Archive for the 'Shirley Tipsy Rants' Category
Theme: Dispondently Yours
Author: Shirley Tipsy
02 3rd, 2008I’m a pixie piranha, myspace prima donna,
A vision in Dickies and Chucks.
A love her and leave her, daydream believer,
A queen of hearts, down on her luck.
A camoflauge harlot, unrealized starlet,
A canvas who’s void of all shade.
A dime-store bargain, whose 50-cent jargon
Belongs in the penny arcade.
read comments (0)Theme: It’s quite true
Author: Shirley Tipsy01 28th, 2008I don’t mind the traffic, but I sure do hate the quiet.
Still hiding, hope you find me.
Theme: And the series continues…
Author: Shirley Tipsy01 28th, 2008
Theme: Waiting on the world to change..
Author: Shirley Tipsy01 23rd, 2008We’re different now than the world was 50 years ago…
We’re living in an age where the name printed on the tag of our clothes means more than the name printed on the Presidential Election ticket. The word “recession” means no more to us than the officials trying to do something to stop it. We spend more, waste more and appreciate less than ever before.
We spend more time worrying about which celebrity is dead, going to rehab, breaking up, making up or making babies than we do about the fact that in another 40 years or so there will no longer be any Social Security for those of us now in our 20’s to fall back on.
We’re chasing after the dream and throwing caution to the wind. In return, the budget, housing market and economy in the US is getting worse and worse.
We’re outsourcing our work, destroying our natural resources and sticking our nose into everyone else’s business.
We are a lost generation. We are all focused on the wrong problems and creating new ones that do not need to be brought up in the first place. Most of us are pissing away our youth trying to prove that we’re as young as we feel and for those of us in our 20’s, trying to feel as young as we’re supposed to be.
It’s time for change. We’re adults now guys. It’s up to us to define this generation. Go read up about the candidates. Truly invest some time in deciphering what they stand for, what they have accomplished in the past and if those things fall in line with the America you want to live in for the next 4 years. Make an informed decision. Vote. Take a stand and actually help to make a difference. I’m so tired of everyone complaining about G.W. Bush, but then hearing them turn around in the same breath and say that they didn’t even vote in that presidential election.
I know we’re young. I know we have alot of things we would rather be doing, but this is our Country. This is our life. This is our future. Get off your ass and do something about it or spend the rest of your life watching the things you want pass you by because you wouldn’t take the 10 minutes to effect change!
Hugs, Kisses and Near Misses,
Disenchanted Audrey
P.S. -
In regards to this, I thought I would provide some helpful sites and resources I have been using to keep track of the Presidential Election debates and the statements and foundations of the candidates claims.
Here are some cool things you can check out to stay informed:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/
This site lists some of the statements made in the debates and whether or not they’re true, helps to keep a tally of who is running off of fact and who is making things up to sound legit.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/
Keeps a scorecard of who is winning in the primaries and caucuses. Gives keypoints on each candidates viewpoint and where they stand on the major hot issues like the war, abortion, immigration and same sex marriage.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Theme: Heath Ledger is Dead
Author: Shirley Tipsy01 22nd, 2008It really is sad losing all of these people that are so close to my age. It makes me realize my own mortality. In light of this fact, here are some of the truly tasteless jokes my friends and I came up with surrounding poor Heaths death:
1. I guess the “Joke” is on him
2. Guess it really will be a “Dark Knight”
3. Heath Ledger starring in “10 things I hate about dying”
4. Looks like Brokeback Mountain finally broke Heath
5. The brothers must really be Grimm now, huh?
6. Life; looks like he finally learned how to quit you.
Think of any others? Post yours here in the comments.
P.S. - I realize this is tasteless and sad, but people have to deal with things like this in their own way. I choose to laugh. Sue me.
Theme: Tagged by Angelalala
Author: Shirley Tipsy12 10th, 2007The rules:
1. Go to Wikipedia
2. In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3. List three events that happened on your birthday
4. List two important birthdays and one death
5. One holiday or observance (if any)
Three things that happened on my birthday:
1972 - Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the sixth and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or “Moonwalk” of Apollo 17. This was the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit (see Operation Red Dawn).
