The Common Luna

I hate bumper stickers. I think they are tacky and ridiculous. To be honest I often feel the urge to ram into someone’s bumper when I notice one. Political stickers seem to irk me the most. I don’t give a F*** that you are a republic, democrat, liberal , whatever. And just so you know I’m NOT going to vote for the next president based on the fact that your bumper sticker says so. F** you. I just have to ask why. Why do people feel the need to convey their feelings and emotions on a bumper sticker? I mean it can’t be to actually convince someone to act on what their sticker stays. VOTE ROMEY. No. No I’m not going to do that.   Hopefully everyone else in  the world would not vote for a particular political party based on someones bumper sticker. Is it to show support or loyalty? Let’s be honest. No one cares. Obama/Newt/Mitt/ Rick don’t give a flying F** that your beat up car says to vote for them.

I don’t discriminate however, other bumper stickers annoy me as well. I’ve seen one that said “My son beat up your honor student” …… sigh. Why would you advertise that your son is a freaking loser? I don’t get it. I see those stickers and I just think how trashy that family must be to think that its funny/cool to have a bumper sticker like that. I mean great your son can fight. So what. Does that get him anywhere in life? If anything I think it would be much cooler to have a bumper sticker that said “My son is richer than your son. He can pay someone to fight if he wanted. Cause he’s smart. ” Not that I’m condoning bumper stickers. Have it my way and they would be banned from cars.

I may expand on this topic at a later date, however I’m tired. So I’d like to end by saying don’t ruin your car with a bumper sticker. And if you do for some unknown reason decide to put one up. Don’t be surprised if you get rear ended at some point. It may very well be me. And it will not be an accident

I’m back by popular demand! After taking a short hiatus I’ve thought of some various topics I’d like to discuss. The first one includes milestone events. For example one’s senior prom, wedding, etc.

I’ve come to realize that the most exciting moments of my life are not the one’s that arguably “should be”. I often feel that there is so much hype that surround particular events such as sweet 16′s, prom, weddings, etc that they more often than not do no live up to the expectation that inevitably builds and builds prior. Have you ever seen a movie after everyone else? A movie that is quoted as “the funniest/best/most awesome movie ever? When you finally see the infamous movie,  you (or me at least) find yourself wondering what it was that made that movie so great. Do I have a different sense of humor than everyone? Am I odd for not liking this movie? The answer to this question is no. No you are not odd for not liking the movie. No you are not odd because your sweet 16 was kind of a non event and your senior prom sucked. I find that both of these events are very overrated and should be removed from the ” “milestone category. This brings me to weddings. Of course we all know that a wedding is a huge milestone. One of the biggest. For some reason however I found it annoying that everyone kept telling me this. Literally people would say “this will be the biggest day of your life”. To me this is somewhat depressing. For one, my wedding is over. That sucks. I felt so sad when my wedding was over. It was like ” wait it’s done? ” Huh. Ok.

So now that my big day is done, I still have fun going to other weddings. I’ve found however that I’ve become somewhat of a wedding critic. The past wedding got me thinking how cliche and cheesy it is for the bride to walk down the aisle to “Here comes the bride”. That is honestly the worst song ever. I really feel like it s just as played out as the “Happy Birthday song”. Its 2012. Those songs need to be updated.  Another thing I feel should be eliminated at weddings is the bouquet toss. Lame. Although I must admit how funny it is to see the overzealous wedding guest dive for the bouquet as if it really meant she was the next in line to be married. At this particular wedding this overzealous wedding guest had a name. “sweaty Tina.” This is not a joke. This is what the DJ referred to her as. This brings me to the catching of the garter. Let me start by saying what an advantage the guys have since they have the option of bailing if “Sweaty Tina” catches the bouquet. Nonetheless from my experience the guys are just as overzealous as the women as if catching the garter is a reflection of their manhood. Anyway once all the catching is done I find that the next part (where the garter is put on) leaves me feeling uneasy. For one, I’ve seen a couple get straight up dirty at this part ( and they were ugly), in addition to seeing a pair that clearly were 20 -30 years apart in age.  This for me makes for uncomfortable viewing.

