blogger may SAY that it's monday july 27th, but i posted my return post at midnight on august 1st. i said no posting until august. and when i make a rule for myself, i obey it. you don't even want to know what the consequences are for disobeying myself.
even though right at this moment i'm not following the "no blogging allowed after 10pm because you sound like a crazy person" rule. and proving the logic behind it.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
midnight.
i had reasons to not blog for a month.
1) i don't like it when people like my blog more than they like me in real life. i wanted to talk more to people, and less to my computer.
2) i make a joke out of my life, because that is my way of coping with stress. jokes are way more fun than emotions. and i felt a month of serious thoughts would be beneficial. purposeful. productive. i think finding something to laugh at in every situation is a good quality, but being thoughtful...that's good too.
eh.
i ended up writing down my thoughts on post-its.
which could be seen as pathetic or incredibly charming, depending on how you look at it.
here is the past month of my life, somewhat summarized in bullet points.
- derek webb has a new CD. available on the internet. which means my "new CD routine" is completely ruined. (i am way more spontaneous than it seems...) from the moment i got my first cassette (amy grant, my father's eyes), i had a routine. listen to the entire album, with lyrics in hand, start to finish. you stole that from me derek webb.
- the new korean child in my class still doesn't speak english. except for one word. and that word is: "yay." i think i've failed him.
- this post-it just says "baby talk." i can't remember what that means.
- i started helping on the new service team at church. i got to run the powerpoint clicker. which was really intimidating. and such a thrill. and i got to stuff bulletins. and set up some other stuff. and stuff bulletins.
- i. finished. anna. karenina. i finished anna karenina. i finished anna karenina. "Cherubs circle my head, scattering petals. Shafts of golden light fan out from behind me. A choir sings. I am triumphant."
- this one says "musical phantoms." hmm. my post-it system failed. shocker. i think it was from a book i read about neurological disorders. there was a section on people with musical disorders. they heard music, specific music, all the time. which begs a question: if there is one song you had to listen to every day, for the rest of your life...what would it be?
- harry potter. i've never read them. or seen any of them. my boss told me she was surprised that "out of all people" i've never read them. what does that mean.
- nyquil failed me. i didn't sleep this one night i took it. so i got some benadryl. i couldn't breathe. it worked, ok. it healed me. whatever. it robbed me of the joy of feeling drowsy for half an hour before i fell asleep. bigger fail.
- i read a book about economics. yes, i did. a quote: "Inflation is the opium of the people." and you know what else? i can tell you what that means.
- i don't twitter. i'm not going to twitter. but i would be awesome at it. in the absence of a blog, my status updates became longer. i got some good feedback. but i could never be as good as this guy.
- i had a flashback. i lived in a dorm room with two great girls. my best friend and another good friend. the fire alarm went off one night, around 2am. i'm the type of person who is AWAKE the moment an alarm goes off. no snooze button for me. so i left the building. my roommates stumbled out 5 or 6 minutes later. whoops. i left them to burn!
- a girl in my class at work fell asleep with a dinosaur in her hand.
- "good day for reading." - one of my post-its. it was probably raining or something. you know i'm a sucker for rain.
- i had a week of AMAZING dreams. get ready.
1) i dreamed i got a good parking spot at a store. a really good spot. the only catch was that if i left before 4am, i would be shot. by captain jack sparrow.
2) i dreamed i lost two teeth. i could actually taste the blood in my mouth, and almost threw up for real.
3) i dreamed i was at a community pool with people from all different cultures. i was responsible for keeping the Israelites hydrated.
4) i went to a party with my two younger sisters. (it's not a party til we show up!) everyone helped clean up, except for us. we just sat there. i didn't know my subconscious opinion of us was so low. because it's a pretty high opinion the rest of the time.
5) i visited my best friend in d.c. again. we walked around the city with american flag fanny packs.
shiver.
- i like to read. one reason is because references to literature are everywhere...music, movies, tv, the news. reading gives a broader understanding of culture in general. and i love it when a book i'm reading references one i've read before. the economics book i read referenced "the odyssey." greek mythology. a news article i read referenced george orwell. and starbucks gets its name from a character in moby dick. which is just something i know now.
- a teacher took the day off, and my boss didn't get a substitute for her. so a few of her kids were put in my class. one of them hums while he eats. i told him to stop (with my scary teacher voice...), because i didn't want him to choke. he just looked at me, and then took another bite, and kept on humming. i realized he couldn't control it. it's just something he does. i found out his family has a bull dog. and apparently, bull dogs all make that noise when they eat. he picked up this habit from his dog. this is a true story!
