Jack!

Jack: It's just cute that you watch your shows with your buddies no matter what.
Me: It's not cuuuuute!
Jack: It's kinda cute....
Me: Dammit. No it's not!
Jack: Fine, it's tough and rugged!
Me: Exactly.

Gems From Iam- Update

Manda: Will, when did this turn into a pissing contest?
Will: .....I can piss so much further than him.


On the phone with Will:
Manda: Will, I swear to fucking god if you hung up on me....!
Will: .....
Manda: You know, the dial tone would have started by now, right?
Will: DIALTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE


"...Because it's fox and their manifesto is 'destroy the dreams of children' apparently."

"Factors being... other peoples' vaginas?"

"Paleontologists are the nerds of the nerd world. We beat THEM up."

"Weddings... They're a funny thing, like if you were playing on getting married in November of 2011 and your sister ran off to go have sex with me during your reception."

"Cigarettes at the ready...coffee mug filled with caffeinated product... Slight feeling of shame with the realization that I'm a hack and am doomed for failure... I feel like a real writer!"

Manda: I'm weird.
Iam: You're just...unique..
Manda: *rolls eyes*
Iam: You are!
Manda: I'm weird.
Manda: And insane
Manda: and.. damaged
Iam: You're NOT insane! >/
Manda: I'm like a can you get a 50% discount on because it's been dropped so many times it scratched and bent all to hell
Iam: I'd pay full price for you. u.u
Manda: Hahahahahahahaha
Manda: *buries face into chest and just laughs*
Iam: o.o; What?
Iam: >.>; Least she seems...happy now.
Manda: *pulls back and rubs eyes again*
Manda: Thank you
Iam: What>
Iam: ?*
Manda: For being willing to pay full price for me *smiles a little*
Iam: You'd be worth every penny. ^^



Thanks for always being the one to put a smile on my face, love.

It runs in the family....

Me: "I'm auditioning for Footloose next week."
DJ: "Are you going to be Kevin Bacon?....Hi, I'm here to try out for the part of Kevin Bacon."

Again, my friends are love

Ben on why he called Will a whore:

"I recall he once told you at some point that he had sex with me. When I asked when this took place, I think the response was "always". If that is not whore-like I don't know what is. Also because he is smart, and smart whores rock."




Edit: Another Ben Moment

Ben: You are not a bitch
Manda: I kind of am
Ben: Well, then you are my favorite bitch.


I love you, Benny

Release

I knew I feared the unknown
The things I could not see
I knew I feared the shadows
I knew what they would be

It’s not that the light was turned on
Or the items that cast, removed
It is that I am not afraid
Because I can no longer be pursued

I see you, how you tried to kill me slowly
I see you, how you took over my life
I see you, how you kept up until I fell
I see you, how you fed and thrived on the strife

I ran from you, fear overwhelming
I hid from you, thinking I was weak
I fought you, taking too long to beat you at your own game
I won. Now it’s YOUR freedom you must seek

Tell Me?

Do you remember when we were younger and the hunger, the drive, the spirit, the love... it was all we knew... and we didn't even know?

We didn't know that our incessant questions of why and how were our yearning for understanding. Passionate thirst for knowledge.

We didn't know... and we lost it.


How do we get it back?

Classification: Inconsequential

When you are lost between dream and nightmare, do you ever think of me?
Of what we were, what we are, what we could have been?
Of my eyes, of my lips, of my freckled skin?
Or am I gone, am I lost, is it not I you see?

When you are drifting between truth and lies, do you ever regret?
The things you said, the things you did, the look in your eyes?
The false hellos, the thoughtless kisses, the endless goodbyes?
Or am I gone, am I lost, did you forget?

When you are hovering between life and death, am I on your mind?
Was I the one, was I the dream, was I the one you needed?
Should you have come, should you have begged, should you have pleaded?
Or am I gone, am I lost, am I left behind?

The Plea

Follow the path right down
Open the door
Right there for the taking
Reach out, touch it, feel it

Because the way to my heart has complications
Because the way to my heart is for no simple traveler
Because the way to my heart is only for the brave
Be reckless, my love, be strong and take my heart away

I’ve been remiss in my duty
I haven’t kept house the way a girl should
It’s covered in thorns and signs bidding you to be weary
Time to clear out, clean out, become a welcoming home

So it’s there.
It’s finally there.
It’s time to let you in.
Don’t let me down, please… Just don’t let me down.

Catch me if you can....

I have made a decision in my life. I am done chasing men, of seeking their approval, of bending over backwards to please them and be what they want.

Recently, I've started just being myself. No embellishments. No filter to seem more attractive. This is me.

And for the first time in my life, I want to be chased.

I know I have so much to offer someone and I want someone that sees it.

For the first time... I want someone to pursue me. I want them to catch me.


Maybe I'm crazy.

I don't know anymore.

-Manda

Repost of Perfect Man

I know many women that have a list of what makes someone her perfect man.

And I was thinking about it today, after finishing Jane Eyre (if you know me at all you know how those classics get me going).

And at first my list was long and filled with impossible things like "Mysterious man who has trouble saying what he feels but always comes out of shell for me; also has the wit of Shakespeare, the imagination of M. Night Shyamalan, the heart of Fitzwilliam Darcy, the daftness of Albert Einstein, plays guitar like Jeff Buckley, sings like John Gallagher Jr, dances like Gene Kelly and loves me just the way I am." Yeah... Even if a guy like that DID exist, which is most certainly impossible seeing as it would cause the universe to implode, he totally would be too busy with some hot model-type to even know I existed hahaha.


Then I thought about it.

And I realized what would truly make someone my perfect guy.

It's only one thing, which sounds ludicrous after my massive list above.


My perfect man will find something beautiful about me.

Whether it's my eyes, my voice, my laugh, the way I blush over the stupid things, the way I smile when I read something funny but I don't want to share it with anyone just yet because it's better to be kept a secret, even if it's not really a secret because it's in a published book read by thousands; Or even the way I ramble on long tangents for no apparent reason other than I feel the need to get as much detail in as possible so that the other person can truly understand and feel what I'm babbling on about.

Even is it's something as stupid as finding the way I sometimes snort when I laugh adorable.


Because if someone finds something truly beautiful about you, I'm certain that in a way they will cherish you for as long as he has that to grasp onto.



And all of this revelation has come from something, something I only realized recently: I deserve someone that will cherish me.


I may loud, jiggly in several wrong areas, annoying and opinionated; but I'm beautiful in many ways. It took a lot for me to realize this, as anyone who stuck around long enough to read this far probably knows.


Someday, I'll find my perfect man. And when I do, I'll probably make a mess out of it like I make a mess out of everything, but that's ok. I'm human. I've made tons of mistakes and I'll probably make tons more. But I can not let my fear rule my actions; it's time to put myself out there.
(Which shouldn't be too hard since I'm a loud mouth who randomly talks(and frightens) strangers, eh?)

Anyway.. if anyone stuck around to read all of this, give me your thoughts.


What makes your perfect man/woman?
Anything you wanna say, say it.
What's the point of having friends if you can't be blatantly honest with them?

Much love and giggles,
Manda