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Saving the world one pointless act at a time.

03 Monday Jan 2011

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  1. New Years Eve is one of the worst “holidays”.  It’s really second only to Valentine’s day, which is a perfect asshole of a holiday in and of itself, but New Years Eve is trying to be as important as Valentine’s day in the most obnoxious ways.  What it should really be about, according to us singles, is renewing hope and giving yourself a perspective on goals for the up coming year.  It’s a fairly hopeful holidays, but it gets dragged into the bowels of Valentine’s day preparations by also being all about kissing someone at midnight.  This year I kissed a friend on the cheek, and that was that.  Last year, I was alone at midnight.  The year before I slept through it.  Basically, I’ve had all kinds of experiences with the holiday but every time that expectation is raised, it just leaves the experience lacking a certain… flair.  Or penis.
  2. Here is a list of topics that I never want to hear come out of my mother’s mouth again: Dog sex, oral sex, horse sex, contraptions created to jerk horses off, any and all references to my father’s sex life. 
  3. I’ve experienced this situation recently where in I become a proverbial punching bag for certain people when they are feeling… well, I can only guess insecure and unimportant.  I’m actually sort of impressed with the way that these people can word things to themselves and me, themselves because I’m so shocked that they believe what they say is a nice/kind way of saying things, me because apparently I’m the only bad friend anyone has.  The situation revolves around canceled plans.  Apparently, when someone says they will do something then cancel it’s a big downer or something.  Looking at it from their point of view, I understand why they would be upset.  I have experienced being canceled on more times that I can remember.  I have often felt pretty worthless on those days and questioned the relationships that existed at the time, as well as being rip-shit mad.  But I rarely do this to other people.  Generally, I’m down for anything, any day, and all there needs to be is a phone call and I’m 5 minutes from out the door.  So I find it incredibly unfair that after having spent so much of my life being the most portable friend anyone can have and being unappreciated for it, when I start doing things like canceling a plan once in a while I become undependable and flakey and get a huge talking at that sounds suspiciously like a guilt trip.  As someone who saves guilt trips for things like a family member, people who are slowly in the process of killing themselves, and (my biggest peeve) people who are constantly late, I know how to give them and I know how to spot them.  So I’m terribly sorry, my dear friends, for being the worst kind of person you could have in your life (apparently, according to you).  I hope at some point you can grow the balls to let your true emotions come out, because I know that if instead of bitching at me about being undependable (which is bull shit, by the way) if you simply said something like “I know you’re not feeling well but I really need you right now” I would renege my cancel.  Simple enough, don’t you think?
  4. I think that if you can’t turn on a computer you shouldn’t be allowed to have a baby.  I think that’s a simple and effective equation to minimize the amount of stupid that has been breeding in our country.  I had no idea that long blonde hair, a “banging” bod, and wearing high heels in the winter without socks made you a smart person according to the guy that’s “banging” you.  Oh, wait, I guess he might have said it because he’s “banging” you.
  5. I don’t have boyfriends, I have friends who are boys.  I have a few of them in random groups of friends that I’m fairly close to; I think of them like brothers and treat them like brothers.  But every once in a while I start getting the vibe from one of them… you know, the one where you think maybe they might like to start doing weird things to you like kiss you on the mouth or something?  I try to keep things chill, just treat them like brothers anyway and try to give them a subtle but strong message of “no” but sometimes they get a little… locked on.  I’m not saying obsessed, just that it becomes an underlying theme of conversations and it’s annoying.  The worst is that they become annoying friends as well, really needy and clingy.  It’s one of the most obnoxious and annoying things I’ve ever experienced in my life, and if I weren’t so vain I would do something to make myself more unattractive to them.  But I am vain, so I’ll just complain instead.
  6. I hate it when people skim books and don’t finish movies.  To me that is evidentiary support that proves you’re retarded.

You KNOW that’s right.

