at my lunch table

i just started a twitter account a couple weeks ago, and so far, it's serving the purpose for which i meant it: keeping up with world news headlines. at first, it was overwhelming, the amount of things that go on; the constant update and/or correction of facts and figures. and how exactly does one go about getting- what is it?- retweeted?

aha, i see.

still, the news corporations, businesses, entrepreneurs, actors, authors, musicians; etc. that i have decided to follow on twitter have all delighted me in this one way: they all seem to follow each other.

and you're like, "Duh, Justine. Celebrities follow celebrities. Normal people wish celebrities followed them."

be that as it may, it's not just celebrities following celebrities- they are, after all, still normal people just following other normal people (for the record, they only seem so fabulously abnormal because we know them, but we don't know them- at least the strangers we encounter on a daily basis are actually strangers. anyway...); and because they're still just people they follow the people they admire, or are their friends. so when i find that MIKA follows Neil Gaiman and Jamie Cullum, and that Alton Brown follows Jamie Hyneman my first thought is: "Oh, my gosh! We could all sit at the same lunch table, and all get along!"




you ever have that writing prompt presented to you? "If you could have lunch/dinner/tea with any five people, dead or alive (perhaps not yet born) who would they be and why?" well, according to the amount i follow on twitter, i'd have a hard time picking just five, and they're all alive so i don't even have to wait for them to be born or resurrect any of them from the dead.

EXCELLENT!

now i just have to make sure i find the perfect day for all their schedules to coincide... oh, and i can't forget: i also need to find the perfect stationery for the invitations, and the appropriate location-!

IS THAT DOMINIC COOPER TOM HIDDLESTON IS FOLLOWING? oh, wait, duh- they're both involved with 'The Avengers'. right. okay. i forgot. that's about as normal as me following my friends.

okay.

man, i hope one day i get to meet some of these people, even for just a handshake.









edit: 12 November 2013--i just realized all the people i mentioned i followed are all older white males. hmm, well, whatever- we're all human, right? but i suppose that also says i really need some female role models, huh?

Patience is a Virtue? Yes!

It is easy to admit that I can be impatient with others, which is wrong, but I hardly acknowledge that I am impatient with myself. Whoever willingly notices self-inflicted injuries? Those are embarrassing. 

"What happened to your arm?!"

"I, uh...nothing."

"But it's bleeding! Why are you bleeding?"

"Blood means life. It's a good thing I'm alive."

"Are- are those puncture wounds?"

"Vampire."

"On your arm? And there are four holes right next to each other! What happened? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"No. No hospital."

"What happened?!"

"My fork couldn't find my mouth."

"Why are we still friends?"

But in all seriousness, if it's wrong or rude to be impatient with others, why should I allow myself to be impatient with myself? Why can't I wait? I don't even know where I'm heading, so why rush? I've never liked travelling quickly anyway. I like taking my time, and learning from anything, everything and from anyone I can. 

(Which would explain why I can never walk slow or fast enough; talk about walking to the beat of my own drum!) 

If my twenties are my prime years, then I should live them well. Sure, I'm always told to 'live while I'm young'; never to take for granted my youth and all the opportunities presented to me, but success isn't reserved for a certain age. Besides, all of my heroes weren't 'famous' or 'successful' until they were much older than my age now. I have my whole life ahead of me. I've had my whole life ahead of me.

You have your whole life ahead of you! 

Worry never got anyone anywhere--just a bad case of heart palpitations.

So, I'll live my life well: starting with reading vintage Peanuts comic strips [;

Hey! Snoopy can teach me a lot, and I don't have to pay tuition! 

@Snoopypins