I have over one hundred unread messages in my inbox. Again I’ve fallen insanely far behind. There is little hope of catching up. I’m sorry. I’m doing the best I can. My best just isn’t very good. I get overwhelmed so easily lately.
I truly hate this awful crop top trend that’s happening. No one looks good in a cropped anything… shirt, sweater, sweatshirt, hoodie… no no no! So stupid. And don’t get me started on ‘mom jeans‘. [And obviously, no offense intended. I have no idea what you’re wearing right now. This could be a total foot-in-mouth situation.]
What the hell is up with all the spam? I try to check my spam folder somewhat frequently to make sure no ‘real‘ comments are landing there. However, lately, when I check, I have so many that I can’t go through them all to see if any are legit. And by ‘so many‘ I mean three or four hundred. I checked yesterday… I had seven. I checked today… I have 326. What the hell? Is it the Russians? I think it’s the Russians.
I have officially surpassed 3500 followers. I mean the WP ones, not including the twitter ones that WP adds to the total. That seems completely mad. What is wrong with you people?? Seriously, though. A big fat thank you… and a big fat hug… to the 12 of you that actually read my blog.
Okay, maybe 23? 42? 57? Oh, but 42 is always the answer.
Thank you to all my fans.
I really hate when someone says (s)he or someone else is ## years young. That’s not a thing! Don’t try to make it a thing. You just sound like a fucking idiot. As the years pass, one gets older. You are 11 years old. You are 75 years old. Old, dammit!!! [For the record, I am FAR from 75 years old. And sadly, FAR from 11 years old, too.]
I was out shopping this afternoon for a coat. Not for me, for my husband. But that is irrelevant. What I wanted to say is as follows— To all stores on earth: Turn off the fucking Christmas music. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Hell, I’d be happier if they never played it at all. You know, I read a study (I love studies) that confirmed something I’ve known for years: Christmas music stresses people out. It makes people agitated and anxious. Did you know? I am a statistic.
I also went to Trader Joe’s earlier… while hungry. Just so you know—their dark chocolate peanut butter cups are fucking delicious. It’s okay that I ate them, though, because I also bought a salad. And some oranges.
Okay, I guarantee someone is going to laugh at me for this one… and that’s okay. I deserve it. Sigh. There’s this commercial that airs frequently at night. I usually see it during Colbert or Seth Meyers. And I look forward to it. It’s an ad for Botox. Yep. Botox. For men. And I’m totally in love with this one guy in the ad. He is fucking perfect and I want to know who he is. I’ve searched and searched, but Google has failed me. Google is not supposed to fail me. Dammit.
[Pictures of super hot guy removed due to comments that upset me because they are ruining him for me. *sadness*]
I have to go now. It’s past my bedtime and I need to stare at pictures of this guy for a little while until I fall asleep. Thank you and good night.
©2018 what sandra thinks
what sandra thinks 
seriously: delete the emails! Don’t stress! lol
That guy actually looked like Jesus in the first picture haha
And I was listening to the radio the other day and it said that people who decorate for Christmas early are actually happier because it gives them a purpose and the memories of past Christmases and brings them joy from those memories. But people who listen to Christmas music early are more stressed out because it causes them to remember all the things they have to do haha. I’m with you on the “too early for Christmas music” stuff. But I’ll be setting up my Christmas tree first thing tomorrow!! Any time after November 12th is ok in my books. But we’ve already had Thanksgiving lol
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I definitely did not get any sort of Jesus vibe from that guy. Of course I don’t ever think of things like that because religion is not part of my life.
Every single thing about Christmas stresses me out. I’d like to skip it completely but my family wouldn’t stand for that. And I miss when I was a kid and nothing about Christmas ever began until after (our) Thanksgiving. It’s all just a money grab. The longer the Christmas season is prolonged, the more money people spend. And the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Blech.
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Yeah I totally agree with the consumerism part of Christmas totally taking over. It’s such a shame! I loved the years I lived in Korea because Christmas isn’t so big there. It was great to have the break from having to buy everything! This year I made most of my gifts so that was great
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I’m not sure I’m even going to do gifts this year. Not many, anyway. Finances are tight. I’m glad my sisters and Mom are super generous to my kids!
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Yeah. I want to get to a place where there are no gifts for my family too. It’s not needed
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And it’s SO excessive! Last year at my mom’s on Christmas morning, my nephew had tons of gifts, mostly from his own parents (my sister and brother-in-law). I don’t really care what they do or how they spend their money, but my nephew was obnoxious. He said to my kids, “You didn’t get very much…” It’s all about presents to some people! I may not be religious, but I’d rather focus on seeing family and having fun than how much money is spent!
