i was just writing an email to chad and i was telling him about the fact that for the last year or so, i have been trying to figure out what my style is... i don't know why i feel the need to be defined by a style... furthermore, could any "style" define me... do i really want that? absolutely not... but maybe if it was a mixture of styles, a plethora, if you will... would that be sufficient to define me? what would they be? hmmm... why do i even care about this stuff???
i had more thoughts about this earier, but now i'm blank... i hate it when that happens to me...
Sep 30, 2004
Sep 28, 2004
blah...
okay - so i tried downloading hello - and it wouldn't work... so i don't know what to do... maybe if i can get my laptop up and running (if i can find a system restore cd...) then i can try it off of that... until then... no pictures... sorry!
Sep 27, 2004
so this weekend was chaos... i worked A LOT... which is good for the income and not so good for the sick robyn... and not so good for the monday classes... i think things are just going to get busier which is nuts... but whatever... it will all be okay...
today i had my first test of the semester and i think i did a-okay... but we'll see next week when i get my test back with the grade on it...
and today was the first day this semester that i played ping pong... there's only one other girl at school that plays and she just found out she's pregnant - i don't know how much she'll be playing this semester... but anyway - first game we won, second game we got really close... i do okay at it... i'm not great, but i can hold my own... at least i can feel comfortable playing with the guys!!! i was told my first semester by one of the guys at school, "it's not that girls aren't allowed to play, it's just that a lot of the guys don't like for the girls to play..." grrr... i'm no femi-nazi, but i am stubborn... so i play... everytime i play i've been invited to, so it's not like i'm imposing!!!
i am working on being able to put pictures up... i might try it tonight, because i found some pictures on my old bcm website from our mission trip to brazil... so we'll see... i'm going to try... immediately...
yea for an end to monday!!!
today i had my first test of the semester and i think i did a-okay... but we'll see next week when i get my test back with the grade on it...
and today was the first day this semester that i played ping pong... there's only one other girl at school that plays and she just found out she's pregnant - i don't know how much she'll be playing this semester... but anyway - first game we won, second game we got really close... i do okay at it... i'm not great, but i can hold my own... at least i can feel comfortable playing with the guys!!! i was told my first semester by one of the guys at school, "it's not that girls aren't allowed to play, it's just that a lot of the guys don't like for the girls to play..." grrr... i'm no femi-nazi, but i am stubborn... so i play... everytime i play i've been invited to, so it's not like i'm imposing!!!
i am working on being able to put pictures up... i might try it tonight, because i found some pictures on my old bcm website from our mission trip to brazil... so we'll see... i'm going to try... immediately...
yea for an end to monday!!!
Sep 24, 2004
random question o' the day...
God allowing, if you could do anything for the rest of your life (job-wise), what would you do?
Sep 22, 2004
loss of words...
the last couple of times that i've tried to sit down and write blog entries, i am just blank... nothing to write about... no inspiration... it makes me think about the mercy me song "word of God speak" - and as i read the lyrics, well... it caused me to stop in the midst of a busy day and refocus... so i'm posting the lyrics and i hope it's a blessing to you, too!
I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say
Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak
I'm finding myself in the midst of You
Beyond the music, beyond the noise
All that I need is to be with You
And in the quiet hear Your voice
Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak
Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak
I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say
Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak
I'm finding myself in the midst of You
Beyond the music, beyond the noise
All that I need is to be with You
And in the quiet hear Your voice
Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak
Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak
I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
Sep 21, 2004
as promised...
this weekend was terrific... way terrific... it wasn't that anything spectacular went on... it just was great... so pull up a chair (you're actually probably already sitting) and let me tell you about it...
friday night i took off for puyallup... i got there about 1 a.m. and was greeted at the door with "find a place to sleep and have at it..." (pretty much) which was awesome... so that's exactly what i did... i went up to puyallup to be "the chicken girl"... one of my friend's sisters got married on saturday... i had never actually met the bride or groom until the day of the wedding, so it was kind of fun... i didn't really know anyone and i got to observe a lot... okay, so, like i said, i was "the chicken girl"... my main responsibility was to get the chicken from the grocery store to the reception - 500 pieces of fried chicken (it was in my trunk and i can still smell it today!)... i also helped out in some other areas (like tying raffia onto mason jars and making road signs to direct the guests to the church)...
anyway - there was a lot that i got to take in at the wedding... (i actually wasn't at any of the service... just the pre-wedding stuff and the reception... i did okay with most of it... at the reception, they had an open mic toast session... i was fine... it was neat to hear how the couple had impacted so many lives... there's other stuff - i actually just typed it all out, but chose to take it off because i probably don't need to go there - but that time was the only time that made me cry - which is kind of funny considering i don't really know them at all... it wasn't necessarily about them - and it wasn't a happy cry... we'll leave it at that... (and no, it's not about singleness in the least!)
so i was watching this interconnectedness (probably the longest word i've used all day) of family and friends... community... it was great... and after the wedding, we went back to my friend's house and a whole lot of people came over and we hung out and watched (part of) a movie before all falling asleep... i met all these random people - and they're all part of my friend's community - they don't all live in puyallup - some live really far away... but they all grew up together and know each other's lives and backgrounds... the bride and groom had known each other for years... i long for that kind of community in my life... a huge interconnectedness of people... i know a lot of people - in lots of random places... but i am longing for this sense of home and wondering where i'll find it... (which is part of what i left out before)
(i promise i'm going to sum up some of this a little later... but for right now, i'll get on with the story... i'm already to sunday!)
i went to breakfast with some of the "community," which was wonderful... random people i've never met before sharing lives... i love that kind of stuff... and my friend and i dashed (while we both put on make up in the car, which was extremely funny to all those watching... (actually we did this on the way to breakfast... my bad) to church for the youth service, which was awesome... then we went to a different friend's house (this one i actually knew...) and hung out for a while... after a little while, i took off to meet yet another friend in tacoma... she lives in portland and we were going to follow each other back...
we met up at the mall, so that we could grab something to eat... and then we decided to walk around the mall for a little while (just to not have to get back in the car...) and we found this very fun store with all kinds of things that appeal to girls... lots of jewelry and just fun girl stuff... and we bought jewelry for each other and then we went to other stores and looked around and ended up going to nordstrom's where we got cappucino to go with our free truffles while we looked at cute home decorations... we have very similar tastes, and it was fun to look at stuff... and kind of daydream for that home that i long for... with cute stuff in it that feels like me and feels normal and feels like home...
