Every day around this time (it's about 4:30...give or take) my ears get hot. And when they get hot they get red.
I don't get it.
I'm not stressed.
...or embarrassed.
I exercise...on a semi-regular basis (which is of no particular interest to you...but I felt better saying it)
I had coffee...but it was this morning, now I'm on the water...so it's not a result of some caffeine high...
Some people would probably giggle and say "someones thinking about you..."
And I'd say "Ya...it's Ryan...and he's wondering what I'm making him for supper"
But I still have red, hot ears.
Over the years I've learned to listen to my body...because it can tell me a lot. Of course there's the obvious stuff: I'm hungry, I'm tired...yadda, yadda, yadda...
There is also the less obvious stuff:
-I'm not getting enough water (I don't really get thirsty...more of a weird nauseous feeling)
-Mu blood sugar is too high (I feel "wingy"...don't ask...)
-My blood sugar is too low (I feel like I'm really drowsy)
-Too much lying around (my back gets achey)
-I've pushed myself too hard while exercising and my muscles aren't getting enough oxygen (stomach cramps that occur after I've cooled down...they aren't much fun.)
...etc...
But try as I might I can't figure out the hot, red ear thing.
Is my body just trying to tell me I'm a nut?
...hmmmm...it IS a strong possiblilty...
~Kath~
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The Other Side Of The Coin
I don’t read Maxim. Neither does Ryan…for that matter
But…I happened across a copy of the July 2007 edition recently.
After flipping through it I think I’ll call Maxim “Cosmo” for men…and now I know how the guys feel about Cosmo…or at least in some respects.
Maxim magazine, like Cosmo is filled mostly with ads ( but featuring hot girls), pics (but featuring hot girls) and a few sports and health tips (instead of Cosmo’s fashion and make up tips…and Maxim features hot girls)…just to round it off.
Okay…I’m not being completely fair…there are a few articles too. And as I flipped through I noticed one that was of particular interest to me.
It’s entitled “Woman’s Mags” and it’s a guys guide to deciphering what women are thinking BUT also poking fun at women’s magazines that are trying to decipher men.
This caught my interest because I have always laughed to myself when reading an advice column that generalizes men…I wonder how I would feel having my actions and words translated?
The article poses 6 statements/questions that women make and then goes on to show the reader what article we’ve read to make us say or ask them and then how men are to deal with it. For the sake of length I’m going to pick three of these questions…randomly (honest!) and see just how accurate I think Maxim is. I’ll even keep score!
The very first question already had me smirking:
“Watch how you spend your money”
Thanks to Maxim I now know what I mean when I say this.
I’m actually saying: “You’re spending money we need for our future”
Hmmm…ok. Ryan’s pretty smart with his money, in fact, I’m really the one who has to watch it!
AND according to Maxim I got this little idea from an Article in the Jan. 2007 edition of Marie Claire.
Wow…and I didn’t even read that…I’m better at multi-tasking than I thought! I wish I could clean my house this way…get it done without even doing it!
According to the Maxim article, women stake their territory by reaching into their guy’s bank account.
Really?...I mean…of course! I laid awake countless nights when Ryan and I were dating trying to figure out how to mark my territory…especially since I pee sitting down. Neither of us had any money when we were dating, come to think of it…we still don’t…
Score: Me 1: Maxim 0
The next discusses the age old question: You don’t think I’m fat do you?
Maxim goes on to explain that what I really mean is when I ask this is: YOU think I’m fat. Don’t you?
This little thought was put in my head when I supposedly read People magazine’s Oct 9th 2006 issue.
Wow…so when I was asking this question of some poor unsuspecting guy way back in high school (and I did…trust me) it was just my 6th sense telling me I was going to read about it years later…so I better start asking the question…years earlier?
I actually don’t buy People magazine…okay, okay…sometimes…but it’s a rare event.
According to Maxim I’m worried I’ll get traded in for a skinnier girl and they’re advice: lie, lie LIE!
The proper response for the guy is to say: I have no idea what you are talking about, You look great.
Hmmmmm….that’s actually not a bad answer…okay…fine…BUT I’m not worried Ryan thinks I’m fat but more that with his reassurance he’ll stop the irritating voice in my head telling me I am…if only for a few minutes. However that said…I certainly don’t want a truthful answer if the answer to this question is: “Yes…I think you’re fat”
Kudos Maxim, kudos.
Score: Me 1: Maxim 1
The third question I picked was: “Do you think my friend is hot?”
