a problem that I have"

"You'll never lose a bet if you bet I'll be disorganized."

"You plug things into it.  It's called a formula, that's what you do.  It's not the Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury blender.  I'm not gonna get a frothy beverage out of it!"

"We're gettin' fancy!"

"So hand-holdy"

"Recycle rule--that's awesome!"

"These twiddles (~) provide a kind of charm"

"Bad coefficients, no bone"

"It's the loosest thing on the planet--it's that friend of yours..." -- About RSS (residual sum of squares)

"Since I'm teaching, I get to give you stuff that's cute"

"Geez that's super sexy!"

"Let lambda be big ass!"

"A little hoo-haw dance"

"Stein's unbiased risk estimator -- we could all get kinky with that!"

"It's sort of like a Hindenburgh thing -- POP!"

"2 sexy things, well...maybe 3 if you count me!"

"It starts to quack like a distance"

"This is a concept I don't mind you learning on the street (aka Wikipedia)!!" -- About the term fiducial

"The likelihood route is pregnant with possibilities"

"That's so disco!" -- A man on his flight said this and he thought it was awesome...so do I!

"Sooooo much coffee today!"

"ABC is better than 123 because...well first of all it reminds me of Chef Boyardee."

"Everyone who's even a little bit awesome spent some time at Bell Labs."  -- He did of course

"Somebody gives you a tambourine"

"It's like that regression friend again -- it tries to keep a puritanical life but it just can't."

"I intentionally hoo-hawed him!" -- Some jerk who asked him a question at his talk

"Tomorrow -- big boy pants!"

"That's like the little league and he misses" -- About a guy in our class who got a question wrong (the prof always said he was like a son to him)

"You guys get all attentive when chalk comes out -- and that's bad -- just bad bad bad!"

"Happy sappy and sad gus"


Have a happy day!  I hope this put at least one smile on your face today! :)

How I'm Going to Become Famous

My friend from NC is in town and yesterday we had the pleasure of going to a movie premiere!  Now I don't mean we got to go in and watch the movie, but we were the crazy bystanders hoping to get a glimpse of some famous peeps!

Aaron Eckhart (sweetie that he is!) totally came out into the crowd to sign autographs and take pics!  He even took one with us!  And shook my hand twice! ;)  Oh yeah baby!!!  In case you are not a celebrity gossip whore like some of us, Aaron Eckhart was Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight!  He's a Silver Fox for sure!! ;)

Anyways, while I was waiting to be a fake paparazzi and stalk all my new fave celebs, I came up with a plan on how I could become famous too! (With minimal amount of work of course!)  Here's how it's gonna go:

• First, I need to find a bodyguard, who I will always call Bodyguard!  Let's face it, every hot up-and-coming celebrity has a bodyguard to protect them from the crazed paparazzi!!  So, I must have the same!  Here's an example of what Bodyguard could/must look like (to the right).  I'm now taking applications for the position of Bodyguard.  If you or someone you know fits the bill, hit me up!  You're probably already hired! :)

• Next, I need a group of fake paparazzi!  In order for the Hollywood tourists to believe that I'm actually a celeb, I need tons of people to be vying for my picture and autograph!  This is a crucial role!  If you live in LA and are my friend (or want to be my friend), you're hired!  The more the merrier!

• I will take a trip to Hollywood (where all the tourists thrive) and then the famous-ness begins!!!

• My famous name will be TerriAnna...dropping the Johnson completely and combining my first and middle names.  The paparazzi will start yelling TerriAnna TerriAnna, over here, can we get a picture?? etc. etc. And then Bodyguard will have to protect me!  At this point, all the tourists will be like..."Who is this girl?  She must be super famous!"  And then, they'll want to find out who I am!

• I'll have a website and tons of celebrity (fake) pictures!  It's gonna work out just great!  Who's with me??!!

Only me...

So I'm filling out this paperwork that's like 10 pages long.  In order to be able to erase my answers, I obviously filled it out with pencil.  AFTER I finish the entire package, I decide to read through all of my information for accuracy.   Only then do I realize that at the top of the paperwork, in all caps, it says "PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM WITH AN INK PEN."  Reeeaaalllyyy??  How is this possible?!  This would seriously only happen to me!  The kicker--guess what kind of paperwork it was?  ADHD paperwork!!!  How ironic is that!  haha  If that doesn't tell you something, I don't know what will!  hahaha  At least I can laugh at myself! :)

Valentine's Day, Shmalentine's Day

Valentine's day is the WORST holiday of the year!  Seriously.  Now, I'm not some bitter crazy person who's been smite-ed by the love gods.  I'm not even single this year!  I just honestly hate this day.  Besides the fact that it is a completely commercialized holiday (who needs flowers and chocolates only ONE day a year?), it's also just an all around sucky day--FOR EVERYONE.

