And ya'll thought I was strange!

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Fast Food

I love fast food than most people I know. So, I decided, because I feel like it, and this is my own freaking blog, that I am going to tell my 2 readers what I like from my favorite hot spots.
1. McDonalds
Breakfast - Breakfast Burrito Meal - with OJ and Coffee (1 cream, 2 splenda)
Lunch/Dinner - 2 Cheeseburgers Meal with a Diet Coke
2. Arby's
Roast Beef sandwich combo with curly fries and a Mountain Dew. Make sure to throw some horsey and Arby's sauce into the bag.
3. Papa Johns
Pizza (regular crust) with chicken, tomatoes, black olives, and mushrooms. Give me extra garlic sauce and peppers!
4. Taco Bell
1 Double Decker Taco (hot sauce added)
1 Nachos Supreme
1 of those quesadilla wrap things (also, with the hot sauce)
Not all of this in one meal, but I couldn't decide
5. Wendy's
Spicy Chicken combo with a diet coke
6. Great Steak
Chicken Teriyaki sandwich - and just that

That is all for now!

Rumor Has It

Fun fact I learned over Thanksgiving break - there is talk that Sasha Baron Cohen, the fella that played Borat, will be portraying Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, in a biographical film. Get me a ticket to that!

Pure GENIUS!

Dog's Get It

Dog Experiences Best Day Of His Life For 400th Consecutive Day

My kind of ad...

Kind of weird that an ad makes me feel so nostalgic for old times, but I don't think I am the only one. By the way, I stayed in tonight to do homework; yes, my middle name is productive.

Go Ducks!

Attention Attention:
I am now an Oregon Ducks fan. Why, you say? I like their mascot and their colors. Good enough reason, right?

Just A Happy Song...

from one of my favorite singers, Tristan Prettyman.

Me Amor La Oficina

I've gotten some complaints...

about my "All Saints" post. I've even been accused of running a "hogwash" blog. Here is some info that I was anonymously sent regarding St. Margaret. I stand corrected.

St. Margaret of Scotland

Born about 1045, died 16 Nov., 1092, was a daughter of Edward "Outremere", or "the Exile", by Agatha, kinswoman of Gisela, the wife of St. Stephen of Hungary. She was the granddaughter of Edmund Ironside. A constant tradition asserts that Margaret's father and his brother Edmund were sent to Hungary for safety during the reign of Canute, but no record of the fact has been found in that country. The date of Margaret's birth cannot be ascertained with accuracy, but it must have been between the years 1038, when St. Stephen died, and 1057, when her father returned to England. It appears that Margaret came with him on that occasion and, on his death and the conquest of England by the Normans, her mother Agatha decided to return to the Continent. A storm however drove their ship to Scotland, where Malcolm III received the party under his protection, subsequently taking Margaret to wife. This event had been delayed for a while by Margaret's desire to entirereligion, but it took place some time between 1067 and 1070.

In her position as queen, all Margaret's great influence was thrown into the cause of religion and piety. A synod was held, and among the special reforms instituted the most important were the regulation of the Lenten fast, observance of the Easter communion, and the removal of certain abuses concerning marriage within the prohibited degrees. Her private life was given up to constant prayer and practices of piety. She founded several churches, including the Abbey of Dunfermline, built to enshrine her greatest treasure, a relic of the true Cross. Her book of the Gospels, richly adorned with jewels, which one day dropped into a river and was according to legend miraculously recovered, is now in the Bodleian library at Oxford. She foretold the day of her death, which took place at Edinburgh on 16 Nov., 1093, her body being buried before the high altar at Dunfermline.

In 1250 Margaret was canonized by Innocent IV, and her relics were translated on 19 June, 1259, to a new shrine, the base of which is still visible beyond the modern east wall of the restoredchurch. At the Reformation her head passed into the possession of Mary Queen of Scots, and later was secured by the Jesuits at Douai, where it is believed to have perished during the French Revolution. According to George Conn, "De duplici statu religionis apud Scots" (Rome, 1628), the rest of the relics, together with those of Malcolm, were acquired by Philip II of Spain, and placed in two urns in the Escorial. When, however, Bishop Gillies of Edinburgh applied through Pius IX for their restoration to Scotland, they could not be found.

The chief authority for Margaret's life is the contemporary biography printed in "Acta SS.", II, June, 320. Its authorship has been ascribed to Turgot, the saint's confessor, a monk of Durham and later Archbishop of St. Andrews, and also to Theodoric, a somewhat obscure monk; but in spite of much controversy the point remains quite unsettled. The feast of St. Margaret is now observed by the whole Church on 10 June.

My Life Now That I'm Beyond Teen Angst

My View of Angst

My perspective on life when in my twenties:

Herzog is Engaged!

Now, let's take a vote on what kind of dress she should get.

1) Sweetheart cut?



2) Strapless?


3) Cyndi Lauper Style?


Don't delay - VOTE NOW! Time is ticking!

All Saints Day

Happy All Saints Day. In my 15 years of Catholic schooling (hey, I'm in a Catholic school again for grad school - well I'll be!), I became obsessed (especially around the age of 9) with having a saint's name. I felt shameful for not... and begged my mom to rename me Christina - I liked the name, and it was conveniently a saint's name as well. I dreamed of schooling with the Katherines, Marys, Theresas in Catholic bliss. But, instead she forced me to stick with "Maggie" - the name of the whore Rod Stewart sings about in "Maggie May". Whatever.
In honor of today's joyous occasion - I thought I would give you a little history on St. Cunegudes. The one saint I am glad I am not named after. Here's to you Cunegundes - patron saints of awful names. Just kiddin', Cunegundes.

St. Cunegundes

Feastday: March 3
Patron of Lithuania
1040

St. Cunegundes, Empress (Patroness of Lithuania) Feast - March 3

The father of St. Cunegundes was Sigfrid, first Count of Luxemburg. After a pious education, she was married to St. Henry, Duke of Bavaria, who, upon the death of Emperor Otho III, was chosen King of the Romans. St. Cunegundes was crowned at Paderborn in 1002. In 1014 she went with her husband to Rome and became Empress, receiving together with him the imperial crown from the hands Pope Benedict VIII. Though married, she lived in continence, for, with her husband's consent, she had made a vow of virginity before marriage. Calumniators accused her of scandalous conduct, but her innocence was signally vindicated by Divine Providence, as she walked over pieces of flaming irons without injury, to the great joy of the Emperor. Her husband, Henry II, died in 1024, leaving his widow comparatively poor, for she had given away nearly all her wealth in charitable works. In 1025, on the anniversary of his death, and on the occasion of the dedication of a monastery which she had built for Benedictine nuns at Kaffungen, she clothed herself with a poor habit, adopted the veil, which she received from the hands of the Bishop, and entered that same monastery. Her occupations consisted in prayer, reading, and manual labor, and thus she spent the last fifteen years of her life. She died in 1040, and her body was carried to Bamberg, where it was laid near that of her husband, St. Henry.

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except for the more swankier folk at CosmoGirl... she has always been a copy cat. If you want more - just search her name Julie (or her fake name - Julia) Obermiller.

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