GurlsAsylum

GurlsAsylum
Location
Martinsville, Virginia, US
Birthday
January 30
Bio
Hey Ya'll! One crazy, funny, silly, honest, blunt southern chick comin atcha! My interests are varied, and I am always looking for something new to try. I am a student, sister, aunt, and daughter. Anything else you wanna know, just ask! :)

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APRIL 20, 2010 4:00AM

Top 6 Worst Chores

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While I can be a lazy, sloppy person, there are some chores I just cannot stand. While I will do them when necessary, I bitch and complain the whole time~at least on the inside. The following chores are my most hated, in no particular… Read full post »

APRIL 18, 2010 4:00AM

Changes coming to a blog near you

Hello, dear readers.

I just want to give you all a head’s up on what I considering and how it may impact the blog. Right now, I am trying to get into a writing schedule that I will hang with for the foreseeable future. This is actually pretty rough for me… Read full post »

APRIL 15, 2010 4:00AM

A Nearly Lost Art

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With the easy availability of the internet and all its communication tools, the art of simply writing a letter to someone in your life is quickly falling by the wayside. There are a few exceptions, but a letter has become the resource of last resort.

What you gain from sending… Read full post »

APRIL 13, 2010 4:00AM

Mental Constipation

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April 10

Today is write a love letter day with one of the forums I frequent. I’ve stared at a blank page for a bit…then starred at a blank Live Writer screen. I’ve re-read some of  my favorite how to kick writers/bloggers block posts. I am still no closer to… Read full post »

APRIL 11, 2010 4:00AM

Rules for Blogging? Make Your Own.

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I’ve been blogging for a good bit now-about seven months with serious intentions. I’ve read a lot of “rules†on how to make it as a blogger, how to make your posts stand out, and on and on. Many of these are tried and true. But what to do when… Read full post »

APRIL 8, 2010 6:00AM

Spreadsheet blogging

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In the past few months I’ve started following several other bloggers on twitter. Its brought me a lot of great information and some insight on what I am doing- both in my life and my blog. I’ve got a long way to go to become one of the medium contenders…much less/… Read full post »

APRIL 6, 2010 6:59PM

Twitter Updates for 2010-04-06

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APRIL 6, 2010 1:17PM

Requiems for Relaxation

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As I lounge around on a “not feeling worth a damn†kinda day, I am listening to my new relaxation and sleep music. I have many ways I try to relax but music seems to be the most effective for me. As a bonus, the music I am listening to also/… Read full post »

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RespectAs I was out with my family today, I got to thinking about the blog I posted yesterday. While my relationship with my significant other isn’t all roses and romance, we have several major things going for us that makes us strong. Though good communication is probably the top way to/… Read full post »

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RomanceIn the early days of September of this past year, I wrote a post where I took a look at how my current significant other was very different from the majority of those in my past. I was reading that post earlier today, and realized that I could probably come up/… Read full post »

MARCH 21, 2010 12:31PM

Thoughts on Marriage

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I ran across a site yesterday that is about one of many organizations working to legalize marriage for the all people. Specifically, they are working for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) community. It is amazing how many states have bans or other legislation that specif/… Read full post »

MARCH 16, 2010 2:59PM

12 Awesome Word Press Plugins

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Back in December, I had just moved this blog to being a self hosted site. I posted my favorite plug-ins at the time. Looking back, its funny how I only use one of those now. Though all of those did have good points, I found others that I like more or/… Read full post »

MARCH 12, 2010 11:12PM

Clean up on aisle five!!

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I have no idea how it happened, but something totally fubar-ed my word press installation yesterday. Removing the most recent plug ins did not help either. I figure that something in the data base got screwed up, but I couldn’t make/… Read full post »

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Several mobile phones

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In this modern era,  it is hard to imagine living without anything at all. Most of us have all of life’s necessities in abundance plus a unprecedented amount of the things we just plain want. Have you ever thought of the things you just couldn’t live… Read full post »

MARCH 8, 2010 8:00AM

The six biggest ways I kill time

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We all find ourselves with time to kill here and there. Some of us have even taken killing time to a higher form of art called procrastination. I am probably the best procrastinator that I know. I am going to share six of my biggest time killers today.

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And now to finish up the post from earlier today we have the list of things I wish other women would just get into their skulls…

For The Women

  1. Every man is different. Give them each a chance to fuck up for themselves.
  2. Stop using “I
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The so called battle of the sexes seems to be never ending. Any given night in America, there is a group of same sex friends talking junk about the opposite sex. I like to think I am just a little bit different. I tend to diss both sexes, though probably not/… Read full post »

MARCH 1, 2010 1:35PM

50 random things about Gurl

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I’ve be struggling to figure out what to make my next post about for a week or more now. I’ve got a nice long list of blog post ideas, none of which are inspiring an actual post.

Then I opened up my feed reader, and read a post from 344Read full post »