Hahaha!!! Maxim just had to do this one!
According to Maxim, I’m insecure and trying to trap my man when I ask this.
Wow…like I have time to try and verbally trap Ryan…plus, if I think a friend of mine is hot (and I have a lot of hot friends!)…I’ll just say it, not ask him first!
Now THIS doozey of a question came from the article in Cosmo called “Hold His Attention Like This”…Oct 2006
…I’m quite the little magazine reader according to Maxim! Eh?
AND…Maxim minces no words with this explanation of what I’m really trying to say: “ I am a raging lunatic with massive self-esteem issues.
Yep…that about sums me up…
YIKES!
Score: Me 2: Maxim 1
So…there you have it. Maxim does have a point…but I have two…proving that I know myself better than Maxim does. Excuse me while I breathe a huge sigh of relief. Of course…Ryan did remind me that Maxim can only really profile an “average female” and that most women will disagree with one or more of the analysis’s. Okay…Ryan “the voice of reason” Metz…why must he have so much common sense?! (Ryan, if you’re reading this…LOVE YOU!!!)
Actually…what I discovered as I read the other three questions in the article was that Maxim actually had a couple more points…but we won’t go there because this is my blog.
:)
I guess in all of this I’ve learned that it’s somewhat entertaining to read an article that tries to decipher the tangled web I weave of female thought…as entertaining as Ryan might find a Cosmo article that takes a stab at analyzing what his actions, answers, kissing style or clothes say about him…
In the end it’s all relative and nothing can replace good ol’ fashioned communication!
Love Kath
But…I happened across a copy of the July 2007 edition recently.
After flipping through it I think I’ll call Maxim “Cosmo” for men…and now I know how the guys feel about Cosmo…or at least in some respects.
Maxim magazine, like Cosmo is filled mostly with ads ( but featuring hot girls), pics (but featuring hot girls) and a few sports and health tips (instead of Cosmo’s fashion and make up tips…and Maxim features hot girls)…just to round it off.
Okay…I’m not being completely fair…there are a few articles too. And as I flipped through I noticed one that was of particular interest to me.
It’s entitled “Woman’s Mags” and it’s a guys guide to deciphering what women are thinking BUT also poking fun at women’s magazines that are trying to decipher men.
This caught my interest because I have always laughed to myself when reading an advice column that generalizes men…I wonder how I would feel having my actions and words translated?
The article poses 6 statements/questions that women make and then goes on to show the reader what article we’ve read to make us say or ask them and then how men are to deal with it. For the sake of length I’m going to pick three of these questions…randomly (honest!) and see just how accurate I think Maxim is. I’ll even keep score!
The very first question already had me smirking:
“Watch how you spend your money”
Thanks to Maxim I now know what I mean when I say this.
I’m actually saying: “You’re spending money we need for our future”
Hmmm…ok. Ryan’s pretty smart with his money, in fact, I’m really the one who has to watch it!
AND according to Maxim I got this little idea from an Article in the Jan. 2007 edition of Marie Claire.
Wow…and I didn’t even read that…I’m better at multi-tasking than I thought! I wish I could clean my house this way…get it done without even doing it!
According to the Maxim article, women stake their territory by reaching into their guy’s bank account.
Really?...I mean…of course! I laid awake countless nights when Ryan and I were dating trying to figure out how to mark my territory…especially since I pee sitting down. Neither of us had any money when we were dating, come to think of it…we still don’t…
Score: Me 1: Maxim 0
The next discusses the age old question: You don’t think I’m fat do you?
Maxim goes on to explain that what I really mean is when I ask this is: YOU think I’m fat. Don’t you?
This little thought was put in my head when I supposedly read People magazine’s Oct 9th 2006 issue.
Wow…so when I was asking this question of some poor unsuspecting guy way back in high school (and I did…trust me) it was just my 6th sense telling me I was going to read about it years later…so I better start asking the question…years earlier?
I actually don’t buy People magazine…okay, okay…sometimes…but it’s a rare event.
According to Maxim I’m worried I’ll get traded in for a skinnier girl and they’re advice: lie, lie LIE!
The proper response for the guy is to say: I have no idea what you are talking about, You look great.
Hmmmmm….that’s actually not a bad answer…okay…fine…BUT I’m not worried Ryan thinks I’m fat but more that with his reassurance he’ll stop the irritating voice in my head telling me I am…if only for a few minutes. However that said…I certainly don’t want a truthful answer if the answer to this question is: “Yes…I think you’re fat”
Kudos Maxim, kudos.