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Yeah exactly!! My kids are the same way (like they aren’t mine but you know what I mean) I told them I’m not doin birthday gifts any more cos id rather just spend one on one time with them instead and the one who just had her bday was like “I’d rather just have the gift” and it was like “yeah that’s the whole point” lol
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It’s terrible and I don’t entirely blame the kids either. I think, at least to some extent, kids see what their peers have and they want to have all the same things. But, man, some of these kids are so spoiled!
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Oh I know! It definitely is a hard thing for kids to understand when everyone isn’t getting the same thing. Or the same amount of things. And kids can also be very self centred lol but raising them to be great fun and fulfilled without all the things of the world is a great thing to achieve!!
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I think sometimes it even gets to me because I feel like my kids’ lives are too boring. But we don’t have tons of money so we can’t afford all sorts of excitement. And these days, making your own excitement is way harder than it was when I was a kid!
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Yeah so much harder! But I also think that kids who don’t have all the bells and whistles are better adjusted to adulthood and live better lives. That’s just my opinion though lol
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I’d like to think that’s true…
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when our kids were little – we told them after we had one big Christmas that in the future it would be not too big (just to not have the excess and then needs escalate) and we said if we did have a big gift for them – it would be given in Feb. or March – but not Xmas – and it has worked well –
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I have a messy situation with gifts in that my daughter’s birthday is in November and my son’s in January. They surround Xmas… and it’s too easy for it to become too much. Plus — they don’t want little things anymore. No toys and such. They either want more pricey things… or money. So there aren’t lots of gifts anyway at this point since they are either expensive or they just get cash.
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oh wow – bdays in those months must be tricky.
we found a happy solution to give a check, three medium gifts, three small gifts and stocking stuffers. and anything little I find 0 then they get checks or gifts from other (inlaws etc)
but we try to find gist that make them laugh too – it did get easier for expectations being set
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Among my issues are… we have a small house and I’m unemployed. So not only do we not want to spend a lot of money, but I hate the thought of bringing anything into the house that’s not ‘necessary’ or truly, truly wanted. And the thought of money being wasted on ‘things’ just for the sake of having a gift to give makes me super anxious. So, the answer is usually cash. It makes Xmas morning less fun and exciting, but in the long run, it’s better.
That being said, this year may involve an Xbox or a PS4. But I’m not paying for it!
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well hard to believe xmas is almost upon us. Our neighbors just put up their tree – (they are new – a man that used to live there left after 15 years and he was cool) anyhow, I saw the tree up and was not annoyed – but a little excited I guess –
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I would have been annoyed… lol. I do not want xmas in my face until after Thanksgiving. Even when I was a kid and couldn’t wait for Santa to come… we never really talked about xmas until after Thanksgiving. I’m a total grinch now… I hate xmas… so my attitude sucks, but still… it’s too soon!
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yes – and one time we put up our tree right after thanksgiving and by the 20th of december we were burned out. so now we wait util well into December and we do not get fatigued before xmas
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That’s a good plan!
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I’m with gigglingfattie – delete the lot, adjust your settings so you only receive email notifications from favoured sites that you definitely do not want to miss, then occasionally use the reader to dip in and out of any that take your fancy – WHEN YOU HAVE TIME!
Also, that guy does look like my stereotype view of Jesus!!
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I wish I never posted that guy. I have no interest in religion and he is not Jesus. Ugh.
I already changed my notifications to only the ones I don’t want to miss but there are still way too many if I don’t get to them at least once a day. I’m not sure how to narrow it down any further.
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There seem to be lots of queries in search engines about who he is, but no answers!! The guy, that is – not Jesus!
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Should said religious figure actually exist (I don’t know that I believe it), I certainly would feel awkward having the naughty thoughts I’m having about him…
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Trader Joe’s candy is my complete downfall. I don’t care how good my intentions are to just stick to my list, I always come home with too many sweets. The peanut butter cups and their toffee and the dark chocolate caramels – oh my word!!! Yes to deleting the spam and not worrying about it! These were fun random things!
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Yes! Trader Joe’s has such amazing stuff. At least I also bought a salad. But then I bought some cookies for the kids. Yeah, it was bad. I love that place! And I went back today. But I was good this time. Didn’t even go down the candy aisle!
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That is will power sister! 👍😃
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But today, I ate at least 5 of the peanut butter cups I bought yesterday. 😀
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Totally understand. Nothing lasts very long in our house!
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Boy crazy forever! 🤙🏻😃😃
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That’s me. No argument here. 🙂
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Hahaha! I was aware. I know this commercial. Most of the dudes they show look like they’ve used Botox. As Kenny Rogers can attest, it usually looks all kinds of wrong. 😏
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I don’t think this guy looks like he used it. I think he looks naturally perfect. But apparently that’s just me since everyone is totally ruining him for me by making it religious. A topic I loathe being shoved in my face even in this way.
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Religious? The commercial? I agree he doesn’t appear to have needed it. It’s usually blatantly obvious when someone has. 😃
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I agree — when someone has used it, it’s obvious and gross!
