My Evil Mind

I recently went on a trip to New Jersey and on the way up, I was surrounded by screaming children and a parent who said “stop it”, while the other parent slept, and all the kids response was “why?” as they continued to do it.
But that is not the point of this blog….On the way back, I was worried that I would have a similar experience as on the way up and have to turn around and yell at the parent! BUT I DIDN’T. Thankfully, instead, I got on a plane that was overrun by retires all heading down to FL before it got to cold up North. I think a total of 5 people (not including the flight crew) were under the age of 45! As I took my seat I had to go past a very cute old couple. I am not saying old in a young since, I am saying, on their last leg…90+ old. They were the cutest married couple I had seen in ages. They had the center and aisle seat, they were so cute. Before the flight took off the wife had to help her hubby get his seatbelt on because he couldn’t find the latch section. After the flight took off, the wife pulled out a sandwich and they split it, then they each de-shelled their own hardboiled egg. I was reading this and watching it thinking how cute they were together. Then it was nap time and they both fell asleep.

This is when my mind became evil; I started to think to myself.

“OMG what if one of them dies!”
“Well if one dies…they look so close, such the perfect couple…they both will probably die”
“Great, now I am going to be stuck trapped in a tiny seat between a window and two dead people!”
“If they die, will the flight crew make me sit here next to a dead body for the next 2 hrs of the flight?” “What do they do with bodies when they dies on a plane…I have never heard! This can’t be the first time people have died on a plane”
“Maybe they stick them in the bathroom or something and say it is out of order?”
“How do they get the dead body down the aisle without someone noticing or some child freaking out cuz of the dead person?”
“That won’t work!”
“Great, one of these old people are going to die, and I am going to be stuck here, next to a dead person, maybe even TWO for the entire flight!”
“What about when we land?! Will I have to stay in my seat while everyone else gets off?”
“Great, that is another 1 -1 ½ hrs next to the dead bodies”
“How long does it take before they start to smell?”
“Maybe I could just climb over the dead body and just get off the plane, I mean really, I have already been sitting next to this dead body for 2 hrs!”
“Is that rude, they are already dead?”
“It’s not like anyone else besides you and the flight crew know this…”

I wonder for a second….

“OMG, what if they already died?”

So I proceeded to stare at both of them for about 10 min poised to push the call button, until I am sure they were both still breathing

“Swhoo…that was close!”
“Thank god they are not dead yet!”
“OMG, why am I thinking these things??”
“What is wrong with me. I am evil! I am going to go to hell! What horrible thoughts about this cute couple”
“They are old, aren’t we suppose to respect our elders?”
“Ya, I am showing a lot of respect thinking about their deaths!”
“But I wonder, would they let me climb over the dead bodies?”
“Bad Chloé! Stop thinking such horrible thoughts! What is wrong with you, Go back to your book”

So I did, I went back to my book, but you better believe I kept an eye on them the whole flight ready to push the call button if they went into respiratory arrest or something! And I was so relieved when we landed and they both opened their eyes! It was like a new day…for me and them!

Fast Cars

So my boyfriend went out of town and lucky for me, I got to drive his car. He has my dream car….well same make and model, but SO not the right year. He drives a Pontiac GTO. I love GTO’s, I have always wanted one, not a new one, but the 72 Pontiac GTO. But considering that I am never going to have the money to afford that beauty, I am happy to drive his. (BUT it looks SO DIFFERENT). But you can imagine how spiffy I felt getting to drive it.

Ever since I meet the boy…a few years back now, he has told me over and over again that he doesn’t let anyone drive his car. So to me this was actually a fascinating situation considering how protective he is over his “girl”. I figured he would have a nervous breakdown and drag me from the passenger seat screaming, “NO, you can’t have her!”

What I did find rather funny was that fact that he made me test drive the car. OK, I know that it is a stick, but I have told him a number of times that I know how to drive a stick. When I got into the car, I was actually impressed that he had a stick and KNEW how to drive it. That is just kinda hot to me… But from my side, heck, my mum wouldn’t let me take my driver’s test in an automatic and said if I wanted to drive…I needed to learn how to drive and not just be lazy slag behind the wheel. Learning to drive with my mum was very stressful, so my best friend took me out and taught me how to drive a stick in a few hrs (I have gotten much better since) and I passed my driver’s test…IN A STICK! My first 2 cars were both sticks and my next one will be a stick as well!! But even thought I found it humorous that he wanted me to test drive it, I satisfied his curiosity and test drove his car with him sitting next to me. To be honest, it had been almost a year since I had driven a stick. AND some people do sometimes lie about the fact that they know how to drive a stick (that I have never understood)

And MAN was I a nerve racking! He wasn’t tense or freaking out on me or anything, but I could still feel the weight of his eyes pressing against me as he sat in the passenger seat. I was terrified that I would mess up or do something wrong, but I didn’t!

