Sarah's How To....Treat People, Not Just Employees

I was called into work today for one reason to be a phone jockey. Now the idea of being a phone jockey for a certain amount of time doesn't bother me but when the boss comes back and has me do meanial tasks, like take out the garbage, recycle, clean and oh yeah my favourite...vacuum with a vacuum that couldn't even suck soup through a straw... NOW THAT makes me angry. On the whole I don't mind vacuuming my apartment, I kind of like it, but when i get asked to come to work to phone jockey when really the task is to clean up after people, I don't like that. A co-worker has just realized that the vacuum I was using wasn't sucking anything at all, well that what i tried to tell the big boss but he just waved me off after he had slammed his door shut so he didnt' have to deal with the noise. Yes I understand that it can be noisy but is that reason to be snobby and slam the door...I think not.

If a co-worker or employee has a problem with the vacuum they can easily wave and convey that it is not working. This can be done in a polite gesture. Then the boss or man under can help in a timely fashion. Restoring said vacuum to full sucking capacities. See how easily and nicely I was able to get this message across. I didn't write anything obscene or in caps to reflect that I was yelling.

Another point that I want to get across is that you teach people how to treat you. Now I will admit that I do not have much place to say anything because I am employed and if I started telling people what I really thought they would fire me....probably. Now because I let said people treat me like a slave and think nothing of it, doesn't mean that I hate it. I am just biding my time shall we say, until greener pastures come around for me. I want to have you go back and reflect on the blog post You Are Someone's Slave, because that's how I feel right now.

In all honesty, I could never treat people the way my co-workers do, and to that I must acknowledge that the people they treat like slaves they don't even consider what they are asking them to do. Other people feel varying degrees about this subject and this particular set of people, but they also bite their tongue and don't say a word.

Always remember- Karma's a bitch, and it will either catch you with your dick in your hand or your pants down.
Treat people the way you want to be treated.
Classism should not exist in these times but it does so do whatever you can to discourage and avoid it.
Try and complete one good deed per day. It will make you feel better and you can say you helped someone or something.

Sarah's How to.... Divert a Conversationalist

Dear Reader,

Has there ever been a time in your life where you have had to encounter a conversation with someone, you didn't particularly like, and you wanted to grab the closest sharp object and repeatedly stab yourself in the eye?

This coincidence has occurred several times in my short lifespan, and I have various ways of handling it, none really effective though because the person still has my attention and knows I am listening.

In my opinion, the smile and nod is one of the most common used gestures when faking listening to a person rattle on about nonesense. One politely smiles and nods their head every so often while looking at the talker so that they get the impression you are hanging on to their every last word. The problem with this is you still show that you are listening so the talker doesn't really get the message you don't want to hear what they have to say.

The fidgeting technique is sometimes useful but not a guarantee. This is when you begin to fidget or pace in the same spot show the talker that you are anxious or have somewhere to be. I often pace side to side and swing my arms, combining the smile and nod method. Now if your talker is in tune with your gestures they will notice that you have started moving about repeatedly in the same spot and might leave you alone. I tried this method today and it failed the talker was captivated in telling me their life story and did not get my silent hint.

The turn and walk away as if you did not hear the person is a great method. This is only effective if you do use in when the person tries to start talking to you. If you do it in the middle of their diatribe they might think you are slightly stupid or rude. Such feelings may reflect badly on you but if you don't care whether the person ever talks to you again, doing so in mid-conversation will definitely give them a red flag.

The mean and nasty method is you say, “Bob, I really don't have time to listen to your puff piece about yourself. Please don't waste my time telling it to me again. I know you think you are fantastic but please LEAVE ME ALONE.” LEAVE ME ALONE can be changed with I DON”T CARE, or some other phrase that shows you are not going to be compliant and listen to another one of their gobfests. Now if it is SWEAR WEEK, you may also toss in a few swear words. This will offend the talker but definitely get them off your case.

