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Cynical Optimism ™

You tryin' to get tough with me B-Boy?!?!

About Me

Things I love...
My two children...they are my life.
My man...he is my best friend.
My sister and brother and cousins...to death.
My Nana, Grampa & Mum.
My friends.
Playing in the rain.
Laughing till it hurts.
Walks with my kids.
Flea Markets & Thrift Shops.
Freecycle.org
Cookouts.
Softball games.
Picnics at the park.
Driving around for no reason.
Stargazing.
Lightning Bug catching.
Laying in the sun.
Comfort food.
Fresh lemonade.
Hot fudge sundaes.
The beach.
Blasting the radio in my car when I'm alone.
Seeing old couples together.
Seeing young couples together.
The wonder in a childs' eye.
Buttercups.
Thunderstorms.
Monopoly.
Videogames.
Rock skipping.
Easter egg hunts.
Bubblemint gum.
Blind faith.
Using gift bags to carry my lunch in.
Yankee candles.
Feeding ducks.
Waterfalls.
Photography.
Listening to bagpipes.
Watching people breakdance.
Water with lemon.
Pastrami subs.
Getting my nails done.
Sunsets.
Fresh baked cookies.
A night out with a good friend.
Salt.
Stand Up Comedy.
Getting a card in the mail.
Fireworks.
Random acts of silliness.
Going to museums.
Giving money to homeless people.
Pro Football & Basebell.
Cute post-it notes.
Going to the movies with my daughter.
Getting a new purse.
Watching 16 Candles on my birthday.
My red Swingline stapler.
Stickers.
Dancing around my house when no one is home.
Looking through old photos.
Cupcakes.
Cute socks.
Chili cheese fries.
Listening to the ocean.
Gravy.
Playing catch in the back yard.
Blowing bubbles.
Internet madness.
Visiting my Nana.
Animals.
Karma.
Things I don't love so much...
Clowns.
The ocean...rather the things in the ocean that want to eat me.
Personal Space Invaders.
Fake people.
Cashiers that are unfriendly.
People lacking common sense.
Bad parents.
Republicans.
Religious fanatics.
People with too many items in the Express Lane...paying with a check.
Crackheads.
Crackhead whores.
Noisy neighbors.
People who talk too loud on their cell phones in stores.
Trash trucks in the summer.
Drama.
Roadkill.
Dirty old men.
Closeminded people.
Arrogance.
Ignorance.
Losing quarters in arcade or snack machines.
Cayenne pepper.
Most seafood.
Getting sick.
Tension headaches.
Nervous habits.
People who abuse welfare.
Stepping on broken glass or nails.
Dial-up.
FUN STUFF
Happy Noodle Boy!!!
Christine --
[adjective]:
Similar to butter in texture and appearance
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My Interests

CYNICAL: Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others; negative or pessimistic, as from world-weariness; expressing jaded or scornful skepticism or negativity; believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in the selflessness of others.

OPTIMISM: A tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation; the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well; general disposition to expect the best in all things; an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome.

I am convinced that people as a whole suck but I know there has to be a few good individual souls out there...right?

The symbol of excellence in the National Football League...

A good description of me...

Me in the morning.

Some days...this is really tempting...

I LOVE lightning & thunder storms!

Muppet Show: Behind the Puppets

My favorite comedian.

Mmmm...bacon.

Mmmm...gravy fries.

I love tattoos...need more!

Comic book chicks are hot!

I LOVE faeries and dragons!

BOMBERMAN!!!

These are just great...

I'd like to meet:

Jesus and ask him if all the "got Jesus?" bumper stickers piss him off.

Comedians...I love me some comedy!
Dane Cook

Brian Regan
Mitch Hedburg
And...