09 Thursday Dec 2010

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  1. I don’t understand why girls that smoke a lot of pot always get cats.  I’m going to take a guess and say it’s because they need animals that they don’t always need to take care of.  When Max was a puppy I was very watchful of him because I had to train him to not do certain things, but with a kitten you just try to keep it out of the oven.  And they don’t necessarily need feeding schedules, so that works for the pot head chick that accidentally got a little too high and decided to let her best male friend’s roommate feel her up, then feel horrible about it because she’s really in love with her best male friend because he’s got a tattoo on his hand and likes to smoke cigarettes and not brush his teeth which is really manly, so she makes up something (maybe about being scared because she’s really high or maybe tell him about the time her uncle took her picture when she was in a school play but he had a weird look on his face so obviously he was thinking inappropriate thoughts) so that he’ll take care of her and they can snuggle the night away, maybe smoke a little more since he’s a drug dealer and has all the good weed anyway.
  2. I’m actually really concerned about the people who have been so upset about the weather being cold.  I’m a little enraged in fact that no one seems to be giving them the attention they deserve!  They live in New England and obviously this cold front has caught them off guard, and someone needs to help them!  It’s not every day that all the people who live in your area join the nudist revolution during the winter, and I for one refuse to let them sit around and think their skin is thick enough to keep them….. Wait, they aren’t nudist?  Then someone tell them to put on a fucking sweater and shut up.
  3. When I wake up in the morning I look at my cell to find out what time it is immediately because it’s always a toss-up on whether I awaken before noon or not.  This means that when someone comes in to tell me what time it is, I already know.  So they can stop doing that.  In fact, it would be a good idea not to talk to me until after I’ve had breakfast.  It’s just the safest bet for everyone.
  4. Since I have officially graduated from not only high school but college as well I feel that I no longer have to take tests unless I want to.  Especially when they are really not applicable to the subject that they are supposedly on.  Or when they just don’t make sense.  Also, there are certain things I won’t agree to be tested on, such as my knowledge of Harry Potter, a friendship, hair and make-up skills, creeping habits on the internet, and basic movie knowledge.  If I’m not in the Cash Cab I don’t want to jump through any hoops, especially without the promise of money.
  5. I wake up at 8am, then rolled over and fell back asleep.  I think this is the problem with winter weather, when you wake up and it’s so nice and cozy in your bed you think that any sort of repercussions for not getting out of bed are completely worth while.  No time for a shower?  It’s fine, this is the best bed in the entire world and I will hold fast to this extra time to enjoy it.  So then I wake up at 9am and roll over and think about how much I love my comforter.  Then I fall back asleep and dream about waking up before noon.  It’s a vicious cycle, but it’s one I have the courage to deal with on a daily basis.
  6. This Just In:  If you are renting a room in someone elses house and they have on demand movies ALWAYS let them know if you chose to rent 7 or so XXX rated movies at $18 a pop.  Because after all the yelling about the cable bill while you’re at work, we’ll still realize that the dates correspond with the dates we were out-of-town, and Pops will be ready to bend you over and help you discover a new asshole. 

Sometimes I forget how good my life is.

30 Tuesday Nov 2010

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I came across the blog of a woman who is the wife of the man who was my youth pastor in high school.  I read a few of her entries and started crying, which I don’t normally do, because she sounds like someone I want to meet.  She and her husband have a little boy, and she is pregnant again but there are complications.

Our baby is not viable.  My doctors’ suspicions were confirmed yesterday.  After an ultrasound, which took 15 minutes but seemed like forever, we were informed that our precious 16 week old baby has a two vessel umbilical cord (should be three), a heart defect, an obstruction in the intestines, half of one leg and no kidneys.  There is almost no fluid around the baby (because there are no kidneys).  This was the most difficult ultrasound I’ve ever had.  I could see that the baby was not really moving because there was obviously no room to move with the lack of fluid.  His little heart was still beating away though.

My greatest hope is that God would be honored and glorified in this situation.  I want to have more children.  Anyone who has been reading this blog has to know that by now.  It is one of my strongest desires, and at one point it became my sole desire.  That was so wrong.  Over the last year God has been loosening my grip on this desire that slowly and quietly developed into a NEED.  My desire for more children is still there, and it is still strong.  But my greatest need is for Christ and His purposes.  I have found that the more God loosens my grip on the things that I want, the more He becomes what I want and what I need.  I have also found that true satisfaction, fulfillment and joy only comes when He is in the center of it all.                       (Megan’s Blog)

I wonder at times if this kind of strength and tunnel vision for Christ only comes from going through the worst situations.  I don’t know this woman, but I knew Aron, and I know that if he married her then she is one incredible and special person.  I don’t know God’s plan.  I know that reading about the reality of her situation has reminded me to step back and reassess the condition of my own heart. 

5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
   sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
   you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

 7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
   wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
   let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
   and blot out all my iniquity.

