Observations of an Observant Observer

Here's a list of the types of people I've observed in audiencial (is that a word?) settings. Whether it be church, the movies or and concert, you will see at least one of these kinds of people there. I'm not saying any of them are good or bad to have and sometimes even I embody some of these different types. Some people may have more than one of these characteristics and some people are different in different settings.
Whatever, I don't have to explain myself to you!
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1. The ENTERTAINER
This person will try to add on to whatever is going on in the movie/sermon/song. This person tries to make you laugh with every comment they make. Sometimes it's directly to you and other times it's a "pretend subtle" mumble and when you laugh at what they said he or she looks at you in a manner that is supposed to reflect "Oh, you were listening to my comments that I was trying to keep quiet?" but in reality means "Yes! They think I'm just naturally funny because I say stuff that makes them laugh and I look like I'm not even trying."

2. The HITTER/NUDGER
Somehow I feel like I manage to always get seated next to this person. A hitter and a Nudger are usually one in the same. You find a Hitter mostly in comedic or shocking situations. He or she will hit you as some sort of reflex to his or her own reaction. A Nudger most often does his or her nudging when the speaker/movie or what have you says or does something that reminds him or her of the nudgee.

3. The SHUSHER
If you get one thing out of this post, I would like you to know that NO ONE likes a Shusher. I feel like the person shushing doesn't even enjoy how obnoxious he or she is being by shushing. Everyone knows a Shusher. A shush absolutely NEVER works. It's just not an appropriate quieting technique yet it is still used, and often. Like blackberry phones.

4. The SCOPER
Also known as the "wandering eye", this observer is always checking out what's going on around them. But not just the usual glance around a place, rather a Scoper almost makes you feel paranoid as if at any moment someone is going to sneak in and shoot up the place. What a Scoper is really good at is pointing out other people that are doing weird things.

5. The PREDICTOR
This person is different in different settings. Often though, you will see a Predictor at the movies. In a movie, a Predictor will try and guess what's going to happen next. "That's fine. They're obviously just critical thinkers who like to asses the situation" you say. Well first of all I'd really appreciate it if you didn't interrupt my blogposts with your interjections to defend these people. Second of all, these people don't just THINK about what's going to happen next, they say their predictions out loud so everyone else can know they have an idea of the future. Some times a Predictor won't say their predictions but when something concluding happens, the Predictor will give a quick "I knew it!" just so that everyone around the Predictor will rest assured that he or she was in the know before his or her fellow audience members.

5 Things I vow to NEVER do...but will probably end up doing anyway

1. Take a family photo where everyone is wearing khakis or jeans and a black t-shirt.

Honestly, I can't think of a more ridiculous (or culturally white) tradition. "Hey! I have a great idea! Let's all wear really unflattering and extremely out of date clothes and then we can go sepia crazy!" Yeah, no.

2. Name my kids alliterative names (names that all start with the same letter).

(Ex: Caden, Cole and Conner) I may, however, consider names that rhyme (ironically , of course). Only because Shantika, Latrika and Blanika has a special ring to it.

3. Get a tattoo.

I refuse to be an 80 year old with a nautical star on my wrist.

4. Have a ringback on my phone.

Don't know what a ringback is? Consider yourself lucky. About 5 years ago they were all the rage. "Let your friends listen to half of a chorus of a song that only you like." Now part of my job is calling people and I hear ringbacks all day (Usually it's Reggaeton or Deuces by Chris Brown). I've noticed that there must be a default ringback for people who don't want to take the time to choose a personalized song because I can't even count the number of times I've heard Vivaldi's 'Spring' from "Four Seasons." I know there ain't that many Sprint customers listening to classical music. Let's be real.
Please enjoy the music while your party is reached. NOT LIKELY.

5. Have a garden

Now don't get me wrong, there is something so romantic and feminine about having a garden. Seeing flowers bloom and eating one's own vegetables-that seems so Anne of Green Gables-ish. Here's the thing, I'm the OPPOSITE of the Ann of Green Gables type. Also, I will never trust anything that comes out of MY ground. I won't eat an apple straight off a tree (I would have done GREAT in the Garden of Eden) and I DEFINITELY won't be eating something that comes from the ground. Straight up nasty. All crusty with dirt. No thank you.

.:CURRENT OBSESSIONS:.

I pre-ordered the book yesterday so I'm not YET obsessed with it but I can't help but be obsessed with Mindy Kaling. I feel like she's finally getting the recognition she deserves. I feel like I was the first person to really love her (I always feel like I'm the first everything) because Kelly has always been my favorite character on The Office (except for like the early episodes when she was mainly silent and boring). But honestly, I'm so stoked for this new turn of culture where a lot (comparatively) of the funny comedians and comedy writers are *gasp* FEMALE! And in an even bigger change of events, we have big women, women of color and women with scars on their faces(I'm looking at you Tina) as the famous, talented ones. Go society, kinda.

No, I'm not obsessed with pins. (Those are so 2004 goth kids.) I'm in love with blogs. I don't necessarily LOVE blogging but I feel like I can't read enough of other people's blogs. I like comedy blogs, fashion blogs, dating blogs, Jesus blogs and blogs about people's lives. I feel like at work all I wanna do is go online and see what hellogiggles.com has updated or what Mindy Kaling (man, i love her) bought that she loves. It's so weird and I kind of feel about 3 years too late on the whole blog obsession but at the same time, the blogosphere has significantly improved and I feel happy to enjoy the betterment that has been bestowed upon the internet. Blog on my friends.