- i stepped into the older kid's classroom for a second, and one of the little girls started talking to me. she was jumping up and down for the entire conversation. we were discussing how she broke her ankle and is going to the doctor.
serious posts to look forward to:
i read "prodigal God" and it made me feel better about how my really good friends live all over the world, and not with me. (how dare they?)
something sad happened to my sponsored child. i cried a little bit.
and that's the note i'm leaving on.
but not for a month. i tried that once. i ended up writing myself cryptic messages on post-its.
1) i don't like it when people like my blog more than they like me in real life. i wanted to talk more to people, and less to my computer.
2) i make a joke out of my life, because that is my way of coping with stress. jokes are way more fun than emotions. and i felt a month of serious thoughts would be beneficial. purposeful. productive. i think finding something to laugh at in every situation is a good quality, but being thoughtful...that's good too.
eh.
i ended up writing down my thoughts on post-its.
which could be seen as pathetic or incredibly charming, depending on how you look at it.
here is the past month of my life, somewhat summarized in bullet points.
- derek webb has a new CD. available on the internet. which means my "new CD routine" is completely ruined. (i am way more spontaneous than it seems...) from the moment i got my first cassette (amy grant, my father's eyes), i had a routine. listen to the entire album, with lyrics in hand, start to finish. you stole that from me derek webb.
- the new korean child in my class still doesn't speak english. except for one word. and that word is: "yay." i think i've failed him.
- this post-it just says "baby talk." i can't remember what that means.
- i started helping on the new service team at church. i got to run the powerpoint clicker. which was really intimidating. and such a thrill. and i got to stuff bulletins. and set up some other stuff. and stuff bulletins.
- i. finished. anna. karenina. i finished anna karenina. i finished anna karenina. "Cherubs circle my head, scattering petals. Shafts of golden light fan out from behind me. A choir sings. I am triumphant."
- this one says "musical phantoms." hmm. my post-it system failed. shocker. i think it was from a book i read about neurological disorders. there was a section on people with musical disorders. they heard music, specific music, all the time. which begs a question: if there is one song you had to listen to every day, for the rest of your life...what would it be?
- harry potter. i've never read them. or seen any of them. my boss told me she was surprised that "out of all people" i've never read them. what does that mean.
- nyquil failed me. i didn't sleep this one night i took it. so i got some benadryl. i couldn't breathe. it worked, ok. it healed me. whatever. it robbed me of the joy of feeling drowsy for half an hour before i fell asleep. bigger fail.
- i read a book about economics. yes, i did. a quote: "Inflation is the opium of the people." and you know what else? i can tell you what that means.
- i don't twitter. i'm not going to twitter. but i would be awesome at it. in the absence of a blog, my status updates became longer. i got some good feedback. but i could never be as good as this guy.
- i had a flashback. i lived in a dorm room with two great girls. my best friend and another good friend. the fire alarm went off one night, around 2am. i'm the type of person who is AWAKE the moment an alarm goes off. no snooze button for me. so i left the building. my roommates stumbled out 5 or 6 minutes later. whoops. i left them to burn!
- a girl in my class at work fell asleep with a dinosaur in her hand.
- "good day for reading." - one of my post-its. it was probably raining or something. you know i'm a sucker for rain.
- i had a week of AMAZING dreams. get ready.
1) i dreamed i got a good parking spot at a store. a really good spot. the only catch was that if i left before 4am, i would be shot. by captain jack sparrow.
2) i dreamed i lost two teeth. i could actually taste the blood in my mouth, and almost threw up for real.
3) i dreamed i was at a community pool with people from all different cultures. i was responsible for keeping the Israelites hydrated.
4) i went to a party with my two younger sisters. (it's not a party til we show up!) everyone helped clean up, except for us. we just sat there. i didn't know my subconscious opinion of us was so low. because it's a pretty high opinion the rest of the time.
5) i visited my best friend in d.c. again. we walked around the city with american flag fanny packs.
shiver.
- i like to read. one reason is because references to literature are everywhere...music, movies, tv, the news. reading gives a broader understanding of culture in general. and i love it when a book i'm reading references one i've read before. the economics book i read referenced "the odyssey." greek mythology. a news article i read referenced george orwell. and starbucks gets its name from a character in moby dick. which is just something i know now.