so then, we headed south on i-5... and i talked to my mom for almost the whole drive... which was awesome... the times are so rare that mom and i can just talk about tons of stuff with enough time to actually talk... it was so good for my soul!!! i have the most incredible mom... and she loves me a lot!! :)
so we get back towards vancouver, and my friend calls and says that grilled cheese sandwiches at boppin bo's sounds so good... and i agree... (it's this little 50's-esque restaurant/diner really close to where i work - across the parking lot - but i never go...) so we head to boppin bo's... and i kept doing weird stuff - like saying weird stuff or snorting from laughter and it never fails that every time i would do something dumb... the waiter would walk up... like i was imitating natalie portman in garden state when she does her "original" move/noise/dance - whatever it was... complete with sounds and arms flailing... it made for an interesting evening... we were there past closing and i think they let us stay around more for entertainment value than anything else... then i went to play pool and randomly, the waiter showed up at the pool hall - i didn't mention anything about going to play pool when i left there... it was strange... i left quickly after that (after we finished that game) and went to pretend to study but not get any studying done before class this morning...
so... ultimately my synopsis from this weekend is that i'm desiring this "home." i don't know exactly where it is or what it looks like - but i have felt what it feels like... it's the feeling i get when i've had a long conversation with my mom... or i've just spent an entire meal laughing with a friend... or when i've been around people who know each other so well... or when i sit around the table at the house where i live when everyone is home at dinnertime... or when i talk to my brother and we understand each other in a way that few other people do... or when i can sit and just be with other people... whether i know them or not... the way it feels when i have called amy at 3 a.m. crying and i get off the phone at 5 a.m. laughing...
the main problem with this is... i don't really have a place to call my own right now... and maybe that is what i want... but i don't think that is the complete solution... i think i'm ready to feel settled... to the point where i kind of half way know what i'm going to be doing and where i'm going to be living more than a few weeks ahead... and i know a lot of other people who are in the same boat... i don't understand this unsettled feeling but i hate it... in the midst of loving it... i know that i will never get this time back and it's a time when i'm so much more aware of what is going on... i kind of like the feeling of fluidity... but my heart longs for more... i don't know if it's a heaven thing - maybe i won't feel settled this side of heaven... and that may be true... but i don't think so right now... i think i could feel more settled that i do right now... maybe i won't have complete contentment in it... (and maybe i won't ever) but i think there's more than this...
this weekend i pulled out a great cd... i remember at this exact time last year (maybe a few weeks later in the year - but in the fall, i'm sure) that i pulled out the same cd and it feels like where i am now... so maybe it's part of my fall soundtrack... i know - i've got you on the edge of your seat... best of simon and garfunkel... but to go hand in hand with what i've been dealing with lately, a song definitely hit home... no pun intended...
I'm sitting in the railway station.
Got a ticket to my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands
my suitcase and guitar in hand.
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned
for a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound, I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me,
the movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see
reminds me that I long to be,
Homeward bound, I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
I'll play the game and pretend.
But all my words come back to me
in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me.
Homeward bound, I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me. Silently for me.
i just don't know where to head to be homeward bound... that's the problem... BUT... at the same time... i am learning and growing so much more in contentment of my Daddy... which is a good thing... like i feel "okay..." which is a huge thing for me... because a lot of the time i don't feel "okay"... like i'm fine with where i am... it's going to be all good... everything is going to be a-okay... it's just the waiting part i don't like... "what's next?" looms in my mind... but i'm sure it's all gonna work out... i don't know... i don't have all the answers... just thoughts, followed by ellipses(...)...
here's the quote of the day... 500 points...
"Why does every want to go away? I love being home. But I don't like being left behind. Now I am the one going ahead. I am not afraid. I can be brave like you. But I know I shall be homesick for you, even in heaven."
friday night i took off for puyallup... i got there about 1 a.m. and was greeted at the door with "find a place to sleep and have at it..." (pretty much) which was awesome... so that's exactly what i did... i went up to puyallup to be "the chicken girl"... one of my friend's sisters got married on saturday... i had never actually met the bride or groom until the day of the wedding, so it was kind of fun... i didn't really know anyone and i got to observe a lot... okay, so, like i said, i was "the chicken girl"... my main responsibility was to get the chicken from the grocery store to the reception - 500 pieces of fried chicken (it was in my trunk and i can still smell it today!)... i also helped out in some other areas (like tying raffia onto mason jars and making road signs to direct the guests to the church)...
anyway - there was a lot that i got to take in at the wedding... (i actually wasn't at any of the service... just the pre-wedding stuff and the reception... i did okay with most of it... at the reception, they had an open mic toast session... i was fine... it was neat to hear how the couple had impacted so many lives... there's other stuff - i actually just typed it all out, but chose to take it off because i probably don't need to go there - but that time was the only time that made me cry - which is kind of funny considering i don't really know them at all... it wasn't necessarily about them - and it wasn't a happy cry... we'll leave it at that... (and no, it's not about singleness in the least!)
so i was watching this interconnectedness (probably the longest word i've used all day) of family and friends... community... it was great... and after the wedding, we went back to my friend's house and a whole lot of people came over and we hung out and watched (part of) a movie before all falling asleep... i met all these random people - and they're all part of my friend's community - they don't all live in puyallup - some live really far away... but they all grew up together and know each other's lives and backgrounds... the bride and groom had known each other for years... i long for that kind of community in my life... a huge interconnectedness of people... i know a lot of people - in lots of random places... but i am longing for this sense of home and wondering where i'll find it... (which is part of what i left out before)
(i promise i'm going to sum up some of this a little later... but for right now, i'll get on with the story... i'm already to sunday!)
i went to breakfast with some of the "community," which was wonderful... random people i've never met before sharing lives... i love that kind of stuff... and my friend and i dashed (while we both put on make up in the car, which was extremely funny to all those watching... (actually we did this on the way to breakfast... my bad) to church for the youth service, which was awesome... then we went to a different friend's house (this one i actually knew...) and hung out for a while... after a little while, i took off to meet yet another friend in tacoma... she lives in portland and we were going to follow each other back...
we met up at the mall, so that we could grab something to eat... and then we decided to walk around the mall for a little while (just to not have to get back in the car...) and we found this very fun store with all kinds of things that appeal to girls... lots of jewelry and just fun girl stuff... and we bought jewelry for each other and then we went to other stores and looked around and ended up going to nordstrom's where we got cappucino to go with our free truffles while we looked at cute home decorations... we have very similar tastes, and it was fun to look at stuff... and kind of daydream for that home that i long for... with cute stuff in it that feels like me and feels normal and feels like home...
so then, we headed south on i-5... and i talked to my mom for almost the whole drive... which was awesome... the times are so rare that mom and i can just talk about tons of stuff with enough time to actually talk... it was so good for my soul!!! i have the most incredible mom... and she loves me a lot!! :)
so we get back towards vancouver, and my friend calls and says that grilled cheese sandwiches at boppin bo's sounds so good... and i agree... (it's this little 50's-esque restaurant/diner really close to where i work - across the parking lot - but i never go...) so we head to boppin bo's... and i kept doing weird stuff - like saying weird stuff or snorting from laughter and it never fails that every time i would do something dumb... the waiter would walk up... like i was imitating natalie portman in garden state when she does her "original" move/noise/dance - whatever it was... complete with sounds and arms flailing... it made for an interesting evening... we were there past closing and i think they let us stay around more for entertainment value than anything else... then i went to play pool and randomly, the waiter showed up at the pool hall - i didn't mention anything about going to play pool when i left there... it was strange... i left quickly after that (after we finished that game) and went to pretend to study but not get any studying done before class this morning...
