Oh girl. You fine.

So I'm going to get this started. I have a lot of things to say to a lot of people. So I'm going to start a weekly or biweekly letter to a person. So I guess here it goes.

Dear You,

I knew from the second you laughed at my utter sarcasm that we'd be friends.
I knew that after you broke up with her that I'd fall for you.
I knew you swung that way.
But I guess I didnt really know. In a way I could see it though.
That oh so stressful day in Salem was the day I knew.
The day I knew that it was a good choice to have put you in my group.
I hope it lasts.
I hope at least we stay friends.
But you're a pretty laid back kid.
I can just trust you so easily.
Its actually kind of scary..
That day in Salem though..
In the gallery...
Tabling..
All I wanted to do is grab your hand and kiss you.
Even now I wish you could understand.
Across the office.
I wish you could..
Maybe..
... maybe...
feel the same.

But I know I'm not the type of girl that you like
"Mormon girls"

Sincerely,
Me

Wag More. Bark Less.

This week, the world will say goodbye to one of the sweetest, dumbest, dopey-est dogs alive. Jeannine (Jenny) Pepper Marie. She will be missed ever so much. She took a great liking to my mother and would wait on the 2nd floor stairs and look out the window every day my mom went to work. Mom, you will always be Jenny's favorite, don't forget that. She hated water and car drives. She loved biscuits and napping on the couch. She loved her buddy Ricco, and hopefully they will be happy together in doggy heaven. Because let me tell you... 
All dogs do go to heaven. 
Back in March my family lost Ricco Suave and it was sudden and not expected. I will not get to really say goodbye to either of my puppies because I am at college. Now we are losing Jenny and I feel terrible for not being there for my family. I cant get the words my mother said to me out of my head:  "We have to say goodbye and I just wish you were here." I know mommy, I wish I was too. I want so badly to be there. 
I'm not going to lie, but animals mean more to me than humans do 95% of the time. They are so selfless, they will love their humans until the day they die. They can be and will be your best friend. You can have the best conversations with them when no one else will listen. They are the definition of therapy. Pets have no owners, just less furry family. Pets are family.
I hope you all who are reading this go home or wherever and hug your pet. Be it dog, cat, mouse, rabbit or snake. Hug them. Animals know love. So show them some. 


"You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you they were there long before any of us."
-Robert Louis

You're The Cat's Pajamas.

Hello Readers,

I want you all to know right now. I'm a crazy cat lady. I love cats. No, really I  LOVE cats. If I had the time in my hectic life, I would make very detailed flash cards of cat breeds, diseases, communication skills, and history. But I only have time to write this blog.

I'm basically going to give you the low down on cats. Myths, quizzes, statistics and even really cute pictures you really should have seen by now.

So lets get started with the myths:

•  "Cats are so low maintenance pets!"                                                                                                 Buh-lo-ney. To a point some cats can be low maintenance, yes you don't have to take them on walks and let them outside to do their business. Feeding, grooming and litter box upkeep is a daily thing. Yes. Even the litter box. No cat likes to walk into that when they really need to go. Pets in general are expensive if you haven't noticed that lately. Last time I checked you have to feed them which requires $$. You have to buy litter which requires $$. You SHOULD send them to a vet once a year which requires $$$. On a year to year basis, that's around $800-$1000.  Mind you that is if you have a cat with little to no health problems. This really bothers me when my college friends think they should adopt a cute little kitty and think it will be all flowers and rainbows. Reality check, college kids are poor.
• "I don't want to send Fluffy to a day care, lets just let them stay at home for the weekend, they'll be fine by them self."  Wrong. You better a get a sitter for your little fluffer nutter, or you may not find him alive when you return. Get that straight right now. They are not superheroes and cannot go without fresh food and water for that long. Geez, how would you feel if that happened to you?
• BLACK CAT MYTHS
• If farmers were having a bad crop season, in order to get rid of their bad luck, would have to shoot a black cat with a silver bullet
• If an old women owned a black cat in a residential area her and her cat would be persecuted for practicing witchcraft and both of them would be burned at the stake. 
• Near Halloween black cats would be sacrificed in order to keep bad spirits out of town. 
• Nowadays, in some cities, black cats are not adopted out in the month of October just for the cats safety.

Want to get a cat of your very own? Here are some fun facts you should know about kitties:

• Older cats can actually be better pets than kittens (all kitties need homes, but if your not ready for a big parent roll just yet) you should consider an older cat. You don't have to litter train them. Most older don't get adopted, just because they're old. Don't be age-ist towards the old kitties, they need love too
• Adopt siblings or in pairs/groups. If there is a cute pair of cats that have grown up with each other at the local shelter, fact is they will be great together. They will eat together, sleep with each other, entertain each other.  I hate it when potential adoptive parents say "I can really only have one cat" to that I say: Go look at another cat if you can't get both. Pairs are great, especially if theyre young. 
• Long haired cats does not mean more cat hair in your coffee. Go Google it right now, you'll find out short haired cats shed more often. 
• Hairless cats does not mean "hypo allergenic." 
• If you're allergic to cats: 
• 1. get allergy shots 
• 2. suck it up 
• 3. you're allergic to their spit not their fur. DUH!
• Squirt bottle training is UNACCEPTABLE. Try noise training. Instead of squirting everytime fluffy jumps on the counter, bang some pots and pans near by and quickly push fluffy off. 

