Ooooh-he's good
07.29.04 (10:24 am) [edit]
I know I promised not to put too many political things in here; there's already too many blogs just dealing with that, but I just had to.
Last night I was watching the speech given by John Edwards, and I actually got teary-eyed. Especially during the intro spreech given by his wife. They are such strong people, and so compassionate! I said to myself, [b][i]these[/i][/b] are Americans. It's amazing how much the media is covering this whole thing. I haven't heard much about Bush and the death toll in a while. It's refreshing. Something big is going to happen in this country, and I have a feeling it'll be good.
I was thinking about making of list of all the things I want to do in my life, and attending a political convention is definately on there. It looks crazy and fun and plus you get all those cool free signs! :lol:
Last night I was watching the speech given by John Edwards, and I actually got teary-eyed. Especially during the intro spreech given by his wife. They are such strong people, and so compassionate! I said to myself, [b][i]these[/i][/b] are Americans. It's amazing how much the media is covering this whole thing. I haven't heard much about Bush and the death toll in a while. It's refreshing. Something big is going to happen in this country, and I have a feeling it'll be good.
I was thinking about making of list of all the things I want to do in my life, and attending a political convention is definately on there. It looks crazy and fun and plus you get all those cool free signs! :lol:
Do not ignore the one year rule
07.28.04 (3:21 pm) [edit]
Today I'm parting with a box full of clothes I haven't worn in a while and giving them to Goodwill or the Salvation Army or some other thrift shop. It's a good feeling to be helping out people desperatly in need of decent clothes. And it helps me clear out closet space for fall! I actually am looking forward to wearing coats again. I love fall. Love love love love love.
Speaking of fall, I was checking out the events planner for my city and the theatre a walk away from where I am is putting on Hair-my all time favourite musical-in November! I am anxious for November to come. Hmm. Just have to find someone to go with. :? Well, I guess it'll be a good excuse to pick up guys in the first couple months of college. :wink:
[b]ALL ABOARD FOR THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR[/b]
Speaking of fall, I was checking out the events planner for my city and the theatre a walk away from where I am is putting on Hair-my all time favourite musical-in November! I am anxious for November to come. Hmm. Just have to find someone to go with. :? Well, I guess it'll be a good excuse to pick up guys in the first couple months of college. :wink:
[b]ALL ABOARD FOR THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR[/b]
Cheez-its are not vegetarian
07.27.04 (10:32 am) [edit]
Today, blessedly free of pain, and somewhat saddened to have to work inside. It's sooooo beautiful outside.
Although one of the ladies brought Cheez its to work and it's very hard to resist.
I'm on a food tangent today. :) Don't know why, but all I'm thinking of is food. Maybe it's because it's near lunchtime.
The nights are cool and I've moved upstairs. I'm remodeling again, and turning my cave into a library and den. I have so many old books that I have to put them somewhere. I'm wary of putting them downstairs just because of the humidity. Maybe I'll keep them upsatirs. I don't know.
I'm easing my parents into the idea of me moving accross the country and I think they're ok with it. Empty nest syndrome is a very strange thing.
Although one of the ladies brought Cheez its to work and it's very hard to resist.
I'm on a food tangent today. :) Don't know why, but all I'm thinking of is food. Maybe it's because it's near lunchtime.
The nights are cool and I've moved upstairs. I'm remodeling again, and turning my cave into a library and den. I have so many old books that I have to put them somewhere. I'm wary of putting them downstairs just because of the humidity. Maybe I'll keep them upsatirs. I don't know.
I'm easing my parents into the idea of me moving accross the country and I think they're ok with it. Empty nest syndrome is a very strange thing.
FALL DOWN AND KISS THE GROUND
07.26.04 (10:25 am) [edit]
Yesterday was the most beautiful day. The sun was soft, and broken up by puffy clouds drifting on a cool breeze. I spent the entire day outside reading and watering the garden. Cooked a veggie burger on the grill too. It's finally starting to feel like fall. I love autumn. It's my time. I live near the airport, so this weekend was the air show and the Blue Angels flew over my house twice as they were turning around. All in formation and really low. It was a gorgeous sight.