so... ultimately my synopsis from this weekend is that i'm desiring this "home." i don't know exactly where it is or what it looks like - but i have felt what it feels like... it's the feeling i get when i've had a long conversation with my mom... or i've just spent an entire meal laughing with a friend... or when i've been around people who know each other so well... or when i sit around the table at the house where i live when everyone is home at dinnertime... or when i talk to my brother and we understand each other in a way that few other people do... or when i can sit and just be with other people... whether i know them or not... the way it feels when i have called amy at 3 a.m. crying and i get off the phone at 5 a.m. laughing...
the main problem with this is... i don't really have a place to call my own right now... and maybe that is what i want... but i don't think that is the complete solution... i think i'm ready to feel settled... to the point where i kind of half way know what i'm going to be doing and where i'm going to be living more than a few weeks ahead... and i know a lot of other people who are in the same boat... i don't understand this unsettled feeling but i hate it... in the midst of loving it... i know that i will never get this time back and it's a time when i'm so much more aware of what is going on... i kind of like the feeling of fluidity... but my heart longs for more... i don't know if it's a heaven thing - maybe i won't feel settled this side of heaven... and that may be true... but i don't think so right now... i think i could feel more settled that i do right now... maybe i won't have complete contentment in it... (and maybe i won't ever) but i think there's more than this...
this weekend i pulled out a great cd... i remember at this exact time last year (maybe a few weeks later in the year - but in the fall, i'm sure) that i pulled out the same cd and it feels like where i am now... so maybe it's part of my fall soundtrack... i know - i've got you on the edge of your seat... best of simon and garfunkel... but to go hand in hand with what i've been dealing with lately, a song definitely hit home... no pun intended...
I'm sitting in the railway station.
Got a ticket to my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands
my suitcase and guitar in hand.
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned
for a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound, I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me,
the movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see
reminds me that I long to be,
Homeward bound, I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
I'll play the game and pretend.
But all my words come back to me
in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me.
Homeward bound, I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me. Silently for me.
i just don't know where to head to be homeward bound... that's the problem... BUT... at the same time... i am learning and growing so much more in contentment of my Daddy... which is a good thing... like i feel "okay..." which is a huge thing for me... because a lot of the time i don't feel "okay"... like i'm fine with where i am... it's going to be all good... everything is going to be a-okay... it's just the waiting part i don't like... "what's next?" looms in my mind... but i'm sure it's all gonna work out... i don't know... i don't have all the answers... just thoughts, followed by ellipses(...)...
here's the quote of the day... 500 points...
"Why does every want to go away? I love being home. But I don't like being left behind. Now I am the one going ahead. I am not afraid. I can be brave like you. But I know I shall be homesick for you, even in heaven."
Sep 20, 2004
misspelled word...
i don't know what made me think of this... but i've been spelling loneliness the wrong way in my entries... i don't know what in my brain made me think that's how it is spelled (since i know it's not...), but the spell checker never caught it... so i kept writing it... i know it's spelled wrong... i won't do it anymore (not that anyone has complained... i'm just saying...)
i promise that i will post stuff about my weekend tomorrow... but tonight i'm tired and i'm going to go home and go to sleep... i don't love 8:00 classes... never have... and i'm not looking forward to it tomorrow!!!
i promise that i will post stuff about my weekend tomorrow... but tonight i'm tired and i'm going to go home and go to sleep... i don't love 8:00 classes... never have... and i'm not looking forward to it tomorrow!!!
Sep 18, 2004
leaving in my white car...
don't know when i'll be back again... okay, i do... sunday... i'm headed to seattle and i'm pretty excited about... and tired... it's almost 10:30 and i probably won't leave for another 30-45 minutes and it's about a 2-hour drive... yikes... and instead of packing, i'm writing a blog entry... genius... nah... i prefer - dedicated...
whoever posted the comment gets 500 points, but i don't know who you are because it is anonymous and you didn't sign your name... grosse pointe blank... what a great movie... i may, one day, just write a whole lot of quotes from it and other john cusack movies that i like... we'll see...
i hope everyone has a terrific weekend!!!!
whoever posted the comment gets 500 points, but i don't know who you are because it is anonymous and you didn't sign your name... grosse pointe blank... what a great movie... i may, one day, just write a whole lot of quotes from it and other john cusack movies that i like... we'll see...
i hope everyone has a terrific weekend!!!!
Sep 17, 2004
point tally...
amy gets
100 points for pretty woman
1000 points for the sure thing
500 points for three amigos...
amy's new score - 2600
1000 points up for grab... (+500 for today's... so 1500)
and i'll throw one in there for today... 500 points... (this isn't my favorite quote from the movie... but it's more appropriate to me since i've just been blogging lately about home... and it always makes me think of the semisonic song closing time that says, "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here"... i'm not sure why - that's one of my favorite lyrics, along with "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end")
"I'm standing where my, uh, living room was and it's not here because my house is gone and it's an Ultimart! You can never go home again, Oatman... but I guess you can shop there. "
100 points for pretty woman
1000 points for the sure thing
500 points for three amigos...
amy's new score - 2600
1000 points up for grab... (+500 for today's... so 1500)
and i'll throw one in there for today... 500 points... (this isn't my favorite quote from the movie... but it's more appropriate to me since i've just been blogging lately about home... and it always makes me think of the semisonic song closing time that says, "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here"... i'm not sure why - that's one of my favorite lyrics, along with "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end")
"I'm standing where my, uh, living room was and it's not here because my house is gone and it's an Ultimart! You can never go home again, Oatman... but I guess you can shop there. "
other stuff...
i don't think i mentioned that i related to the main character in g.s. before i went off on tangents... oh... and i love that simon and garfunkel made it onto the soundtrack and into the movie... i love simon and garfunkel!!!
500 points to chad for the correct answer to the movie quote... but i will give recognition to amy, who i know knew the answer and would have been faithful to answer correctly had she not been beat to it... i am kind of liking the competition... amy's swept all the points, so far i think... speaking of... i'm going to do a quick recap...
i don't have dates with these - but these are open quotes from previous posts (rhymes?) and amy gets the points from 7/10 for say anything - even though she didn't say the title... so amy has 1000 points... chad has 500 points... the rest of these are open and available for points... enjoy!
"i want the fairy tale" - worth 100 points
this one's open and worth 500 points...
"Bert: Uncle Albert, I got a jolly joke for just such an occasion. Would you like to hear it?