The last and final method I am going to impart on you is, wave a white flag or hankerchief and say I GIVE UP PLEASE LEAVE ME BE! The white flag in history is acknowledged as a sign of surrender, so in this case you are surrendering but you are saying that you just want to be left alone. Another way of interpreting this is that the person has encroached on your personal space to much and you have had enough but don't have the nastiness within to tell them to buzz off. This is a polite but fair technique to use. I have never used it but definitely will if the time comes.

I hope these methods of diverting a talker away have given you some options as to how to handle the situation. I thought long and hard about this post. It's not as brutal as I normally would write but it has tact, and that's what it's all about!

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH EVERYONE WEEK

Dear Reader,

First I want to commend you on your fantastic efforts in participating in SWEAR WEEK. It truly was a hit. For me, it was nice to just forget all inhibitions and just let everything out. Not worry about offending anyone because I made sure it was known that it was SWEAR WEEK. Potty mouth was initiated and exercised, now it is time for a new task for the upcoming week.

THIS WEEK SHARE YOUR EVERY THOUGHT WITH OTHERS

You are an extraordinary human being. The only reason others don't always appreciate this is because they're not inside your head to witness the creative maelstrom of your consciousness. This week, turn to the person nearest to you every time you think a thought, share it with them, and watch them succumb to the magnetic pull of your mind. If there is no around, email or call or text. But get those precious thoughts out there!

Examples

I think I'll watch the news tonight.

I'm quite hungry.

Sheila in accounts is a good laugh.

Does my cat dream of me?

I had a ham sandwich for lunch yesterday, I might have the same again.

One day they'll be able to stitch tiny mobile phones into our ears.

My wife doesn't understand me.

What's my mother's favourite colour? We've never discussed it.

That man is sweating like a pig.

I'm bloody starving.

Here are some of my thoughts at the moment: (ENJOY)

I wonder if I will get that job in Australia that I applied to?

One day I am going to be a famous writer and people will want my autograph.

I walked a mile today.

Why are my cats so insano sometimes?

I'm trying a liquid diet for a day and so far so good, and no i am not pureeing my food I am just drinking juice, tea, coffee, and water.

My trip to the Cayman Islands is soon and I'm going to have a blast.

Tom Jones is the greatest!!!! Particularly the songs It's Not Unusual AND Sexbomb.

I think I should turn my bed heater on, so that it's toasty for when I want to go to sleep.

Had a bath and I feel great.

SWEAR WEEK was so awesome, I am considering making that a monthly ritual or something.

I want to go to Tuscany.

I desperately need a mani/pedi/eye brow wax.

I love writing to you!

Dick On the Brain

Dear Reader,

So I find myself up at this ungodly hour because my mind is on someone and lets face it, it has me hot and bothered.

Don't really know what to say or what to do,
so my first response is to write to you.
My mind is racing,
my heart is pacing.
I'm getting hot,
someone give me a shot.
I wait for this guy,
but have a feeling he will shy.
It's been a while,
maybe that's why i'm so riled.
I need to cool down,
he's not even around.
I want this to work,
sometimes he's a jerk.
At this point i don't care,
i'd fuck him anywhere.
This is probably lust,
and after so long it's just.
Be true to myself,
do what's best for health.
Dream about getting laid,
or even an air raid,
to get such thoughts out of my head,
so i can get back to bed.

My Response to Another Lay Off ...........

Dear Reader,

Today I got laid off of work, again. I realize that the economy is bad and that it is effecting a lot of areas within the business sector, but I just got back to work. I was laid off a week before Christmas, and was asked to come back to work on January 12. Since I have been back at work I've been working really hard. I do all the molly maid type work, I am a slave for people who don't give a shit and think they can lay me off whenever they feel like just to save a few bucks. In reality the amount they are saving by me not working is minimal. I am not going to be hired on as full time or part time, I am considered contract so that they don't have to figure out what my EI and CPP contributions would be at each pay period. I have been mockingly told, You are contract so you can take whatever time off that you need and you don't really have to ask. My rebuttal to this is that if I didn't ask the big boss would have a fit because I didn't tell him so I do the courteous thing and ask.....even though I don't need to his words. I find that in my current work environment there are a lot of double standards, but nothing worth taking up with the boss because that could jeopardize my employment....as a contract worker.