But today, different story. I'm in pain. Sooooo much pain. :cry: It makes me dizzy. Stupid. I should have been a boy.
But today, different story. I'm in pain. Sooooo much pain. :cry: It makes me dizzy. Stupid. I should have been a boy.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
07.22.04 (10:33 am) [edit]
I watched a great silent film last night, titled The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. I get a kick out of the actors and their jerky movements and over-dramatized facial expressions. Besides, the movie was very psychological and I learned a new word: Somnambulist, meaning sleepwalker. Very good movie. Not for the easily bored or people with no sense of culture, however. :wink:
Honey, I'm home
07.21.04 (3:37 pm) [edit]
Yipee and hooray. My mother has returned.
She brought me these cute little socks with the maple leaf on them. I absolutely adore them.
It's interesting, but her being away for so long really has made me see her in a different light. Before she never really had time for me. Now she talks to me all the time and when someone interrupts, instead of forgetting me she tells them to go away because she's talking to me. It's nice having her back. Dad's a great dad, but he's not a big rule person. It's the hippie in him. Now Mom's back she can keep my debutante of a sister in line!
I'm going to go get mehndi done today, I think. I did it myself a couple of weeks ago, but I'd like to have an Indian woman do it. They really know what they are doing and they make it look perfect. And I love their accents and their homes, smelling slightly of incense, walls decorated with pictures of their children next to pictures of Krishna.
GOOD OLD KRISHNA
She brought me these cute little socks with the maple leaf on them. I absolutely adore them.
It's interesting, but her being away for so long really has made me see her in a different light. Before she never really had time for me. Now she talks to me all the time and when someone interrupts, instead of forgetting me she tells them to go away because she's talking to me. It's nice having her back. Dad's a great dad, but he's not a big rule person. It's the hippie in him. Now Mom's back she can keep my debutante of a sister in line!
I'm going to go get mehndi done today, I think. I did it myself a couple of weeks ago, but I'd like to have an Indian woman do it. They really know what they are doing and they make it look perfect. And I love their accents and their homes, smelling slightly of incense, walls decorated with pictures of their children next to pictures of Krishna.
GOOD OLD KRISHNA
Wrong century
07.20.04 (3:19 pm) [edit]
Did I mention the composer Liszt was pretty good looking for a composer? :D
I'm thinking of volunteering on Fridays and Saturdays for a free trade store near my home. I really need something to do, and at least it would be for a good cause. I love all the little things that they have. Plus, they're all signed by the person who made it, so it makes me feel like it is a gift. I still have the tag from the collar I bought my cat. The lady who made it is from Guatamala named Silvia Perez. By buying her crafts, I was helping her to get a concrete floor for her house. That just makes me feel happy knowing that all the profits go directly back to the people who made the products, and not to a mondo huge corporation that shows pitiful pictures of children on tv to guilt trip you into giving them money. Whew. Rant over. :shock:
I'm thinking of volunteering on Fridays and Saturdays for a free trade store near my home. I really need something to do, and at least it would be for a good cause. I love all the little things that they have. Plus, they're all signed by the person who made it, so it makes me feel like it is a gift. I still have the tag from the collar I bought my cat. The lady who made it is from Guatamala named Silvia Perez. By buying her crafts, I was helping her to get a concrete floor for her house. That just makes me feel happy knowing that all the profits go directly back to the people who made the products, and not to a mondo huge corporation that shows pitiful pictures of children on tv to guilt trip you into giving them money. Whew. Rant over. :shock:
For my fellow travelers
07.19.04 (3:30 pm) [edit]
I talked to the monks about Tibet. (Even though they were from Japan, they still felt very strongly about it.) So I thought I'd put this up here.
Leave it to tomorrow to unpack my case, honey disconnect the phone
07.19.04 (10:33 am) [edit]
Back home. And I don't like it. I've discovered that I belong on the road, and in the Pacific Northwest.