Oh, not that the commercial is religious. But what some have said about the guy looking like a particular religious figure … is ruining him for me. 😦
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Hahaha. Guess it’s his cross to bear. 😏
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Cute. 😛 But I took the pictures down because all of that is ruining him for me. 😦
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Hahaha! Screwing up the wank bank? 😃
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Okay, I have never heard that expression before. Did you make it up? 😏
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Ha! I wish I could take credit for it. Alas, ‘‘twas not to be. Pretty accurate though. I suppose wank isn’t the appropriate word for females’ bank. But it rhymes. I bet there’s a good alliteration for the female version.
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Yeah, ‘wank’ doesn’t really work for women. I tried to think of something for the female version, but they’re all either too dirty, even for me, or they’re just bad… 🙂
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Hmmm. Now, it’s like a challenge. I have one. But it may offend. 😏
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Yeah… I probably shouldn’t admit that I’m still thinking about it. Hahaha. The least offensive word I tried to use was “box”… but I just can’t seem to get it right…
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Diddle was involved in mine. I kinda like it though. The alliteration, that is. 😃
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Delete delete delete! That guy does look like he stepped out of a 10 Commandments movie. And from now on I will always say “x years young”…but only to you. Haha
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Seriously. I’m going to take those pictures down. I feel super uncomfortable and grossed out now with all the religious comments.
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Don’t stress about the spam, I get hundreds too, mostly from insurance car salesmen (go figure) but congrats on your figures and followers.
As for Christmas music, don’t get me started. I just want to get through the next week let alone think about Christmas. Now go and keep ogling and enjoy 😊
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My spam tends to be relating to some really strange topics!
Thanks for being here. I appreciate you lots and lots. ♥
Christmas music comes way too soon. I hate it!
I may need to remove my gorgeous guy from this post. I’m hating all the religious comments. 😦
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Oh, that’s a shame ☺️
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It’s okay. 🙂
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I hate when the real comments go into spam! I wish that wasn’t a thing… then you could just empty your spam without ever being worried! I didn’t know that WP added Twitter followers to your count? That’s weird but congrats on 3500! ♡
I wish the other commenters didn’t ruin the guy for you lol, I’m curious to see what he looks like!
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Yeah, WP adds twitter and facebook to the count. But I don’t use facebook. Anyway… thank you!
You can see the guy at this link: https://whatsandrathinks.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/btx-guy-06.jpg
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really fun post and I had to chime in on the xmas comments with your other reader. It is so crazy to make xmas bigger and over the top. hedonistic treadmill kind of stuff.
anyhow, laughed at some much here, but esp. the Russians – always the Russians.
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The amount of spam is out of control. I have to blame someone… haha! 🙂
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🙂
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oh and not to get religious on you here…
but right before i came to this post the first time – I saw one of my favorite singer’s and she had on the outfit you were talking about (mom jeans and the cropped shirt and I was like – what is she wearing..) and then came to your post and you helped me see it is a trend now.
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here is the song link – (just check it out to see what i mean and then you can delete the link) but I had to share – 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaT8Jl2zpI
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I totally see what you mean!
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thanks for checking it out.
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I feel old saying this, but damn, I do not understand some of the things these younger famous people wear. In my opinion, if one has talent, they shouldn’t feel the need to be practically naked at all times.
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well that is nice of you to see it that way – more than nice – it is taste and wisdom –
although I did wear a half-shirt – only a little while – back in the late 1980s –
not sure why I did – we all did – and I see the photos of me and cringe
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For some reason, it seemed different then. Everything wasn’t so sexualized back then. I mean, my daughter is only 11 and all the shirts are tight and/or too short… and the shorts are *way* too short. I really dislike what’s “in” for kids these days, especially little girls.
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you are so right about that – (and side note – I really enjoyed comment chatting with ya tonight – and wishing you a good week)
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It was very nice chatting with you, too. 🙂 I hope you have a good week, too.
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taking a little blog break here soon – but not too long
L)
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I had to ask my daughter what the hell was going on with the cropped hoodies I kept seeing at Target, so she enlightened me. Believe me, I had no idea it was a ‘thing’. And it’s a bad ‘thing’!
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I don’t like it either – ha – especially int he hoody department
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Are you kidding me? Spam comments are the best! I love them because they’re obviously foreign and don’t make any sense at all. I say find the most outrageous ones and make a post about it. Well? I’m waiting?
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Maybe I’ll check some out. Lots of them are offering me medication, occasional adult entertainment, and things I can’t even understand!
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Wait, are cropped hoodies actually a thing? How… they’re meant to be warm!?!
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I’m sure they’re not meant to be warm… just “stylish” but that’s laughable!
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Delete the emails or do what I do and ignore them to the point where the app no longer works. 😂
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It’s getting worse. I feel guilty deleting… but I’m never going to catch up anyway. It’s overwhelming. Maybe your method is best… 🙂
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