- a teacher took the day off, and my boss didn't get a substitute for her. so a few of her kids were put in my class. one of them hums while he eats. i told him to stop (with my scary teacher voice...), because i didn't want him to choke. he just looked at me, and then took another bite, and kept on humming. i realized he couldn't control it. it's just something he does. i found out his family has a bull dog. and apparently, bull dogs all make that noise when they eat. he picked up this habit from his dog. this is a true story!
- i stepped into the older kid's classroom for a second, and one of the little girls started talking to me. she was jumping up and down for the entire conversation. we were discussing how she broke her ankle and is going to the doctor.
serious posts to look forward to:
i read "prodigal God" and it made me feel better about how my really good friends live all over the world, and not with me. (how dare they?)
something sad happened to my sponsored child. i cried a little bit.
and that's the note i'm leaving on.
but not for a month. i tried that once. i ended up writing myself cryptic messages on post-its.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
hiatus.
i guess i am kind of dramatic.
goal:
no blogging for the rest of july.
before i go:
download derek webb's new album, stockholm syndrome, coming out on tuesday. sort of. he's releasing the "controversial" version himself on tuesday. and his label is releasing their Christian culture friendly version in stores in september.
if i understood the details correctly...you also get a download of a documentary about how this album was made. which is great. and he's also going to sell 1,000 copies of it on VINYL. can you imagine how great that will sound? i'll just have to imagine because i don't have a record player. if i'm not cool enough for an ipod, i'm certainly not cool enough for a record player.
anyway, i think they need to see that their concept of what consumers want is WAY off. which they will learn when everyone buys HIS version and not theirs. so buy it. i heard it at the world's strangest "show" and it's GREAT.
you want to ask me about the world's strangest show, right? do it. i need human conversation. and i don't mean with two year olds. they don't have anything interesting to say. unless you want to hear about potty training. which i don't.
OK. done.
goal:
no blogging for the rest of july.
before i go:
download derek webb's new album, stockholm syndrome, coming out on tuesday. sort of. he's releasing the "controversial" version himself on tuesday. and his label is releasing their Christian culture friendly version in stores in september.
if i understood the details correctly...you also get a download of a documentary about how this album was made. which is great. and he's also going to sell 1,000 copies of it on VINYL. can you imagine how great that will sound? i'll just have to imagine because i don't have a record player. if i'm not cool enough for an ipod, i'm certainly not cool enough for a record player.
anyway, i think they need to see that their concept of what consumers want is WAY off. which they will learn when everyone buys HIS version and not theirs. so buy it. i heard it at the world's strangest "show" and it's GREAT.
you want to ask me about the world's strangest show, right? do it. i need human conversation. and i don't mean with two year olds. they don't have anything interesting to say. unless you want to hear about potty training. which i don't.
OK. done.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
waimea
for a few years now there has been a 4th of july that stood out in my memory as "the best." i spent a summer away in an exotic location...
tonight is hard to describe, but was one of those "read anna karenina at the parthenon, while watching the rain and listening to a violin play" kind of nights. so it takes first place now.
too many details will mess up the image i want to record.
it rained really hard. the words "torrential downpour" come to mind. we just happened to be at LP field, which is a structure that screams "nashville." so we huddled under some awnings there. watched the fireworks really, really close overhead. and there was one couple, sitting in their lawnchairs, with their umbrellas. who felt no need for shelter. they sat in the wide open space and watched. if i had brought my camera, it would have been the best photograph i've ever taken.
tonight is hard to describe, but was one of those "read anna karenina at the parthenon, while watching the rain and listening to a violin play" kind of nights. so it takes first place now.
too many details will mess up the image i want to record.
it rained really hard. the words "torrential downpour" come to mind. we just happened to be at LP field, which is a structure that screams "nashville." so we huddled under some awnings there. watched the fireworks really, really close overhead. and there was one couple, sitting in their lawnchairs, with their umbrellas. who felt no need for shelter. they sat in the wide open space and watched. if i had brought my camera, it would have been the best photograph i've ever taken.
Friday, July 3, 2009
i like australian accents.
two interesting pieces of mail i received:
an invite to a "love offering" concert by steve green at my old church. addressed to "resident." is that all i am to you, after all we went through?
and an invite to an old fashioned ice cream social with my state representative.
including:
live music by boomerang
and, i quote, "balloon artists by party animals!"
an invite to a "love offering" concert by steve green at my old church. addressed to "resident." is that all i am to you, after all we went through?
and an invite to an old fashioned ice cream social with my state representative.
including:
live music by boomerang
and, i quote, "balloon artists by party animals!"