Score: Me 1: Maxim 1
The third question I picked was: “Do you think my friend is hot?”
Hahaha!!! Maxim just had to do this one!
According to Maxim, I’m insecure and trying to trap my man when I ask this.
Wow…like I have time to try and verbally trap Ryan…plus, if I think a friend of mine is hot (and I have a lot of hot friends!)…I’ll just say it, not ask him first!
Now THIS doozey of a question came from the article in Cosmo called “Hold His Attention Like This”…Oct 2006
…I’m quite the little magazine reader according to Maxim! Eh?
AND…Maxim minces no words with this explanation of what I’m really trying to say: “ I am a raging lunatic with massive self-esteem issues.
Yep…that about sums me up…
YIKES!
Score: Me 2: Maxim 1
So…there you have it. Maxim does have a point…but I have two…proving that I know myself better than Maxim does. Excuse me while I breathe a huge sigh of relief. Of course…Ryan did remind me that Maxim can only really profile an “average female” and that most women will disagree with one or more of the analysis’s. Okay…Ryan “the voice of reason” Metz…why must he have so much common sense?! (Ryan, if you’re reading this…LOVE YOU!!!)
Actually…what I discovered as I read the other three questions in the article was that Maxim actually had a couple more points…but we won’t go there because this is my blog.
:)
I guess in all of this I’ve learned that it’s somewhat entertaining to read an article that tries to decipher the tangled web I weave of female thought…as entertaining as Ryan might find a Cosmo article that takes a stab at analyzing what his actions, answers, kissing style or clothes say about him…
In the end it’s all relative and nothing can replace good ol’ fashioned communication!
Love Kath
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Confessions of a "Space-Facer" part 3
Wow…first I hardly blog then I pump out three blogs in three days!
…and let me also add: the irony that these blogs are about blogging and my internet addiction is also not lost on me...
So, today I hear on the radio that Facebook is becoming so popular that more people are joining it than myspace. (or something to that effect)
That explains why my myspace friends are dropping like flies.
The latest facebook news…(in my world)
I have recently discovered the various applications one can browse and add.
Yes, this is where I got “catbook” from. As much as I’d like to take the credit for my originality, alas, I cannot.
These applications are a one stop shop for all your facebookin’ needs.
With these applications I can:
-Add a countdown: so everyone knows what’s on the horizon of my social schedule
-Post Graffiti: for others to spend a few valuable minutes drawing that special picture just for me.
-List my top friends: In case they weren’t feeling loved enough
-Add sparkle words: to “pimp” my page
-Super poke people (like regular poking wasn’t enough!)
-Get into a food fight (actually…I think a few of my friends have already thrown food at me)
-Get someone’s honest opinion with the: Honesty Box
-Post a magic Eight ball: To answer all my cosmic questions
-Bite people and turn them into Zombies
-Add a quote of the day
…and many, many, many more…
Of course…in keeping with the facebook addiction…I cannot participate in anyone’s application unless I have added it too.
(which is what you would have to do to become my cat’s “friend”…sorry)
Oh boy…let the festivities begin!
Soon my facebook page will resemble my myspace page I lovingly refer to as:
"The carnival that is Kathleen"
…and let me also add: the irony that these blogs are about blogging and my internet addiction is also not lost on me...
So, today I hear on the radio that Facebook is becoming so popular that more people are joining it than myspace. (or something to that effect)
That explains why my myspace friends are dropping like flies.
The latest facebook news…(in my world)
I have recently discovered the various applications one can browse and add.
Yes, this is where I got “catbook” from. As much as I’d like to take the credit for my originality, alas, I cannot.
These applications are a one stop shop for all your facebookin’ needs.
With these applications I can:
-Add a countdown: so everyone knows what’s on the horizon of my social schedule
-Post Graffiti: for others to spend a few valuable minutes drawing that special picture just for me.
-List my top friends: In case they weren’t feeling loved enough
-Add sparkle words: to “pimp” my page
-Super poke people (like regular poking wasn’t enough!)
-Get into a food fight (actually…I think a few of my friends have already thrown food at me)
-Get someone’s honest opinion with the: Honesty Box
-Post a magic Eight ball: To answer all my cosmic questions
-Bite people and turn them into Zombies
-Add a quote of the day
…and many, many, many more…
Of course…in keeping with the facebook addiction…I cannot participate in anyone’s application unless I have added it too.
