The Set Up

I hate being set up. It just really bothers me for some reason. Maybe it's because I feel like people feel sorry for me because I’m single, or it makes me feel like I’m a loser because I can't find anyone on my own, whatever it is, I don’t like it.

For example, my cousin always makes comments about me being single and not giving people a chance. In my defense, my cousin lives 2 states away and when I go to visit, I want to spend time with my family, not his friends. And he really has never tried to go out of his way to introduce me to anyone. Anyways, he called me one day and told me about this friend of his, we’ll call him “Matt”. When I asked if Matt was attractive, his response was, “he has a great personality.” Not a good start. So he tells me to look up Matt’s facebook. I look at his facebook and he seems like a decent guy, not really my type but whatever. A few weeks later Matt tried to add me as his friend on facebook. At first I didn’t really want to add him. I don’t know this guy and he didn’t send me a message or anything saying who he is, but I knew if I didn’t add him I’d hear it from my cousin. So I accept his friendship and the guy never attempts to even talk to me. After about a month I decided to delete him, I find it kind of creepy to friend someone who doesn’t even know me or make an attempt to know me. He obviously was not that interested in me.

Then it happened again today. A friend of a friend commented on my facebook to send her a text. I text this girl, whom I rarely talk to, and she tells me how her brother in law saw my picture on facebook and was interested. A few days before this, this girls brother told me he wanted to hook me up with the same guy..and his wife said NO immediately… coincidence? I think not. So I respond with who is he? Do I know him? She tells me he’s a nice guy and offers to send me a picture. I decline because I think its awkward for her to send me a random pic of this guy who is sitting next to her. So I tell her he can go ahead and add me on facebook if he wants to get to know me…I figure this is the easiest way of getting out of having to give him my number. So the guy just added me on facebook. He has made no attempt to say hello to me. And I don’t really think he is my type anyways. He’s 6 years older than me and posts pictures of his animals on facebook. I think the thing that bothers me the most about this incident is this girl knows nothing about me. I wouldn’t mind so much if my sister or one of my best friends who knows me really well would try to set me up with someone. How does this girl who knows nothing about me, other than who my family is, know what kind of guy would be good for me?!?

I don’t have time for guys who are too chicken to talk to me. Facebook is ruining my life. This is exhausting.

Song of the day: One Love by the Glee Cast. I got some new Glee CDs for Christmas and this song is one of my faves off the soundtrack!

Update: Guy from story #2 just facebook messaged me...further proving why people who don't know me should not set me up. Here is his message:
"Ok.. So my sister in law said you were a single girl..haha. I would like to meet and hang out. Lets go out somewhere and have some fun!!! What do you think?

Oh.. Lets save the background information about ourselves for later. I'll just say one thing about myself. Im very driven and focused in my life."

I rest my case.

Work Parties Should be at Work

So every January the company I work for has an awards banquet and dinner on a Saturday night. This year, the banquet happens to fall on my birthday weekend. Spendng my birthday with my co-workers is not what I had in mind as a great birthday weekend. I never understood why companies have work parties outside of work. I don't know about you but I don't really want to spend my weekend with my co-workers who I am forced to work with and deal with all day, 5 days a week. I like to enjoy my weekends with my friends and family who I don't really get to see during the week because I'm too busy working. It would be much nicer if my employer took time out of my work day to award me, I would appreciate getting paid to not work much more, and it would be much more convenient. And then there's the whole issue of bringing a date. I always thought it was kind of weird when people would just bring random dates to work parties...I know I would get 20 questions at work the next day about who I was with. It's just all too much!!

Maybe I'm just bitter because I don't want to spend my birthday weekend with co-workers.

Song of the Day: All I Want for Chrismas is You by, Mariah Carey..gotta get in the holiday spirit!!

Garage Sale Update

I got to work last week and there was two tubes of lipstick on the table. One had a sticky that said, "slightly used." I picked them up and threw them away.

Song of the Day: Mo Town Philly by Boyz II Men, brings me back to my Full House days! :)

Work is not a Garage Sale

I try not to post much about work on here, but this certain situation just baffles me. So, we have a fairly large lunchroom for employees to eat lunch in or hang out in during their breaks. For some reason, over the years people have decided the lunchroom is a good place to dispose of items from home they no longer use. For example, old used books, unused trinkets, or old tupperware. While I thought this was kind of odd, it didn't bother me much. Until I got to work yesterday, when there was a bottle of half used cologne and a bottle of half used body spray someone put out in the lunchroom. I don't understand why anyone would think it'd be ok to just bring half used toiletry items and place them in the lunchroom for others to use. I'm so confused. And just when I thought things couldn't get any stranger they did..I get to work this morning and the bottle of cologne was gone..and replaced with ANOTHER bottle of different cologne. Naturally, I had to blog about it. Really people?!?

Song of the Day: Grenade by, Bruno Mars. Need I say more?!?

Why Men Love B&%*es!

My dear friend Shar bought me this book called, "Why Men Love B&*ches" She bought it for me because she felt I was selling myself short when it came to guys. I'm not completely through the book yet, but I think it has some really good incite. In general I agree with most of it, basically it says how a girl should value herself and not let a man walk all over her-she has to make him work for her because she is a prize and worth it. Which I totally agree with it. It also explains how to not appear to needy too a man and keep him intrigued. Other parts of the book I don't necessarily agree with...or at least don't have enough patience to go through with :) Then today I got my newest copy of Cosmo (whose subscription was ironically given to me by Shar too, haha.) As I was reading cosmo, I was asking a guy friend of mine if he agreed with what it said about guys, some he agreed with, some not so much. This got me to thinking...what's with all these rules and games we have to play to get guys?? Why can't I just be my impatient, sometime obnoxious, and silly self and let everything else fall into place?!? I like to think that if someone really likes me, they'll deal with how crazy and impatient I can get at times. I'm not saying these books don't have valid points, because they do..but there's only so many relationship books I can read before my brain explodes. And if certain girls would stop being so easy, guys would learn how to work a little harder to get what they want :)

Song of the day: This Ain't No Love Song by Trace Adkins...kind of goes along with the whole playing games thing, and I like it!

Pumpkin Derby

Part of my job is being in charge of the Wellness Committee. The company goes all out for Halloween. We have department skits, departments decorate their cubicles, and we have a "parade of ghouls" where judges vote on the best male/female transformation. This year was our 2nd year doing the annual Pumpkin Derby. The departments are divided up into 9 teams, each department gets a pumpkin they must decorate and put wheels on, we then race them down a ramp and the winner wins a trophy and bragging rights for a year. Although it is stressful to organize and put on, I must say it was alot of fun and we have some pretty creative employees! Enjoy the pics!!



Song of the day: "Baby" by Justin Beiber because I have had some major beiber fever alll day today!!

What do you do for Fun?

I have always thought it was an odd question when I first meet someone and they ask me, "what do you do for fun?" I mean I understand that they are just trying to be nice and get to know me, but I think its an odd question to ask someone. Maybe it's because I never really know what to say. Should I say, "In my spare time I facebook stalk people, go out with my frinds, occasionaly go to the gym, and watch reality t.v." I mean I think that's pretty standard for the average 20 something year old. Or maybe I'm embarassed by how lame my life sounds. I just feel like if you really wanted to get to know somebody you would eventually find out what they do for fun, and not have to ask if within the first few minutes you meet someone. Plus, are you really that intersted in what I do for fun?!?

Song of the day: Grenade by, Bruno Mars. Because I love that man.