The only thing that I am very happy about is finally sleeping in MY OWN BED! I didn't get in till about 2 or so because our flight was delayed. It was the most ridiculous thing: our plane was sitting there for us while we waited for four hours. It just didn't have any crew. So we waited for an available crew. I have no problem with waiting, but it was the people that discouraged me.
I can't believe howmuch Americans complain, and yet everything is at their fingertips! There are so many people in the world who would love to fly but can't, all they have is camel or sometimes only their feet. And the people on the flight were bitching and bitching. I felt very sorry for the flight attendant, so I went out of my way to tell her that she was doing a great job, and that I was perfectly happy.
For some reason I've been thinking about joining the peace corps. I'm in the process of figuring out how to do that and college. I'd love to help people, and get out of the shell that is America.
A bunch of Buddhist monks got off a plane while I was waiting and I chatted with them a bit. Their english was terrible, but cute, and I can understand accents well. They were some of the most happy people I've met. Not boing boing happy, but just plain happy.
The only thing that I am very happy about is finally sleeping in MY OWN BED! I didn't get in till about 2 or so because our flight was delayed. It was the most ridiculous thing: our plane was sitting there for us while we waited for four hours. It just didn't have any crew. So we waited for an available crew. I have no problem with waiting, but it was the people that discouraged me.
I can't believe howmuch Americans complain, and yet everything is at their fingertips! There are so many people in the world who would love to fly but can't, all they have is camel or sometimes only their feet. And the people on the flight were bitching and bitching. I felt very sorry for the flight attendant, so I went out of my way to tell her that she was doing a great job, and that I was perfectly happy.
For some reason I've been thinking about joining the peace corps. I'm in the process of figuring out how to do that and college. I'd love to help people, and get out of the shell that is America.
A bunch of Buddhist monks got off a plane while I was waiting and I chatted with them a bit. Their english was terrible, but cute, and I can understand accents well. They were some of the most happy people I've met. Not boing boing happy, but just plain happy.
Another interesting quiz opportunity
07.16.04 (3:30 pm) [edit]
Ballet shoes- beautiful, graceful, and creative,
you enjoy dancing writing and music. You are
often very poetic and sometimes dramatic. Even
if dancing isn't your thing, you are still very
creative. You keep to yourself aside from a few
close friends that you can relate to. You find
your own ways to express yourself and don't
have a need to be surrounded by tons of people.
What Kind of Shoe Are You?(new and updated results!!)
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BLOWN AWAY
07.16.04 (2:24 pm) [edit]
Yesterday has to rank up there in at least the top 5 best days of my life so far.
I went to both Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens. They were at once both different in landscape and equal in grandeur. My mind is still blown away, and it is very difficult to find the adequate words to describe the sort of bonding that happened between the forest and me. I'm used to the deciduous forests of Illinois, but here, the word coniferous isn't enough. They are primeval. The forests around Mt. Rainier are towering, like the fingers of the gods twisting toward the sky, mother earth reaching toward her lover, the sun.
Mt. St. Helens is much different. It is easy to imagine dinosaurs roaming around. The landscape looks untouched, with heavy moss coating every tree in sight. Then there is this boundary you cross, and instantly you are transported into a wasteland. There are millions of trees all lying on their sides, all facing the same way, as if bowing to the might of the mountain. It's been twenty four years since the eruption, and only a few shrubs and wayward treed dare to grow. The atmosphere is solumn, as if you wre in a church. It was quite an experience. I flew my prayer flags at the top as I stared at the hole in the earth that was what was left of the volcano. If I get the chance, i will definately bring my kids there.
MOUNT RAINIER-lush, forest-decorated natural edifice
MOUNT ST. HELENS-the wasteland and mountain in the distance
I went to both Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens. They were at once both different in landscape and equal in grandeur. My mind is still blown away, and it is very difficult to find the adequate words to describe the sort of bonding that happened between the forest and me. I'm used to the deciduous forests of Illinois, but here, the word coniferous isn't enough. They are primeval. The forests around Mt. Rainier are towering, like the fingers of the gods twisting toward the sky, mother earth reaching toward her lover, the sun.