I passed his little test, of course, and ever since I have been driving this car without him there, it has been….well like riding a bike. I guess once you learn to drive a stick, you never forget.

So now I have finally gotten to drive a GTO and I drove my boyfriends car  NOW I have decided that I am not going to give it back. He can continue to make the payments on it (cuz my car is already paid off) but I will have his and he can have mine.

Another side thought, if he got a GTO before a midlife crisis, what is he going to do when he HAS a midlife crisis….this could get interesting.

Surviving in Today’s World

Money is getting tighter and tighter for me these days (as I am sure many others are feeling the pinch). It seems that every time I am about to get a leg up, the other one gets pushed out from underneath me. I know I don’t have it as bad as others, but since this economic crunch, things have been getting harder and harder for me. I moved to FL to get a MA thinking this would help (apparently you get more money by earing higher degrees…hum!), and I got a job, good for me right. Well I am doing 3x the work for less than ½ of what I was making (and yes I do have a BA with 4 years experience in my field….) SAD!! While I used to have weekends and nights off, I now spend that time catching up on work (not even school work) that I wasn’t able to finish during my 8am-6pm shift and I still cannot seem to get ahead. Too many times I have had to call a friend or my father and ask them to help me out just so I can pay my rent or put food on the table, but that is getting old real quick.

I live paycheck to paycheck and all of my savings are gone, slowly having drained out over time. Times are tough for everyone right now and I feel like I am sometimes quietly drowning on air! I freak out at night and lay in bed hoping and praying that I don’t get sick because even though I have insurance, the $30 co-pay is my grocery money for 2 weeks! I worry about everything; what if I get into an accident, or if something happens to my puppy, what would I do!? Who would loan me the money to be able to deal with an emergency that big!? Sleep has become something of a mystery to me, because I am unable to catch it.

I keep telling myself, don't be broke, do whatever it takes to keep your head above water, because once it does goes under, the surface seem so much farther away! In these trying times, I have turned to loans. I don’t wanna be broke (that is one of the many reasons I work my butt off every day) and I sure as hell don’t wanna feel broke (who really likes paying for gas in change?). I have to take a loan out to pay for college, which is actually not a bad thing. Loans while in college are what save a lot of student’s lives. But now, even with that loan, I think I am going to have to take out an additional loan to pay to survive because I am counting where every penny, NOT DIME, but penny goes right now! At least with a loan, I would finally be able to sleep, relax, not stress over every penny that I spend. I wouldn’t have to live paycheck to paycheck, floating checks, and borrowing money. Loans can actually work in your favor, because although I need money now, I know that when I finally get on my feet, I will be able to pay back the loan and I won’t have to embarrass myself anymore by asking for help from my friends and family. I'm surviving now, but if an emergency comes up, I've decided not to drown, but to take out a loan and take care of myself first. If I need to stay home sick one day, it will be ok to take out this small loan, instead of showing up to work and ending up with walking pnemonia and then having to stay home for a month! It's good to know I have a backup, a company who is willing to help me.

Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein

Let me just start by saying that I am not a Dean Koontz fan, I just really like to read. I have a number of audio books that my dad has given me that I listen to while I am at the gym, on the way to work, and depending on what I am doing…at work. So when I say Frankenstein on his iTunes, I had to have it. I knew it was Dean Koontz, but I figured, maybe this is the trilogy that he did well. Of course I have only listened to 1 & 2, and I will listen to 3…but I would never actually pay for them!

So Dean Koontz takes the old school Frankenstein and makes it modern day (late 90’s really). He sets it in New Orleans. Why did he pick New Orleans, I am not really sure, New Orleans is already known for Vampires thanks to Anne Rice. But, he does. Frankenstein is really Victor Helios, he changed his name after coming to the “New World” with his wife Erica 4 (Erica 4 is killed by Victor and in the book you move to follow Erica 5….obviously she is also a creation of Victors) to start building a synthetic human race known as the new race. Victor believes that the old race (humans) are primitive and weak, so he works to update them.

