Archive for March, 2007

ludicrous lottery

March 30, 2007 at 3:26 pm · Filed under rants

powerball lotteryI hate the lottery.

Why? Because it drains the life and hope out of people. Don’t agree with me? Just go into a local gas station market and observe.

Today during lunch I went into the store to pay for some gas because my debit card wouldn’t scan. The lady behind the counter didn’t even acknowledge there was an increasing long line of hot, busy, and annoyed customers waiting in line. What was she doing? Getting a huge pile of lotto tickets – $40 to be exact – for the lady in front of me.

This situation really got my attention today because as I made eye contact with the lotto lady in line and said “hello”, I could just see she was drained and didn’t have a lot of hope in her life. Why in the world was she buying all those lotto tickets?! I wondered if she knew the lotto is false hope and not a way to become wealthy. I wondered how much she spent on these tickets each week and how much money she was throwing away each month. I wondered if she knew she could spend $40 on something MUCH better and beneficial than lotto tickets. I can think of a million things I’d spend an extra $40 on right now – dinners with friends, save it for a mission trip in May, a new spring dress, and the list could go on.

Dave Ramsey quotes this in his most recent NYTimes best-seller, The Total Money Makeover

“Have you ever seen those [lotto] lines? Darryl and his other brother Darryl. The are not rich people, and these are not smart people. The lotto is a tax on poor people and on people who can’t do math. Rich people and smart people would be in the line if the lotto were a real wealth-building tool, but the truth is that the lotto is a rip-off instituted by our government. This is not a moral position; it is a mathematical, statistical fact…Gambling represents false hope and denial. Energy, thrift, and diligence are how wealth is built, not dumb luck.” (Ramsey 59-60)

Think how much money, time, and heartache could be saved if there was no such thing as the lottery. And as for scholarships, why don’t you just save your own money and get a part-time job?

I’m not throwing away my $40.

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question of the day

March 29, 2007 at 4:08 pm · Filed under life

question markOne of my friends has a 5-year-old son. She told me that last night, he was seriously terrified about dying. His question: “Will my finger get stuck if I put it in my nose? And will I die?”

What if the answer was “yes”? I bet no one would ever pick their nose again.

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creepy, crawly things

March 29, 2007 at 9:19 am · Filed under life

I am a “Lost” addict. (Yes, I admit yet. Thanks for getting me addicted a long time ago, Mom.) Last night’s episode featured a rare species of spiders. I woke up thinking about those nasty things, as did thousands of other people, I am sure. One of my really great friends is terrified – I mean TERRIFIED – of spiders, large or small, so you can imagine she probably flipped out last night while watching the episode. It’s actually been a spider-filled week for her. This is something she just told me about:

“So the other day when we went to Aretha’s, and I got my water in a to-go cup. I drank on it all day until I got home. I sat it on the counter for like 10 minutes, and came back for another sip. I felt something in my mouth, so I spit it out in my hand, thinking it was lint or something. Wrong. It was a spider. A LIVE spider. I totally flipped out, tears and all. And this morning on my way to work, a spider fell onto my steering wheel as I was driving. Again, flipping me out. Those things are evil, I don’t care what anybody says. It’s like they can sense that I fear them and choose to exploit it… I was gargling Listerine for like an hour.”

GROSS!!!

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tarzan and free food

March 27, 2007 at 9:23 pm · Filed under the office

How would you like to walk into your office at work bright and early in the morning and see that it has been transformed into a jungle, complete with the jungle sounds, a monkey in a tree, and Tarzan valentine’s day cards beautifying every little spot? Seriously, this happened to a friend of mine today. Who in the world does that? What kind of offices let you get away with stuff like that, let alone appreciate it and keep the decorations up and sound effects going all day? :)

subAnother interesting thing I experienced today: a free-food call. It’s happened many times before, but today just seemed a little more out of control. So I was sitting at my computer reading and typing when suddenly I heard that happy sound that announced I had a new email…”free Jersey Mike’s in the first floor kitchen!” I sat there for a moment contemplating whether I should even attempt to try to snag a free lunch. I decided to. So did half of the company. Like a herd of pigs or cows or college students, we ran down the stairs and into the kitchen. By the time I got down to the kitchen, 10 guys had already surrounded the counter with the free sammys. I was not going to fight them, of course. It’s not that important to me. (However, one of my friends on my team is so nice and snagged me a sandwich!) I really wish I had a video of the racing and devouring. It just hit me in a new way some things we’ll do and how stupid we will look all in the name of free food! :) Now don’t get me wrong – I still love me some free food so let me know whenever you’ve got some good grub to give away.

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who ya gonna call? …wasp killers

March 23, 2007 at 10:59 pm · Filed under life

RaidThe invasion continues.

If it got any worse, it’d be like a scene out of a horror movie = “Wasp Attack”. That might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but how would you like it if 10 big wasps were flying around your apartment and you didn’t know where they were coming from?

This has been happening slowly over the past couple of weeks with the weather getting warmer. The wasps suddenly appear from out of nowhere. At first we thought they were coming into our peaceful dining room area through a hole in the window screen. Nope. My brilliant roommate in the picture with me finally put all the pieces together and realized these nasty creatures are coming from the attic through a light fixture. Great. I’m not crawling up in our wasp-infected attic, are you kidding me?! That’s why we have guy friends and maintenance men.

So I got home from work, and Sarah was freaking out because the wasps had multiplied even after some maintenance men killed about 10 earlier in the afternoon. Over the course of the next hour, I was the brave soul who killed 4 wasps that landed on the floor – oh yeah! I ain’t skeered – and we took a trip to get some Raid and slathered our apartment. (Yes, it smells fabulous ☹.) I guess that’ll hold us over until the professional wasp killers can come be the heroes. Until then, the war is on. Look out, wasps. Sarah and I are armed and dangerous with our can of Raid.

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sanjaya makes little girls cry

March 23, 2007 at 9:47 am · Filed under in the news

sanjaya tshirt

He’s still on Idol? Give me a break. Stop voting, teeny-boppers.

Check out all these Sanjaya t-shirts and what the fuss is all about.

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gum would be perfection

March 22, 2007 at 9:06 pm · Filed under rants

bubblegum machine
That’s one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite Friends episodes :) Name the scene, and you get a prize.

So have you ever noticed that some people should never be allowed to put bubble gum into their mouths? Oh, I have. It should be a crime to put any kind of gum in your mouth if you are not going to handle it responsibily. What do I mean by that? I’m glad you asked.

1) If you have the urge to smack it while making gross noises, don’t. The “gum police” will fine you $20 per offense.

2) If you are just dying to blow a bubble and pop it (or multiple ones within 3 seconds – yes, some have this great ability) when everyone around you is quiet, for the love, don’t! $25 per offense.

3) And goodness, if you are done smackin’ on your gum, throw it away in a trashcan, not out your window or under a table. I’m tired of stepping in it, and there’s only so much money we should spend on new desks and chairs in our lifetimes. $30 per offense.

So, horrible gum-chewers, beware. The “gum police” is on the prowl.

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it’s about time, eh?

March 22, 2007 at 2:58 am · Filed under Uncategorized


Well, I’m finally gettin’ with the program and starting a public blog. Adios facebook/myspace blogging. I like this layout better anyway.

Let me just tell you that it’s hard to come up with a creative title for a blog site. I think “peachy perspective” is kinda fun and creative. We all have our own perspective on things, and I think mine is kinda peachy = excellent, wonderful, fine. I have high hopes of posting regularly because I have a lot of thoughts throughout the day… a little bit of this, a little bit of that.

Oh, and I really love peaches, too :)

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