(which is what you would have to do to become my cat’s “friend”…sorry)
Oh boy…let the festivities begin!
Soon my facebook page will resemble my myspace page I lovingly refer to as:
"The carnival that is Kathleen"
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Confessions of a "SpaceFacer" Part 2
Okay...I just added my cats to facebook, posted their pics AND wrote profiles of them in the 1st person...
Wow...I think I need to get a hobby.
Chase
Belle
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Confessions of a "Space-Facer"
Okay…I’m blogging…it’s been a while…too long actually.
If anyone out there is accustomed to checking our blog to see what we’re up to they’ve probably given up thinking we started a blogspot just “keeping up with the jones’”.
Well maybe we were…or are…but that’s no excuse.
So here it is my excuse…but it’s more of a confession: I’m addicted to Facebook and Myspace…or “spaceface” as Ryan affectionately refers to these networks.
Here’s a short history on this addiction because it didn’t come about overnight.
No, I’ve been nursing this addiction for some time.
I remember Ryan explaining the “blog” concept a few years ago.
“It’s like an online diary” he said…or more appropriately an online journal (journal sounds less “soap opera-ish”).
Cool.
He could find people we and he used to know and see what they were up to and see current pics.
I remember being mildly interested at the time. But not giving it much thought,
Every now and then he’d show me someone’s recent update and we’d reminisce on the good ‘ol days.
And that was it.
So….skip to December 2005.
A local band advertized that they had their schedule on something called myspace…
The funny thing with myspace is it sucks you in…you aren’t privy to ALL the information until you sign up.
So…I signed up.
And…suddenly I was online AND “Tom” was my first friend.
Tom is the myspace mastermind and he is available for quick tips and a bit of trouble shooting.
I remember thinking “What if I don’t WANT Tom as my friend? I mean…he didn’t even ASK!”
Fast forward to Feb. 2006.
I get a notification email telling me someone has sent me a message on myspace.
Overcome with curiosity I checked it out and it was my friend Sarah…she was on myspace and searching to see who else she’d know.
And she found me.
Unbeknownst to me my profile page was completely “unpimped”, without a picture and just the default settings…like saying I was single.
Needless to say Sarah thought this was pretty funny and after accepting her as a friend she commented on my page about me being single.
By that afternoon I had changed all my settings, and had a picture up.
The following months were a flurry of friend requests, HTML “pimping”, adding profile songs, more pics and surfing myspace to see just who was out there.
Then came the blogging…
On myspace if you click on the link for blogs and there is none it says “Why don’t you try writing one…if you don’t like it you can always delete it”.
So…I tried it…and became hooked…that was sometime last summer.
I know myspace has received a bad rap for it’s spam and what have you…but I like it, it’s music orientated and that’s right up my ally.
Now…fast forward to Dec 2006.
I had coffee with a friend and in and amoungst all the chit chat she said “You should check out facebook”
Again…curiousity got the best of me and I was sucked in…signed up…didn’t do much and then suddenly…I started finding people.
The funny thing about facebook is that it starts to increase exponentially…the more people you know…the more people you find.
The home page is crazy because you can see what everyone else’s doing…which is even more addicting than myspace because you don’t’ even have to go looking for it…it does the work for you.
I can join groups, comment on people’s walls, send emails, post pictures, blog and even have a profile song.
Then there’s the poking…
What is a facebook poke anyways?
I noticed a group people were joining called “Enough with the poking already…let’s just have sex”…but I think that’s taking poking to an extreme…I mean…I return a friendly facebook poke to my brother but lets face it…I’m not trying to put the moves on.
So I joined a group called “Enough with the poking already…let’s just have pancakes”.
And there you have it…I poke the people I want to have pancakes with…although I think I could have pancakes with just about anyone…as long as they don’t try and eat my stack!
Another “facebook’ism is tagging.”
I can post a pic of…say Ryan and me and then tag us in it…this then links his page with this pic and notifies him. It’s a great idea…except of course when the baby pictures or really bad highschool pics are scanned in..yikes!
It’s all good though…I have no complaints.
I love myspace and facebook because it allows me to network with everyone…and keep in touch with people I wouldn’t normally see in the course of a week. It’s also great to keep in touch with family as Ryan’s is spread out in various places and my brother and sister-in-law are in Korea. AND local goings’ on and band schedules are posted here…so I’m all set. My vocabulary has changed too…I now frequently say: friending, tagging, poking, comment, upload, blogstalking, and HTML.
