the other day the wife and i are driving somewhere and i asked her what she wanted to be when she grows up and she says…”i’m almost 50! i’m too old for that now.” that kind of caught me off guard. it made me mad AND sad at the same time. why? because i’m not that far behind her at 48.

i personally think  my best is yet to come. i think i haven’t become what i’m going to be when i grow up and that i haven’t quite refined my place in the world yet. so i started thinking how sad it was that someone not yet 50 thinks they are too old to be what it is they want to be in life. hell,someone at 50, 60 or 70…when is the age you’re too old to be what you want to be? as far as i’m concerned, we never get there…

what do you guys think? should we just curl up and keep going through th motions after we hit a certain age? i don’t feel like i’m old AND i certainly don’t think i’m too old to be whatever it is i’m gonna be…

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wow lisa, that’s great…why tell us?

well, this is a good story…who of us hasn’t had a crap thing happen that you didn’t expect to knock you off your feet and then had to act like your little scrappy dog when she tries to get up on the bed and pull your sorry ass up? i guess few if any…

the moral of the story is “stay off roller coasters if you don’t like them AND in the event you get on one and don’t realize it, either give the amusement park “associate” some money to stop immediately OR take the controls yourself and stop the dang thing”. you will feel better; i promise.

ok, gotta go find the little kid that was holding my purse and soda while i was on the ride…the soda was nearly full for crying out loud…

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i believe that things are being presented to me and showing up in my life and i’m on this crazy ride. even though i hate rides (i’m the drink and purse holder at amusement parks, etc.) i’m getting on this one.

so like i said…it just doesn’t matter but it really does because these little things may be those exits Kytka is talking about. once i get over the initial hurt, anger and whatever other stages i have to go through, this gives me peace knowing that it’s a change in direction. just knowing that has already got my wheels turning and helped to ease some of those feelings that have been taking from me for the last week or so…

of course, there’s also wine and chocolate…

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hit me…figuratively, of course…

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seriously guys, can’t we all just get along?

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this one i experienced this past weekend…never get up from a heated discussion and start slamming inanimate objects around. it merely serves as fuel for the fire and does nothing but make your situation 100 times hotter than it was 5 seconds ago. now, if you’re the type that likes it a little spicy, by all means, slam at your hearts content! AND to turn it up even a few notches more respond to the question “do you have to slam things around every time you get mad?” with “i’m not slamming now…this is slamming!” and then break something as a punctuation. i have found that this has a 100% success rate for not speaking to each other for the rest of the night and then sleeping on the couch.

remember…amateurs, this is a master technique and should not be practiced with out a full blown black belt in observation.

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tip #2

i have found sarcasm to be invaluable in an argumentative setting particularly when the goal is to drive your co-arguer into a blind rage…one so explosive as to have a blood vessel burst. for you novices out there, i do not recommend this as a beginning move. i would however start with a simple comment about their mother or the fact that you never liked their cat/ dog/ brother (feel free to improvise here with the appropriate insult of choice) in the first place…if presented properly this should at worst get you a “what did you say?!” for those in the intermediate or master level you could actually respond with some such retort like “why would you care what i said now since you never listen to a word i say anyway?” if well placed this should result in you sleeping on the couch/ in car/ at uncle harry’s house. well done and bravo to you!

Please join me for the next installment of argument tips soon!

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argument tip #1

never…let me repeat…NEVER during the throes of an argument under any circumstances ask the person you’re arguing with to calm down…this will only accomplish getting the person you’re arguing with more worked up AND make the situation even more explosive than it was in the first place. if you decide to ignore my advice i must direct you to the waiver of responsibility at the bottom of this post….

waiver of responsibility: i am not liable for any actions that may follow should you decide not to heed my advice because it is clear that you are an idiot and a glutton for punishment

join me soon for argument tip #2

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group: hi lisa

me: i have not been clean at all and i don’t wanna…

i have said many times before now…i do NOT need another vice, particularly one that plants my butt in front of my computer for several hours. BUT my pusher, deek, has opened my eyes to twitter and try as i have, i can’ t avoid the lure of it…so last night, i caved…i only have a few followers and am only following a few right now but there’s something that pulls me to this world of micro blogging and instant messaging. just like my blog, i find it amazing that i can communicate (and sometimes very intimately) with people all over the u.s. in an instant…technology, i love it…i hate it… i have seen some of our “blog-mily” on twitter now as well….hi, sideon, deek and the other one…

i just hope my girlfriend is ok “sharing” me…is too much technology a bad thing? i can rationalize that i’ll be using it for business…i actually do have a business blog and will shortly be setting up a twitter business site (go figure) as well as a facebook site. BUT i wonder if so much internet communication has taken us away from the “face to face” that i still think is vital in business AND in our personal lives. i’m a real touchy feely kind of gal and i’m sure that i would never replace that with all of the networking/ social sites but i wonder if we’re creating a nation of people that don’t get the proper amount of actual in person interaction or if we’re actually connecting more with our fellow u.s. citizens because of all the advances made in the last several years, months, days (haha).

what do you think?

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