If you still don't know what kind of cat you should get try this quiz at Animal Plant's Website

                    QUIZ

To all of you lovely people who think they don't need to take care of your pets properly i.e. spay/neuter, shots. All of these facts are for those owners who give up their pets for petty reasons. I feel very strongly about animal rights, as we all should. Animals are the most forgiving beings on this planet and they love us so. So why not return the favor.

• It is impossible to determine how many stray dogs and cats live in the United States; estimates for cats alone range up to 70 million.
• The cost of spaying or neutering a pet is less than the cost of raising puppies or kittens for a year.
• Five out of ten dogs in shelters and seven out of ten cats in shelters are destroyed simply because there is no one to adopt them.
• Approximately 5 million to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized.

Ever wonder why you should get a cat? Check this picture out. 

So I bet you've learned by now how much I really love cats. I hope you all have a lovely week and weekend. I sure will. Finally, I think I will leave you all with some really cute pictures. 

Hannah Gets Serious

Happy Friday Readers!


This post I think will mainly be about... well everything. There are a lot of words to be spoken in this terrifyingly empty box. Its the end of the second week at my school and let me tell ya I am welcoming a night in at my apartment. 


So this week we lost a great. If you haven't heard this yet, go Google it. Steve Jobs was one of the co-founder, chairman and chief executive office of Apple. Seriously I should be telling you this. Go Google it! He was a good man I head. But personally I have not met him so I must say this from outside sources. But all over Stumbleupon, there are quotes of him. So I guess I'll put one on here. 

Now this happens all the time when some famous person dies, and it's all over the media for two weeks and then no one cares after a while. Personally I'm a PC til death, even though at times I want to drop my little laptop out my second story window. I bet Mac's are great, ya... but well.. don't get me started. Sorry Steve, RIP


Moving right along, because that is what we should do so we don't get too depressed... Well I guess my next subject is just as depressing: CANCER!  (Oh wow what a great 
coincidence since Steve Jobs died of cancer) 


I hate cancer. Its like a swear word in my life. All, and I mean all, of my pets have died of cancer. Chest cancer, liver cancer, throat cancer, mouth cancer. Hate is not a strong enough word for how I feel about it. If you know me even a little you know I put animals before people always. So having my furry family members die of the C-word every damn time is truly heartbreaking. I would never wish this upon anyone. Fuck cancer. Straight up. Every time anyone asks me if I had three wishes from some magical lamp, my first wish is to have cancer never exist. 


So guess what I'm doing this next year? I'm shaving my hair OFF! You heard it kids, my hair will be gone, and I'm pumped. Because a cancer patient does not get to choose their hair style and I will stand with them as a friend, family member, and a pet owner against cancer. 


I'm so sick of hearing my friends giving excuses about how they could never shave off their hair. "Oh I would look so weird" "My parents would kill me" "I'd look like a man!" 
This is what I say to that: Bull-fucking-shit. 
I will look weird. For approximately 2 months. Oh well.
If my parents hate me for it, then I will remind them who I am doing it for. 
If I look like a man and someone tells me such, well they better guard their loins. 


I am shaving my hair when my school's Resident Hall Association does their annual St. Baldricks event where they get a bunch of people to shave off their hair. If you haven't seen me in the past 2 years or so, well... I have a lot of hair to shave off. 


I hope some of you readers will join me and "Brave the Shave".   

Damn You Tumblr

You all know what I am talking about. Tumblr. If you haven't checked it out yet... well get on that shit kiddo. If you are not into technology well have fun in the 70's you damn dirty hippy. Every generation has their fads and this just so happens to be one of them. Get over it already you 40 something yuppies! I bet you're parents had a fad back in their day too. Something along the lines of... math or spelunking.

Moving on! Tumblr. It shows you magical pictures and such that are hilarious and may even inspire you to be all artistic on the inside. I do actually like this site, even though I have yet to sign up for it. I like to stumble it however and usually get lost for hours looking at cute little pictures and quotes. Such as this one:

I guess all my pictures will have a theme this time around. I get looking at all of these types of pictures and I start thinking I must change my life, or at least how I approach certain subjects. The particular subject is called: relationships/significant others/"hmmmm"



So I have been probably looking at these types of pictures too much because I get ballsy. And some poor friend of mine or love interest gets harassed by me and my ways. Doesn't mean my feelings are false, but I just always seem to be rushing into something that I should have 'patience' with.