Uncle Albert: I'd be so grateful.
Bert: Well it's about me granddad, see, and one night he has a nightmare. So bad, he chewed his pillow to bits. Bits. In the morning, I says, "How you feeling, Granddad?" He says, "Oh not bad, a little down in the mouth".
[They laugh]
Bert: I always say there's nothing like a good joke.
Uncle Albert: And that was nothing like a good joke. "
worth 500 points:
1 - "i love you a million swedish fish...
2 - i love you a million red m&m's"
worth 1000 points:
Gib: I flunk English, I'm outta here. I gotta get a job, and you know what that means. That's right, they start me at the drive-up window and I gradually work my way up from shakes to burgers, and then one day my lucky break comes: the french fry guy dies and they offer me the job. But the day I'm supposed to start some men come by in a black Lincoln Continental and tell me I can make a quick 300 just for driving a van back from Mexico. When I get out of jail I'm 36 years old. Living in a flop house. No job. No home. No upward mobility. Very few teeth. And then one day they find me, face down in the gutter, clutching a bottle of paint thinner and why? Because you wouldn't help me in English.
worth 500 points:
A: We have stuffed many pinatas for your birthday celebration!
B: How many pinatas?
A: Many pinatas, many!
B: "A", would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
A: Yes, "B". You have a plethora.
B: "A", what is a plethora?
okay... i'm going to add a comment and then i'm going home and going to bed... i've written a lot of words tonight... i have to pack tomorrow... i'm going to seattle... (again...) yea!!! but i have a ton of stuff to do before then (pack, homework for the week, work... the normal stuff) so i'm officially retiring for the evening (actually... the morning. :)... )
500 points to chad for the correct answer to the movie quote... but i will give recognition to amy, who i know knew the answer and would have been faithful to answer correctly had she not been beat to it... i am kind of liking the competition... amy's swept all the points, so far i think... speaking of... i'm going to do a quick recap...
i don't have dates with these - but these are open quotes from previous posts (rhymes?) and amy gets the points from 7/10 for say anything - even though she didn't say the title... so amy has 1000 points... chad has 500 points... the rest of these are open and available for points... enjoy!
"i want the fairy tale" - worth 100 points
this one's open and worth 500 points...
"Bert: Uncle Albert, I got a jolly joke for just such an occasion. Would you like to hear it?
Uncle Albert: I'd be so grateful.
Bert: Well it's about me granddad, see, and one night he has a nightmare. So bad, he chewed his pillow to bits. Bits. In the morning, I says, "How you feeling, Granddad?" He says, "Oh not bad, a little down in the mouth".
[They laugh]
Bert: I always say there's nothing like a good joke.
Uncle Albert: And that was nothing like a good joke. "
worth 500 points:
1 - "i love you a million swedish fish...
2 - i love you a million red m&m's"
worth 1000 points:
Gib: I flunk English, I'm outta here. I gotta get a job, and you know what that means. That's right, they start me at the drive-up window and I gradually work my way up from shakes to burgers, and then one day my lucky break comes: the french fry guy dies and they offer me the job. But the day I'm supposed to start some men come by in a black Lincoln Continental and tell me I can make a quick 300 just for driving a van back from Mexico. When I get out of jail I'm 36 years old. Living in a flop house. No job. No home. No upward mobility. Very few teeth. And then one day they find me, face down in the gutter, clutching a bottle of paint thinner and why? Because you wouldn't help me in English.
worth 500 points:
A: We have stuffed many pinatas for your birthday celebration!
B: How many pinatas?
A: Many pinatas, many!
B: "A", would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
A: Yes, "B". You have a plethora.
B: "A", what is a plethora?
okay... i'm going to add a comment and then i'm going home and going to bed... i've written a lot of words tonight... i have to pack tomorrow... i'm going to seattle... (again...) yea!!! but i have a ton of stuff to do before then (pack, homework for the week, work... the normal stuff) so i'm officially retiring for the evening (actually... the morning. :)... )
garden state...
okay, so tonight, after it was highly recommended to me, i went to see garden state... not really knowing what to expect, i read the reviews/summaries on imdb.com and had heard bits and pieces from here and there... i still didn't really know what to expect... so i went... all by myself, with popcorn and diet coke in hand, i sat down to what was one of the best movies (if not the best movie) i've seen this year... and i loved eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and i loved 13 going on 30... and i loved napoleon dynamite... (not to mention others i'm sure that i have seen and loved...)
warning - i will not do justice to any kind of anything related to garden state... just posting preliminary thoughts and ideas right now - i just got back from seeing it and wanted to write them all down before i did anything else!!!
i read amy's entry about it on her blog... and i agree a lot with what she said... i am kind of in the same boat... when i left for college, i was gone... i was gone every summer doing random things and i never went home for the weekend... ever... then... i went to east asia for a semester and then moved far away from anyone right up to the northwest... and i've often said, "home is where my suitcase is..." playing off that heart expression... but for the last several weeks/months tried to figure out where "home" is... since i was in the 7th grade (i think), i haven't lived in a place longer than about 9 months... i didn't switch schools a lot or anything... we just moved a lot... not to mention, my "permanent" address is a house i never lived in... then when i went to college i moved every semester... since i've been in the northwest (one year), i've moved twice... anyway - all that to say... i could relate... there are a couple of quotes... amy already posted 2 that i love... and then there's one more...
Sam: If you don't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a lot longer than you want it to.
Sam: This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing.
Andrew: You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? That idea of home is gone. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.
i wish it didn't cost $8.00 to go see a movie... i really want to see it again... i feel like there is so much more that i want to say... i guess the main things i "gleaned" from it...
1) this idea of home - i don't really know what to say about it right now - but it gave me so much to think about... where is my home? what does "home" mean? what about "family?" just a lot to reflect on...
2) living life to the fullest... the character of sam had a tremendous passion to live every second... boldness and originality... (natalie portman did an excellent job) i have been thinking about this a lot... i think sometimes i try to fit someone's mold of what i should be... and sometimes, for whatever reason... i miss out on being me... and i hate that...
3) ideas of lonliness and safety... i've already been dealing with this... but it became more evident... there was one point in the movie where andrew says, "i feel safe... with you... it's like being home..." which kind of makes me think of a line from sleepless in seattle... but i won't go there... well, my prayer is that i feel that safety... that sense of home in my Daddy's (God's) arms...
anyway... it couldn't wait... i had to post stuff tonight before it passes... quick warning - there is some stuff in garden state that is not appropriate for all audiences... but it is definitely one of the most thought-provoking movies i've seen in a long time... and i agree with amy - it's a movie that makes you feel... i like that a lot... wow...
warning - i will not do justice to any kind of anything related to garden state... just posting preliminary thoughts and ideas right now - i just got back from seeing it and wanted to write them all down before i did anything else!!!
i read amy's entry about it on her blog... and i agree a lot with what she said... i am kind of in the same boat... when i left for college, i was gone... i was gone every summer doing random things and i never went home for the weekend... ever... then... i went to east asia for a semester and then moved far away from anyone right up to the northwest... and i've often said, "home is where my suitcase is..." playing off that heart expression... but for the last several weeks/months tried to figure out where "home" is... since i was in the 7th grade (i think), i haven't lived in a place longer than about 9 months... i didn't switch schools a lot or anything... we just moved a lot... not to mention, my "permanent" address is a house i never lived in... then when i went to college i moved every semester... since i've been in the northwest (one year), i've moved twice... anyway - all that to say... i could relate... there are a couple of quotes... amy already posted 2 that i love... and then there's one more...
