Kid History

I'm on a roll!!

Two blogs in ONE WEEK!

Does it count if they are both youtube videos? (I think so)

My mom showed me this series of youtube videos and they are HILARIOUS!

I guess a group of brothers told their kids some stories about their (the brother's) childhood. The videos are the kids relaying the stories.

If you go to youtube to watch more (there are a whole bunch) make sure they are from boredshorts. There are a lot of Kid History videos, but they are not all created equally.

Star Wars

I love Star Wars.

I have my brother to thank for that, because without his obsession I'm sure I wouldn't have been as exposed to it as I was.

That saying, I think this is pretty fun.

Enjoy it.

I did :)

D&C 89.5:22

I think that if the 89th section of the Doctarine and Covenants was written today instead of in 1833 it would be the same, but it would contain a verse something like this:

"Yea, facebook and all other sorts of social media are ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly"

I recently took a break from facebook and have now come to the conclusion facebook isn't as bad as I once thought it was.

When I was in college I used facebook way too much. Realizing such, when I left college I took a break from facebook and have consequently alienated myself from all my friends in the process.

It took a two year "facebook fast" to realize that it isn't evil, it is an excellent way to stay connected.

Jessie was playing a trivia game the other day generated by facebook, asking her questions about her friends.

She asked me if I wanted to log onto my facebook and play and I abruptly said "no, I don't have any friends."

Well that was a lie, I DO have friends, I just have NO CLUE what they have been up to because I quit using facebook.

I think back to how people "back in the day" kept in contact with each other and it is daunting.

If I can't keep up with my friends and I have something like facebook, how on earth did people do it with snail mail and long distance fees?

I should be grateful for the tool that facebook is and get over my proud "I don't use facebook" ways!

I just need to remember to use it sparingly.

Really?

My love of infomercials has inspired a blog before, but I found a couple on youtube that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share with anyone who still reads my blog.

Enjoy!

Have I Stooped?

I hope my blog doesn't just turn into a rant blog but I have to rant at the moment.

Feel free to stop reading because this is more of a therapy for me than entertainment for anyone else.

Instead of giving a big back story I'm just going to say that the owner of our building, Gregg Bragg, is....mean.

He told us he was going to see how possible it was get central heat and air in our building, and it IS possible, but it is going to cost him $5,000 (pocket change for him, might I add) so he told us he was just going to get us window units.

Well here is the problem with window units in our apartment:

The windows in our apartment are OLD and rotting away and there is about a 1/4 inch gap where the wood has rotted away from the glass and it allows all kinds of things (including precious COOL air) to escape.

The electric wiring in our apartment is OLD. Instead of having outlets that have two plugs (both being grounded) the outlets we have have three plugs and none of them are grounded. And the outlets are few and far between, so they are all occupied.

If he is going to give us window units he can at least buy NEW window units instead of giving us the circa 1970 units his handyman (and newly hired handyman sidekick) just installed.

The handyman was given orders to put a window unit in the bedroom and hallway (those windows are literally like 10 feet apart). But given the old electricity there are no outlets in hallway, so that means he put a unit in the kitchen instead. Plus the handyman was given orders to not put window units in the living room because the living room faces the street and that would "look tacky". Well we LIVE in the living room! I'd rather have a window unit in the living room then the kitchen!

All he does is cosmetic work! Make it look nice and no one will ask questions.

I saw a poll on his stores facebook page (Cover to Cover books and gifts) asking what the design for the awnings on his newly refurbished building should look like.

I am tempted to post a comment on that poll that reads something like this:

"How about instead of sprucing up the outside of the building, you fix the inside first!"

UPDATE:

Jessie called Gregg to inform him of our disappointments and I think he was trying to win her over by telling her of his plans to give us HEATED SIDEWALKS, but we aren't won over!

SCREW THE HEATED SIDEWALKS!

If You were a Fly on my Wall

If there was a Fly on my Wall this is what he'd be Thinking.

"Oh great Tacy is home. I hope she doesn't sit down in the living room and start singing to herself again."

"Well I guess I don't mind if she sings, but does she realize how LOUD she is singing? She is singing to herself after all, why does it have to be so loud?"

"Oh good! Here comes her sister, maybe she'll shut up now...WAIT! Why did she join her singing?! Don't they realize how off-key they are?!"

"I wish these girls could open their window and let me out, I've had enough!"

"You've got to be kidding me? Reciting poetry? They are reciting poetry? Why on earth are these two girls reciting poetry to each other?!"

"Now they are laughing. Is there any reason for them to be laughing? No! But that doesn't stop them, they chuckle and wheeze and chuckle and wheeze."

"yay! Jessie left to go get in the shower, maybe Tacy will just sit down and watch a show on Netflix."

"Is she talking to me? I don't see anyone else in the room. Is Tacy really speaking plain english to me as though I could respond? Oh... nevermind she is talking to the rabbit."

"Good, she turned on the TV, now maybe she'll be quiet."

"Now why is she crying?"

"Now why is she laughing?"
"Now why is she crying?"

"Now why is she laughing?"

"What is that waffely stick thing she is swinging at......SPLAT"

(I've been kinda bored lately)

Personification

Why do I love this?

And why did Jessie and I spend almost an hour watching other youtube videos posted by klaatu42?

Because it is cute :)