Thursday, July 2, 2009
remember when we were on top of a pyramid?
last year at this time, i was packing for the best vacation i've ever taken.
i left on saturday, july 5th. and travelled to a foreign land to visit my friend who lives in a foreign land. i went with my best friend and her husband. and had the time of my life. in a foreign land.
i just feel like reliving my adventures through pictures.
art EVERYWHERE. that's a library covered with a mosaic, y'all.
and a 3-wall diego rivera mural.
a lot of beautiful architecture. like at the national cathedral and national palace.
there was a castle with a checkered floor,too.
and, oh yeah. there was that one day when we climbed a pyramid. 246 feet high. 3rd largest pyramid in the world. (thank you wikipedia.) i almost didn't make it to the top. but then i did.
friends.
mexico city.
i left on saturday, july 5th. and travelled to a foreign land to visit my friend who lives in a foreign land. i went with my best friend and her husband. and had the time of my life. in a foreign land.
i just feel like reliving my adventures through pictures.
art EVERYWHERE. that's a library covered with a mosaic, y'all.
and a 3-wall diego rivera mural.
a lot of beautiful architecture. like at the national cathedral and national palace.
there was a castle with a checkered floor,too.
and, oh yeah. there was that one day when we climbed a pyramid. 246 feet high. 3rd largest pyramid in the world. (thank you wikipedia.) i almost didn't make it to the top. but then i did.
friends.
mexico city.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
the war in iraq
thoughts.
1) last night on the news, i saw a story about how some common medications are bad for us. i was so sad to see nyquil and excedrin migraine on the list. they make me feel so good. BUT...my dad's a pharmacist. so i've grown up taking only the recommended dose of everything, and i always call him if i'm not sure what kinds of drugs can be mixed. so i'm not worried about that. i'm just hoping this doesn't get so bad that they actually make those prescription drugs. it will be the end of me as you know me.
2) i've never really watched the evening news before. the national version at 5:30. uhhh...why do they all have the same stories? every network has the same stories. and they take their commercial breaks at the same time. i feel like there's more to say in the world.
3) i've had a new co-teacher for a month or so now. she's nice, but it's kind of painful to watch her adjust to this job. she is currently in the "i can't believe this! this is so ridiculous! why doesn't anyone do something about this? i can't handle this! this is not the way a business should be run!" phase. up next is the "i'm so numb from the stress. i don't even care if you fire me. just do it. i dare you. fire me." phase. i think i'm in the "i've lost my mind. hey look at that kid spin in circles for 10 minutes straight. that's so funny." phase.
4)live music tonight. the best kind of music. my favorite kind of music. i would care that it's a school night, but tomorrow is the last day of my workweek. so i don't care. i'll be a zombie. a zombie who is expected to do the hokey pokey.
5) back to the news. the morning news. on abc. i love it. they tell funny jokes. but this morning they connected with me in a personal way. they said "it's wednesday. but it's kind of thursday, because tomorrow is kind of friday!" and that's exactly how my brain works.
1) last night on the news, i saw a story about how some common medications are bad for us. i was so sad to see nyquil and excedrin migraine on the list. they make me feel so good. BUT...my dad's a pharmacist. so i've grown up taking only the recommended dose of everything, and i always call him if i'm not sure what kinds of drugs can be mixed. so i'm not worried about that. i'm just hoping this doesn't get so bad that they actually make those prescription drugs. it will be the end of me as you know me.
2) i've never really watched the evening news before. the national version at 5:30. uhhh...why do they all have the same stories? every network has the same stories. and they take their commercial breaks at the same time. i feel like there's more to say in the world.
3) i've had a new co-teacher for a month or so now. she's nice, but it's kind of painful to watch her adjust to this job. she is currently in the "i can't believe this! this is so ridiculous! why doesn't anyone do something about this? i can't handle this! this is not the way a business should be run!" phase. up next is the "i'm so numb from the stress. i don't even care if you fire me. just do it. i dare you. fire me." phase. i think i'm in the "i've lost my mind. hey look at that kid spin in circles for 10 minutes straight. that's so funny." phase.
4)live music tonight. the best kind of music. my favorite kind of music. i would care that it's a school night, but tomorrow is the last day of my workweek. so i don't care. i'll be a zombie. a zombie who is expected to do the hokey pokey.
5) back to the news. the morning news. on abc. i love it. they tell funny jokes. but this morning they connected with me in a personal way. they said "it's wednesday. but it's kind of thursday, because tomorrow is kind of friday!" and that's exactly how my brain works.
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