Sam: If you don't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a lot longer than you want it to.
Sam: This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing.
Andrew: You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? That idea of home is gone. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.
i wish it didn't cost $8.00 to go see a movie... i really want to see it again... i feel like there is so much more that i want to say... i guess the main things i "gleaned" from it...
1) this idea of home - i don't really know what to say about it right now - but it gave me so much to think about... where is my home? what does "home" mean? what about "family?" just a lot to reflect on...
2) living life to the fullest... the character of sam had a tremendous passion to live every second... boldness and originality... (natalie portman did an excellent job) i have been thinking about this a lot... i think sometimes i try to fit someone's mold of what i should be... and sometimes, for whatever reason... i miss out on being me... and i hate that...
3) ideas of lonliness and safety... i've already been dealing with this... but it became more evident... there was one point in the movie where andrew says, "i feel safe... with you... it's like being home..." which kind of makes me think of a line from sleepless in seattle... but i won't go there... well, my prayer is that i feel that safety... that sense of home in my Daddy's (God's) arms...
anyway... it couldn't wait... i had to post stuff tonight before it passes... quick warning - there is some stuff in garden state that is not appropriate for all audiences... but it is definitely one of the most thought-provoking movies i've seen in a long time... and i agree with amy - it's a movie that makes you feel... i like that a lot... wow...
Sep 16, 2004
incredible friend...
i have this terrific friend named amy... i am thankful for her on a very regular basis... i didn't really sleep too well last night, and i'm fighting off some sicknesses (needing to go to the doctor, but not wanting to...) and i slept in really late today... but when i finally got up, the mail had already come and i had a card from my cool friend amy... and it made me really happy... i had a pretty rough week last week, and she sent me a really funny card...
the problem is... amy lives a million miles away... okay maybe not a million... it is exactly (from my house to her house) 2353.82 miles - roughly 35 hours and 27 minutes driving time, according to mapquest.com... that is a long way... so i pretty much don't get to see her ever... it's been about a million years... or a little over a year... (is that right amy? last august?) anyway, she is probably the best friend i've ever had... and i miss her a lot!!!
okay, i'll stop talking about it and move on to something else... inspired by friends (mostly amy) i have decided to go see garden state tonight... i love going to the movies and don't really have a lot of people who will go with me... so i'll probably end up going by myself... and as long as i make it off work by 10:00 (which is not definite), then i'm heading to see it downtown...
today i am struck with the incredible-ness of God... i am amazed at Him - and how He works things out so perfectly... in my present state of nomadity and unsure-ness about the future, i am really okay with stuff... i know that my Daddy has it all under control... and that's a cool thing... and honestly, the thing i'm most struggling with lately is lonliness... i don't completely understand this, but i'll approach it... i live in a house with 8 other people... and 3 dogs... there are always people around me... always... it's crazy fun and i love it, but even in the midst of being surrounded by people, i still feel lonliness a lot... and i think that comes from lack of intimate friendships... relationships... why should i feel alone? and... why do i? i have a Daddy and Friend who is always there... why don't i turn to Him all the time - especially with my lonliness? i guess in my mind, it's not the same...
i heard a sermon... maybe it was something in one of my classes... anyway, this wasn't the main point of it - but whoever was speaking said something about paul's statement, "i wish all men were as i am..." and how that is assumed that it is talking about paul's singleness... and then, whoever it was that was talking, went on to say that it was more likely to have implied - with a partner... even though paul was single, he wasn't alone in his ministry... he always had people with him on his journeys... so right now, i am kind of feeling the struggle of feeling alone in ministry... but there are some things to consider...
1) i don't have a "ministry" currently... i am in the process of looking for a new church where i can be involved in youth ministry (hopefully) or at least feel like i am able to be used...
2) i have a vision for a youth/community/sports outreach... high five ministries... i don't feel like i'm supposed to do this alone... and right now everything is still in drawing stages... there are no plans, no concretes, just ideas and hopes in my head... where is that going? not sure...
3) am i supposed to stay in vancouver? even though i'm okay where i am and am not worried about it... i just don't know if this is where i'm supposed to stay...
this post is long enough for now... i want to go off on a tangent about movie quotes, but i'm restraining, based on the fact that i have to be at work in an hour... and i need to get home and get ready for work...
here's the movie quote for the day... worth 500 points to the first correct answer... eventually, i'll give the tally and post the other quotes with no answers yet...
"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? "
the problem is... amy lives a million miles away... okay maybe not a million... it is exactly (from my house to her house) 2353.82 miles - roughly 35 hours and 27 minutes driving time, according to mapquest.com... that is a long way... so i pretty much don't get to see her ever... it's been about a million years... or a little over a year... (is that right amy? last august?) anyway, she is probably the best friend i've ever had... and i miss her a lot!!!
okay, i'll stop talking about it and move on to something else... inspired by friends (mostly amy) i have decided to go see garden state tonight... i love going to the movies and don't really have a lot of people who will go with me... so i'll probably end up going by myself... and as long as i make it off work by 10:00 (which is not definite), then i'm heading to see it downtown...
today i am struck with the incredible-ness of God... i am amazed at Him - and how He works things out so perfectly... in my present state of nomadity and unsure-ness about the future, i am really okay with stuff... i know that my Daddy has it all under control... and that's a cool thing... and honestly, the thing i'm most struggling with lately is lonliness... i don't completely understand this, but i'll approach it... i live in a house with 8 other people... and 3 dogs... there are always people around me... always... it's crazy fun and i love it, but even in the midst of being surrounded by people, i still feel lonliness a lot... and i think that comes from lack of intimate friendships... relationships... why should i feel alone? and... why do i? i have a Daddy and Friend who is always there... why don't i turn to Him all the time - especially with my lonliness? i guess in my mind, it's not the same...
i heard a sermon... maybe it was something in one of my classes... anyway, this wasn't the main point of it - but whoever was speaking said something about paul's statement, "i wish all men were as i am..." and how that is assumed that it is talking about paul's singleness... and then, whoever it was that was talking, went on to say that it was more likely to have implied - with a partner... even though paul was single, he wasn't alone in his ministry... he always had people with him on his journeys... so right now, i am kind of feeling the struggle of feeling alone in ministry... but there are some things to consider...