Lastly I feel that if you find the love of your life and decide to marry after several miserable divorces keep a few things in mind. 1. No one should have to buy you presents. 2. Don’t act like this is your first wedding and attempt to make it a storybook happy ending wedding. It’s not. I believe you should actually question whether or not you should go through this at all. 3. Don’t try to convince people that this person is “the one” No one will believe you. 4. Don’t dance to a song where you’ve pre recorded yourselves saying meaningful things to each other over the music.  It’s just tacky. I think that’s about it.

So I’d like to conclude by saying enjoy everyday as it is. Don’t get wrapped up in your own expectations of things because usually you will be disappointed. Instead  live life on an even keel and enjoy the dull moments because those are the ones that are stripped from expectation and will most likely be the ones that you really will keep close to your heart

I’ve compiled a list of things that I’ve noticed about myself as I age

1. I find myself rejecting new music (i.e. Justin Bieber) and continuing to listen my cds I rocked out to back in the day (i.e. nirvana, weezer, etc)

2. BYOB restaurants are much more appealing to me than going to a restaurant/bar

3. I hate meeting new people and would rather hang with my close friends and family

4. My friday nights consist of a big pizza, fries, and movies…… and I look forward to this weekly

5. It is harder for me to stay up to date with technology and I find myself wondering “why can’t a phone just be a phone” and ” Is this really necessary”

6. I find I have more in common with the older women at work than the younger ones.

7. I enjoy cleaning

8. I wear clothes for comfort vs style

9. I’m not up to date with “slang” Apparently “hooking up” means having sex as opposed to kissing. When did this change occur?

10. It is getting easier to call an elderly person by their first name vs “mr. or Mrs”

11. Babysitting (my niece) is one of my favorite activities

I feel that yard sales can be an unbelievably huge waste of time. Especially the ones where it’s obvious that someone cleaned out there basement/garage/attic, pulled out a big blue tarp then preceded to set up figurines, ugly vases, pictures of weird animals (just saw that at a yard sale), and other random junk. There I said it… junk. Sometimes I feel people should refer to it as a “junk” sale. The thing that kills me is that some folks literally have there entire yard filled with crap that  must have taken them days to set up. Why the hell would you waste precious time setting up junk that chances are NO ONE IS GOING TO BUY!!! It can’t be for the money. I mean how much money do people really make on yard sales. I feel that the money would not make up for the time lost setting up a yard sale. Now don’t get me wrong,  I have seen legit yard sales. Even with the legit yard sales, however, there is still a hell of a lot of junk. I mean I feel like people can make an educated guess on what items may sell. Figurines, weird animal pictures, old yo-yo’s, random wooden cup like things,  are not on the list. (p.s.  these are all things I have personally witnessed). So in an effort to save time, really think hard to yourself prior to a yard sale and ask yourself these few questions. Does someone really need/want this item? Is this item heavy and possibly more of a hassle to bring outside? Will I most likely have to bring this item back in after it inevitably doesn’t sell? Is it going to rain? and finally do I really feel like waiting outside all day (or weekend) to make a few bucks? If the answers to all these questions ( or most of the answers ) is no, I suggest trying Craigs list, E bay, or just simply good old fashioned donating.

I think having a photo booth at a wedding is a fantastic idea. I actually feel like I would like to have a photo booth at every event that I attend from now on. Maybe I’ll buy one for my house.

Hi everyone! I’d like to make a special thanks to my good friends Patty and G for creating my blog. Stay tuned for the interesting and mystical thoughts of Tracy DeCristofaro (DeAngelis). Your in a for a ride…..

Ciao Bella!

Well here we are…another year, another birthday, and another chance for you to receive some really lame gifts. Since you are such a nice person, you are probably going to say, “I have never disliked a gift from you Patty!” …but let’s be real, that t-shirt I bought you last year didn’t just jump into the back of my bedroom closet. In my defense, you should know that it is very difficult for a nerd like me to come up with a fantastic gift idea for such an awesome person like you. So this year I decided to recruit some outside help. I know you’ve heard that two wrong’s don’t make a right, but have you ever heard that two nerds can make a site? (Yeah, we went there.)

Anyway, we know that you have wanted to start your own daily blog for quite some time now. Luckily for you we know a guy who knows a thing or two about computers and websites. (You should know that in the time it took for me to write up to this point, he designed this entire website…but that’s neither here nor there.)

We hope you enjoy your new blog! We will definitely enjoy the daily posts of the common luna. Happy Birthday!