Seriously?

Are these people serious? Some of this stuff is amusing, but who would actually purchase these things? Check out these products/gifts:

1. Scrolling Belt Buckles
2. People Puppets
3. Bionic Dolphin
4. Nuclear Bomb Shelters
5. Man Eating Shark Costume (this one is actually pretty funny)

And my personal favorite:
Buy an acre of the moon!

Don't worry. I won't just leave you with the random products/gifts. Here are some really funny links that you should add to your favorites.

This video seriously cracks me up:
An emotionally confused baby

This is a pretty good prank:
Chinese Food Prank

Best Birthday Gift Ever!

For my 24th birthday, I decided to buy myself a ticket to see Patty Griffin's concert. I met my little brother in Nashville Saturday night and we headed over to the Ryman Auditorium. At first, this was my view:

My View



Once again, being short was the thorn in my side. We did a couple of seat shifts and finally I could see Patty in between people's heads. It was SUCH a great concert. Patty sang better than ever-her CD recordings were even put to shame! She was having so much fun on stage-music is so much more than a job for her.

So, after the show, Billy (my little bro) said "if you want to meet Patty, just wait outside until she comes out." Such a simple idea, but I had never thought about it before. So, we waited until she came out and then took pictures with her!!

Me and Patty Griffin


So, I got to meet my musical hero and have my picture taken with her!! It was the perfect birthday gift!! I could have said a million things to her, but there was a line of people waiting and I know she was tired. I just introduced myself and asked if she would take a picture with me. She smiled and said "sure!" Then Billy threw the camera over to me and jumped by Patty's side. He thinks she's hot.

Billy and Patty Griffin


She has incredible stage presence. She dances around and sings the some really bold notes and melodies. However, she was very meek and quiet in person. Her voice was super sweet and quiet. I love that music brings out a different side of her.

I'm going to share the gospel with Patty Griffin someday. Seriously-she reveals so much of herself in her songs. She can tell a story in 3 1/2 minutes that will have your heart aching and your mind pondering the story for days. I want to sit down with Patty and hear her life story. One interviewer describes her voice as "heart breaking" and her music as conveying an "overwhelming sense of longing."

Listen to this interview with Patty: Interview with Patty Griffin (Just click on the button at the beginning of the story that says "Listen")

Some of my favorite Patty songs are Long Ride Home, Useless Desires, Forgiveness, and Tony. All of these songs are gut wrenching, but tell stories that will stick with you for days. I love Patty's songwriting. She is an amazing singer, but it's her songwriting that makes her stand out among the other artists.

Thanks to everyone who came to my birthday party. This birthday was spectacular, but my favorite part of it all is that I got to meet Patty Griffin!

Small Problems

Small, but Fiesty

Being small has its good points, but there are so many things that small people have to think about that others don't. For example, we have to think about seating arrangements. When I went to the Grand Ole Opry, this lady sat in front of me...wearing a COWBOY HAT! I was sitting on my feet and trying to see over her the entire time.

It never fails (at church and school specifically) that a really tall guy finds the seat directly in front of me. I was sitting in the last Ethics lecture of the semester and this tall guy was in front of me. I found a way to sit so that I could see around him, but then he would lean his head to the right. So, I'd shift to the left. Then he'd go back to the left, so I would have to go to the right. It happened so many times that it was embarrassing.

Then there's the problem of doors with high windows. People apparently can't see me on the other side of the door, so they race through the door and I get smashed. I wear heels pretty often in order to make myself 5'3. I fell down the stairs at my apartment complex the other day-with huge heels on. It hurt. Kroger...oh, Kroger. They keep some of my favorite food items on the top shelf. I started to think I was on some lame hidden camera show the other day. I was trying to get Triscuits off of the top row and all of these people kept walking by, but nobody was tall enough to help me! My body was seriously stretched as far as I could stretch it and I still couldn't reach the Triscuits.

Airbags have a warning on them that say something like "Death may be caused to small children and women under 5'0 tall." Hello! Scary!! What about me? I'm 5'0 and 1/2 inch. So what am I supposed to do?

Ah, yes. Jones Soda affects me more than the average person. I drank a strawberry lime Jones the other night about 1:30. I was wide awake at 4:15! Basically I just got through the most stressful week of finals with Jones Soda. And by the way, I just had my 24th birthday and I could easily pass for 15.

I wonder if tall people complain about being tall. And what about "average sized" people? Do you people even have problems in life? Being small is great and all, but there seem to be an extra load of things to consider.