It's coming...........FINALLY!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Rescind
I officially rescind my last post. It was uncalled for and a little bratty. Shame on me for being bratty. I am not in a bad mood anymore, mostly because I am feeling creative.
I always thought I could be a writer. But, the BIGGEST concern would be, what would I write about? Work? Sadie adventures? Adventures in apartment land?
Not too thrilling. Not too novel-like, or short story-like, or limerick-like. So I'm starting to compile a list of all the things that I could write about it that would be interesting to the average consumer (marketing speak, for those of you not cool like me).
Feel free to add as you see fit any topics that seem anymore interesting than my disdain for mushrooms:
1. Being a Young Professional:
How in the heck did we get here? And how do we navigate?
2. 365 Things My Dog Can Eat Without Getting Sick:
I have a fairly substantial list going
3. Poems about Unrequited Jr. High Love Affairs:
Can anyone say rain rhymes with pain?
4. LOVE:
Small town girl meets big city, Spanish boy = awesome-ness!
5. The Tale of Concert Set Lists:
Is it considered rock and roll if you ask the sound guy for it?
6. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Mushroom?
A User's Guide to Avoidance Training
Interesting, no?
I always thought I could be a writer. But, the BIGGEST concern would be, what would I write about? Work? Sadie adventures? Adventures in apartment land?
Not too thrilling. Not too novel-like, or short story-like, or limerick-like. So I'm starting to compile a list of all the things that I could write about it that would be interesting to the average consumer (marketing speak, for those of you not cool like me).
Feel free to add as you see fit any topics that seem anymore interesting than my disdain for mushrooms:
1. Being a Young Professional:
How in the heck did we get here? And how do we navigate?
2. 365 Things My Dog Can Eat Without Getting Sick:
I have a fairly substantial list going
3. Poems about Unrequited Jr. High Love Affairs:
Can anyone say rain rhymes with pain?
4. LOVE:
Small town girl meets big city, Spanish boy = awesome-ness!
5. The Tale of Concert Set Lists:
Is it considered rock and roll if you ask the sound guy for it?
6. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Mushroom?
A User's Guide to Avoidance Training
Interesting, no?
Like Diamonds on the Floor
Why am I so bothered this morning? Who dares to cross my path at work when all I am trying to do is gently, quietly get through the day without actually having to do real work? Why am I so tuned into the small pitter patter of keyboard keys across from me? They sound like a symphony of jackhammers. Not to mention the hurricane wind-sound of the air conditioning or sniffing from across the hall that makes me want to throw my stapler through a window.
So silly of me. So silly of me to have one ounce of bad moodiness in me today. Sometimes it feels when I walk in my office, that my ears instantly become supernatural and all those little things that normally wouldn't be a bother continually grate at me all day.
Who cares if the water fountain drips and sounds like Niagra Falls? I do!
Who cares if the chewing and swallowing of an office mate sounds like a garbage disposal? I do!
And this all happens before anyone even opens their mouth to dare and utter a word...
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Far Along This Road
5 Things I Learned This Weekend:
5. Antonio Sabato Jr. is a hunkity-HUNK
4. I love waking up to sunny, cool mornings
3. It is perfectly acceptable to sing a Christmas carol at church in August
2. My dog is a lazy sack of potatoes
1. I love the weekends where I feel less like an automated robot and more like an actual person
C'est la vie!
Friday, August 21, 2009
On The Outskirts of Town
I ran across an article about the Mindset Series, where Beloit College publishes a list of "cultrual touchstones that have influenced the way new generations of college students think and perceive the world" Here is the link to the Class of 2013's list:
http://open.salon.com/blog/somyr_perry/2009/08/20/how_the_class_of_2013_thinks
So then I searched around and found the Class of 2007 (college graduation date) for my own Mindset List. I could say it's fairly accurate, though I'm ashamed to say I don't know what some of this is. Interesting read thought. I think my favorite is #46.
Class of 2007 Mindset List:
1. Ricky Nelson, Richard Burton, Samantha Smith, Laura Ashley, Orson Welles, Karen Ann Quinlan, Benigno Aquino, and the U.S. Football League have always been dead.
2. They are not familiar with the source of that "Giant Sucking Sound."
3. Iraq has always been a problem.
4. "Ctrl + Alt + Del" is as basic as "ABC."