1) i don't have a "ministry" currently... i am in the process of looking for a new church where i can be involved in youth ministry (hopefully) or at least feel like i am able to be used...
2) i have a vision for a youth/community/sports outreach... high five ministries... i don't feel like i'm supposed to do this alone... and right now everything is still in drawing stages... there are no plans, no concretes, just ideas and hopes in my head... where is that going? not sure...
3) am i supposed to stay in vancouver? even though i'm okay where i am and am not worried about it... i just don't know if this is where i'm supposed to stay...
this post is long enough for now... i want to go off on a tangent about movie quotes, but i'm restraining, based on the fact that i have to be at work in an hour... and i need to get home and get ready for work...
here's the movie quote for the day... worth 500 points to the first correct answer... eventually, i'll give the tally and post the other quotes with no answers yet...
"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? "
Sep 15, 2004
random wednesday...
1) today is my one-year anniversary at work... how exciting... (not really) i should have my one year review pretty soon - maybe even tonight... i hope not!
2) i have one verse and the first chorus to my upbeat country song using the word happenstance... but i think it's bad "luck" to post it before i have it completely finished... someone might steal it and make my million... as soon as i get it done, i might post it...
3) i watched the first episode of the benefactor, and i think i'm going to like it... i hate that i think i am... i don't really like reality tv... but it was on when we were at friday's the other night, and it made me laugh... so maybe i'll try and keep up with it... we'll see how that goes...
4) i love my theology class... i'm really excited about it this semester... it was the class i was most dreading and it's the class i love the most!
5) it's the middle of the week!!! i have work tonight, tomorrow night and friday night and then i'm taking off for seattle to help out at a wedding (where i don't actually know the bride or groom, but the bride's sister is a friend of mine)...
i don't really know what else to write about... i got my computer set up at the library and i'll get my phone line set up soon... i got to "shelf-read" books today - make sure they're all in order... fun times... but it really is a good job... and i'm really thankful for it!!!
well, i think i'm going to head home - and i need to eat some lunch, too... i've gotten in a bad habit of not eating lunch until 2:00 or 3:00 (or maybe 3:30 today) and then not eating dinner until 9:00 or 10:00... but it will be a-okay...
random question of the day... if you could gain one new "talent" today, what would it be?
my answer - playing the guitar
2) i have one verse and the first chorus to my upbeat country song using the word happenstance... but i think it's bad "luck" to post it before i have it completely finished... someone might steal it and make my million... as soon as i get it done, i might post it...
3) i watched the first episode of the benefactor, and i think i'm going to like it... i hate that i think i am... i don't really like reality tv... but it was on when we were at friday's the other night, and it made me laugh... so maybe i'll try and keep up with it... we'll see how that goes...
4) i love my theology class... i'm really excited about it this semester... it was the class i was most dreading and it's the class i love the most!
5) it's the middle of the week!!! i have work tonight, tomorrow night and friday night and then i'm taking off for seattle to help out at a wedding (where i don't actually know the bride or groom, but the bride's sister is a friend of mine)...
i don't really know what else to write about... i got my computer set up at the library and i'll get my phone line set up soon... i got to "shelf-read" books today - make sure they're all in order... fun times... but it really is a good job... and i'm really thankful for it!!!
well, i think i'm going to head home - and i need to eat some lunch, too... i've gotten in a bad habit of not eating lunch until 2:00 or 3:00 (or maybe 3:30 today) and then not eating dinner until 9:00 or 10:00... but it will be a-okay...
random question of the day... if you could gain one new "talent" today, what would it be?
my answer - playing the guitar
Sep 14, 2004
my brother = one very cool guy!!!
today is my brother's birthday and in celebration of it... i would like to say...
i have the coolest brother in the whole world...
and... i love him a whole lot... i have posted an entry before about how cool he is... but that doesn't compare to knowing him... today in theology we learned about how knowing about God is different than knowing God... which is so true... and pretty much rocked my thought processes (in a good way)... there's so much i want to say about theology - but today is about celebrating my cool little brother... and knowing stuff about him is different than knowing him... and i love that when i talk about my brother, i talk with much emotion and enthusiasm... why? because he has had great impact on my life... i just love how earthly relationships we have can have deep impact on our lives... well, that's my brother for you... God has used him in so many ways to help me to grow and learn... and i'm so thankful for his willingness to go and do ministry, even when it's not what he expected and when it's really tough... his courage is huge... and his charisma is contagious... i love my brother!!!
i have the coolest brother in the whole world...
and... i love him a whole lot... i have posted an entry before about how cool he is... but that doesn't compare to knowing him... today in theology we learned about how knowing about God is different than knowing God... which is so true... and pretty much rocked my thought processes (in a good way)... there's so much i want to say about theology - but today is about celebrating my cool little brother... and knowing stuff about him is different than knowing him... and i love that when i talk about my brother, i talk with much emotion and enthusiasm... why? because he has had great impact on my life... i just love how earthly relationships we have can have deep impact on our lives... well, that's my brother for you... God has used him in so many ways to help me to grow and learn... and i'm so thankful for his willingness to go and do ministry, even when it's not what he expected and when it's really tough... his courage is huge... and his charisma is contagious... i love my brother!!!
Sep 13, 2004
random word of the day...
happenstance - n. a chance circumstance
what a fun word... i think it could be in an upbeat country song... "second chance, happenstance... led you to my door... second chance, happenstance... now i lovin' you more..." - something like that... maybe i'll write a song during the next hour of class... i'll post it if i come up with anything... totally centered around the word happenstance...
fun times...
what a fun word... i think it could be in an upbeat country song... "second chance, happenstance... led you to my door... second chance, happenstance... now i lovin' you more..." - something like that... maybe i'll write a song during the next hour of class... i'll post it if i come up with anything... totally centered around the word happenstance...
fun times...
better illustration... bam... squid in your face...
when i wrote the entry "there's nothing like it..." i used a pretty good illustration... and then afterwards, i thought of a way better one... bam... squid in your face...
explanation: i lived in east asia for a semester... there was a 3-story walmart about 2 hours away from where i lived... so we decided one weekend to go visit the big city and go to walmart (among other stores with western stuff)... i was really looking forward to this... being from arkansas (where walmart started), i thought it would be like a reminder of home...
we walked in, and while some stuff looked different, it was still cool... my teammates and i were walking around, trying to soak it all up... looking at everything (comparing it to home in our minds), and seeing a lot of stuff that was the same... all of a sudden, we turned a corner, and then we saw something unlike our experiences in walmart in the states... tons of food... seafood, meat... crazy stuff... just kind of out in the open for sale... then, the kicker of them all... fresh squid... so we had to laugh about it... everything was going fine... bam... squid in your face... which is an expression we started saying when things would hit us out of nowhere...
