So long livejournal, hello Blogger. oh wow i almost wrote booger. people would have been confused.
blogger is a lot easier to use and you can see your comments and I can see how many people visit (like 2 a day).
So come join me on the bright side.

here's the address:

http://roeyourboats.blogspot.com/

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Quote of the day:
In the words of the late great Coronel Sanders "I am too drunk to taste this chicken"

She drives me crazy- Fine Young Cannibals (bc i have a tendency to drive people crazy like noone else and my only hope is that they can't help themselves)

She's every woman-Garth Brooks (as i said, i'm a little crazy, but its nice)

The Queen and I-Gym Class Heroes (it was written about my friend Sarah, we're convinced, but its fun and she gets drunk alot)

Got a habit-Will Hoge (i'd rather have a dude want me over alcohol and cigs. duh)

Something to lose-Corey Smith (i hope you stand in your mirror and make sure you look good for me, hehe)

Something about the way- Dezeray's Hammer (oh it better be cold in the morning without me)

Bubble Toes-Jack Johnson (what, my dreams are picture perfect, but they're often underestimated)

Wonderland-John Mayer (do i need to say more than my body is a wonderland)

The way I feel-Matt Wertz (talk until your face turns blue about what you want to do with me, go ahead)

The way you make me feel-Michael Jackson (although Mickey J creeps me out,  If I could give you any ailment, I'd want it to be a fever)

Here's to you-OAR (bc i'd rather you swear to me than at me)

And finally, of course
Wonderwall-Oasis.

-On my birthday in 1973, hearings began for the Watergate scandal.

-Brad from Hey Dude (she's a girl) use to model for the U.S. Army.

-Tom Brady wasn't drafted until the 6th round of the draft in 2001.

-Wikipedia is written in 100 languages.

-More than 1,130,000 packages of Jell-O gelatin are purchased or eaten every day.

-Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa. (boys pay ATTENTION)

-Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any dog

-In 1935, the police in Atlantic City, New Jersey, arrested 42 men on the beach. They were cracking down on topless bathing suits worn by men. 

-Ostriches live about 75 years and can reproduce for 50 years. 

-Yeungling is the oldest brewing co in the United States and besides its Pennsylvania brewery, it has one in Tampa, FL.

-Oscar the Grouch's pet worm on TV's Sesame Street is named Slimey.

ah myspace surveys. a break from boredom for me, a learning experience for you.
Random questions like "what are you wearing?" "what's your favorite color?" yeah yeah yeah boring blah blah.
I like the interesting questions like "if you were drowning in a pool of pudding, what flavor would you want it to be?" why Alex, I would say Double Chocolate. Nonfat. dont want to die a fatty.

So I came up with a list of questions that would help anyone get to know me by asking a set of random q's.

What is your favorite word to abbreviate?
-oh man i abbreviate words all the time. Its so hilarious. it takes people a while to realize what the hell i'm saying, but once you do, you realize its genius. genius=retarded. But my favorite word to abbreviate would have to be issue, simply bc  i abbreviate it the most as "ish".
Use: oh man I'm having a total ish with my computer today.

What shipping service do you use regularly?
-oh well at work we use DHL bc its yellow. ok maybe not entirely bc its yellow but bc fedex once lost a $5000 package of ours that we had insurance on and still refused to pay us our money. BASTARDS. plus our DHL guy is a Clemson fan.

Would you ever audition for American Idol?
-As much as I would love to be on the Worst of AI show, (believe me, that would be a DREAM), I would like to have another date in my life and I'm pretty sure any male who saw me "sing" would run the other direction...fast. So my answer would be no. plus everyone knows I hate standing in lines. Me and Sarah definitely have taken multiple things up to the register only to find out there was a line, and we promptly just shoved the merchandise somewhere and left. true story.

What is your favorite phrase?
-True Story

Favorite color printer?
-HP deskjet 6122

How often do you text message?
-my name is ashley roe. I am a text messaging whore. I def have a problem. i love it way too much. i love to send random texts too. my latest fav was i sent my friend Michael "i hate people from other countries". how is that not funny when you get a random text like that. you don't even have to know the background, its just funny. so i dont sound like a racist bigot, i'm going to elaborate on why I said this. I was at the post office and parked in the spot and walked in and dropped off my package (thats what he said). I come back and start backing out of the spot when this SUV pulls up right behind my car and just stops so her daughter could run something in. Hi, my name is I Don't Have All Freaking Day To Wait On Your Kid to Run Inside. ummmm how about respect for those around you? so i had to wait a good 2 minutes for her daughter to get back and she gives me this look like oh sorry. bitch, you knew i was backing out, you aren't sorry. why couldn't you park in a spot like everyone else, do you think you are better than me bc I'm american and you are (i'm not sure what she was, but she had something wrapped around her head, i'm going to go ahead and say she was a terrorist). I'm not ignorant, I just hate people. And this leads us to our next question

What is your biggest pet peeve?
-other drivers.