Some feelings:

-I feel like a tissue that has continually been blown in and is now a snot rag ready to be tossed in the garbage

-I feel like a wash cloth that has be overly used and has bits of dinners from weeks ago within and is ready for the garbage

-I feel like a piece of toilet paper that has just wiped someone's ass and is really for the 'royal' flush

-I feel like a dust bunny that is always present but never really acknowledged by a broom and dust pan

-I feel like a pen that has run out of ink and is just a casing ready for the garbage.

As you can tell there is a continual theme here, but in response I say “Fuck you, ya Fuckers” and nod my head as I participate in SWEAR WEEK whole heartedly.

Take Note, You Are Someone's Slave.

Dear Reader,

So I was inspired to write this piece because my friend Jacky, a frequent reader, is treated like a slave by my co-workers. Instead of waiting for their food or coffee, Jacky or her mother, the owner of the cafe in the building, quite often come running over to SERVE them. In this, was born a great idea. I was going to write and list of some famous slaves so that Jacky and any other person that has to be treated like a slave would get inspired by those that came before them. There are many people that you could consider a slave but I am going to inform you, dear reader, of the slaves that I consider important.

1. Mother Teresa & My Mum – Mother Teresa was a slave to life and lived to help others. My mum is also a slave when coming to my house to make me dinner. Mum denied to be first but then quickly changed her mind when told she was going to be on the same line as Mother Teresa. Mum also considers the work that she does as a labour of love, but I translate it to mild slavery. I love my mum dearly but facts are facts.

2. Spartacus – A fantastic movie about a slave turned gladiator commands an army of pissed off gladiators all in the name of freedom. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), parades around in a shirt dress (tunic) and looks so ripped. Not only was he a slave to freedom but to iron pumping gods such as Arnold Schwarzenneger(?). Writing this entry has caused me to answer my home telephone.... “Spartacus command centre.....”

3.Ben Hur – a slave turned daredevil chariot racer. Another great film.

4. Mark Anthony – one of the people that had a hand in Caesar's murder, was a slave of love to Cleopatra, a great heroine of all time.

5. Anyone working for Donald Trump, mum gladly added Omarosa but I am going to deny her the right of being on my list because she is a traitorious bitch. People who work for the Donald choose to be slaves to the higher power known as Trump-ism. They go over and above what is
asked and demand of them.

6. My mum's maternal Grandmother : Granny Windsor – quote directly from mum “Amazing lady, Amazing.” Completely non-judgemental, openly loving, fabulous cook and compassionate. Anyone with these such qualities is a hero and a slave to life.

7. Napoleon Dynamite – a slave to being a geek, yet one of the greatest dancers alive!

8. Michael Flatly- a slave to the shoes of dancers. He has created such fantastic shows as Lord of the Dance and Riverdance.

9. Chefs such as Julia Child, Carlo Rota, Jamie Oliver, Anna Olson, Gordon Ramsay, (thanks to him for the exercise of SWEAR WEEK)

10. James Archibald - a slave to the modern medicine of animals, my Dad's hero. He wrote a surgery textbook and was world reknowned for his surgical prowess. (Dad really thought he was his own hero and took a little extra time to come up with this one but it is a good contribution.)

11. Great Writers such as Elizabeth Berg, Roald Dahl, Robert Munch, Nicholas Sparks, Ken Follett, Stephen King, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost – slaves to the pen and paper. These writers deserve to be on my list they have impacted our literary tastes and indulgances.