bam... squid in your face...
work has been difficult to me lately... not so much the actual "work" part... but mostly the management... i find it hard to be myself around my manager and then i feel like she's always catching me at my worst... when i've done the wrong thing... (like put the wrong hanger on a picture or not cut the dust cover backing exactly straight - yes... i get "reprimanded" for stuff like that...) it seems like a lot of people have issues with my manager... when she's not there, it is a completely different world... not in a sense of "when the cat's away, the mice will play..." but more like we all get our work done, but we have a much funner (i'm making it a word...) time doing it...
tonight we were watching remember the titans... and this line resonated with me, especially concerning work... "attitude reflects leadership, captain." what a line... that's a great quote... and i can see how it completely goes along with how i feel at work... and... my one-year review is coming up this week... i want to be upfront with my manager and tell her some of my thoughts and feelings... as it relates to our work relationship... i just don't know how to go about it... she's very critical, so the framing manager (my direct supervisor) said i should say... "it'd be nice if every now and then, you scratch me behind the ears before you kick me in the teeth..." i don't think i'm that bold... but it's kind of how i feel... among the frame shop, she's also known as "the bear" (we say "don't poke the bear" a lot...) and the person she reminds us of the most is "mama fratelli" from the goonies...
i don't know... just something to throw out there... i'm really not looking forward to our meeting... everyone who has had their reviews lately hasn't been happy with the way they've gone... and i already feel like she hates me the most... i don't know what i do that rubs her the wrong way, but i feel like i am constantly!
on a good note... i got a second job at the library at my school... it's about 10 hours a week (mostly on the days that i'm already at school)... plus i get access to the library anytime i want (which is where i am now), so i can come late at night and study (or blog)... which is a definite plus since there is not a lot of quiet study time at home with 8 other people!!! plus, i will get a fun work email address and i have my own little office (the library workroom has a desk)... and a phone and a computer that i can use for work and for school... it's very good times... it will be something that will help out... with good perks...
explanation: i lived in east asia for a semester... there was a 3-story walmart about 2 hours away from where i lived... so we decided one weekend to go visit the big city and go to walmart (among other stores with western stuff)... i was really looking forward to this... being from arkansas (where walmart started), i thought it would be like a reminder of home...
we walked in, and while some stuff looked different, it was still cool... my teammates and i were walking around, trying to soak it all up... looking at everything (comparing it to home in our minds), and seeing a lot of stuff that was the same... all of a sudden, we turned a corner, and then we saw something unlike our experiences in walmart in the states... tons of food... seafood, meat... crazy stuff... just kind of out in the open for sale... then, the kicker of them all... fresh squid... so we had to laugh about it... everything was going fine... bam... squid in your face... which is an expression we started saying when things would hit us out of nowhere...
bam... squid in your face...
work has been difficult to me lately... not so much the actual "work" part... but mostly the management... i find it hard to be myself around my manager and then i feel like she's always catching me at my worst... when i've done the wrong thing... (like put the wrong hanger on a picture or not cut the dust cover backing exactly straight - yes... i get "reprimanded" for stuff like that...) it seems like a lot of people have issues with my manager... when she's not there, it is a completely different world... not in a sense of "when the cat's away, the mice will play..." but more like we all get our work done, but we have a much funner (i'm making it a word...) time doing it...
tonight we were watching remember the titans... and this line resonated with me, especially concerning work... "attitude reflects leadership, captain." what a line... that's a great quote... and i can see how it completely goes along with how i feel at work... and... my one-year review is coming up this week... i want to be upfront with my manager and tell her some of my thoughts and feelings... as it relates to our work relationship... i just don't know how to go about it... she's very critical, so the framing manager (my direct supervisor) said i should say... "it'd be nice if every now and then, you scratch me behind the ears before you kick me in the teeth..." i don't think i'm that bold... but it's kind of how i feel... among the frame shop, she's also known as "the bear" (we say "don't poke the bear" a lot...) and the person she reminds us of the most is "mama fratelli" from the goonies...
i don't know... just something to throw out there... i'm really not looking forward to our meeting... everyone who has had their reviews lately hasn't been happy with the way they've gone... and i already feel like she hates me the most... i don't know what i do that rubs her the wrong way, but i feel like i am constantly!
on a good note... i got a second job at the library at my school... it's about 10 hours a week (mostly on the days that i'm already at school)... plus i get access to the library anytime i want (which is where i am now), so i can come late at night and study (or blog)... which is a definite plus since there is not a lot of quiet study time at home with 8 other people!!! plus, i will get a fun work email address and i have my own little office (the library workroom has a desk)... and a phone and a computer that i can use for work and for school... it's very good times... it will be something that will help out... with good perks...
Sep 9, 2004
there's nothing like it...
at camp one year we kept saying... "there's nothing like it..." pretty much about everything... we'd go... "corn on the cob... there's nothing like it... nope... nothing like it..." and then keep saying other random stuff...
i just thought about that as the original title for this entry was going to be "kick in the gut..." there's nothing like it... nope... nothing like it...
a kick in the gut ensures that reality has set in... i had a great mini-break... and came home tonight to a sharp swift painful kick in the gut... should i be thankful for the reality? probably... am i? probably not... but there's definitely nothing like it...
i just thought about that as the original title for this entry was going to be "kick in the gut..." there's nothing like it... nope... nothing like it...
a kick in the gut ensures that reality has set in... i had a great mini-break... and came home tonight to a sharp swift painful kick in the gut... should i be thankful for the reality? probably... am i? probably not... but there's definitely nothing like it...
Sep 8, 2004
i love the seattle area... way good for my soul...
i didn't have school this week and seized the opportunity to visit friends in the seattle area... last night i got to hang out with some people from camp and have dinner... i had so much fun... i laughed a lot, which is way good for my soul...
then today, i got to hang out with my friend from arkansas who now lives in the seattle area... we got to go downtown and to the market and shop and look at things... good times... we bought flowers... (she bought them for her apartment and i bought them as a "host gift" for the WONDERFUL people who are letting me stay at their house...) then i was going to go hang out, get some studying done and get pictures developed, and i randomly called a friend who lives close and she was leading a jr. high girls bible study and asked if i wanted to come... and it was awesome... yes, i definitely need to get into a church where i can start doing youth ministry... and then i went and hung out at my friend's house for a while and we talked... so today was also way good for my soul...
and then, on my way back from the booming metropolis of puyallup, washington, i got pulled over by a police officer... i got to explain why i have an arkansas license plate and driver's license... and he let me go... no official warning... just a "pay more attention next time..." thanks officer brewer...
so i'm heading back to vancouver tomorrow... and i get to work tomorrow night... but all in all, it's been a terrific couple of days... the couple that i am staying with are AWESOME... they fixed dinner for me and a couple of other girls that staffed at camp last night, and it was amazing... steak and chicken... incredible... and then tonight i got back just in time for salmon... i've definitely been spoiled... and they have the best bed in their spare room - some of the best sleep i've had in a very long time!!!