The original Frankenstein’s monster, named Deucalion has also survived the 200 years that has passed and he is now looking for a way to bring Victor down. However when Deucalion was built from the human remains and brought to life with lightning, Victor had implanted something inside of him that made it impossible for Deucalion to raise his hand against his maker. Deucalion is different from the new race that Victor is creating, he can think for himself and doesn’t have the programming within him that the new race does. Thanks to the lightning, Deucalion has actually become almost immortal, but he knows the truth of what Victor is trying to do and wants to bring Victor down.

Victor has upgraded his creatures since coming to the new world and now breeds his creations in tanks and downloads information & programming directly into their brain. Over the last 20 or so years, Victor and his army of the new race have been slowly killing off humans and replacing them with replicates. Victor has replaced humans on every level of the government, police department and even the corner store and local church pastors. However something is beginning to go wrong with the replicates and they are starting to fail under Victors programming, they are beginning to become more human, with emotions, desires, etc.

While working a serial killer homicide Carson O’Conner and her partner Michael Madison come across a dead new race. Which was in fact one of the failed replicates that was a police officer that Carson and Michael had worked with. With the Help of Deucalion, Carson and Michael realize the truth behind Victor and the new race and help Deucalion in his attempts to stop the apocalypse.

Carson (you follow her life more the Michaels) lives with her brother, Arnie, who is autistic and an assistant, who cares for Arnie when she is at work. Her and Michael have an interesting relationship, both in love with each other, but both fearing what would come if they were to admit it to one another. One of Victors creations, Randal Six, was also created autistic, because Victor thinks this may make him good a single tasks. Randal Six sees a picture of Arnie in a paper and see that Arnie is happy so he begins an adventure/mission to escape Mercy House and find Arnie so that he to can learn the truth of happiness.

During the story, you meet a number of different characters and a number of plots are going on at the same time, and I would say most likely one story to many, which makes it a little hard to follow and the breaks that divided each single story is not always in the best places. Honeslty, I did not enjoy the book as much as I had hoped, but you know how it is, once you start reading one, you feel like you have to continue to read it, just so you can find out how it ends, sadly this is a trilogy and I have one left to suffer through.

House Hunting Continues

I have been thinking of getting a house for a while now, but since I am stuck in my current apartment lease (for another 6 months) I was kinda stuck. AND I was upset that I was going to miss out on that 8k refund that Obama is doing! Then I found out that he was extending it until the end of April next year and I decided, I am going for it, that is PERFECT for me! My lease is up in May 15th! Awesome right! So now I am starting to look for a realtor, who can help me, narrow down all of the properties that are now on the market and actually work with me from start to closing, so that I can become a first time homeowner.

Now come the decision of should I buy here (South Florida) or go home to the Mid West. South Florida is nothing like the Mid West, and I miss my home town and nice people! So I decided to look for property managers in both areas, South Florida, I haven’t come across a really good one (I think I am going to end up going with a friend of the family for down here). However, there is a great company up home, the Real Property Management. They have a great reputation and between that and the fact that my mum and all my friends are pushing for it, well, it sounds good to me. They are one of the fastest growing property management companies in the country and with all the houses on the market right now, I want the perfect place! They inspect the property and cover some of the additional cost that you may inherit when purchasing a house. So I think for my homeward bound search, which mum will head up. I am going to use Real Property Management.

I will be sure to keep you up to date on the progress. I am looking at palaces of turkey-day up North and Mum is looking at place down here over Christmas

The List of Zombie Rules

Everyone knows, I LOVE Zombies!

There are few things in life that I am actually freaked out by. 1. Clowns scare the living pants off me; I think there is something twisted about people (I usually think of men) who want to dress up as clowns and spend the day around small children (can we say pedophiles) 2. Zombies. Admittedly, zombies are not real, but something about the living dead slowly coming after you, never stopping, never tiring, just on and on until they collapse upon you and eat you alive, either disembodying you or turning you into something like them. Yah, that kind of freaks me out.

I guess you can say I am one of the few that would rather be caught prepared instead of caught dead, so me and my two very best friends (who both also dig the zombie thing and don’t find me completely crazy for my thoughts that one day some mad scientist may create something LIKE a zombie) got together and figured, we need to make a list of Rules. NOT just a list of 10, because when it comes down to surviving not only a zombie outbreak, but an apocalypse where you could really be the LMO (Last Man On Earth) you need more than 10 simple rules that will help you survive. My friends and I came up with 50! You may think that 50 is a little much, but take what you want from it.


As for me, I plan on being an LMO. I don’t want to be caught dead, I want to stay alive and for me, this list is really gonna be the best way to do it!