What is your perfect boyfriend like?
-oh me and sarah were discussing this yesterday. Its going to sound contradictory to itself, but it makes total sense. First off, they have to be funny. Make me laugh and you can make me do anything (well almost anything). But more than anything I need someone laid back. I am too talkative, outgoing, loud, opinionated for you to be getting all mad at me for being talkative, outgoing, loud, and opinionated. you have to be able to let me rant and rave about my workday and love me for it. But at the same time, I need a firm hand to keep me in check, not in a possessive way, but a takecharge manly way. Let me know if i've pissed you off w/o trying to control me. It's a very fine line and many men don't possess this trait. So bravo for you that do, I hope I'll be able to find you some day. also, I don't like wimps. you better be able to do more pushups then me and if my car dies, you can take a look under the hood.

What do you look forward to each day?
-eating. i'm a huge fan of food. lunch, dinner, snacks. give it to me!

Would you rather have $1 million and no fingers or $50,000 and an extra toe?
- hmm can i buy fingers with my million? oh whatever, i'll hire someone to open jars for me.

so sue me. I went out last night, so I'm not a total social leper.
I did however get to catch a re-run of the SNL episode with Drew Barrymore.
Some comments:
-the American Idol skit would have been 100 times funnier if they weren't critiquing animals. And they could have done a better job of exaggerating the judge's personalities. 
-Amy Poehler looked EXACTLY like Dakota Fanning. And i decided that I'm dressing up at Little Miss Sunshine for Halloween. done and done.
-I love when they make a joke on Weekend Update and at first you're like, what? and then 3 seconds later after they give you a break to let it sink in you do the whole "ooooooohh" and starting laughing hysterically. no, thats just me that doesnt get it at first? moving on.....(hang head in awkward shame)
-SNL digital short Body Fusion.....

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-when Jo-Jo told Drew that when she talked "its so beautiful it's like you're puking rainbows" I about spit my drink out. don't think I won't use that..randomly....on some guy who won't get the joke and then i'll have to explain the joke and then it will be like why did I even begin to say this joke bc he doesn't get it and now he's giving me "the look"


So  last weekend I spent $50 at Barnes and Noble on historical nonfiction books.
little tidbit: I LOVE historical nonfiction. I find history fascinating. I was never a history buff in school, but I was always drawn to the mysteries of the world. so i got Over The Edge of the World about Magellan's circumnavigation of the world...so far so good, only about 40 pages in. 
I also got a book about the mysteries of ancient Egypt and a collection of all mysteries of the world over time. Sure to be good reads. 
I'll let you know how they go. It's amazing how much useless information you can learn from reading books (who knew right?)
Like did you know that spices were more valueable than gold in the 15th century? ohhh look at you, now you know.

Things I've been addicted to lately:
-vanilla light frapps from Starbucks. oh and make it a grande
-IMDB. ok so i always check it when i'm watching something and I'm like who the hell is that and what was she in. How else do you think I found out that Jenny on The Black Donnelly's was Alex from the O.C. yeah she had blonde hair in the OC and now its black, threw me way off. (samsonite, man I was way off). But now I just find myself looking someone up (ok so i was stalking John Krasinski), and then clicking on a costar of theirs until i've been to 15 profiles. I have a problem, I know.
-gsn.com's phrase frenzy. I actually got my start in college trying to procrastinate. Well I forgot about it for a while, but man it's like I never left. I'm kicking 14 year olds and stay at home mom's ass all day long. 
-novelty items: so i have this STAR glasses i sometimes wear around the house. they serve absolutely no purpose. they are about 100 times the size of regular glasses, they're blue, and you can't really see out of them; but man are they hilarious. anything is funnier when its enlarged by 5 sizes...except for maybe tumors, or a booger. ew.
-not cleaning my room. don't ask me whats living under my dresser. i dont know. its gotten to the point where i'm like, where did all these clothes come from and why do i never have anythign to wear? it comes down the sniff test. are these clean clothes or dirty? smell it....eh it could go either way. I'm a big fan of not folding clothes or hanging them up. I'm not disgusting, I promise. but i'm also a liar, soooooo...

ok im tired now. I hope everyone enjoyed their sat nights out. i enjoyed it in. in pajamas. on the couch. drinking crystal light. oh pink lemonade if you were interested.