I of course have a few "hmmm's" as of late and this time around it looks like one of them just happens to be a good friend of mine. I think everyone has been in the 'friend zone' once or (gasp) twice in their lifetime and every time it sucks. You used to hang out and now its mentally challenging not to make a move on them. What is worse is when they talk about other people they are interested in, when you are around. Because they're supposed to know that you like them by now RIGHT?!?! Unfortunately they have absolutely no idea, to them you are just the best friend they could ever have because you're always there for them and you always listen and you're like a sibling to me.  Heartbreaking, I know.

Of course you always tell your other friends about this little situation you have going down and they always always always use the word patience. Because its always just that easy. Waiting for them to text you, waiting for them to get on Facebook, waiting for them to get a damn clue! I always take the advice my friends give me with barely a grain of salt. Most of the time my friends give me advice it usually should be more categorized as opinion and their personal lifestyle choices. I love my friends DO NOT get me wrong, but I think I just need someone to bitch to.
Sound familiar?

I bet some of you are hoping like no other that I will give you some advice on how to get your friend/love interest to magically see and reciprocate your feelings. However I could do that, but I would seriously just be regurgitating something that someone else told me. I do suggest someone called David Coleman, the "Real Life Hitch." He is pretty much the bomb diggity as long as you are mainly heterosexual. If you aren't, you may have to tweak his processes a bit. That's all I have concerning advice, I think all situations utilize the phrase: It depends.

Now I believe that there are kids who are just born with the weight of the world on their shoulders (aka middle child syndrome). Usually we call these kids 'emo', 'punks' 'trouble'. Well its probably because we take the shit for the world where everyone keeps on thinking that everything is going just dandy. I consider myself as one of those kids, and its really difficult in the world of 'liking someone.' We notice what is wrong with the government, with institutionalization, with people! Therefore we have are always brooding and sometimes we take down those we love or potentially could love. I know that not everyone is an over-analyzer/worrier and its difficult to connect. BUT! When I do find myself liking another human being its pretty intense and real. That is because us middle children of the world are so troubled in many ways. I know I know, there are always exceptions to the rule and there are some anomaly middle children (MC's) that are mistakable for the golden first born child. But having feelings for someone in my world is a big deal and is not something to be taken lightly and patience just does not play a role in my thought process.

Back to Tumblr... They are the reason I get ballsy and start thinking like a MC and scare some nice person away. So although I love Tumblr late into the night...
Damn you Tumblr.

Does the Date Doctor Really Get it Right?

Just recently at my college we had David Coleman the real life "Hitch" come and speak to our new and returning students during New Student Week. Right at the beginning he announced that he does not know anything about same-sex relationships because he has not been in one. He then goes onto explain that if you like girls listen to this part, and if you prefer men listen to this part... so on and so forth! But he made these points on how women let people know if they are interested and how men let people know if they are interested. However, I do not think that all women/men flirt the same way. Anyone who has been hit on by more than one person can notice this. I know after having a really hard breakup I am not going to keep eye contact with a person I am interested in. I do that because of trust issues no matter how long I have been single. I feel as the Date Doctor had some very good points but he did not address the LGBTQ community. He did generalize dating with what gender a person might conform to, but there are just some people who do not conform to the Gender Binary.


Later on that night I did hear a few of my peers having the same questions and concerns. So I want to know what schools can do to fill in the gaps to the student body who isn't always in the know? Sure we can invite them to Safe Zone training's and have tables out in our student center with information, but that really does not impact the student body at all.
I know my school is big on a lot of things, Education, ASL, Criminal Justice. But those are just majors I know that my school is big on having a safe and aware LGBTQA Community. However, I do think that there are too many students who aren't in the know about that community. I do identify in this community and I can tell you all from experience that, yes WOU has a great LGBTQA community, but multiply that by three and that is how many students are unaware/allies//// etc etc

"This is the first day of my life"

Since this is my first blog post ever on the face of this planet I feel as if I should dedicate it to my very outspoken, strong minded and lovely roommate/wifey Caetlyn Padgett. Deep down inside she is most likely giggling in a high pitched voice and clapping her hand furiously but then again, most likely not. For many years I have shunned blogging and many things of the like. However there were many reasons that made me change my mind in such a short amount of time. So here we go.
I guess I should give a disclaimer about my 'blog' so no one gets surprised by its contents. I do not believe in censoring ones work and if you want you can call this art... or not. So I will occasionally use profanity, talk about 'controversial' issues, and not always be 'PC'. Because we live in a world where everyone is a little too sensitive and maybe some people need to be pushed out of their comfort zones. It creates a better world where we don't have to be careful all the time. So here is your warning, right here. Right now. Proceed at your own risk. If you offend easily and have loose lips/keyboards maybe you should stay away.