Mt. St. Helens is much different. It is easy to imagine dinosaurs roaming around. The landscape looks untouched, with heavy moss coating every tree in sight. Then there is this boundary you cross, and instantly you are transported into a wasteland. There are millions of trees all lying on their sides, all facing the same way, as if bowing to the might of the mountain. It's been twenty four years since the eruption, and only a few shrubs and wayward treed dare to grow. The atmosphere is solumn, as if you wre in a church. It was quite an experience. I flew my prayer flags at the top as I stared at the hole in the earth that was what was left of the volcano. If I get the chance, i will definately bring my kids there.
MOUNT RAINIER-lush, forest-decorated natural edifice
MOUNT ST. HELENS-the wasteland and mountain in the distance
Been to the desert on a horse with no name
07.14.04 (12:25 pm) [edit]
It is so different in Yakima!!! Wow. A 3 hr car trip over the montains and I land in a desert valley. There are no trees and the landscape is dominated by sagebrush. I don't think I've ever seen sagebrush before now.
The sun is starting to hurt my fair skin again. In Seattle, the sun just kissed it, but didn't hurt or burn at all. Now it glares at my milk complexion, as though only dark skinned people are allowed here. And there is an abundance of dark skinned people. I can't believe how many migrant workers come up this far to pick grapes or peaches or apples for nearly nothing. I'm staying at a winery at the moment, and I feel sorry for the men working on the hot roof. I may bring cold water out to them later. The poverty startles me, and the way everyone ignores it hurts me even more deeply.
The family picnic went well; I love the Curry side of my family. They are open and honest and quick witted. I'm back north for another picnic of a sort on Saturday.
Tell me; is it wrong to fall in love with your cousin?
Don't judge too harshly, but what if something just connects, and your soulmate is your 3rd cousin? Should you deny love just because of the title?
MY WILD LOVE WENT RIDING
The sun is starting to hurt my fair skin again. In Seattle, the sun just kissed it, but didn't hurt or burn at all. Now it glares at my milk complexion, as though only dark skinned people are allowed here. And there is an abundance of dark skinned people. I can't believe how many migrant workers come up this far to pick grapes or peaches or apples for nearly nothing. I'm staying at a winery at the moment, and I feel sorry for the men working on the hot roof. I may bring cold water out to them later. The poverty startles me, and the way everyone ignores it hurts me even more deeply.
The family picnic went well; I love the Curry side of my family. They are open and honest and quick witted. I'm back north for another picnic of a sort on Saturday.
Tell me; is it wrong to fall in love with your cousin?
Don't judge too harshly, but what if something just connects, and your soulmate is your 3rd cousin? Should you deny love just because of the title?
MY WILD LOVE WENT RIDING
Family reunion
07.11.04 (4:28 pm) [edit]
There's a picnic in Everett that I'm going to where I'll meet some of family I've never seen before.. I hope they're nice!
MAKE LOVE FUCK WAR
07.10.04 (10:04 pm) [edit]
Went to the Experience Music Project. It's like a rock and Roll hall of fame only mucha smaller. I loved the costumes section. I got a pic of one of the shirts Kurt Cobain wore, and a Gene Simmons suit. I was dissappointed, however, that the only appearance of The Doors was a poster and a few CDs in the gift shop. And yet they had a whole room dedicated to Hendrix. Although I understand, really. Hendrix was around a lot londer.
I've been thinking of baby names lately. I think I'll name my firstborn boy Morrison and my firstborn girl Madeline.
I've been thinking of baby names lately. I think I'll name my firstborn boy Morrison and my firstborn girl Madeline.
Victoria and back in a day
07.10.04 (9:11 pm) [edit]
On Wednesday I took a two hour ferry to Victoria British Columbia. What a tourist-y town. I can't believe how many clumps of Japanese tourists I see. They have an interesting fashion sense. I envy the Japanese girls for their non existant hips.