First of all, let's talk about all the single ladies out there.  Most of these girls are depressed because, of course, they're single.  But fret not my friends!  Grab some girls who are also single and head on over to a lingerie store!  Even if you don't buy anything, you'll get a kick out of the experience and have a ball with your girls!  Then, grab some goodies and treat yourself to some yummy brownies!  OR...choose my all-time favorite...Funfetti cupcakes!  They're certain to put you in a good mood! :)

We also have to talk about the relationship gals.  While I actually have a boyfriend this year, I am taking myself out of this category because I never EVER celebrate this day.  Anyways...we have to split the relationship peeps into two groups...the grossies and the saddies.  There really are only these two extremes.

The grossies are those typical girls who looovvvee Valentine's Day and everything about it.  They have the 'perfect' boyfriends and get lovey dovey presents and eat at a fancy restaurant on this day.  They say they are 'just sooo happy it's Valentine's Day.'  Well how about this ladies--why can't your boyfriends be 'Valentine's Day sweet' everyday?!!  It shouldn't take one day for them to tell you how much you mean to them.  If they do...they're clearly not worth your time.

The saddies are the girls who wanna be the grossies.  They have all these crazy expectations about how wonderful their boyfriend will be today and how amazing the night will be.  But, honestly, with hopes so high, how can anything go right?  These girls are always disappointed by night's end and will never have a happy Valentine's Day.  They should just turn into me! haha Instead of going to a fancy dinner tonight, I'm taking a pole dancing class with my friend!  Please don't judge me on this!  From what I hear, it's a great workout and tons of fun!  Plus, we got a super good deal on the classes!  In any case...I'd much rather spend my night doing this than gaining an extra ten pounds stuffing back all the food from a fancy dinner (which is probably overpriced anyways)!

So...here's what I say...GET OVER IT PEOPLE!  It's just another day on the calendar!!!  If you only need one day of the year to show you're in love, then guess what...you're probably not in love.  Might as well become one of those single girls again!  Funfetti can never let you down like a guy can! ;)

Either that...or just don't celebrate it!  Make everyday a LOVE day!  Oh...and go out and try something new today!  Like pole dancing!

Happy Loving y'all! ;)

I Wanna Shop til I Drop!

I really really really want to be a professional shopper.  Does anyone know how to go about doing this?  I mean, honestly, I could seriously rock that job!  All I need is a little extra cash and I'm all set!  I think I could shop everyday and be perfectly happy with it! :)  Online shopping is fun too, but it's a little difficult because I can't try things on.  And we all know every girl likes to look in the mirror and check herself out when we get new things!

I'd even settle for being a personal shopper for someone else!  How awesome would that be!  haha Spending someone else's money?!!  Sounds perfect to me!  Oh well...instead, I'll just have to be ok with shopping occasionally and hating everything in my closet.  The joys of being a girl, you know! ;)

Short post today...sorry!

Taxes and That Southern Slang

Whoa baby, whoa baby!

It's been a crazy 2 days here in my life!  Mostly, TAXES!  This is the first year I've ever tried doing my own taxes (thank goodness for mommas!) and gosh dang if it isn't the hardest thing ever!  Even the step-by-step e-file TurboTax thing is confusing!  I can't wait til I'm rich so I can just pay someone to do this stuff for me! haha

The federal part isn't tooooo bad...but if you're like me and you lived in 3 states in one year (and worked in all of them), it becomes a bit of a pain in the tookus! (That's booty for those who don't know my awesome southern slang!)  Luckily, I called my wonderful mom and started asking way too many tax-y type questions and she says "just send it over and we'll see if we can get that part done for you."  AWESOME!  SUCCESS!  Now it shall all be worked out! ;)

Speaking of my southern terminology, I've been told many times lately by my friends here in Cali that I talk weird (yes, I know I have an accent, but this is not what they mean).  So, either I just make up tons of words for fun, or I learned some things a little different than the rest of the US.  Here are some examples:

• Parking deck:  apparently people call these parking garages.  In any case, this is where you park your car like at a mall or something and there are multiple levels.
• Shanking:  other people call this 'pantsing.'  How dumb does pantsing sound??!!!  Clearly, you shank someone by pulling their pants down in public when they least expect it.
• 'Putting up the dishes':  My friends here say 'put the dishes away.'  Also...dumb!  haha  I'm going to blame this on being short because I have to put dishes above me, so I say I put them 'up!'  Totally makes sense to me!!

I can't think of any more right now, but trust me, there's practically something new every week, so I'll keep you posted!

I think I'll stop for the day and if I think of more stuff later, I'll just create a new post!  YAY!!!

Have a good evening! :)