I have been doing my best to multi-task but I fear this blogspot page as suffered in spite of my best efforts. I will try and do better…but I can’t promise anything…myspace and facebook have me wrapped around their fingers!
Do you “spaceface”?
If so I’m friending you!!!
Love Kath
If anyone out there is accustomed to checking our blog to see what we’re up to they’ve probably given up thinking we started a blogspot just “keeping up with the jones’”.
Well maybe we were…or are…but that’s no excuse.
So here it is my excuse…but it’s more of a confession: I’m addicted to Facebook and Myspace…or “spaceface” as Ryan affectionately refers to these networks.
Here’s a short history on this addiction because it didn’t come about overnight.
No, I’ve been nursing this addiction for some time.
I remember Ryan explaining the “blog” concept a few years ago.
“It’s like an online diary” he said…or more appropriately an online journal (journal sounds less “soap opera-ish”).
Cool.
He could find people we and he used to know and see what they were up to and see current pics.
I remember being mildly interested at the time. But not giving it much thought,
Every now and then he’d show me someone’s recent update and we’d reminisce on the good ‘ol days.
And that was it.
So….skip to December 2005.
A local band advertized that they had their schedule on something called myspace…
The funny thing with myspace is it sucks you in…you aren’t privy to ALL the information until you sign up.
So…I signed up.
And…suddenly I was online AND “Tom” was my first friend.
Tom is the myspace mastermind and he is available for quick tips and a bit of trouble shooting.
I remember thinking “What if I don’t WANT Tom as my friend? I mean…he didn’t even ASK!”
Fast forward to Feb. 2006.
I get a notification email telling me someone has sent me a message on myspace.
Overcome with curiosity I checked it out and it was my friend Sarah…she was on myspace and searching to see who else she’d know.
And she found me.
Unbeknownst to me my profile page was completely “unpimped”, without a picture and just the default settings…like saying I was single.
Needless to say Sarah thought this was pretty funny and after accepting her as a friend she commented on my page about me being single.
By that afternoon I had changed all my settings, and had a picture up.
The following months were a flurry of friend requests, HTML “pimping”, adding profile songs, more pics and surfing myspace to see just who was out there.
Then came the blogging…
On myspace if you click on the link for blogs and there is none it says “Why don’t you try writing one…if you don’t like it you can always delete it”.
So…I tried it…and became hooked…that was sometime last summer.
I know myspace has received a bad rap for it’s spam and what have you…but I like it, it’s music orientated and that’s right up my ally.
Now…fast forward to Dec 2006.
I had coffee with a friend and in and amoungst all the chit chat she said “You should check out facebook”
Again…curiousity got the best of me and I was sucked in…signed up…didn’t do much and then suddenly…I started finding people.
The funny thing about facebook is that it starts to increase exponentially…the more people you know…the more people you find.
The home page is crazy because you can see what everyone else’s doing…which is even more addicting than myspace because you don’t’ even have to go looking for it…it does the work for you.
I can join groups, comment on people’s walls, send emails, post pictures, blog and even have a profile song.
Then there’s the poking…
What is a facebook poke anyways?
I noticed a group people were joining called “Enough with the poking already…let’s just have sex”…but I think that’s taking poking to an extreme…I mean…I return a friendly facebook poke to my brother but lets face it…I’m not trying to put the moves on.
So I joined a group called “Enough with the poking already…let’s just have pancakes”.
And there you have it…I poke the people I want to have pancakes with…although I think I could have pancakes with just about anyone…as long as they don’t try and eat my stack!
Another “facebook’ism is tagging.”
I can post a pic of…say Ryan and me and then tag us in it…this then links his page with this pic and notifies him. It’s a great idea…except of course when the baby pictures or really bad highschool pics are scanned in..yikes!
It’s all good though…I have no complaints.
I love myspace and facebook because it allows me to network with everyone…and keep in touch with people I wouldn’t normally see in the course of a week. It’s also great to keep in touch with family as Ryan’s is spread out in various places and my brother and sister-in-law are in Korea. AND local goings’ on and band schedules are posted here…so I’m all set. My vocabulary has changed too…I now frequently say: friending, tagging, poking, comment, upload, blogstalking, and HTML.
I have been doing my best to multi-task but I fear this blogspot page as suffered in spite of my best efforts. I will try and do better…but I can’t promise anything…myspace and facebook have me wrapped around their fingers!
Do you “spaceface”?
If so I’m friending you!!!
Love Kath
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