Going for a run with Thao… and about 5,000 other people! Wish us luck. ;)
April 20, 2008
April 3, 2008
How Time Changes Us
Val! was sharing old photos with me. She sent one of herself, my cousin Karen and me all dressed up and ready for a night of clubbing. I remember the night and all of our photos fondly. We actually met a club-photographer that night and had a good time. He was the first of that type I’d ever met, though certainly not the last. At any rate, I was feeling sad, not to mention older, looking at the photo and thinking of old relationships. For instance, I haven’t talked to Karen in years, which is sad because she is a cool chick and we grew up together. Life is odd – how we fall away from one another. At any rate, in the depths of my melancholy, which I was sharing with Justin, he sent me a photo from last weekend. Wow! How times change. For your viewing pleasure (you may want to enlarge these):
 Taking harp lessons in Stowe in 2008. |
 Going out clubbing with Val! and Karen circa 2001. |
March 28, 2008
Yesterday was a bit mleh
As you can see, there is an awesome photo attached to this post of Justin walking Ruby and Eve. For some reason I was just in such a crappy mood yesterday… I was in the doldrums. I’ve been slipping into that mentality a bit this week and it really sucks. I hate it when I get that way, mostly because I feel like pretty much nothing I do matters. I feel worthless when I get like that. It’s so depressing.
As I was checking out at the grocery store today, an elderly woman spoke to two young men that were sitting near some newspapers and asked “Do you sell any papers that only have good news? …No? Shame.” :) I like the way she thinks.
Good News:
Tomorrow, Justin and I are escaping to Stowe, VT for a weekend of snowshoeing and relaxing at the Trapp Family Lodge. Roxors! I should definitely have no problem having photo fodder from this weekend. :)
Val!’s been kind enough to watch the puppies while we’re gone. Yeehee!!!
March 5, 2008
Comedian, Feminism, My Last Post
Last night Justin and I were watching Comedy Central. A stand up comic was reviewing some of her old material and making new jokes also. She got onto the subject of feminism and talked about how, after telling a particular joke roughly 10 years ago, she used to ask if anyone in the audience was a feminist. No one would raise their hands. When she asked the question on the show last night lots of women were cheering and raising their hands. She said that feminism is dead. What it means nowadays is that a woman has enough money to buy her own breast implants. Unfortunately, she is right in a lot of ways. Too bad I can’t find the exact quote – but you get the drift.
Shouldn’t we all be above the societal hype and influence? Aren’t we all supposed to be happy with who we are and what we are without trying, wanting, having to change ourselves? Here’s to wondering how much different and hopefully better things will be 10 years from now.
On the subject of my last post: The book How to be Happy Dammit just so happened to be sitting atop the JetBlue re-gifting table one day and Oscar brought it over to me, saying he thought I should read it. Basically, the book is filled with ugly art and valueless “uplifting” one-liners. I honestly can’t imagine it took more than a week to put together. At the time, it absolutely floored me that it had been published! Imagine my surprise when I discovered the newsletter I recently signed up for on Thao’s suggestion was by the same “author.” Incredible. *shakes head* And it’s not the only “book” she’s published. She’s actually published 29 “books!” I wonder – are they all of the same caliber?
Maybe I should go into self-help publishing. Nah, that would take too much motivation.
March 2, 2008
JUST DON’T TRY!
So this may not make sense.
People who do not try really make it!
Thao turned me on to this author not too long ago: NotSalmon.com. I sometimes enjoy the emails sent from her website.
I didn’t even realize that I have a history with at least one of her books. But it leads me to reveal: I have to admit that people who put in less effort and pump out MORE really make it!
So, long story short – make connections, pump out stuff, be successful.
Now I am sure you all want the back story, but just take my word for it.
bizarre… Life really does answer questions. ;)
February 22, 2008
All Fired Up
I’ve just finished reading an obviously slanted article about a recent Democratic debate between Hillary and Obama in Texas.
I keep refreshing the page to see comments people are posting. Some are fascinating. Really, it’s interesting anyway to see how fired up these people are about this race. My favorite quote so far:
“We need Cuba, like another money sucking anchor around our neck.”
hahahah
good stuff.