I hope, dear reader, you are impowered when you read this, I also hope that you have a chuckle and can understand why I put these people to my list. Mum doesn't really consider these people slaves but I do because each of them have made their life's work an adage to change. Being a slave is not always a bad thing but when abused it is. Think about people you order around, demand things from, and expect to follow you. Each and every person is a slave in their own right, whether it be a good or not. I am a slave as well to the pen and paper or, more currently the keyboard and computer screen. I write to love and I love to write, therefore I am a writer and proud to say I am a slave to the pen and paper.

Tomorrow is Inauguration Day

Dear Reader,

So tomorrow is a big day. Inauguration Day for the new President, Barack Obama. Now I am writing this because out of one of the most memorable days in history, I as well as you, will be around to witness and live through this important day. The concept of having a black president maybe quite foreign to some but to those that supported Obama it meant change. Today being Martin Luther King Day is a great follow up to having a black person as president tomorrow. I feel sorry for him that he has to ride around in a pope mobile made just for him because of the “haters”. People should put their judgments to the side and see how he can lead the nation. I am hoping for less war, resolve in Afghanistan, and help being provided to the people. A very dear friend of mine is American and she proudly voted for Barack and will tell anyone who asks. I think with change in mind, there maybe a new and good reason to be proud of being American. Hopefully Barack will do great on clean up duty as he lets some matters go to rest and provides others with resolution, something the old president Bush the Dunce did not do. Having a president that is not a war monger is the greatest idea since sliced bread. I can’t wait to see how it plays out.

Although I was a firm supporter of Hilary Rodham Clinton, Barack is the next best choice. I imagine that Hilary would have to go through all the protective measures as well because she would have been the first women president… I can’t wait for the day that happens, wishing, hoping, and praying that it isn’t Sarah Palin though. Some would know her as the twit from Alaska.

Congrats Obama and make sure you lead the people the way you planned because there are a lot of people waiting for you to fail and I want to you to meet their challenge and then surpass them with flying colours.

SWEAR WEEK

Dear Reader,

The exercise from the book this week is called SWEAR WEEK. I, personally, think this is a great idea. Considering last week I kept my composure under frigid conditions while at work, this weekend has been one giant potty mouth. For this week, I would like to continue the potty mouth-ness and complete the task of SWEAR WEEK.

Tv personalities like bad-tempered Chef Gordon Ramsay have made swearing socially acceptable, transforming our everyday language more than any contemporary novelist or poet could hope to. It is liberating in one sense, but also self-defeating: The point of this exercise is If we swear constantly is it still swearing? Test the boundaries of this new world this week by swearing in every sentence you write, or utter, and monitoring the reaction.

Examples

“Have you been on the fucking potty sweetheart?”

“Dear Sir, I wish to renew my subscription to your motherfucking magazine.”

“Fuck me, that cappuccino was delicious, thanks.”

“Who's a good kitty-fucking-kat?”

“Will you shitting marry me?”

“Dear wanker, I am writing to apply for an extension to my overdraft.”
“I'll have the prawns followed by the chicken, for fuck's sake.”

I really like this week's task to be quite fucking honest. No more shitting people. Fuck the police. We are a fucking democratic society that can do whatever the hell we please. Bitches and Assholes listen up this week is going to be rain on your parade day. No life is not a box of fucking chocolates, it's 365 used up condoms, trying to make it a good fucking year! I, Sarah Gall, refuse to take any boococky bullshit from anyone. I will use the word fuck as many times as possible and forget to judge people's reaction because I really don't give a shit. For all those who woke up this morning and feel like someone has pissed in their cornflakes, I challenge you to a duel of swear words. Who's the best fucker in town? And the loser gets the fuck out of dodge. The winner claims their rightful title as bitch or asshole of the week.

Surprisingly enough, that paragraph was hard to write because I tried to plant a swear word in every sentence. Hopefully you will find the task easier if you just forget about the swear jar and let loose! Good luck on your conquest of being a giant potty mouth dear reader.

