...Unexpected

Well, I was expecting to say hello to a new niece today!  My poor sister-in-law has been ready for her daughter to come for  a while now, and today... Well, she didn't get a daughter!  Apparently, the little girl is actually a little boy who was shy during the ultrasound. ;)  Welcome, little boy! 

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Hello Again!

So... I may or may not have kinda gone to Subway for lunch again to see if I could run in to that British kid again... :D  Don't judge me!  I mean, if I actually did...
And if I did, he definitely didn't recognize me... not too hard to believe, seeing as my campus' Subway is the most popular in the country (kinda sad, right?).  However, we did joke a little bit again, because he accidentally mixed up my sauce (I asked for mustard and he used mayo), but I was fine with it, because I don't mind mayo... and yeah...
Yeah...

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Friendly Brit

Random question:  Is it offensive to call a British person a Brit, or is it like them calling Americans Yanks?  Just curious, because if not, I am titling this post "Friendly Brit." (If not I'll have to change it ;)).
Anywho, the other day I was just really down.  Life was trying to suck my soul into a dark abyss.  Yeah.  That kind of day.  But I ended up getting a sandwich at Subway, and while in line, I noticed that the guy taking orders was British!  I love Brits, so my day brightened just a little bit.  And then he took my order, and there was some confusion, and then my spirits sagged again. 
Then he asked me how my day was going.  I'm one of those people that tends to give an honest answer to that question, so I said it was "interesting."  So he made a couple jokes, in his awesome British accent, and suddenly, BAM, I was smiling again.  So here's to people who like to make others smile, and here's to British accents!

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Wow, Really? (Sarcastic)

So, I've always wondered how people could still possible think Mormons were a cult.  I mean, we do a lot of good in the world!  We're not creepy, we're not secretive, and yet people still insist on believing we're evil polygamists.  What in the world is all that about?
Well, I finally figured out what part of the problem is.  As part of my obsession with BBC's production of Sherlock, I decided to read the actual Sherlock Holmes stories, as told by Arthur Conan Doyle.  I knew the author hadn't really liked Mormons, but I was not expecting anything like this.
I was reading, and kept thinking, "Really?  Since when?"  He made us out to be a creepy, depressing bunch who married girls off to men as young as possible, viciously silenced anyone who disagreed with church policy, and killed anyone who tried to leave.  Um, hello?  Did you do any authentic research about the people, or were you only writing about what would cause a sensation?  No wonder the church's reputation is still in question, when people are reading that kind of misinformation!  I mean, they do realize this is just the author's opinion, right?  And authors are not infallible, no matter how popular they are, right?
Just another lesson on the power of words.  Make sure you use yours wisely.

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Merlin Marathon

I thought I had known obsession.  I thought I knew what it was like to love a TV show so much it could never be topped.
Until I started Merlin.  I don't know if it's that brilliant smile he's got that lights up his whole face, or the thrill of the legends (it's definitely not the plotting, sadly).  I just love it!  And it doesn't hurt that Colin Morgan and Bradley James are pretty darn attractive.  ;)  In any case, we've been watching a lot of Merlin lately. 
And I love it!!!

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

She Got Another One!

So... I kinda had another dream involving an attractive actor... :)  This time it was Colin Morgan.  We didn't kiss this time around, as I woke up too soon, but it might have happened... if the dream had continued...
Can someone explain why I keep dreaming of attractive actors?  It makes no sense to me.  First Christoper Eccleston, then Jamie Dornan, and now Colin Morgan?  Who's next, David Tenant? >:)

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Why Did You Send This?

Hey-hey, sorry I was gone so long, this has been a veeerrryyy looooong week.  A week involving test-driving my new car, watching a required Shakespeare film, and visiting teaching...  All of which ate up my time like a giant... goat?  Cockroach?  What animal eats a lot?  Anyway, this is the first I've had time to post in a while, and I apologize for that.
So, you know those super annoying things you get in the mail that congratulate you on getting something or another, and you're saying, "Uuhh... I don't remember getting that..."  For example, last week, I was checking the mail, and was surprised to see something rather official-looking for me.  When I looked at it, however, I was rather surprised.  It was a letter telling me that, since I was diabetic, I was entitled to this group's particular kind of benefits.
My eyebrow rose, and I thought, "Um, since when did I have diabetes?"  Really annoying, here I thought I was getting something that actually pertained to me.
And again, I was just checking my email, and I discovered, in my inbox, a bit of mail from Pandora congratulating me on joining.
... As much as I would love to, I haven't joined Pandora yet.
Ah, the joys of impersonal mail!

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira