I will buy you a garden where your flowers can bloom.

[chestnutcurls]

Hello! It's almost warm today. I took my lunch to the park and ate while looking at the swans. It was peaceful.

My scrapbooker co-worker lent me a magazine about organizing your scrapping space. These women are completely uptight and hyper about something that's supposed to be a fun hobby. They had a "trading spaces" feature where two friends worked in each other's scrap rooms, and they had complaints like "I couldn't find the exact shade of golden yellow I needed- she has a bad paper selection" and "I had to try three pens before I found one that worked." Thank you...I was worried that I was too controlling about some things, but I feel 100% normal now.

I like election years. I like the excitement and the sense of possibility. Remind me of this in November when I'm ready to throw my TV out the window. I've been watching the coverage of the primaries, and I really wish I could have cable again just to watch The Daily Show. During the 2000 elections, that was the best show on the air. They showed Jon Stewart's reaction to the Howard Dean yodel on Today this morning, and I was cracking up. Oh, how I miss good political satire.

In honor of the political madness, here's a list of proposed Most of these were on a list that Kathy and Em and I posted on our door when we lived in the dorm. People would come by just to read them.

Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska: Come For The Scenery, Stay Because You're Lost
Arizona: But It’s A Dry Heat
Arkansas: Literacy Ain’t Everything
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedys Don’t Own It (Yet)
Delaware: Hi, We're In Delaware
Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Georgia: We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
Idaho: You Can Be Da Ho Next
Illinois: Please Don’t Pronounce the "S"
Indiana: Dan Quayle’s Favorite Country
Iowa: Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk
Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We’re Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That’s Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We’re Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden’s (For Most Brackets)
Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Foiling Spelling Bees For Over 150 Years
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
Montana: Now With 50% Fewer Radical Dissidents
Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada: 3:5 You’ll Leave Broke
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Jersey: Hey, Quit Laughing!
New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets
New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney....
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio: Proud Polluters Of Lake Erie
Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
Oregon: Spotted Owl... It’s What’s For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We’re Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina: We Didn’t Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Educashun State
Texas: You'd Carry a Gun Too
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: Bet You Can’t Name Two of Our Towns
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don’t Mix?
Washington: Help! We’re Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
Wyoming: Where Men Are Lonely...And Sheep Are Scared

and finally...
Puerto Rico: Ready To Screw Up 40 Years of Flag Symmetry

I have a fun and exciting poll planned for tomorrow, so get ready!

Comments

[jmcphers.livejournal.com]

Those mottos are amusing, and it sounds as though that scrapbooking magazine would have been, too. You can't have a good hobby without a group of people with too much time on their hands making it into a religion.

Looking forward to the advertised fun and exciting poll. (-:

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks!

[sarah.livejournal.com]

I've always meant to ask, what is a scrapbook? They don't have that here. At least I don't think they do.

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

It's like a photo album, only fancier and more creative. You can cut your pictures into shapes and put them on special pages with fun letters, stickers, whatever you want. It's fun, but some people have tried to make it into a professional thing. You can see some interesting scrapbook pages at scrapjazz.com (http://www.scrapjazz.com).

[my-everafter.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite is Idaho- that's just too funny. The other one that struck my funny bone was North Dakota because Steven and I have this inside joke that it doesn't actually exist! We always talk about the whole state is just a conspiracy- I mean, have you ever met anyone from ND??? And what is there???
Tennessee was pretty funny too- hey, I live there!
Your park lunch made me want an apple... think I'll go get one.
Bye!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

LOL! Oklahoma and Kansas are my favorites, I think.

[tingilya.livejournal.com]

Mississippi: Foiling Spelling Bees For Over 150 Years

Well, look at that! Finally one of these things that's not mean to us! Woo! Those were all so funny. *g*

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought the same thing. Funny, yet not insulting. :)

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Your entry cracked me up. First, the commentary about the scrapbooking Nazis is hilarious. Isn't that the truth? Every hobby has people who take it so seriously that it's no longer a fun interest, but a cult that either you're totally into or you're cheapening it for them. :P Haha.. I keep thinking about what you wrote about the Trading Spaces thing and it's making me laugh in my office.

Also, I love the state mottos. I've read something like that, but they've updated some of those, I think. "It seemed like a good idea at the time." :) What a crack up.

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I could make you laugh. :) I wasn't able to laugh about it at first because I was so annoyed by their snobbery. lol.

[rogersink.livejournal.com]

Ha, ha, ha! Wyoming is hilarious! Sheep... scared... hee hee hee.

I am excited about your new poll!

[fraserspeirs.livejournal.com]

Those were pretty hilarious! *standing by for poll*

[laura8225.livejournal.com]

Wow, scrapbookers. I thought my sister Emily and I were weird about scrapbooking. "Could you please pass antique blade over here?" "Red blade, why aren't you working?" "Tape runner can be so funny sometimes." We act like each tool is a person.

I liked the state mottos!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

I like the tool-as-person idea...I might have to try that sometime. Each of my edging scissors could have a name... :D

[stacye13.livejournal.com]

If you didn't know already, there are many scrapbookers in my area (the corp. acct. 1/2 of me) - they don't seem too uptight and even organize "crafty" lunches sometimes - maybe you should try and hook up w/some of them. Now that I'm learning to knit, I could actually participate in a "crafty" gathering!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks for letting me know! I went to that crop that Rilla put together as a charity thing. I've been invited to other crops, but they are generally time-consuming and expensive.

[mzspearz.livejournal.com]

haha <3 my homestate
Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity

California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda

ahahaha, so true!!!

I especially like Rhode Island's, lol.

oh yeah, almost forgot...

[mzspearz.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah...& *YAY* for polls!
I wish I could come up with good ones like you do!