5. Paul Newman has always made salad dressing.
6. Pete Rose has always been a gambler.
7. Bert and Ernie are old enough to be their parents.
8. An automatic is a weapon, not a transmission.
9. Russian leaders have always looked like leaders everyplace else.
10. The snail darter has never been endangered.
11. There has always been a screening test for AIDS.
12. Gas has always been unleaded.
13. They never heard Howard Cosell call a game on ABC.
14. The United States has always had a Poet Laureate.
15. Garrison Keillor has always been live on public radio and Lawrence Welk has always been dead on public television.
16. Their families drove SUVs without "being fuelish."
17. There has always been some association between fried eggs and your brain.
18. They would never leave their calling card on someone’s desk.
19. They have never been able to find the "return" key.
20. Computers have always fit in their backpacks.
21. Datsuns have never been made.
22. They have never gotten excited over a telegram, a long distance call, or a fax.
23. The Osmonds are just talk show hosts.
24. Undergraduate college athletes have always been a part of the NBA and NFL draft.
25. They have always "grazed" for food.
26. Three-point shots from "downtown" have always been a part of basketball.
27. Test tube babies are now having their own babies.
28. Stores have always had scanners at the checkout.
29. The Army has always driven Humvees.
30. Adam and PC Junior computers had vanished from the market before this generation went online.
31. The Statue of Liberty has always had a gleaming torch.
32. They have always had a PIN number.
33. Banana Republic has always been a store, not a puppet government in Latin America.
34. Car detailing has always been available
35. Directory assistance has never been free.
36. The Jaycees have always welcomed women as members
37. There has always been Lean Cuisine.
38. They have always been able to fly Virgin Atlantic.
39. There have never been dress codes in restaurants.
40. Doctors have always had to deal with "reasonable and customary fees" and patients have always had controls placed on the number of days they could stay in a hospital.
41. They have always been able to make photocopies at home.
42. Michael Eisner has always been in charge of Disney.
43. They have always been able to make phone calls from planes.
44. Yuppies are almost as old as hippies.
45. Rupert Murdoch has always been an American citizen.
46. Strawberry Fields has always been in New York.
47. Rock and Roll has always been a force for social good.
48. Killer bees have always been swarming in the U.S.
49. They have never seen a First Lady in a fur coat.
50. Don Imus has always been offending someone in his national audience.
In all fairness it should be understood that students entering college this fall do have a few items on their own lists that will separate them from many of their mentors:
- For many of them today, it’s all about the "bling, bling."
- They know who the "heroes in a half shell" are.
- Peeps are not a candy, they are your friends.
- They have been "dissing"and "burning" things all their lives.
- They can expect to get a ticket for "ricing out their wheels."
- They knew how to pop a Popple and trade a Pog.
- They can still sing the rap chorus to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and the theme song from Duck Tales.
http://open.salon.com/blog/somyr_perry/2009/08/20/how_the_class_of_2013_thinks
So then I searched around and found the Class of 2007 (college graduation date) for my own Mindset List. I could say it's fairly accurate, though I'm ashamed to say I don't know what some of this is. Interesting read thought. I think my favorite is #46.
Class of 2007 Mindset List:
1. Ricky Nelson, Richard Burton, Samantha Smith, Laura Ashley, Orson Welles, Karen Ann Quinlan, Benigno Aquino, and the U.S. Football League have always been dead.
2. They are not familiar with the source of that "Giant Sucking Sound."
3. Iraq has always been a problem.
4. "Ctrl + Alt + Del" is as basic as "ABC."
5. Paul Newman has always made salad dressing.
6. Pete Rose has always been a gambler.
7. Bert and Ernie are old enough to be their parents.
8. An automatic is a weapon, not a transmission.
9. Russian leaders have always looked like leaders everyplace else.
10. The snail darter has never been endangered.
11. There has always been a screening test for AIDS.
12. Gas has always been unleaded.
13. They never heard Howard Cosell call a game on ABC.
14. The United States has always had a Poet Laureate.
15. Garrison Keillor has always been live on public radio and Lawrence Welk has always been dead on public television.
16. Their families drove SUVs without "being fuelish."
17. There has always been some association between fried eggs and your brain.
18. They would never leave their calling card on someone’s desk.
19. They have never been able to find the "return" key.
20. Computers have always fit in their backpacks.
21. Datsuns have never been made.
22. They have never gotten excited over a telegram, a long distance call, or a fax.
23. The Osmonds are just talk show hosts.
24. Undergraduate college athletes have always been a part of the NBA and NFL draft.
25. They have always "grazed" for food.
26. Three-point shots from "downtown" have always been a part of basketball.
27. Test tube babies are now having their own babies.
28. Stores have always had scanners at the checkout.
29. The Army has always driven Humvees.
30. Adam and PC Junior computers had vanished from the market before this generation went online.
31. The Statue of Liberty has always had a gleaming torch.
32. They have always had a PIN number.
33. Banana Republic has always been a store, not a puppet government in Latin America.
34. Car detailing has always been available
35. Directory assistance has never been free.
36. The Jaycees have always welcomed women as members
37. There has always been Lean Cuisine.
38. They have always been able to fly Virgin Atlantic.
39. There have never been dress codes in restaurants.
40. Doctors have always had to deal with "reasonable and customary fees" and patients have always had controls placed on the number of days they could stay in a hospital.
