Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Bath Day

So, I'm going to do like the internet, and write a post about my cat. Cringe if you must, but come on. We all knew this post was coming. The inevitable pet post.
Today was bath day. As you can see in the picture, my cat Sugar looks like she wants to kill me.
I truly hate bathing cats. They hate it just as much, and it doesn't help that cats have claws. And that they're slippery when wet. It also didn't help that as soon as she was lathered up, Sugar decided to squirm out of my hands, and take off running through the house splashing water and soap suds everywhere. Which naturally I slipped in and face planted while I was trying to catch her. I ended up slipping a lot today, because she left a slippery trail of soap behind her everywhere she ran, so in order to catch her I had to follow the trail of sudsy death.
I finally managed to corner her after about 10 minutes of running and slipping and falling, but when I went to pick her up she whipped those claws out and proceeded to shred my arm.
At about that time. I went and put on protective gear (a thick leather jacket, and knee pads) and tackled her.
I finally got her clean but the house is still a wreck. This was about five hours ago, and I've been cleaning almost non stop.
Thank God for wine.

C'est la Vie.
Viva la Vida.
And Fuck the System.
Peace.
Signed, Esther Dolezal 🎵🎶


Monday, January 11, 2016

Wish They Would Read.

I love libraries.

Specifically, I love the way people act at libraries. 

Everyone whispering, tiptoeing, to make sure not to infuriate the ancient librarian who, somehow, has hawk-like hearing. 

I love seeing children engrossed in books, turning pages, and actually giggling because their book is funny. 

Call me weird, but I'm the type of person who would rather spend the day at the library hunkered down in a quiet corner with a book and spend hours in my imagination. 

I mean social media is fun and all, but there's only so long I can look at memes before I start getting a headache.

It truly makes me sad to see children who don't read. Or play outside. Or imagine anything. I hate to see kids sitting around all day staring at screens. I hate seeing groups of college students sitting together in groups, each engrossed in their phone, and completely disconnected from reality. Or married couples walking together, holding hands, but each in their own little world, texting other people. I don't understand this. I mean I blog. I use my phone a lot. I use my computer a lot. I like to watch TV, but on my own time. When I'm by myself. When I'm with other people, whether it me a co-worker, or a friend, or my boyfriend. The phone goes in my purse. I leave the sound on, so I can hear every notification, but I just don't feel the need to check my phone every 30 seconds to see who liked my post, or who just texted me, or what the latest trend is. I just don't. 

I know some people get really upset if you don't reply to their texts immediately, but my reasoning is, if you need to get a hold of me that badly, call. I leave my sound on for a reason. If my phone rings, yes, I will pull my phone out, and if I'm not overwhelmingly busy, I will answer. I just don't feel the need to sit and stare at my phone for hours.

Another reason why I love books is that they allow you to use your imagination. Just by reading a few words, I can see the characters and places so vividly in my head the way I want to see them. 

I'm getting a little long winded here, but it makes me sad to see children these days who have never turned a page in their life. Even schools are going digital and electronic. Classics have been banned from school literature. Books like 'The Catcher in the Rye' and to Kill a Mockingbird' are no longer on the shelves of school libraries. Sheltering children from classic literature makes me sad. Those were the books I learned from. Books like 'Lord of the Flies' were the books that taught me just how horrible society can become without structure.

It makes me sad. I just wish they would read. That is all.



C'est la Vie. 

Viva la Vida. 

And Fuck the System.

Peace. 

Signed, Esther Dolezal 🎶🎵



Thursday, January 7, 2016

My Resolution



Sometimes, I wonder why things happen the way they do. I guess it's just life. I wonder why people have to be so judgmental of others. Why people are so quick to jump all over someone else for their issues even though we each have our own. Some things really don't concern everyone.
I mean I guess it's human nature. We hate looking at ourselves critically. We know deep down what our faults are, and often project them onto other people, blaming them for the things we dislike about ourselves.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about this new year, and I have decided that instead of generic resolutions that I won't keep, I have resolved to be real with me. To always deal with my personal issues when they arise, and spare others of my internal bullshit. Working on me, because it's time I started focusing on myself, and keeping my nose in my own business.

C'est la Vie.
Viva la Vida.
And Fuck the System.
Peace.
Signed, Esther Dolezal 🎶🎵


So Over Snow

I have decided I am done with snow for this winter. I mean it was awesome that we had a white Christmas in Spokane, but now it's a new year, and now I'm ready for Spring. Or at least to be able to see the sidewalk when I'm walking. I mean snow is pretty, but that's really all it has going for it at this point. And even that is short lived; the snow is starting to look more like cookies 'n' cream ice-cream gone bad. 
I think the whole snow thing is overrated. I mean skiing is fun, and so are winter sports, but I mean, have you ever been beamed in the face with a rock hard snowball? Not fun.
Snow is cold, wet, slippery, and it has this way of hiding things like rocks or curbs that in normal weather could be easily avoided, and then making you lose all footing when you trip over said solid objects, so you end up with a full body bruise.
Also it makes my hair frizz like a bitch.
Pretty much, from November 1st through December 25th snow is great.
After that, I'm so over it.

C'est la Vie.
Viva la Vida.
And Fuck the System.
Peace.
Signed, Esther Dolezal 🎶🎵


Tuesday, January 5, 2016

New Year. (Hope this one's not a failure too).

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I have had a crazy past few months. I can honestly say I've never been happier to see a year come to an end.
I mean seriously... What a year. I'm so glad to be through with 2015.
Not that some of the problems haven't carried over into this year, but I truly hope things are better this year. I say that because some things have a huge potential of going bad. But here's hoping.

So I'm back. Refocused and refreshed, and ready to start a new year.
I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's.

C'est la Vie.
Viva la Vida.
And Fuck the System.
Peace.
Signed,
Esther Dolezal. 🎵🎶