Two important birthdays and one death:
1948 - Ted Nugent, American guitarist
1521 - Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)
2005 - Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips (b. 1953)
Holiday or Observance:
December 13th - In the Julian calendar before the Gregorian reform, this was the shortest day and longest night, and widely celebrated as such.
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Theme: Support Them!
Author: Shirley Tipsy11 8th, 2007Hey guys..
As I’m sure all of you know, there is a strike going on right now. Writers across the country are taking a stand and we are starting to see the effects of it. Tonight “The Office” will be new, but after that, there are no more episodes to be had until the strike is over. You can read all about it on the Writers official strike blog here: http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com/
Please help the writers by supporting them and signing their online petition. Let the big wigs of the entertainment industry know that the general public stands behind what the Writers are fighting for!
Theme: Yeah, I know, SLACKER!!!
Author: Shirley Tipsy09 17th, 2007As I pause to look back at the last few months of my life, I wonder where the time has gone and what I possibly have to show for them. I haven’t been writing here because I simply have been so monumentally busy that I couldn’t find a moment to update here.
Believe it or not, this blog is quite precious to me. It saddens me to look at it and realize that I have done nothing useful or even somewhat interesting with it, especially recently. I guess I am going to have to start making the time.
Anyway, I don’t even know if anyone reads this thing anymore. If you do, know that I am going to make an effort to be better about posting.
Hugs, Kisses and Near Misses,
Miss Shirley Tipsy
Theme: Kick Me Sign
Author: Shirley Tipsy05 12th, 2007Ok, So I posted for Guestwhore Week on Sugarrae.com and now I am sitting here looking at it thinking about how much it sucks in comparison to the others posts that have appeared this week.
Well there isn’t anything I can do about it now. *EEK*
Theme: My 25 goals
Author: Shirley Tipsy04 4th, 2007Inspired by SugarRae’s list of 25 things, I started thinking about all of the things that I tell myself I want to do, but don’t ever make a plan for doing. A lot of things started coming to mind and I started thinking back to all of the times I have ended a sentence with “I’m going to do that someday.”
Feeling greatly disappointed in myself for not fighting to do the things that I want in my life, I have decided to make my own list. This way at the very least, I will have them all written down so that when they don’t get done I can only blame myself for the fact that I never made the time (or got the guts) to accomplish them. Some of them aren’t too difficult, some of them are more about circumstance than actual will-power, but they are all things I truly want.
I’ve decided that I will give myself a ten year deadline on these things, as some of them require the help of other people and thus, the timing will not be up to me. So without further ado, here is my list:
1. See the Statue of Liberty in person - DONE!
2. Visit Europe
3. Enter a photography contest
4. Pay off my college loans
5. Learn to paint
6. Get back down to the weight listed on my drivers license!!!
7. Have children
8. Help my Dad finish restoring the Nova and drive it at least once. - DONE (Well I drove it at least!)
9. Own a home
10. Learn to play the guitar well (better than just chords and specific songs)
11. Vote for a President who will actually get elected (preferably a Democrat)
12. Buy a brand new car
13. Get married and have my parents there to see it.
14. Fly somewhere (anywhere) first class
15. Work at Google (even if it is just for one day)
16. Quit Smoking
17. Cut my hair like Audrey Hepburn’s in Roman Holiday (the short style - after she runs away)
18. Make 6 figures a year
19. Open my own store (must have physical address - no strictly online companies!!)
20. See “Broadway” show (preferably “Wicked”) - DONE! (Saw Rent, even though it wasn’t ON broadway)
21. Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Wish I could sleep there like they did in “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” - God I loved that book when I was a kid!!) - DONE!
22. Take my nephew to his first-ever Rock concert
23. Visit Hawaii
24. Go scuba diving
25. Spend the night in a castle
I truly hope that I get to experience all of these things. I figure I need to tackle between 2 or 3 goals each year in order to make the deadline, which could be possible… maybe???