Starring Monika as Herself

Semi-Retired

2010-07-09T14:28:00.000-07:00

After the emotional roller coaster I went on I have decided to lay off for a little longer.

While We Wait

2009-11-25T03:46:00.000-08:00

As you saw, I had a harder time than I realized getting things about my life on here. I am re-grouping and will blog about some other stuff for a while, maybe, but until then, here are all the links to my brother's website, including Animal, my favorite sexist pig. I just basically copied his code to here and deleted my link because you probably don't need it, lol. Anyway that is why it looks strange. I think the online test one is interesting because it shows what a fruit loop my brother is. Hahahahahaha. Seriously, The Story of the Notebooks gives a good idea why he is like he is.

Harder Than I Thought

2009-11-05T04:06:00.001-08:00

I'm sorry about that last post. It was a lot harder than I thought it was gonna be. I will try to come up with something fun and then come back to the serious stuff when I "catch my breath."

I Got Sick

2009-10-23T03:07:00.000-07:00

My plan for this site is not only to have some fun but also to try to help somebody by telling stories of things that have happened to me or to people close to me. I'll tell them all as though they were my own, but, well, I started to tell about something that happened to me when I was 7 but I almost puked. Maybe this is going to be therapeutic for me as well, because maybe I need to talk about some of these things.

Cute Comic

2009-10-19T06:48:00.001-07:00

Ruthie Comic Strip Link

I Loved this comic. True, too. Well, except for Animal...

2009-10-17T04:47:00.000-07:00

Hi girls and boys. Sorry I've been too busy for you. I have been helping my brother since his muse seems to have deserted him. He is far too worried about what people think, though. He should just do whatever he wants with a, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" attitude instead of being so mealy-mouthed. Oh you can tell him I said that, he knows I think that because I told him. He talks about respecting people and having tact and diplomacy. I know you need those things, duh! I think he is too tactful and diplomatic. he is afraid to stand up for himself.

Every Woman Should See This

2009-10-06T05:03:00.000-07:00

Every girl and young woman should see this. This is why so many have such awful diseases, like anorexia and bulimia and why there is so much depression. You don't have to live up to false standards of beauty. Kudos to the Dove company for starting this campaign at
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/

Opening Statement

2009-10-01T06:48:00.000-07:00

Well, I need to make this blog productive since I have the freedom to create it. What to write about, though? I think that it will develop over time, but perhaps a sort of advice column type of thing? Well, depending on who you talk to, my advice may or may not be any good.

The reason I say “depending on who you talk to” is that even amongst my closest friends and family, there is great debate about my ways. It’s only because no one gets to know me. They all have these preconceived ideas about me. That’s why I have to come here. I don’t want to live with their preconceived notions, I want to live with me. Crazy? Not really.

Well, I guess that unless you know a little about me, none of this makes sense, but I will be revealing more about me as time goes on. Right now, I just want to write. I just want to state my opinions on things and not have my twin brother looking over my shoulder, sighing at me because I am so bad. I don’t want my good friend, everyone’s good friend who knows him, Bear Deville, shaking his head at me. I don’t even always want Animal leering at me, although I don’t usually mind, sometimes I just have had enough of all of them. I want to be out and be me. If I want to talk about sex, drugs or rock and roll, I want to say exactly what I think, not what I think my brother wants to hear, or anyone else. I don’t want to worry about if I have made a run-on sentence or my noun-verb agreement is off. I just want to say whatever I have to say.

But I will take questions and give MY answers. I am NOT a trained counselor or a shrink or anything, but I might can help you, even if you listen to what I have to say and decide that you really, really, really don’t want to do what I do. I will still have helped your decision, lol.

Drop me a note with your question or leave it in the comments and if it is something that interests me and I feel like I want to answer it, I will. I do not promise that I will answer any and all, just what I want. I will read every comment and e-mail I receive, though. You can contact me at monika.herself at gmail.com (I do my e-mail like that to stop spammers. I hate spammers. If you are a spammer, hope I never find you.)

A First Post

2009-09-29T14:38:00.000-07:00

This is more of a test post, really, but admit it, you envy my butterflies, don't you?