UPDATE.

Oh my gosh! I'm back! It's been almost 10 months!
Okay now that that's over with...

It's great to be back it truly is. While I've been gone from my dear friend blogger, a lot of stuff has happened. I started going to a new church! I got a new job! I even got a new hairdo! Ugh I know, so grown up.

Well with all of this newness in my life, you'd think I'm overwhelmed with excitement but honestly I'm starting to feel a little blase about everything. It's been about 7 months since I started the new church, almost 6 months at my job and 3 months with this haircut. I know right?
Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE all the aforementioned new adventures I'm on but I'm certainly not in the honeymoon stage any longer. There are a few things I've learned through this 2011 year and I'm prepared to share them with the blogger world.

1. EVERYONE can dish it out and 99.9% of people CANNOT TAKE IT.
I don't know WHO came up with the phrase, "If you can't take it, don't dish it out," but honestly, its' stupid. There are very few people who can take it. and those people volunteer to publicly get roasted on television (Charlie Sheen, I'm looking at you). I've not met a single person who doesn't have a button that they absolutely wish weren't pushed. I'm just saying.
Now, personally speaking, I've never claimed to be able to "take it" but I'll dish it out as much as I darn well please because that's how I show my love to people (and sometimes I just enjoy being a beezy). But when you say something about my family or what have you, don't expect me to laugh, I'll probably just cop an attitude, stop talking and stop listening to what you say for the rest of the night.

2. It's so much easier to play the victim.
Now maybe this is only my struggle but when I get an attitude with someone for doing something to me, I don't like to first look at what I did wrong. I like to think of all the ways that the other person should have reacted to keep me from reacting the way I did. Stupid, yes. Immature, yes. Working on it, kinda. Yo, I'm not perfect and no one SHOULD expect me to be, but this is one tough habit to break (I'm hoping some discipleship and authority will help...)

3. I'm not great with authority...is a HUGE understatement.
I don't know anyone who struggles with this as much as I do, but my goodness I do NOT like to be told what to do. i know it is simply fleshly rebellion that I have inside of me that makes me want to do the exact opposite of what someone in authority tells me to do. I've been that way for as long as I can remember (granted I am 90% better than I was in middle school/high school).

I didn't mean for this to end up as a list of faults but sometimes a girl's just gotta get it out.
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I have to say, I was thrilled to go back and read my previous posts and see a lot of prayers answered and huge growth and maturity in myself.
God has done some SERIOUS work in my life. He's grabbed me by the heart, shaken up my life and he's molding me into the woman of God he wants me to be. SO THANKFUL!

In His Hands

I give this day over to Christ.
For probably the past 22 years I've not been doing that and I think that is the source of really all my issues.
By thinking that I have control of the day, I am fooling myself into thinking that this life belongs to me; when in fact it does not.

I read Job last night and admittedly I chose it because i need a job so I figured maybe it could be some kind of representation or something.
Not so.
BUT I needed to read it nonetheless.
After I finished the first chapter I began to cry.
I felt almost convicted by Job's faithfulness in spite of all the terrible things that happened to him.
That's one of the great things about the Bible, though, is that no matter how many times I read it, I can find a different meaning or significance in the same passage.
So here's to being a Job.
I want that unfailing faithfulness to define my life.
I want God to look at me as a servant of God that would never cease to praise him despite any trials that come my way.

P.S. I just experienced incredible healing. My stomach was hurting MAJORLY so I laid hands on it and spoke healing over it in the name of Jesus and the pain went away instantly. I am so impressed with the power of God, always.

auld lang syne

I cannot believe it's already 2011. 2010 was really a great year for me. I grew so much, I learned so much and I achieved so much.
I graduated from college, performed in 2 plays and even was a lead in one of those.
Needless to say (well not necessary needless but...) I'm THANKFUL. so extremely thankful.

Here's a list I came up with on Twitter.
Things I learned in 2010:
1. I'd be completely fine if the only 3 channels my tv got were: Bravo, E! and TLC.
2. Being famous on YouTube is a legitimate career.
3. I'm not as good at parallel parking as I thought I was.
4. I don't like it when the cashier at the grocery store calls me Ms. Anderson.
5. I can't dance.
6. I'm really indecisive when it comes to the big things.
7. I am a reality TV junkie.
8. I forever will have to, some way, be involved with theatre.
9. My room doesn't stay clean for more than 3 days.
10. Cerebral Palsy is the sexiest of the palsy's.
11. My biggest pet peeve is when people are extremely flaky.
12. Student loans suck.
13. Boots make any outfit look like you actually tried.
14. Leggings = BLISS.
15. I hate when pregnant people wear bikinis. Naked pregnant bellies gross me out.
16. You can't party with a boyfriend.
17. Lame is not a word in the iPhone's auto-dictionary.
18. Andy Bernard (from The Office) is my dream man.
19. A year goes by way too fast.
20. I like meat with my champagne.

Also, I don't like making resolutions but here are some things i would like to start doing/accomplishing this year. It's an unfinished list but...

1. I want to start calling people sweetie or honey
2. I want to ACTUALLY pursue my dreams.
3. I want to move out of California.

Jesus.

Starting 2011 the right way.