41. They have always been able to make photocopies at home.
42. Michael Eisner has always been in charge of Disney.
43. They have always been able to make phone calls from planes.
44. Yuppies are almost as old as hippies.
45. Rupert Murdoch has always been an American citizen.
46. Strawberry Fields has always been in New York.
47. Rock and Roll has always been a force for social good.
48. Killer bees have always been swarming in the U.S.
49. They have never seen a First Lady in a fur coat.
50. Don Imus has always been offending someone in his national audience.
In all fairness it should be understood that students entering college this fall do have a few items on their own lists that will separate them from many of their mentors:
- For many of them today, it’s all about the "bling, bling."
- They know who the "heroes in a half shell" are.
- Peeps are not a candy, they are your friends.
- They have been "dissing"and "burning" things all their lives.
- They can expect to get a ticket for "ricing out their wheels."
- They knew how to pop a Popple and trade a Pog.
- They can still sing the rap chorus to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and the theme song from Duck Tales.
Monday, August 17, 2009
On The Dancefloor, Whoa
Monday morning again. Sunday night is gone. But it was a special Sunday night.
A Sunday night that held a quiet drive home through windy Highland Road and a heavy moment that hung in the air so delicately it made me catch my breath. It's funny how much a single statement can hold so much hope, so much promise.
"Very exciting things to happen soon and always."
Those might not be the exact words he said, but the moment was poignant enough that my ears filled with my heart in my throat. He wants to go on an adventure! And I will be his partner in that adventure.
Maybe I was excited about the "soon," or maybe "the always" part. Or maybe it was the way he gently tigthened his grip on my hand, that made me fall in love all over again. Always. With you always. With you now, and with you then. A promise made quietly and gently. In the words of a sleepy boy, to a very, very excited girl.
“They both still have their lives apart as well as a life together. They both still have their separate ways to find. But a marriage made in heaven is one where a man and a woman become more richly themselves together than the chances are either of them could ever have managed to become alone.” -- the ABCs of Faith, Beyond Words
A Sunday night that held a quiet drive home through windy Highland Road and a heavy moment that hung in the air so delicately it made me catch my breath. It's funny how much a single statement can hold so much hope, so much promise.
"Very exciting things to happen soon and always."
Those might not be the exact words he said, but the moment was poignant enough that my ears filled with my heart in my throat. He wants to go on an adventure! And I will be his partner in that adventure.
Maybe I was excited about the "soon," or maybe "the always" part. Or maybe it was the way he gently tigthened his grip on my hand, that made me fall in love all over again. Always. With you always. With you now, and with you then. A promise made quietly and gently. In the words of a sleepy boy, to a very, very excited girl.
“They both still have their lives apart as well as a life together. They both still have their separate ways to find. But a marriage made in heaven is one where a man and a woman become more richly themselves together than the chances are either of them could ever have managed to become alone.” -- the ABCs of Faith, Beyond Words
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Talking To Myself
Secrets. They are sticky buggers, aren't they? I find myself in the middle of the story lately. The middle of the page. Page 112 out of 347. The headline news finds its way to my desk (figuratively and literally) but it is wrapped in a neat little package marked 'SECRET' in scary red ink.
"I know something you don't know" plays in my head in the sing-songy child's voice that reminds me of the church playground, and all the girls would run around with gossip spilling from their lips.
Lately I've found myself "in the know" shall we say on a lot of different topics, that I can't divulge, share, embellish on or even mention in the company of others. Some fun things, some not so fun things.
I'm all for knowing, but it's the "not sharing with others" is the hard part.
My lips are sealed, mon ami.
"I know something you don't know" plays in my head in the sing-songy child's voice that reminds me of the church playground, and all the girls would run around with gossip spilling from their lips.
Lately I've found myself "in the know" shall we say on a lot of different topics, that I can't divulge, share, embellish on or even mention in the company of others. Some fun things, some not so fun things.
I'm all for knowing, but it's the "not sharing with others" is the hard part.
My lips are sealed, mon ami.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Did You Reach For Me?
You didn't have to explain.
I'm with you always, sunshine and rain
A garbage bag twist tie will do
As long as it means I spend my life with you
You don't have to worry or fret
We'll have the greatest adventure, I bet
You and me and love make three
And no one is as lucky to wait as me.
{For Better or Worse Can Wait}
8.6.09
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