LAUGH OUT LOUD

Dear Reader,

So I was in a local book store looking for a writing exercise book that provided me with props to get me started on writing with new, strange, and fun ideas. Then the shopsy handed me this book, it's called, THIS DIARY WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE 2009. There are little captions and sayings randomly blasted around the front and back cover and I thought this would be a great book to use for my blog. I don't plan to do the weekly exercises or anything but I do plan to use this book to entertain, enthral, and educate you! Upon opening this book the first page is red and has the following quote in the middle of it:

“To be completely free, one must become a slave to a set of laws” - Cicero

As thought provoking and discussion instigating that sentence is, in some forms, be it rare or common it rings true. After reading that a few times it just makes me want to use this book even more to highlight my blog and my adventures. Everyone needs some comedic relief in their life!
The first task is MAKE A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION THAT NO ONE IN HISTORY HAS EVER MADE BEFORE. This is interesting because they supply you with some suggestions:

-Bring a bonafide Nazi to justice
-Find the Grail but keep quiet about it
-Teach the world to sing
-Memorize Pi backwards
-Gain weight
-Find the lost city of Atlantis
-Learn to horsewhisper
-Defeat evil wherever it may surface
-Make 1, 879, 422 pounds, (british currency) exactly and no more
-Find a cure for vertigo
-Waste fewer words
-Get a job in drug dealing
-Discover a new black hole with the naked eye
-Watch less bad news on tv
-Train my pet to meditate with me
-Eat asparagus every day
-Resolve the Middle East Crisis on a postcard
-Remember more of my dreams
-Recycle other people's rubbish
-Master the AK-47
-Stop passive smoking

As I was typing that list down I came up with a response for each and every one of those suggestions. If it's humour you are looking for today you will get it. Enjoy. (These are in the same order as stated above but it's my version!)

-If you are going to bring a Nazi to justice, make it worth your while. Go for a few or some one big like Ernest Zundel
-Don't bother finding the Grail, no one wants to read something as old and dusty as that. Pick a new age interesting book.....how about the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, there's hunky guys to talk about and hot girls for the guys!
-Teach the world NOT to sing, avoid any ear piercing harmonies
-Anything with math, forget, except your count downs for birthdays, holidays,etc.
-Gain weight is an interesting one because at some point in the year everyone achieves this one!
-There's the hotel in the south that's called Atlantis and it practically is a city, well no, but has a lot of cool things that most regular cities don't have....the slide that is underwater, the biggest indoor fountain and a rockin' dance floor!
-I'm great at HorseYelling so I don't need to horsewhisper, my message is heard loud and clear!
-Defeating is fun when you are a super hero but you need to have the right spandex costume, liatards and gadgets first, once you invest in those then the crusade can begin
-I think that you should try to successfully make $1 for charity everyday, a good deed a day keeps the evil away! And..... it makes you feel good.
-Forget vertigo, find a cure for something common like IBS, yep that's right Irritable Bowel Syndrome
-Speak/Write fluently (Tough one for word Hogs!)
-A job in drug dealing does sound very appealing, but I don't think there are any tax breaks and legalization is a toughy
-The other day I did discover a new black hole with my naked eye, it was my dirty oven, Job=Clean dirty hole and make it pristine so that it hurts naked eye to look at. (Special tip, look around there's an asshole somewhere all the time)
-Allow only reality tv drama in your life, my personal fav....The Hills
-Forget training pets to meditate, if you can teach them to nap on command now that's something
-DO NOT eat asparagus every day, it gives you stinky pee
-Jack Nicholson said it perfectly in the movie Mars Attacks, “Can't we all just get along...” don't bother wasting a postcard, word conservation remember!
-I remember my dreams very well, but for those that forget invest in a dream journal, then a book that interprets what your means, then buy something else that interprets that or just forget the whole damn deal....WHO CARES! Live your life not your dreams!
-If you get into the recycling business that could be more profitable then the drug dealing and....hey hey hey.... it's legal!
-I think it's great that it is suggested that we learn how to use one of the most important and well known weapons in combat, next years ideas: RPG', grenades, machine guns. Etc.
-In the healthy sense of the word, stopping smoking is great but I've heard that being a quitter is not a fun thing either, maybe you can find a happy medium, switch the smoking to smoking pot and then you will be letting your drug dealing idea go up in flames, a positive use of its fruits!