1. DON’T PANIC!!
2. Always be aware of the symptoms
3. Know your facts!
4. Check all newcomers for bite marks – KILL ON SITE if they have them!!!
5. Stay Alert
6. Only the strong survive – fuck finding love ones
7. Head for the hills…GET OUT of the CITY
8. Aim for the head (DUH!)
9. Have a safe house
10. Don’t open your door (even if she/he is hot)
11. Pick up the weapons (leave grandma)
12. Stay in Shape - CARDIO
13. Limber up - cramps aren’t conducive to your health
14. Chose your weapons wisely (don’t get stupid)
15. Sanitation
16. Use the extra bullet (Double Tap)
17. Always where your seat belt
18. Check the back seat
19. Travel light
20. Don’t wait until the Apocalypse to prepare…do it now
21. Know how to hot wire a car
22. Keep extra gas in the back
23. Always clear a room (you never know what is lurking in the corners)
24. Don’t live on the first floor
25. Pillaging for weapons and food are great, but you can’t use the big screen, leave it
26. Beware of glass windows
27. Know where the exits are
28. Hit the gun range
29. Know who has your back – make a pack
30. Always have a lookout
31. Stock up on ammo
32. Keep a baseball bat by your bed
33. Know where the crowbar is
34. Get to a bar!!!!
35. Keep the lights off
36. Stay silent
37. Be Tough – It’s about Survival
38. Always wear appropriate clothes (and shoes)
39. Beware of enclosed spaces – BATHROOMS!!!
40. Keep extra TP in your back pocket
41. Don’t poke a downed zombie
42. Beware of clowns :-)
43. Keep a bike on standby (gas doesn’t last forever)
44. Alcohol is a great escape, unless you need to escape
45. Stash supplies (water, medical, etc)
46. Watch for the assholes (zombies aren’t the only one out to get you)
47. Don't be a fool... dead zombies aren't food
48. Keep it simple (Stupid)
49. Stay Alive (It’s the damn APOCALYPSE)
50. Kill as many ZOMBIES as you can!

While on my perusal of zombie stuff (I am sad, I Google “Zombies” at least a few times a week) I came across a really good zombie quiz. It seemed like something I would have come up with, had I been smart enough to figure out how. This quiz is scary accurate, and will make you quickly stop and wonder as to if you would be an LMO or not!
Do you think you would survive the Zombie Apocalypse? Take the quiz and see: http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/zombie

Top 10 Vampires of ALL TIME!!

Vampires have always be a mystery to me, clouded in false truth. You have Vampires all the way back to the beginning of time, some even claim that when Cane killed Abel in the Bible and was cursed to walk the earth that he became the first vampire. Every Sunday Christians and Catholics (and variations of) drink the blood of Christ. Everywhere you look, Vampires and vampirism seem to be right around the corner.

So today I saw a video of the Top 10 on Screen Vampires of All time and it got me and my best friend think. Who really are the TOP TEN Vamps of ALL TIME? My best friend and I read as well so our list is a little different.

This is my list:
1) Count Dracula (Bram Stoker’s)
2) Elizabeth of Bathory (if you do not know who she is…well A) You really are not that into Vamps and B) LOOK HER UP! SHE IS THE TRUE VAMPIRE
3) Blade
4) Lestat (from the Ann Rice series – NOT JUST INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE MOVIE!!)
5) Jean- Claude (Anita Blake series)
6) Vlad III (The Impaler) Dracula
7) Dracula (1931)
8) Lost Boys
9) Eric Northman (True Blood)
10) Vampire Diaries (Not the Show the BOOK)

And this was her list:
1) Count Dracula (Bram Stoker’s)
2) Elizabeth of Bathory
3) Lestat (from Anne Rice series)
4) The Count (from sesame street)
5) Vlad (from Diaries of the family Dracul)
6) David (from The Lost Boys)
7) Herman Munster
8) Alice Cullen (Twilight)
9) Blade
10) Jean-Claude (Books one and two only)

Funny how similar we are and yet how different we are. Except we both had the same TOP 2! That I love…then it starts to get a little different, but hey, we have different tastes. It is a good thing that we both love to read, and it is funny how there are thousands of wonderful vampire books and history in the world, and the ones people always think of are the ones on TV. Yes we listed a few that were in Movies, but like Lestat from the Anne Rice series...that is a series of books before it was every a movie. Blade was a comic book character for years before Wesley Snipes took him to the big screen. Books can bring the real vampire into more reality then the best made Hollywood film.