I can’t believe the number of dumbasses out here that wear Kanye West’s “shutter shades” casually as if they were actual sunglasses.  Every time I see somebody wear that, I’m usually tempted to poke both of their eyes right through their shutter shades with my fingers all stealth-like and then say, “That wouldn’t have happened if you wore real sunglasses. Sucks doesn’t it?”

I don’t get it.  They’re blinds in glasses form, except they don’t close.  Why would you want to impair your vision by looking through blinds all day? Or even a better question…why would you want to wear them while driving? Or even a better question…why would you want to wear them and take a photo of yourself driving with them on while driving?

Yes, the caption does say “Driving with my shutter shades”…twice. Yes, he wasn’t kidding. And yes, this is what he sees when he has them on, I shit you not:

When I find something bad or annoying about one of my friends that could possibly be detrimental to our friendship, I have no problem bringing the subject up to them just so we can resolve the issue.  However, there is one particular “friend” who I can’t stand and I don’t have the balls to bring it up only because the “issue” that I have with her isn’t that bad or serious, but at the same time, I can’t stand it, I’ve been purposely screening her calls and ignoring her messages, and as cruel as this may sound, I don’t have a problem if we lose contact with each other entirely.

The main problem I have with her is that she hogs every friggin conversation and she never shuts up to let you talk.  Every conversation I’ve had with that motormouth has only been one-way communication: One person speaks and no feedback is allowed.  She definitely possesses some good traits, like, she can be fun and entertaining because of her feisty personality and she’s an incredibly intelligent person, but her own mouth outweighs the goods by a whopping landslide, it’s unfortunate.

Don’t get me wrong, in certain situations, it is okay to just listen and simply allow the other person to spill their beans to you, but it absolutely cannot be that way all the time. In a normal discussion, it is common sense to talk and pause every minute or so to let the other person talk and/ give their feedback and vice-versa, but she, on the other hand, doesn’t understand that!

It is so bad that if I want to say something, I always have to interrupt her.

It is so bad that when I interrupt her, she interrupts me right away.

It is so bad that I’m blogging about this.

So here’s how our conversation would look (er…or “sound”?) like in a nutshell:

Motormouth: Timmy and I are dating now. He’s so sweet! One time, I got this text message from him and it said, “I wurv you a lot and I miss your feets”. And I’m like, “That is so cute. I’m going to save this text…forever.”

Me: Aw-

Mouth: I miss him so much. Man, I can’t wait to see him tomorrow.  Oh yeah, and then school’s pretty stressful-

Me: Mm hm

Mouth: I have to study for two tests. I’m working on one project and writing a five-page essay about sea sponges-

Me: Hey sea sponges are-

Mouth: it’s pretty aggravating because sponges aren’t that fun to write about.  I mean what do they do? Nothing really. I rather write about killer whales and dolphins-

Me:  Mm hm

Mouth: They mobile and stuff, as oppose to sponges. Sponges…I wash my dishes with them-

Me: You know-

Mouth: Dude, there’s this cool show I went to the other day-

HOLD UP. NO HOLD UP. JUST HOLD UP MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER MOUTH. I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS.

Yeah, I’m not really sure how to bring this up to her.  I don’t like the idea of ignoring her phone calls, but I feel it’s the most “reasonable” thing to do, since it’s not that big of an issue.

We’re going to bump into each other at one point or another, and when that time comes, she’s probably going to ask for an explanation due my um…absense haha.

Any advices?

Finally, my sister and I had the chance to put up the Christmas tree the other day (I know, I’m a little late!).  It took a pretty long time to finish, there was so much shit to hang and tie and wrap and sprinkle that I almost gave up halfway, but we made it! And we did a a good job.

Picture on the left. Is it the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen or is it the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen?

I just bought a PC game called Left 4 Dead and it practically owns my life, which explains why I haven’t really been on the internet lately or even outside for that matter.  I’m not a hardcore gamer.  I tend to have very little patience with video games and I get bored quickly, but when I find a really good game, I’d clear my schedule out and say peace out to my family, friends, boyfriends, and pets just to make (big) room for some serious 24/7 gaming.

Left 4 Dead is one of those few games that kicked me in the groin, grabbed me by the collar of my shirt and said, “This game is pretty badass, so get into it motherfucker”. It lured me right in from the moment I started watching the introduction:

Knowing that I was about to get myself into THAT kind of crap was remarkably frightening, intimindating and nerve racking, and if a game can make me feel all of the three then it should certainly be worth the try.

I played it, and lots of it. There were a lot of sleepless nights, relentless starvation and ruined friendships (not really =P) because of this game. Yes, it is that good.

L4D is nominated for a couple of awards for Spike TV’s Video Game Awards (I will be attending!), and it deserves to win every single category, especially for best multiplayer game.

*is off to play L4D*