I hope you enjoyed my variations on these few ideas. I enjoyed writing them. More will come soon you just have to wait for it!

Ramblings....

Dear Reader,

As I was sitting at the dinner table at dad's last night I came up with some great little ditties to write about for the blog. I think you will find most of these ideas thought provoking and interesting. Some of them are a bit ranty, others are just FYI.

RUNNERS WHO CONSISTENTLY RUN IN BAD WEATHER

I was flipping through the Toronto Sun yesterday and saw that there was a runner covered in facial frost. She was lucky she had a toque and mitties on but her eyebrows, moustache and anything else was covered with thick, white frost. This just brought to mind something I notice very frequently in my town. Runners always choose to run in the bad weather. Quite often I see more runners in bitter cold and torrential down pours then I see in good weather. Strange but true. Now I have nothing wrong with runners whatsoever but I just wish they would run either in all kinds of weather consistently or just the good weather because when I see them running in the rain and such it flusters me. They can pick any day they want and they choose the day that the heavens decide to piss down? Odd......

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS

This, if you don't already know, is a big deal. I am a huge Underworld fan. I love Kate Becksinale in a rubber cat suit. She has a smokin' body and when she shoots the gun she's a total pro. There are other minor details that I like about the movies but I wanted to point out the most noticeable one. The Toronto Sun yesterday also informed me about the fact that Kate Beckinsale is hanging up the rubber suit. This caused a huge look of disappointment to wash over my face. The budding actress Rhona Mitra (Doomsday) jumped into the suit before it was even on the hook for 1 minute and we are back to having our Underworld dark, and babelicious heroine. Mitra is a good actress but for such a huge movie franchise I thought that Beckinsale might want to stay on for the ride considering it made her tons of cash-ola.

DEAR ABBY

My question on this topic is : why do people write to a woman that claims to be perfect? Details about every partical of life is divugled in this column so that a perfect woman with all the answers can help! Bahhhh.... I think this is just bunk. A perfect woman existing on the planet with all the answers...nope don't believe it. What makes her life so fab that she should be divvying out advice. I think people find the attraction is that they can see their code names, such as BROKENHEARTED, CONFUSED, DEPRESSED, AND MANY OTHER DIFFERENT VARIETIES, in print. Then when they have their friends over for dinner they can say “Hey Bob and Shelley my story was printed in the paper and Dear Abby answered it”, the person will fail to mention whether the advice worked or not because they won't try it or they will and it will FAIL. Gee, thanks Dear Abby!

MY AUCTION

Things on my auction are going very well, I have a variety of bidders that are willing to help out charity. Some people say that I am selling myself and when I try to respond no, I always end up saying yes but it's for charity. The bidding started at $20 and has been driven up to $500 CAD. I have had no bids from my blog... www.sarah-gall.blogspot.com but I am beginning to think that people may not consider this real. Well I am writing to tell you it is very real and every time I see that someone has bid on me I get very excited. I hope the progress keeps up! The charity will be lucky to receive such a hefty donation.

MY HOLIDAY WATCHING SPREE

Over the holidays I have watched a bunch of movies. I am almost watching 3 per day. That's a lot considering movies are at least an hour long. So I thought that I would include a list to prove that this is not a joke.

Ben Hur, Spartacus, Lakeview Terrace, Garden Party, Wild Child, The Accidental Husband, The Wackness, The Alphabet Killer, Birds of America, Mad Money, Eagle vs Shark, 30 Days of Night, The Duchess, Bangkok Dangerous, Death Race, Mirrors, Burn After Reading, Ghost Town, Eagle Eye, Fred Claus, Pinepple Express, The Memory Keepers Daughter, Striptease, The House Bunny, From Hell, Stigmata, Christmas Vacation, Sex and the City (The Movie), The Dark Knight.

