I'm not from here!!

One of the many problems with having moved around a lot is conversations like this:

Person: Did you go to this-and-that-event last summer?
Me: No, I just moved here from New York a few months ago.
Person: Oh, you're new here! How do you like it so far?
Me: Well I used to live here before New York, I was only there for two years...
Person: New York must have been very different after having lived here then.
Me: Not really, I've lived in New York before. When I was little...
Person: ...So you are not originally from Florida, but from New York..?
Me: No, Israel.
Person: o_O

Murphy's Law

I have this haunting feeling that Murphy's Law is following me. When I say this to people, mostly they think I'm joking, and I guess I kind of am, but a part of me kinda believes it.

I had two sales on etsy this weekend. Both in one day. I don't think I've ever had two sales in one week before. Not because my stuff isn't awesome, because it is. If you don't believe me, go check it out. Awesome, I tell you. I simply don't advertise, nor have I made new things in quite a while. My shop has a grand total of 10 items right now. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised when the two sales came. Considering the two buyers were from two different states, I doubt they're related in some way. If they are, kudos for advertising for me, folks! =)

I do realize that this is a terrible example of Murphy's Law, yes. The point of the story is yet to come.

I decided that the time has come to break out the sewing machine and whip up some new creations. The process involved removing the thick layer of dust that has settled over my machine. Apparently I already had a few fabrics cut out for a not-yet-started mini wallet, so I figured I'd start with that. I even had a button pre-picked out. I was jamming along to Bob Marley when The Law started acting up. My machine refused to function for more than 5 seconds without wire getting tangled. I think I spent more time fixing it than I did sewing. My pre-picked button fell out of my hands, and I swear it fell into some sort of abyss because it is NOT anywhere on my floor. I know this, because I recently cleaned my room and the level of things on the floor are down to a minimum. I ran out of string halfway through. Every stitch was not coming out the way I wanted it to. Everything that could possibly go wrong did, apart from my sewing machine exploding.

So much for refilling my etsy store... Though considering the circumstance, the finished product didn't come out as bad as I expected it to. I'll post it up when I'm less lazy and annoyed, I assume.

Peace & hugs

Pot for the gulf

Me

i just read an article about how the police has over 200,000 pounds of confiscated pot and dont know what to do with it anymore

Rachel
lol
hand it over
smoke it
it will make them happier

Me
haha have a giant pot party

invite the whole country

 Rachel
LMAO
I love it
the one day it';s legal here
smoke with the cops

Me
haha seriously, legalize it for one day, sell the shit out of all of it, then give the money to education or something

Rachel
YES
perfect
someone needs to tell them

Me
it would be genius
let's call obama and let him know

Rachel

phone the whitehouse

Me
"mr president, we found a way go make enough money to save the gulf"

Valentine's Day Boycott

Sooo... It is now February. That month at the end of winter where things start to look hopeless and it seems summer will never show it's face again. Depressing, I know.

I have this theory that Hallmark saw this, and took the opportunity to stick a holiday right smack in the middle of this depressing month, in an attempt to bring people out of their misery. Or maybe just to make money. The latter, if you ask me...

Those who know me already know my opinions on valentines day. It's a meaningless holiday that seems to be designed to pressure you into buy lingerie and jewelry in a pathetic attempt to prove that you know how to be "romantic". It peer pressures everyone to get a date, because god forbid you would be alone on this day. If you ask me, I think that this is the most unromantic day of the year. You think that buying your loved one a present or taking them somewhere special on Valentines day is romantic? It's not. It's expected. You do it out of obligation. Why don't you try taking your sweetheart out on another day, for no reason other than you actually care about them?

What do I want? How about men and women loving, caring and sharing the other 364 days a year? February 14 isn't the only time to send flowers to your woman. How about dropping her a flower arrangement on May 14? And on that card you need to write, "Just because..." I can guarantee that she will be thrilled.

Instead of men and women spicing up their sex life on February 14, make the effort to do so on a regular basis. Girls, it's ok to get lingerie on a regular day, too. Guys, it's ok to make a regular night really great for a girl.

Honestly, if last Valentine's Day was the last time you took your significant other out to a really nice restaurant, you deserve to be in trouble. The people that plan their romance and love around something like Valentine's Day are the same type of people that spend more time planning their wedding than their marriage. The day is nice and wonderful, but what makes it last is what you do on the "non-special" days.