Guys don't care. they just don't. they don't care if your dress is Tibi or fashionmart. They don't care if your makeup is from Saks or Walmart.
They don't care if your shoes are gucci or from the bargain bin at Target. They don't care that it took 2 hrs to make your hair look like you just came from the beach. They don't care if you bought $100 designer perfume.  Guys care that you are wearing something that flatters your great ass, that your bedroom eyes are inviting them home, your shoes don't make you taller then them and you smell like you showered.
So why do we girls charge our credit cards with designer items and bust our ass in the mirror making sure every single thing is perfect? Why do we bother NOT looking like trash by donning cute, designer dresses? Why do we bother doing this when a big boobed ditz will walk in the bar and take every guy's attention. They will all be fawning, staring, and trying to buy her drinks.
What do we girls do? The girls that went to college, graduated, and work for a living? The girls that have smarts, wit, and ambition?
The ambition of course that isn't growing up to be a stripper? I feel like us girls, the mildly attractive, smart, funny girls seem to be dateless on a friday night. I dont go out with a skirt that barely covers my derriere, so I don't have guys fawning to buy me drinks?

Someone answer this for me.

1. Ok first and foremost, if you know me, you know I'm weird about spelling and grammar.
   My friend Patrick once dumped a girl bc she couldn't spell. That's a true story. (that i DID NOT make up)
   
   Today's Lessons:
   
   To, Too, and Two:
   
   To: I am going to, To tell you the truth, I want to show you...It's a preposition people!
   
   Too: I want some too, It's a little too late, There are too many...its an adverb!
   
   Two: I had two buffaloes, Its two o'clock, Those pants have two pockets....its a noun or adjective.
   
   See, its easy. elementary in fact. USE IT RIGHT.
   
   There, their, and they're:
   
   There: I want to go there, There she is
   
   Their: It was their decision...shows OWNERSHIP
   
   They're: meaning THEY ARE. its a conjunction. That means it substitutes for 2 words.
   
   If you graduated from middle school, high school, or college, you should be able to use these words correctly.
   I really don't like to kill people. But sometimes, they just deserve it. So use the words right or else my numb-chuck skills will have to be dusted off.
   
   Congrats students, one more day of learning under your belt. You may now act like you are a contributing member of society.
   
   

or listening to or stealing from someone.
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd here we go. Some are new, some are old. Great mix.

1. Thriller-Fall out boy with an intro and outro by Jay-Z (the drum riff will knock your socks off)
2. The way we get by-Spoon (oldie, but totally speaking to our generation)
3. Pieces of the Sun-Test your reflex (itunes free download of the week and worth the $0.99 if it wasn't)
4. We danced anyway-Deana Carter (reminds me of the summer, puppy love, not a care in the world)
5. Wine Red-The Hush Sound (something you can belt out in your car when noone's looking...or the guy at the stoplight in fact is looking)
6. Up and Away-Dave Matthews (makes me want to fall in love,smooth, chilling, relaxing)
7. Don't Matter-Akon (not big into rap, but this song is so chill it puts me in a good mood...and there is no awkward profanity)
8. You know I'm no good-Amy Winehouse (puts you in a sexy mood with her vocals and drum beats)
9. Lost-Billy Redfield (good to listen to on a sunny day lying on your back watching clouds go by)
10. Before he cheats-Carrie Underwood (listen to it when you're mad and you have privacy to belt out the lyrics over and over)
11. If I could do it again-Corey Smith (I dare you to tell me this doesn't remind you of undergrad)
12. She walks the other way-Five Way Friday (if you like local acoustic rock, this must be on your playlist)
13. I'm no angel-Greg Allman Band (classics, you can't beat them)
14. Work-Jimmy Eat World (you won't be able to stop hitting repeat)
15. Ain't nothing wrong with that-Robert Randolph (now a mainstream hit thanks to At&t, but the BEST song to dance crazily around your house to)
16. Love song for noone-John Mayer (for anyone that has been lonely at some point in their life)
17. 5:19-Matt Wertz (someone ever broken up with you? here ya go)
18. Inside of Love-Nada Surf (you need a good cry and a hug)
19. Heard the world-OAR (OAR has a song for every mood. don't know which mood this would cover, but its a great song)
20. Cinammon Lips-Ok Go (crazy, doesn't make much sense, but its funky)
21. Hard to Concentrate-RHCP (not a big fan of RHCP, but i'm a sucker for a love song)
22. Carousel Junkie-Peal (spin me right round baby right round)
23. The Sleep Inside-The Swear (reminds me of a college love ballad disguised as a grunge rock song)
23. Garden III-Tea Leaf Green (listen to it at the beach with a good book)
24. I kissed a drunk girl-Something Corporate (anyone who has ever drinken beer)