I Never Thought Betrayal Would Be Good.... Was I Ever Wrong

Dear Reader,
I feel like I have been betrayed, lied to, misled. All these feelings I have, I would normally hate the person(s) who inflicted such. I never thought that there could be betrayal for the greater good, or to avoid suffering. Some situations, I guess, require such methodology. Even though I am at a stage now where I am quite upset and hurt by what was done, I must say thanks to those that were thinking of my being when they considered the idea. They wanted me to have a good Christmas and New Years and not be worrying about something that would drastically change the way things are. In a way it almost seems like I am the selfish one because they didn't want to ruin or upset my holidays. In a time and age where holidays are but a figment of imagination. Time off is just a break from the regular heave ho of life, depending on what you do with your time. I'm not a religious person either so it's not like I can be one of those people that pray for things to go well, or that God will be by his side in times of need. God and I have had several arguments and none end well. I usually am the person 'walking' away from the discussion disgruntled, unhappy, and feeling that most things in life are unjust. So since I don't have, what some believe as the watchful eye of God, looking over or after me I have 2 people that do what they must with my best interests at heart. How can you be mad at someone who was trying to protect you....from yourself, from your emotions, from, most of all, your castrophizing mind. I can't be mad at them. All I can do is cry, and wash away my sadness with my tears. Hug those that have a watchful eye over me and say THANK YOU gratiously.

Stuff

Dear Reader,

I thought that I would start the New Year, 2009, off with a bang and write you something for your brain and eyes to mull over.

My Christmas was great. My family got together (me, mum and dad) and had a great dinner and opened family presents together. For us, Christmas is more about the food then anything. My mum likes to over do it with gifts and every year I try to give gifts that are not the average thing. My gifts to my parents brought them to tears. I gave each of them a personalized scrapbook. Memories in the scrapbook were ones that we had shared or more personal ones. I had my dad in tears because he was so impressed with it and my mum was in awe because of the work I put into it. There are still a few people that I have not gotten to give them their gifts but it will happen eventually.

Two things that bother me about Christmas: 1) Some people are just so greedy that it doesn't matter what you get them they are never satisfied, I know some people like that, I won't name names but I think they are greedy MF's for no reason. Christmas is about spending time with family and having a good time, not about how many gifts you get or how much your gift total amounts to. People like that disgust me and they should be banished to some hole as some sort of punishment. Then they will learn what the real meaning is hopefully, unless they are lost souls and they are never going to find the path of right ever. 2) Boxing day sales are the second thing that bother me. It adds to the whole greediness part of Christmas. So Christmas day you get some gifts and then the next day you are going to go out and buy a bunch of things just because you want them....GREEDY. My mum said that it had to deal with the fact some people ask for money for Christmas so that they can spend it on Boxing Day. In my mind that is truly wrong and shall I repeat it once more, GREEDY. There's so much hullabaloo about boxing day and all the deals you can get. I personally believe that's a ploy so that shoppers will go out and spend more money so that stores and chains can get a big total so close to the year end. I am beginning to think that everything is corrupt and the once hard workers, and good people that were out there are becoming few and far between,

Another new tidbit of information that I thought I might announce: I have put myself up for auction. Nobody has taken advantage of the scenario yet. I'm curious as to whether I will have any bidders. This was an idea that I thought about officially for 10 minutes. My thinking goes as follows: if celebrities can auction themselves off for amounts of money to go to charity then why can't I! I'm willing to donate the money to charity, which I have no totally decided on, maybe the Oshawa Humane Society (since it burned down), there's always the options of cancer, aids, mental health and numerous other charities. I posted it on here and on my facebook page. Hopefully, I will get a bidder, just one would make me happy, more then one would make me ecstatic. Consider it as you read this, you could be my next potential bidder!

Happy New Year folks, and it is 57 days till I go to the Cayman Islands.
I will also be posting a video I took on Christmas day of my kitties fighting over their toys. It's uber hilarious. The key word to look up the videos is my youtube id:
SarahG1010