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Busted

There’s this detective in our family who likes to remind us of their all seeing ways periodically. Now that they’ve reminded me to, I’ll be looking over my shoulder again.

My Grandmother is no joke. She sent me an email over the weekend telling me she checks in on the gossip rag that is Facebook (lmao) and when she read Fridays’ MouthyGirl post oh man…..she wanted me to know I needed my mouth washed out with soap!

So I apologized, something I don’t often do for my writing. My Grandma is the one person in this world who’s opinion of me matters very much and I never want to offend her.

Since when does she read MouthyGirl anyways?

Here’s a little history lesson from the MouthyGirl archives…the story goes that when my older sister lived with my Grandma, she couldn’t hide anything or anywhere. One time my sister was at a boys’ house when she wasn’t supposed to be and my Grandma never having previously been there, found my sister and made her come home. No hiding from G.

As she reminded me, “Nothing gets past Grandma”. And you people call me paranoid….

Tags: Detective, ninja Grandma, paranoid

Thirty Years of Awesome

I was a late bloomer, I have been learning my generation backwards, if that makes any sense. I spent a lot of time in my youth trying to figure out which end was up, forget knowing what everyone else was doing. I was clueless, and no not the like fucking movie. However, what I can say is that our generation was smart, had good taste and while very needy, emotional and prone to whining, overall we’re a pretty smart and awesome bunch.

The following information is not given out so that you can make fun, so stfu! I used to really enjoy country music, so much so that I listened to virtually nothing else with a few exceptions… those exceptions I made I now see as my brain’s way of telling me there was more to music than a steel guitar and nasal voice.

There’s speed metal and Rage Against The Machine and Sublime and Mos Def and John Legend and Blues Traveler and Live and Incubus and oh hell I could go on and on. I have always had a deep love of music, no talent, but much appreciation. I just had it on the wrong channel, country music never fulfilled my need for expression and oddly music now does that in a profound way for me. The other cool thing is that our generation produces today some of the most awesome entertainment ever created.

For example, Robot Chicken:

You cannot tell me you don’t love it! If you don’t um…do you like country music too? Just kidding, I still like George Strait

One thing I’ve never had an appreciation for was drama. Never once did I enjoy a bit of it unless it was in a movie. Some people have a huge flair for drama and those are the kind of people I try to avoid like the plague…THE PLAGUE!

In about a month I turn 31…several years ago I heard a song by Tim McGraw…STFU!.. called My Next Thirty Years…good stuff. Have a seat and enjoy:

Hug a 30 year old today! Have a good Friday everybody, do something fun this weekend and tell me about it!

Tags: 30, apple a day, birthday, drama, grunge, rage against the machine, robot chicken, rock, seth green, speed metal, the plague

Push It

I’ve been guilty of dropping the ball on projects I’ve started, so far none of my unfinished business has been a big deal. Thankfully.

There are a few things I have had as long term goals and I overall my bigger goals have always been in the back of my mind, pushing me to work harder, learn new things and take risks. I’ve steadily made progress towards my goals and have even reached a few personal milestones. Motivation is key.

Motivation is a word that sounds much more complicated than it really is, its made to sound like this daunting mountain “motivation” that has two sides and both are uphill.

Do you want things? Have you worked to get things before? Of course you have. Look who’s motivated!

It really is that simple.

If you want to achieve your goals, there are some basic rules that must be observed. Don’t act like a know it all because you don’t know it ALL, ask questions when you get the opportunity of the people who are where you want to be, emulate them and realise they too are human.

Be real, be you and work hard. Not everyone can be born into a wealthy family, define wealthy in your terms and go get it.

I’m still working to get to my goals, and I will reach them one by one, my methods are proven and working.

What are you’re major goals, your terms of success? I’m guilty of not giving myself credit, are you? Do you hold out on praising yourself for your achievements even when someone else recognizes you for them?

Tags: credit, goals, motivation, pushing it, success