Music:

10,000 Maniacs, 30 Seconds To Mars, 311, Aaliyah, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Anna Nalick, Barrington Levy, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Belly, Billy Holiday, Bjork, Black Eyed Peas, Blink 182, Blondie, Blues Traveler, Bob Marley, Butterfly Boucher, Cake, Cardigans, Chali 2na, Cindy Lauper, Cold, Common, Corrs, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, Cranberries, Cure, Cypress Hill, Dave Matthews Band, Dead Milkmen, Death Cab For Cutie, Deftones, DeLaSoul, Depeche Mode, Dido, Digable Planets, Dinosaur Jr., Doors, Eminem, Enigma, Enya, Erykah Badu, Evanescence, Everclear, FaithNoMore, Fear Factory, Fiona Apple, Fleetwood Mac, Floetry, Frank Sinatra, Fugees, Garbage, Gorillaz, Green Day, House of Pain, India Arie, Jack Johnson, James Taylor, Janes Addiction, Janis Joplin, Jay-Z, Jewel, Juliana Hatfield, Jurassic 5, Kanye West, Killers, Korn, KRS-1, Lady Saw, LBDA, Less Than Jake, Lil Kim, Lily Allen, Lisa Loeb, Liz Phair, Luscious Jackson, Mamas&Papas, Mary J Blige, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Michael Jackson, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Missy Elliott, Modest Mouse, Monkees, Natalie Imbruglia, Natasha Bedingfield, Nelly Furtado, NIN, Nirvana, No Doubt, Nonpoint, Pantera, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, Pennywise, Perfect Circle, Pharcyde, PJ Harvey, Portishead, RATM, Ramones, RHCP, Reel Big Fish, Reveille, Riddlin Kids, Rob/White Zombie, Roots, Roots Manuva, Run DMC, Sade, Salt&Pepa, Sarah Harmer, Sarah McLachlan, Save Ferris, The Shins, Slightly Stoopid, Smashing Pumpkins, Sneaker Pimps, Snoop Dogg/Dr. Dre, Snow Patrol, SPOOKS, StaticX, Steve Miller Band, Strokes, Suzanne Vega, Third Eye Blind, TLC, Tony Bennett, Tool, Tori Amos, Tribe Called Quest, Ultraspank, Vanessa Carlton, Veruca Salt, Violent Femmes, Weezer, White Stripes, Wu Tang, Zebrahead, Ziggins, Zero 7
...I like just about everything...every artist/song has it's own special value...

Movies:


What Classic Movie Are You?
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13 Ghosts
28 Days
28 Days Later
A Time to Kill
Accepted
Ace Ventura
Addams Family
Adventures in Babysitting
A.I.
Airplane
Alien (all)
American Beauty
American Gothic
American History X
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
Annie
Anywhere but Here
Apocolyps Now
Army of Darkness
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Bad Taste
Basketball Diaries
Beetlejuice
Benny and Joon
Big Fish
Big Trouble in Little China
Black Hawk Down
Blow
Boondock Saints
Borat
Braveheart
Breakfast Club
Bringing Out the Dead
Brokedown Palace
Bruce Almighty
Bubble Boy
Carrie
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Chasing Amy
Chicago
Children of the Corn
Christine
Clay Pigeons
Clerks
Clockwork Orange
Clueless
Corpse Bride
Dark City
Dark Crystal
Dawn Of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed & Confused
Dead Alive
Dead & Breakfast
Dead End
Destiny Turns On the Radio
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Dogma
Donnie Brasco
Donnie Darko
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Drop Dead Fred
Drugstore Cowboy
Earth Girls Are Easy
Empire Records
Eragon
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Event Horizon
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Explorers
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Foxfire
Freeway
Friday the 13th
Fried Green Tomatoes
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Hell
Full Metal Jacket
Garden State
Girl Interrupted
Grease
Hackers
Harry Potter
Howl's Moving Castle
Hysterical Blindness
Identity
In the Mouth of Madness
Jackie Brown
Jaws
Jeepers Creepers
Jurassic Park
K-Pax
Kalifornia
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Killing Zoe
Labyrinth
Little Monsters
Lord of the Rings
Mallrats
Money Pit
Motel Hell
Natural Born Killers
Nightmare on Elm Street
Night of the Living Dead
Office Space
Party Girl
Pay it Forward
Platoon
Playing By Heart
Pretty in Pink
Princess Bride
Pulp Fiction
Resevoir Dogs
Resident Evil
Run Lola Run
Saving Grace
Saving Private Ryan
Secret of NIMH
Session 9
Shaun of the Dead
Silence of the Lambs
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Sixteen Candles
Sleepaway Camp
Sleepy Hollow
Spaceballs
Stand By Me
Spirited Away
Star Wars
Steel Magnolias
Tank Girl
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Amityville Horror
The Birds
The Boy Who Could Fly
The Butterfly Effect
The Cell
The Color Purple
The Crow
The Dark Half
The Doors
The Exorcist
The Goonies
The Last Unicorn
The Lost Boys
The Matrix
The Monster Squad
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Ninth Gate
The Sixth Sense
The Stand
The Usual Suspects
The Virgin Suicides
Titanic
Trainspotting
True Romance
Underworld 1 & 2
Vanilla Sky
Waiting
Watership Down
What Dreams May Come
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Where the Heart is
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wizard of Oz
X-Men 1 & 2
Zathura
I like movies...alot...

