May The 4th Be With You

Happy Second-Best-Day-of-the-Year! (The best being my birthday, obviously. Only 4 days away!)

In case you didn't know, it's a reference to Star Wars's classic line: May the force be with you.

I have a confession to make now. I have never actually seen the movie in which they say this line. Seriously. I have only seen the first movie made (so that's the 4th in chronological order) a couple years ago when she found out I had never watched Star Wars.

But get this: I had been having whole conversations and debates with her on the subject with her many times and she never suspected a thing.

It's the same with SO MANY other things. I just haven't gotten around to watching/reading these things! But that doesn't stop me from knowing many of the inside jokes and major plot lines. It's a skill I guess.

I'm wondering if anyone else does this? They know so much about things with huge fanbases from internet jokes or casual conversation that they really don't have to see it themselves to know what they're talking about.

Memory Jar

Perhaps you've seen this while scrolling through Tumblr. Or perhaps your not hipster enough for Tumblr since that is where most of them reside. Either way, that's where I saw it first and I COMPLETELY fell in love with the idea.

The premise is that you get a jar/box/holding receptacle (it really doesn't matter, mine's a Kleenex box so you really can't get any lower than that.) and put little pieces of paper with all the things you want to remember. Any little moments that made you smile, giggle or cry in a good way. Any conversations you don't want to be forgetting any time soon. Any events that really made your day.

I like putting funny quotes I heard during the day, any achievements I've managed to complete and anything that brought a smile to my face.

So as you do that, the papers build up and you've got yourself a boxful of memories to remind you why life, yours in particular, is awesome! You can reread them at the end of the month, year or whenever you're feeling down or just need a laugh. It totally helps keep your memory fresh on all those things that you never want to forget.

Heck yes grainy phone camera pictures.

Poll Results:January 2013

The first poll question of the New Year was: What is your favourite type of severe weather?

And here are the results:

9 Votes! All time high! It was disappointing last time with only 3 people voting so I'm happy with this number. For February, it would be awesome to get into double digits!

As for the results, I kind of expected that Thunderstorms would win. They are the classic intense weather system and have all the aspects of a good show. (i.e. Bright lights and surround sound) Snowstorm and Lightning storm tied for second and I can see the appeal for both. Good job people, you met the expectations!

YOU: Since Valentine's Day is in February, obviously the poll for that month should be love related.
ME: No.
YOU: Red related?
ME: No.
YOU: Heart related?
ME: Maybe.
YOU: What kind of an answer is that?

ME: The next poll will be: What is your favourite internal organ?

YOU: Umm, okay.