Enjoy, Let me know which ones you liked or ones you want to add.

happy friday :)

In case you hadn't noticed, over the last 5 years 'Cool' has become a very ubiquitous, easy-to-own commodity. Let's face it, everyone is 'cool' these days. It's also the most overused word in the western world, a sure sign of its bastardization. Cool is easy to market, sell and to certain degrees achieve, with the right look, stance, sound, you are ready-made cool - just check out how many Sienna Millers there are walking down the street or how many Beyoncès there are in the charts and you get the point. This is not a good thing. It's making us all the same - so when will we get tired of looking at each other? Whereas pop culture used to be about celebrating differences, now they are hard to spot. Cool and Consumerism go hand in hand - people believe that to be 'cool' they have to buy a massive amount - you have to have the 'right' bag, shades, jeans, t shirts, cap, accessories, ipod, car - it's never-ending, not to mention expensive.
 
What is infinitely harder to own is creativity. The truly creative people of the art, fashion, design and music scenes - these are our new heroes. Creativity is looked up to nowadays. Creativity is Cool (ha ha). But in order for these people to flex their genius, they need something magic, something you can't bottle, manufacture, package or sell, no matter how much those celebrity magazines would love to sell it to the masses. What we're talking about is inspiration. Once inspired, these people are producing work that really astounds us, that takes us someplace else, that moves us, that thrills us, that in turn inspires us do something great.

Getting inspired in today's culture is no easy task. It's hard to be fresh when fresh has become a commodity, when happiness has become fashionshaped, and fashion has shifted from niche pursuit to easy-access shorthand for cool. Like pulling up your hoodie to get an instant toughness boost or feeling 10% smarter because you've got new shoes on. The old signifiers of youth style and culture - music, and particularly, fashion? have become easy-access.
 
 In short, everyone has become fashion-able. Not fashionable, you note, just able to grab hold of this week's trends with a lunchtime purchase of some cheap white pumps or a faux cameo necklace. Super-hip stylist Christiane Joy claims to have almost dropped out of the global in-on-Monday, out-by-Wednesday fashion roundabout, preferring jeans, a shirt and less obvious signals to her style: a pair of sneakers customized by a hip friend, or pumps in just the right shade of blue. Perhaps that's the answer - subtle as the new black. It's an argument that old-school music purists have had with the Limewire generation since the first Napster file-swap happened. Forget the days when it took commitment to get music (ever thought about how hard it was for Mick Jagger to get those Muddy Waters records?).
 
The sheer volume of music that's available to all of us might irritate the purists but it hasn't dampened music's ability to inspire us, nor has it turned down the creativity of acts making music now. As Stewart Copeland (of The Police) points out, "the quantity of music available has gone up, but the quality is still there".  The early noughties have been characterized by a stampede of bands (just think about The Flaming Lips, The Gossip, even bloody Justin Timberlake now he's hooked up with the on-form-again Timbaland) that have blended the boundaries between genres and stamped right over the old ways of expressing ideas, transmogrifying ideas and creation into files we pop onto our iPods.
 
It's crystal clear: the most interesting movements express an individual's own world and morphs their universe into a fabulous new song or into dresses with great big spheres instead of sleeves (thanks again, Gareth Pugh) or, well, whatever. The crusade against the forces of conformity and control is taking place in homegrown mixtapes over mix CDs in the supermarket, fanzines over mega-magazines, high ideas over the high street. And the ideas will keep coming, they have to.

Recognizing true creativity when you see it, nourishing it and encouraging it to grow, is the only way to beat the frightening forces of things like the pop idol machine, high street fashion factories and lookalike magazines and models. Do your own thing, keep reaching up for those high ideas and never look over your shoulder; because that's what being fierce and being creative, is truly all about.
By Emma Warren and Elizabeth McGrath of Electronic Beats

source: www.thecoolhunter.net