The days of free love are gone. People don't give a shit anymore. We need a commercial holiday to remind us to love one another, and I say let's make this stop. Let's love for 365, and not just one. Show your support. Wear black on this February 14th. Celebrate on February 13th, just because. Celebrate on March 14th, too, and everything in between.

Next time you see the one you love, make sure to remind them how much you love them. Just because. Do something special for them, just because. Let's show this world what love is really made of.

That's a Problem

9:48pmRachel
I just finished studying
6 hours

9:49pmSigal
for?

9:49pmRachel
I love math
I'm getting it tattooed so I never forget a problem in my life again.
you know so I don't have to sit there wasting time and reminding myself what I did in algebra two years ago

9:49pmSigal
what if you get a cheat sheet tattooed? is that cheating?

9:49pmRachel
No. I think it's art.
I'll get it tattooed in some obscene area like inbetween my tits or on my crotch
no one will ever know.

9:50pmSigal
hahaha

9:50pmRachel
they'll just think I'm nasty.

9:50pmSigal
"why are you looking down your pants?"

9:50pmRachel
Lmao
something is itchy
I don't know what it is
I'm trying to find it
There it is
x squared
HA

9:51pmSigal
"its some problem I have..."

9:51pmRachel
hahahahahahahha..hahahaha
beautiful.

Bookworms and such

"A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By contrast, the audience for an obscure novel is largely composed of people who read a lot. That means the least popular books are judged by people who have the highest standards, while the most popular are judged by people who literally do not know any better. An American who read just one book this year was disproportionately likely to have read ‘The Lost Symbol’, by Dan Brown. He almost certainly liked it."

A quote I found lurking in the internet. This is exactly my problem with things like Oprah's recommendations and such. This is also why people who read twilight tend to love it. It's why such books get so overrated. You know what, people? There's amazing books out there. A world full of them. Filled with amazing stories that would never make it to the new york times best selling list. Stories that make you think. Feel. Books that show you a side of life you've never thought of. They aren't generic. Not all of them are based around a teenage romance, or someone fighting cancer. There's a story for everyone, if you look hard enough.

It makes it very frustrating to be a bookworm. You read an amazing book, and want to share it with the world, or at least have someone to talk to about it. But go find someone who actually read it, or someone who would be willing to read it, when no one famous told them to.

It's funny, or rather, it's sad. Because a lot of those amazing stories don't make it to the shelves. Publishers don't always take on stories that are different, because they know that such books wouldn't appeal to the mass garbage.. I mean, public. This is exactly why I want to go into book publishing. If I manage to find even one of those rare stories, those books that leave you breathless when you're done reading, and bring it out into the open, I'd feel like I've made a difference in this world.

Stumble Upon

Not very long ago, I was introduced to the most effective way to procrastinate, ever. It is such an effective way to put off things, that you can literally be sitting with it for hours on end. Yep, I've been introduced to the miracle of Stumble Upon.

Wtf? You may ask. Let me explain.

Stumble upon is a way to literally stumble through the internet, all with a press of a button. I am not really sure if you can do it otherwise (though I think you can), but it comes as an add on to firefox. Regardless, I recommend getting firefox if you don't use it already. Then, you go to www.stumbleupon.com and download it for your browser! Voila! You can now select subject you are interested in, and stumble away!!

Why is this relevant to etsy buyers? Because yesterday I decided to try something. Last night I sat here thinking to myself, "What if I add my etsy webpage to stumble upon?"
"That's a great idea!" I answered myself.

I've never added a website to stumble upon, so this was my first try. I clicked the thumbs up, "I like it!" button, and then a pop up came up labeled something along the lines of "my discoveries". You have to fill it out, and there you go!

NOTE: You shouldn't create an account ONLY for the purpose of promoting, because that violates the rules. However, if you are a stumbler and have reviewed and marked websites as favorites before, it shouldn't really be a problem.

Anyway, I woke up today and found that my page views jumped significantly by a couple hundred views, along with a couple new hearts. Usually, I have to advertise like crazy on the etsy forums and whatnot and even then I wouldn't get that far.

And so, I thought I'd share my new discovery with my fellow etsians in the hope that it would help you too! Maybe if we add enough etsy pages to stumble upon, etsy would get more awareness, which would also be good for us...

Hope this helped!!

-peace.