I've reached the point where I know I'm turning into my mother

Commonly known fact among family and family friends: my mother makes extremely goofy faces when she's being silly/funny.

I was in the kitchen juggling (and I use that term loosely) my coffeemate creamers and all of a sudden I felt the contorted discomfort in my face. Immediately I saw a flash of my mother making her "goofy" face and I shook my head at the fact that I was indeed making that face.

As the days go by, I realize just how much of my persona I'm still acquiring from my mother. Now, instead of mimicking my mothers voice when I'm saying something she previously said to me, I just say it like her naturally when I'm voicing my own day breakdown. Honestly I shouldn't be surprised since Mom and I have been confusing callers with our similar voices since I hit high school. Her cellphone voicemail message was me up until a year ago. Now, though, my pronunciations and intonations are also just like my mothers.

I have acquired a few bad habits of my mother's as well - even when I'm just slightly annoyed, I get "a tone." In my house "a tone" means I'm getting to that annoying/bitchy pitch where I constantly sound like a NJ housewife. Yes, mom, you do that too.

Thank God I have the mellowness of my father.

Impatience and new technology

While waiting for this guy to meet us (to buy stuff we are selling on Craigslist like the sketchy freaks that we are) I got bored. It happens.

What I'm about to share with you is what happens when I get bored. I take pictures of myself. I don't even know why because half of the time I hate them. But most of them weren't too bad. I desperately need a haircut though. I can't remember the last time my hair was this long.

Well, enjoy the pics. I'm off to go lose an hour of sleep.

Life and music

This post was prompted by my extremely random 'genius' mix. Pictures below of the playlist, only missing 'Scream' by Michael and Janet Jackson. I have no idea how iTunes genius results are delivered now... a gerbil on a pinwheel in an iMac, perhaps? Because no real, live human being would make this a playlist except possibly Mary Moline. Eh, Mo?

Well the loft is coming along well. Still need bookcases and a pot rack but really coming together nicely. Today may bring a pot rack as C wants to go to some antique places. While I sit at home jamming to music and finishing my taxes. (Listening to my jack@@@ neighbors upstairs stomp around and scrape stools and chairs all across the room.)

Hope everyone has, or had, a great day!