A lot of the hitchikers looking for a ride back to the US would pop up at different times during the day and follow me around, giving me puppy eyes from underneith their dreadlocked bangs. It was nice to have people hit on me. Although I shouldn't give myself that much credit, the guys were stoned out of their minds. But I probably still would have done them (Just kidding!!! ;) )
Now I'm back in Seattle, and leaving tomorrow for Yakima. It's supposed to be warmer there so I can finally take off this fleece I've been wearing.
I love this place. Only in the Northwest can you find organic and veg food shops as easily as you can a Wal Mart in the Midwest.
On a side note, I read most of the front page of the newspaper in the machine and learned about Kerry and Edwards combo. All I can say is, AMEN!
Below is a pic from the fish part of Pike's Market
A lot of the hitchikers looking for a ride back to the US would pop up at different times during the day and follow me around, giving me puppy eyes from underneith their dreadlocked bangs. It was nice to have people hit on me. Although I shouldn't give myself that much credit, the guys were stoned out of their minds. But I probably still would have done them (Just kidding!!! ;) )
Now I'm back in Seattle, and leaving tomorrow for Yakima. It's supposed to be warmer there so I can finally take off this fleece I've been wearing.
I love this place. Only in the Northwest can you find organic and veg food shops as easily as you can a Wal Mart in the Midwest.
On a side note, I read most of the front page of the newspaper in the machine and learned about Kerry and Edwards combo. All I can say is, AMEN!
Below is a pic from the fish part of Pike's Market
Seattle
07.06.04 (9:54 pm) [edit]
Well here I am on the other side of the country. I feel more at home here than in my own city. Yesterday I picked up a few things at Pikes' market and watched then chuck huge fish at each other. Today was gray so I went to a mall. I didn't like that so much as I liked being at the market. Something in me connects here. The air smells cleaner, and the energy of the artists and visionaries sinks into me like coffee at the omnipresent Starbucks. I'm going to stay here for another week or so, I think. After this week I'll trek south to wine country. I hear it's warmer there. Until the next time I find a computer~ :wink:
Ahh. Chai latte with soymilk-as close to nirvana as I get.
Ahh. Chai latte with soymilk-as close to nirvana as I get.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
07.03.04 (11:10 am) [edit]
Strange mood I am in today. It's so dark outside because of the storm, and that, for some reason, makes me exessively happy.
I've been fasting for two days now, today being the last day, and it has been a time of quiet. Yesterday I was going stir crazy, but that's to be expected. My soul was still in the state of rapid action that it normally is during the week. It takes me a little time to return to quiet.
I've been through a Native American cleansing ritual as well, and do I feel cleansed!
On a more somber note, I've been remembering Marlon Brando these two days. He was an acting revolutionary, and his influence is immortal. He deserves to be celebrated.
I've been fasting for two days now, today being the last day, and it has been a time of quiet. Yesterday I was going stir crazy, but that's to be expected. My soul was still in the state of rapid action that it normally is during the week. It takes me a little time to return to quiet.
I've been through a Native American cleansing ritual as well, and do I feel cleansed!
On a more somber note, I've been remembering Marlon Brando these two days. He was an acting revolutionary, and his influence is immortal. He deserves to be celebrated.
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!
07.01.04 (10:20 am) [edit]
My favorite holiday.. and I'm stuck in America.
My mom left this morning. I'm sure she'll be fine, but I still worry about her. I tell myself she's an adult, perfectly capable of taking care of herself, but what can I do? I still worry. :wink:
O Canada! I am so happy it's finally Canada Day. I put out the flag before I left for work and I'm lighting off fireworks tonight. I'm such a pyromanicac, it should be quite interesting.
[b]We love our country, o yes we do.[/b]
My mom left this morning. I'm sure she'll be fine, but I still worry about her. I tell myself she's an adult, perfectly capable of taking care of herself, but what can I do? I still worry. :wink:
O Canada! I am so happy it's finally Canada Day. I put out the flag before I left for work and I'm lighting off fireworks tonight. I'm such a pyromanicac, it should be quite interesting.
[b]We love our country, o yes we do.[/b]