14 Days of Chrismukkah: Karmaloop Gift Certificates

Up here in Canada things can get a little icy. I salted the sidewalk (not just my own) so kids wouldn’t get their skulls cracked on the walk to school.

Now that kids aren’t injured they can learn… about good fashion sense via fresh Karmaloop gear. Ya heard!

About two weeks ago I was dropping off our nightly bank deposit from work. After I unlocked the deposit box to the bank and opened the drop slot, I noticed that someone else’s deposit stuck and hadn’t made it’s way into the box. I pulled it out (the deposit bag, get your head out of the gutter) saw there was over $5500 cash in my hand. With no one to stop me, and without a second thought, I put that wad of cash back into the deposit slot, along with the one from my own work, double checked to make sure both made it all the way into the bank. And, from there simply went home.
On my way home, I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I could have had in my pocket. But, not once did I have any regret about my decision. Excitedly, I parked my car in front of my apartment and ran in to tell my roommate my crazy story.
I work up the next morning to go to work, feeling excited about the “good karma” that should have been coming my way. Notice, I said “should”. I made breakfast, drank my coffee and went to grab my bag. My bag, which of course has my laptop and I-pod in it, was not anywhere to be found.
I thought to myself, that’s weird, I swear I brought it in last night, like I always do. After looking all over my place, I decided, I must have left it at work. Walked out to my car and, noticed all of my car doors were open.
Some time between me returning $5500 of a complete strangers money and my necessary morning cup of coffee, some crack head had broken into my car. The one night I have ever forgot to take my bag out of the car. The thief stole my laptop and I pod, which were in my bag as I previously mentioned. Also opening my glove box only to find, and steal, my camera (Leica). Which for some stupid reason, I put there a couple of nights earlier. To top that off, they also stole my ash tray which had about $3-5 in parking meter change.

Sometimes, karma is a strange thing. Oh and, life’s a bitch. I better learn to deal with it.

Could you please not publish this in the comments section? In a well-lived life one tries to do good things but I don’t like to talk about it publicly… but I do like entering contests.

Three things make me a little happy about myself:
1. I stopped two kids from whaling on a third kid (I was just passing by).
2. I’ve been spending a lot of time helping a person very close to me with some pretty drastic personal issues.
3. I volunteer at an organization that tutors kids once a week (i.e. helping with homework, etc.).

I saved a small child from a pack of ravenous wild boars …. in a past life. But in this life, I try to remain aware that my thoughts and actions are reflected back on me. So I try my best to be consciously aware, caring and generous of heart to myself as well as all others. The results are definitely worth the effort.

I lent my friend $100 so he could get his car out of impound.

I bought a crackhead a cup of coffee, and walking away, feeling good about myself, get pelted in the head with the cup of java. As I turned around, I see him smiling, and he actually asked if I could spare some change. I chucked whatever I had in my pocket at him, knowing someone, somewhere, owes me one.

I want to tell it but telling it seems like bragging thus the karma won’t actually work.Just hope that karma will work it charms here.Seriously.

I adore dogs, and miss my old boxer, Nico very much (i had to give her up – to a good home – when i moved to the city). I moved to a larger apartment last year in the hopes that my room mate and i could pick out a nice furry friend together – but, sadly, he has yet to come around to the idea. I didn’t want to bring an animal into the house without his approval and support, so i have just been going without for about 3 years running now.

I decided in the spring to start volunteering at out local Humane Society for dogs and cats. It was initially a selfish endeavor, to spend some time with the dogs, but it soon grew into something far more altruistic. To be able to go to the shelter or participate in adoption events and see families and couples and elderly and young people come in and search for a companion has been a blessing. To be able to, even in just some small part, find a loving home for these amazing pets and to see the new owners overcome with joy and happiness has become my new favorite hobby. I look forward to one day having the same experience.

I stole this little girl’s lollipop. It turned out to be butterscotch and I’m allergic to butterscotch so I got sick. I missed some days of work to recover and lost my job causing me to miss some payments and all my stuff got repo’d.

F%$k Karma.

The Semester is almost over here at Texas State University… And The week before finals is called “dead week.” My mother called and asked if I wanted to come home for a couple of days to help finish up with the christmas decorations. I told her that I had way to much studying to do. Of course, I was going to wait till the last minute to study so I had a few people over last night, a party you may call it.

And last night a miracle hit my home town. 6″ of snow. And for those who don’t know, it has bee almost 20 some odd years since my hometown has seen any snow. But I decided to have the party at my apartment rather than going home to have a chance to witness it.

Karma is a bitch.

Its all about the kids this year for me –

Shopping for Warm the Children, the sweet little girl I shopped with is so resourceful and thankful – made my week!
I was also very blessed to be able to donate a whole collection of my prints for silent auction during my gallery show a few weeks ago. We raised over $500, with all the proceeds going to a sweet little boy name Luke Hoag, who is going though treatments in Boston to fight an inoperable brain tumor. Talk about a heart melter, that kiddo.

I’m working on getting some of my illustration on the walls of children’s hospitals – maybe bring about a few more future smiles!

Whenever I leav emy apartment.. I leave the light on for my cat. My boyfriend yells at me and thinks its dumb. But I think it is important to think about the little animals that sit in the dark the whole time while you are out getting wasted! I think it is nice to think about someone/thing else without them ever having to say a word!

So I am basing my Karma on my treatment of kittens.

man, i was wasted and almost threw up in my friends brand new loft the other night. i thought i would be courteous and take it out into the public hallway. two days later i come home to my roommate’s dog who had thrown up all up and down the hall way to my room, and not just a little bit, i mean this was one sick dog. anyways, karma, its a bitch…