I've decided that I'm going to be making SOME entries private, and some public.
If you'd like to be someone who gets to read the private ones, feel free to leave a message.

I'm pretty open about who I add, so long as you're not a complete jerk.

P.S. I've back-dated this entry so that it stays at the top of my journal, all newer entries will be located below this one :P

Day 13 → A fictional book




Lmfao.

Ohhhh this is an excellent topic today.

I, personally don't feel pressure on either subject, be it relationships, marriage or kids.

I don't want a relationship, I don't want to get married and I don't want to have kids. If people don't like that, tough shit on them. Too many people have kids because they think it's 'just something you're supposed to do' and then can't take proper care of them. Kids deserve to be WANTED, they shouldn't be by-products of something you felt was just something you had to do because society dictates the perfect family at a man, woman and 2.5 kids.

A lot of things do need to change in workplaces when it comes to people with children and the child-free (and child-less alike). Just because someone has children, that doesn't mean they should get special treatment over those that don't. Should workplaces be accommodating? Hell yes they should, because let's face it, having kids is important to continuing on the human species and I don't think people should be punished per say for having kids either, but neither should someone be punished for NOT having kids. Equal but different.

The relationship aspect I don't think has so much to do with societal pressure as opposed to individual people not feeling "whole" without a partner. Sometimes they feel that way because they don't feel like they're adequately living up to society's expectations, and other times it's because they simply don't know how to exist as a single person and can't be alone. Either excuses are both bad excuses for getting into relationships or marriages.

In 2009, almost 2010, we definitely shouldn't look at either of these lifestyle choices are "weird" anymore. These choices are nothing new and they won't go away. If anything, more people may chose not to have kids in the future, or not to get married.

Oops, I was neglecting this!


Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy

( 7-10 Under here... )

Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote

Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy



Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book


Day 05 → Your favorite quote

"If you have nothing worth living for, then you have nothing worth dying for."


Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program

Day 04 → Your favorite book
Arrrrg, I have many favourites, damnit!


Flowers In The Attic - V.C. Andrews
I first read this when I was... probably 13 or so, since my mom has the entire series. Morbid and fucked up, but a great series.


Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
I see you judging me. BUT I DUN CURR. Loved this series, as ridiculous as it is.


Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden
Great story, and I loved the movie as well.

Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program

Okay, I can't decide, so here's a sample of each.








Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie



STAR WARS VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI
This scene is fucking EPIC.


Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

So, I'm jacking this meme from bhavna_grint.




Day 01 → Your favorite song



Of course, there are many more... but this one never fails to totally pwn me.


( The rest... )

So, Andrea convinced me to join up and participate in National Novel Writing Month (http://www.nanowrimo.org/) and I was wondering if any of you peeps were doing it too!

If you are, add me as a writing buddy! Username: jjuunniiee

Me = Meaghan
jjuunniiee = Me, obviously. LMAO

Aaron Carter posted his phone number and basically begged fans to call him. So in true Junie fashion, I had to call and throw my tact out the window.


AC: Hello?
Me: Hello?
AC: Hey, who's this?
Me: Meaghan, is this Aaron.
AC: Yeah! What's up?
Me: Nothing much, trying to call you, what's up with you?
AC: Oh, just working in the studio, making a new album.
Me: That sounds exciting!
AC: Yeah, you gotta tell all your friends about my new album!
Me: Oh, I will. Will you talk to my sister?
AC: Of course.

jjuunniiee: Hello?
AC: Hayyyy gurl!
jjuunniiee: HAYYYYYY!
AC: Yea, so I was just telling your sister that I got a new album coming out.
jjunniiee: Yeah, well I just wanted to tell you that I wanna do bad and dirty things to you.
AC: ~in sexy voice~ Oooo, gurl, you just let me know.
jjunniiee: Oo, you bad. You bad.
AC: ~sexy whisper~ Oh, you have no idea.
jjuunniiee: OOOOOO!
AC: Alright gurl, I gotta pick up more lines. Tell your friends about my album!
jjuunniiee: Alright.

Alright so an excuse to update my journal.

A bunch of us have begun doing Jillian Michael's '30-Day Shred' program.

I started yesterday, and continued today. I'm going to try to track my progress!



DAY 1
Tough as hell. I figured at the end of the workout that I was definitely doing some of the moves wrong - especially when it came to keeping my back straight and my abs tight. I had some pretty bad back pain for a few hours after the workout, but it went away eventually. I thought I was going to DIE. (Which of course, is what Jillian is encouraging you to feel.... psycho bitch haha.)
My entire body ached, but it was generally good aching feeling. I felt great by the end, mostly mentally because I was happy to start something worth-while - and Cathee's idea of creating a support group on Facebook was fantastic! I'm pretty confident we can all keep each going for at LEAST the 30 days, if not longer.


DAY 2
The workout in general was much easier, but still pretty tough. I stuck to doing the simpler variations because I didn't want to get overzealous and overdo it. Especially since my legs were still really sore from last night, and felt like rubber. I did most of the moves a lot better than yesterday though, for sure. I could feel the muscles actually working, as opposed to hurting and aching. The push-ups I'm still having a lot of trouble with - my arms have never been very strong, lol.
After today, my legs are even MORE sore, and it hurts to get up and down - work is going to be really fun tomorrow! :P I'm ready for day three!

LOL WUT.

Seriously!?

SERIOUSLY!?!?!?!?!?!

*Shakes head*

So, my grandfather passed away at 6:05 this evening.

To be honest, I don't really feel anything. I'm more concerned about my grandmother, but my aunt says she's doing well considering and she also feels like it was time for him to go.

And really, I suppose it was. The man was suffering for years. He hasn't been able to do anything for himself in a few years as well, and my grandma had to wait on him for EVERYTHING. And I mean EVERYTHING.

He'd get really sick, be knocking on Death's door, then bounce back.... every few months this would happen. I guess this time he just couldn't do it.

But he's in a better place now.

R.I.P. Poppa. LEGGO MY EGGO!!!! <3


I'll probably head back up to Barrie again on Friday after work or something even though I just got back Sunday evening, lol. They say things happen in three's, and this was the third death in about a month so hopefully it stops there.

Raven and Junie walking up the street to change in empty booze bottles for cash.


*Clink* *Clink* *Clink* *SMASH*
Raven: Wtf was that!?
Junie: WTF do you THINK it was!?
Raven: Well I dunno, it could have been someone else's beer-shack!




Later...



Raven: Oh look, little kids playing.
Junie: Just abduct them.
Raven: "Hey kid, do you know your phone number? "No?" "THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!"



Later....


Raven: *Points at the sign that says THE GAME* I lost. Even though they were only talking about a baseball game - IS THAT A BOTTLE OF PISS!?!?!?!? *Points at a Pepsi bottle full of yellow liquid*

.....

*Headdesk*

Ugh, I should really update more.

I changed the layout to one of LJ's pre-made layouts, because I got half-way through making a new one and then lost interest, lol. Anyone wanna make me a pretty PARAMORE layout that's based on their new song "Decode"? :D Pretty please? :P Or if you see one, LEMME KNOW.

So, I randomly got a "Sample" of Listerine Whitening Strips in the mail today, and thought - why the hell not?

Issue number one: They sent me a pack of TWO (2) strips. The reccomended dose of these things is twice daily. You need one strip for the top, and one strip for the bottom. See my issue here? I mean, unless these are so damned good you only need to use them for half a day, this doesn't really qualify as a "sample" at all!

Issue number two: They're sticky. They're messy. They're a pain in the ass to apply, AND THEY TASTE LIKE POWDERED VIM!

Blech!

This product gets a -8 out of 10 from me!