Ninja Monkey vs Birthday GIVE AWAY

In honor of my birthday tomorrow, I will be giving away one piece of jewelry (up to $25.00) from my Etsy shop.

Here are the rules:

You must visit my shop and then come back to my blog and leave a comment on this post with the name of your favorite item by midnight EST on my birthday (April 30th) . I will choose the winner on Friday May 1st by using a random number generator. I will post the lucky ducky Friday evening.


Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday Ninja Monkey, Happy birthday to me!

Now for a birthday mojito...yum yum Y-U-M!!!!

Happy Birthday Rose

Esther commissioned me to create some jewelry for Rose's birthday. Check it out and let me know what you think.


I think she likes them!

If you are interested in placing a custom order go to www.seemonkeybead.etsy.com and click on request custom item.

Ninja Monkey vs. Crazy People

Lately it seems like people are becoming more and more hostile. During the last month I have personally been screamed at and flipped off by strangers more times than the rest of my life combined. I find myself wondering if a small dose of the rage virus has been slipped into the water supply of central Ohio. It starts out with people being horrible to complete strangers for no reason and pretty soon we are going to be overrun with zombies!

So here are some Ninja Monkey tips for preventing rage infection:

-Stop and think before you scream at someone, if you do not master your rage then your rage will be your master. The terribly mysterious Sphinx gave me that advice.

-Take a deep breath and realize that you are most likely angry at something else and not the current situation. Maybe work is not going so great, or you lost your dog or your favorite team is not preforming or your grandma was turned into a zombie. All of these things are unfortunate but they do not give you license to be a jerk.

-Find more useful things to do with your middle finger. You could use it to greet people like Mork from Ork, or throw a peace sign or even to put on a neighborhood shadow puppet show.

If you encounter someone who is acting crazy and trying to make you as angry as they are, just ignore it and keep a close eye on them. If they turn there is only one solution....

ZOMBIE DANCE SEQUENCE!!!!



C'mon people now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now!

Ninja Monkey vs Astrological Pets

Liz's newest post on Breathe It All In has inspired me to post about what pets I think are right for me. According to this article I am best suited by a Pomeranian. All I can think when I imagine this type of dog is a tiny yip yip machine that will most likely be grumpy and nip at people and all that hair....no thanks!










This Taurus has already decided what pets she will be adopting in the future. I am a dog person, there is no doubt there. Dogs are great, silly, loyal, and always entertaining. Even when they are being total beasts!

My first pup will be a whippet named after this guy...

Salacious B Crumb was Jabba the Hutt's court jester and I thought he was funny when I was a kid watching the Star Wars movies. Whippets remind of Crumby, but much more cute.

I am also looking to get a cute weimaraner named after one of my favorite Lord of the Rings characters, Gandalf the Gray.


Yes, I am a huge, huge nerd and my pets will have the greatest names of all time!

My Esty Shop

Hey Everyone!


After 10 years of making jewelry for fun and selling here and there, I have decided to start up an Etsy online store featuring some of my favorite creations.

www.seemonkeybead.etsy.com

Check it out! I will be uploading new products so stop by often.

Ninja Monkey vs Cute Kids

I am probably biased but I think that my sisters have made some pretty cute kidlets(my word for cute kid types) Lately, I have been hearing some really funny stories about my nephew, Atticus Finch, and his brother, Harper Lee, and their cousin, Celeste. Yes, my little sister really likes To Kill A Mockingbird.

Last week my mom was driving around town with the kids when Atticus said something mean to Celeste. After overhearing that he hurt Celeste's feelings grandma stepped in and told him to kiss and make up. Atticus leans over, gives Celeste a kiss, and then says "I'm sorry Celeste, and I will put on your make-up later"

A few days later they are out driving with my aunt, Kelli, and one of her grand kids, Corbin, who had a cold. He sneezed and Atticus says "Uh Kelli, you should do something, its disgusting back here." She laughs and wipes the nose of her grandchild. Then Atticus declares "Its OK though, because it is our disgusting" So I guess blood is thicker than snot in the eyes of my nephew.

Over the weekend my mom who the kids call Nanu (as in Mork's greeting) took all Celeste, Atticus and Harper all to see their great-grandma. They were there for a while visiting when my older sister, January, came to pick up Celeste. She walked in and said hello to everyone and gave Atticus a hug. Atticus stared at her and slowly backed away to my mom and whispered "Nanu, who is that?" My mom laughed and told him it was his Aunt Jan. He didn't recognize her because she was wearing her glasses.


My friend Melissa has two sons, Bryan and Lucas. After not seeing me for a while, Bryan asked his mom who I was. She said that's your Aunt Brandi. To which he replied "Oh yeah! I thought I recognized those freckles!" I laughed for like ten minutes.


I have come to the conclusion that kids are hilarious!

Ninja Monkey vs Travel Plans

Ninja Monkey looks at long long list of travel goals and sighs...

I do think I have traveled more that a lot of people and it seems that I am still not satisfied. I did check off a few of my must visit places last fall when I went to France, England, Ireland and Scotland. I've done Canada and Mexico and various spots around the US of A but I still have many many places left that I want to visit.

-Australia
-Japan
-China
-New Zealand
-Egypt
-Greece
-Italy
-Easter Island
-Hawaii
-Russia
-Germany

Really I would like to go everywhere I possibly can. I also have this problem of wanting to keep going back to certain places. I fell in love with Chicago when I was 16 and have been there many, many times and plan to keep going back as much as possible. San Francisco has also captured my heart and I long to go back and explore more of California. I really like NYC, there is always something new to see and do. I also go to Carolina in my mind a few times a week. One day I would like to move down to the Raleigh area.

This summer I have plans to visit Seattle and do a road trip through PA, NY and Maine. Stopping in a few various places to visit friends and catch some shows. I do not anticipate getting out of the country this year since I am still paying for my trip to Europe last year. C'est la vie.

I will make my way around the world spreading the great ninja monkey spirit.