Television:


HEROES!

Burn Notice!

My Name is Earl Family Guy Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The Office, Invader Zim, Robot Chicken, Dead Like Me, SpongeBob Squarepants, The Daily Show, The Cobert Report, Medium, House, Law & Order: SVU, CSI, Without A Trace, Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Teen Titans, Avatar, Full Metal Alchemist, Sesame Street, Mind of Mencia, MXC, Project Runway, Top Chef, Survivor, Extreme Home Makeovers, America's Next Top Model, Daytime Court Shows...and just about anything on The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, History Channel, Court TV, HGTV, Comedy Central...and news & sports. And now my newest guilty pleasure...The Hills...ugh...I myself hate that I watch this show.

Books:

H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, anything about ghosts, the paranormal, criminal minds/crimes, serial killers, different cultures/religions, astrology.
My small but beloved comic book collection...
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac
Squee!
Nightmares & Fairytales
B.P.R.D.
Teen Titans Go!
My favorite Poem...
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Heroes:



Round the world and home again
That's the sailor's way
Faster faster, faster faster

There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing

Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a-blowing

Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a-glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing

Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep ..ing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing

My Blog

The Kids!

Hooray! Hey Ma, look what I can do! Yum! Yum x2! Peace! Beach time! Thumbs up to 5th grade! Sad face... Super happy face!   I love my kids!...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:53:00 PST

X's First Haircut

Mom, I think it's time for a haircut! Ok, here we go! Let me get that for ya! Awwww...thanks Ned! Wait till the ladies see me now! So handsome!...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:35:00 PST

YouTube Faves

Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show   Thou Shalt Always Kill   White Chicks and Gang Signs        ...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:45:00 PST

Alexavier & Ariah

Time goes by so fast...especially when you're a parent...here are some photos of my little guy and my-not-so-little-anymore girl.  So precious. Alexavier with Dr. Octopuss. Do the Safety Dance!...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:51:00 PST

Who knew?

So, I took my daughter to the duck pond yesterday and happened to overhear some genius comment on the fact that he "found it very interesting that so many people bring bread to feed the ducks that the...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Mon, 08 May 2006 12:57:00 PST

Skipped work to do this...

...and it was beautiful!...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:34:00 PST

Overheard in New York

Teen girl #1: I have worn this shirt three times in my entire life, and every time I do she wears the exact same one. Teen girl #2: That's because she's a slut. ***************************************...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:59:00 PST

Better than a cure for cancer...

Bacon That's Good For You? Researchers Create Pigs That Produce Heart-healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids Researchers report they have created pigs that produce omega-3 fatty acids, which are known to improve...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:50:00 PST

I love when they come over...

These kids are the greatest and I love them more than life itself!...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:56:00 PST

Sublime Quiz

Choose a band/artist: SublimeAnswer the questions below ONLY using titles of their songs.1. Are you male or female: Chick On My Tip2. Describe yourself: Superstar Punani3. How do some people feel abou...
Posted by Cynical Optimism ™ on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:54:00 PST