Life Lessons Learned (Today)

-It is quite difficult to look dignified when your mouth is stuffed with half a granola bar.

-Riding a school bus made for 72 people with only 3 kids on it through Chicago is not a wise idea unless you like being bumped a foot in the air every other second.

-Dentists are evil vampires in disguise.

-Mamuśki plują jadem w lemoniadę.

-My teacher has a thing for plush, screaming monkeys (but not for kids who steal these monkeys running through the hallway- and no I'm not attending an insane asylum school).

-Little girls in pink are apt to run screaming behind you all the way home from school (especially when the little girl doesn't know you, and is simply going home, which happens to require walking behind you for a sixth of a mile with her mother).

-Becky DID murder Anne, no matter what the defense attorneys say.

-The Simpsons is the Shakespeare of our time.

-Indian Berries are best when they are deep purple- not red.

Dog?

I may finally be getting a dog. Just a few days earlier, I would have vehemently refused getting a puppy- and perhaps even one from a breeder? I would have called the idea insane- why, when so many homeless dogs are in our shelters? But now, I'm not so sure anymore. Now, I know we're getting a little puppy- 8 weeks, maybe 12. Not 8 months, not 2 years. A little puppy. And, maybe, even a purebred- a Miniature Schnauzer, perhaps.  But also, maybe a mutt from the shelter. As long as I get a dog... I'll be happy. Whenever I think of this, whenever I remember that, hey! I'm getting a dog! (which is always), I feel happy and giddy inside. I feel an urge to skip and twirl, to let out the occasional shriek or scream of omg-ness. I can see myself, a little gray bundle asleep on my lap, a puppy scrambling through the grass between my outsretched legs, out on a walk with my dream come true on a leash with a blue collar. My dog, front paws perched on a baby gate in my kitchen door, looking lovingly at me sitting in the next room, ears perked. Rushing outside so my dog won't piddle inside on the kitchen floor. Gently brushing my puppy's fur, stroking him (or her). My puppy sitting before me on the white kitchen tiles, waiting expectantly for his next meal. Romps in the park, playing fetch at the field by my house. In a word- love. In another word- happiness. Best summer of my life. I can only hope.

I am VERY MAD!!!

Does anyone recall a post I wrote when I just came back from my break? About that idiot Ralph Blumenthal and his lie-packed article in Parade? Well, I wrote a letter to him and I thought I hadn't received a response. I had, but it was sent to my spam (and rightly so!). The response said, "This error has been long since corrected in an editor's note {and I already said this before, I was asking him to have the magazine put something in print}. As mentioned in the editor's note, this error was not mine."
So right away, with my temper (and excuse me for this next part), I thought, THEN WHO THE ^&$#'S error is it!!! Did the magazine just randomly type up some crap and slap your name on it?? Or did the magazine purposely make those stupid 'errors' only an idiot like the author could possibly make??? Is that idiot not the one wrote that stupid article???
I am sorry, that man is an idiot who purposely defames the Polish people, and nothing will change my mind.

Polish Constitution Day Parade and other news, including dog walking businesses

Ever since my Lent-long break from Blogger, I just haven't felt like blogging as much as I had before.

So, here's what's been going on:

-On Sunday April 18, 2010, there was a Marsz Żałobny through Chicago from my church to another church, going to a mass to honor the victims of the tragic crash on April 10th. My family and I went partway on the marsz (like a march), but then we turned back because my mom's feet hurt. Here is the only good picture I managed to take:

This is a women who was part of the march, I just loved what she was wearing so I couldn't resist a photo.

-Today was the Polish Consitution Day Parade. Here are some of my (horrible) photos:

Here are a few guys who came from my Polish school (Mimi do you recognize anyone? lol)

I was trying to take a picture of that banner with the late polish President on it. I just noticed  now this women that got in the way. :)

These kids from my Polish school were carrying a huge Polish flag through the whole parade.

Just some people walking in front of me.

These dressed up people walked a few numbers behind us. Here they are, before it was their turn in the parade. Some of them wore stilts.

My friend right by the Buckingham Fountain.

A little girl I 'caught' standing next to the Porta-Potties.

A cut off picture of an adorable beagle with a Polish flag attached to its harness, if you can see it.

A couple of Polish Highland Sheepdogs, or Polskie Owczarki Podhalańskie. I was hoping to see some PON (Polish Lowland Sheepdogs) like I had last year, but I didn't, unfortunately.

Congressman Mark Kirk, who is campaigning for the Senate. Alexi Giannoulias was also there. I'm no big fan of either of these people. Funny how in the picture on the bottom, the guy looks a lot like those Nazis that would salute and say "Heil Hitler." (You see the resemblance with the raised hand, straight up?)

This is the tribunał/ tribunal (it that's an english word) where Lech Kaczyński would have been, had he not perished in the horrible catastrophe (I am refraining from calling it an 'accident' because the chances of it happening 'accidentaly' are slim according to me).

Some tulips by the Buckingham Fountain

A couple of younger kids from Polish school.

The Polish Scouts carrying pictures of all 96 people killed on April 10th were one of the first parts of the parade

When we were waiting for the buses to come pick us up after the parade ended (I went with my Polish school), we had to walk down Randolph street, and it was like a subway tunnel sort of. To one side, and down, there was this huge, scary place about maybe 50 feet below where we were standing.

Since the actual Polish Constitution Day is May 3rd, I've been thinking of writing "POLSKA" on my face in red Sharpie. Therefore, on Monday, the writing will still be there, and I will have an excuse so I won't get in trouble at school for writing on my face.

-Also, I've been thinking about starting a dog walking business. That way, I can be around dogs. I'd like to do this until I've got my own dog- so approximately, hopefully, until the middle of June. I don't care about charging money- I just want to be around dogs. Once I get the nerve to ask my neighbors if I can walk their dog, maybe I'll set up a website and make flyers and advertise on Craigslist or something. I'm thinking about calling my business... wait for it.... wait for it..... "Kinga's Dog Walking Service!" Catchy, huh? lol.
Wish me luck please, or preferably just my own dog. :)