 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
   and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
   or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
   and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
   and sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God,
   you who are God my Savior,
   and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
   and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
   you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
   a broken and contrite heart
   you, God, will not despise.        (Psalm 51)

Nothing wrong with a lobster pot pie between friends

24 Wednesday Nov 2010

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I had lunch with a good friend the other day and among our random ramblings about puns, Harry Potter, and firetrucks, he mentioned how refreshing it is to see a girl really eating a solid meal (he’s been dating around a bit).  We talked about how we get full, metabolisms and such, and I mentioned something about my stomach being a bit messed up from past abuses of it.  He paused for a moment, then simply said “baggage.”  “Ah.  Yes, we all have it!”  I replied, to which he said (and I quote):

 “Yes, everyone has baggage; you can either use it as luggage in your travels or let it weigh you down.”

I was rather impressed, as I adore a catchy and concise phrases that wrap a lot of things into a metephore-nutshell, and I let him know that through charades as I was chewing on a chicken sandwich. 

Later, hanging out by myself, I came across a verse in Ecclesiastes 6, the 12th one to be exact: “For who knows what is good for a man in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes through like a shadow?  Who can tell him what will happen under the sun after he is gone?”

Yet again, the bible hit me with a handbag that contained a brick about something.  It’s been a theme this past week in a subtle and obnoxious way that for some reason I have been in a more conversations that involve me revealing certain things that have happened to me or that I’ve struggled with to people who don’t really need to know.  Usually I try to keep the messy parts of myself hidden, seeing as it’s messy and I don’t think anyone wants to deal with it.  I can’t even deal with it sometimes!  But the conversations have been more about the reveal than dealing with anything, more about practicing the art of trusting others to stick around when I am vulnerable, not necessarily to help and offer solutions, but to hopefully understand that I have these vulnerable spots or times and that I am a work in progress.  It’s a scary thing for me, because so many friends have come and gone, and each time someone goes it hurts.  It hasn’t stopped me from developing friendships before, but these days I have been more careful because I need more time to exercise my backbone. 

So all the talking about personal struggles and baggage has come to this scripture and, per usual, a few little epiphanies.  For instance, I constantly forget that it’s ok to be a work in progress.  It’s not necessary to get over things in the same way as others, it’s personal.  But being in the healing process doesn’t give anyone the right to place a judgment on the happenings that put them in their current situation.  Only God knows what the occurrences in our lives are meant to bring us.  And the healing process/being broken doesn’t give the right to check out on life.  There are wonderful things in the world, beautiful things that we might only have the chance to experience once before our time is up.  Healing/being broken does not equate to being a cripple.

So I don’t really mind stating that I am a work in progress.  I have things that I’m dealing with  that I may not want to broadcast.  But that doesn’t mean I always resent these things; they remind me of lessons I learned the hard way, gives me stories to use to teach and connect with others.  And since I’ve consciously decided to start pursuing a relationship with God again, I no longer have to shoulder everything myself.  As a person who carried a fairly decent sized backpack through Boston yesterday, I’ll tell you what, it’s nice not to have everything on my shoulders anymore.

I Am What I Am.

09 Tuesday Nov 2010

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1.  This isn’t really a complaint, more like something that is really judgmental and shouldn’t bring so much joy to my black, wretched heart… I love finding out that people I knew in high school who were “cool”, “popular”, or “cheerleaders”, ended up fat.  Sorry girls, no matter how well you can do your make-up and hair, how much thinner you look with a tan, how little you care about the weight gain because you obviously still wear the same size clothing… I still see it.  And I enjoy it.

2.  Let’s set the stage.  You, 57-year-old woman re-marrying your husband.
Me, your second daughter.
You:  I’m not telling your older sister until I feel like it.  So if you tell anyone it has to be in a way that she can’t, like, read it on facebook or something because I want to tell her when I’m ready.
Me:  Why aren’t you telling her?
You:  Because she ran away and eloped and didn’t tell us, so I’m not telling her.
Me:  Well she was acting very maturely when she made that decision, and I’m glad to see you’re making the same good decisions.

3.  I’ve gotten this weird feeling recently, it’s the kind that makes my spine tingle and I’ll be sitting in a room full of people, doing my own thing, when I feel the need to look up and BAM!  That person that doesn’t actually say anything to me?  It’s fucking staring at me.  I have one suggestion for them:  Don’t.

4.  I’m not sure if it’s because we have a sick-ass shower or what, but I can no longer find redeeming qualities in the people who decide to have a competition as to who can take the longest, hottest shower when it leaves me with no hot water.  If you don’t even live here, find your own bathroom.

5.  Snuggies.  Ugh.

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I consider myself an eccentric who looks good in jeans, or an amateur at adulthood. I live in Maine, enjoy writing and photography as creative outlets, and listen to some of the worst music you've ever heard. I’m good at sin and bad at following Christ, but I’m still letting Him take the lead. Dirty is my middle name. So is Sean.
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