but it will be good to get back home, too... i have tons of homework waiting on me for next week... and i get to help out with a youth event (with a friend) on friday night, which i'm looking forward to... and work should be terrific... (no sarcasm there at all!) i love random mini-breaks... and the overwhelming effects of them - way good for my soul!
then today, i got to hang out with my friend from arkansas who now lives in the seattle area... we got to go downtown and to the market and shop and look at things... good times... we bought flowers... (she bought them for her apartment and i bought them as a "host gift" for the WONDERFUL people who are letting me stay at their house...) then i was going to go hang out, get some studying done and get pictures developed, and i randomly called a friend who lives close and she was leading a jr. high girls bible study and asked if i wanted to come... and it was awesome... yes, i definitely need to get into a church where i can start doing youth ministry... and then i went and hung out at my friend's house for a while and we talked... so today was also way good for my soul...
and then, on my way back from the booming metropolis of puyallup, washington, i got pulled over by a police officer... i got to explain why i have an arkansas license plate and driver's license... and he let me go... no official warning... just a "pay more attention next time..." thanks officer brewer...
so i'm heading back to vancouver tomorrow... and i get to work tomorrow night... but all in all, it's been a terrific couple of days... the couple that i am staying with are AWESOME... they fixed dinner for me and a couple of other girls that staffed at camp last night, and it was amazing... steak and chicken... incredible... and then tonight i got back just in time for salmon... i've definitely been spoiled... and they have the best bed in their spare room - some of the best sleep i've had in a very long time!!!
but it will be good to get back home, too... i have tons of homework waiting on me for next week... and i get to help out with a youth event (with a friend) on friday night, which i'm looking forward to... and work should be terrific... (no sarcasm there at all!) i love random mini-breaks... and the overwhelming effects of them - way good for my soul!
Sep 6, 2004
mini-road trip...
today i am going to seattle... (or the suburbs, anyway) and i'm really excited about it... i'm going to hang out with some people from camp, and i'm thrilled... i am going to stay with some extra-cool people and hopefully they'll let me shut myself up in their spare room all day tomorrow... i need to work on homework and stuff... so i'm going to try and get some of it done while i'm there (with minimal distractions...)
but for now, i should really get on the packing scene... and the getting ready scene... it's about time... i need to leave soon... and i haven't started any of that stuff...
but for now, i should really get on the packing scene... and the getting ready scene... it's about time... i need to leave soon... and i haven't started any of that stuff...
labor day...
sometimes random holidays baffle me... labor day? i'm sure there is a reason for labor day and if i actually took the time to research it, i would understand more about it and probably walk away a better person... is it just so people get a break from labor? then why do a lot of people have to work on labor day?
anyway - randomness... but then again, what did you expect?
have a terrific labor day!
anyway - randomness... but then again, what did you expect?
have a terrific labor day!
Sep 5, 2004
commercial...
okay, so i blogged earlier this week about feeling like i'm the weird girl at school...
well, there's this old navy commercial ("the effects of feel-good fashion") where this girl stands up in the middle of history class and she starts talking about how great history is... "it's so sequential... thank you first guy for writing history down..." so every time i see it, i start cracking up because that's how i feel at school a lot of the time... i know... weird... just thought about it, and thought i would give some basis for my statements from a previous entry...
well, there's this old navy commercial ("the effects of feel-good fashion") where this girl stands up in the middle of history class and she starts talking about how great history is... "it's so sequential... thank you first guy for writing history down..." so every time i see it, i start cracking up because that's how i feel at school a lot of the time... i know... weird... just thought about it, and thought i would give some basis for my statements from a previous entry...
good times... noodle salad...
friday night was terrific... i had a great night... here's what happened... a friend and i had been talking about wanting to see napolean dynamite... so i called her up on friday afternoon and i said, "do you have plans? let's go see it..." so we met up at her house and then we went and ate dinner at mcmenamin's... and we both ordered burgers... burgers should not take a long time to make... well, these did... so we missed the first showing of the movie and figured we would catch the second, but we had some time to kill... we sat at the restaurant for a while, and (i hate this expression, but it fits...) we got really tickled... i'm not sure what hit us - maybe it was that we finally had food in our stomachs... but we started laughing a lot... i snorted one of the loudest snorts... it was so fun...
then we headed out and she was showing me around some places... i'm thinking about moving where she lives and she was showing me this house that is a potential place for me to live (and house-sit) if some things work out... and we ended up driving by the high school, where there was an exhibition game going on... so we decided to go watch high school football... because it wasn't a real game, we got in for free (good for our budgets)... we sat and talked during the games (2 games going on at the same time), which was most like what i would have done at a football game in high school or college... but it was so much fun to be at a high school football game... it's been a long time!!! and then, after a while, we decided to head out and go to dairy queen before the movie...
so that's what we did... and the movie was so funny, but if you go see it, stay until all the credits run... we didn't know to do this and missed a section of the movie... don't know if i'll pay to go see it again just to see the ending... may wait until video... there's so much else i want to see, that i don't know if i can pay to go see the same one over before i've seen the rest...
anyway... it was just really refreshing to go have a night... do random things and talk a lot... it is true... "girls just wanna have fun... they just wanna... they just wanna..."
then we headed out and she was showing me around some places... i'm thinking about moving where she lives and she was showing me this house that is a potential place for me to live (and house-sit) if some things work out... and we ended up driving by the high school, where there was an exhibition game going on... so we decided to go watch high school football... because it wasn't a real game, we got in for free (good for our budgets)... we sat and talked during the games (2 games going on at the same time), which was most like what i would have done at a football game in high school or college... but it was so much fun to be at a high school football game... it's been a long time!!! and then, after a while, we decided to head out and go to dairy queen before the movie...
so that's what we did... and the movie was so funny, but if you go see it, stay until all the credits run... we didn't know to do this and missed a section of the movie... don't know if i'll pay to go see it again just to see the ending... may wait until video... there's so much else i want to see, that i don't know if i can pay to go see the same one over before i've seen the rest...
anyway... it was just really refreshing to go have a night... do random things and talk a lot... it is true... "girls just wanna have fun... they just wanna... they just wanna..."
Sep 2, 2004
as promised... but late...
i've given careful consideration as to which role i would like to play...
and today my choice is the role of kathy seldon in singin' in the rain, originally played by debbie reynolds...
and today my choice is the role of kathy seldon in singin' in the rain, originally played by debbie reynolds...
Sep 1, 2004
september 1st???
where does the time go??? when i was young i thought that time would definitely slow down the older i got... it's the opposite!!!
i don't really have anything substantial to post today... but thought i would put up a random question and everyone could post their answers... and it would be fun... like a new little game...
question of the day... "if you could replace any actor or actress in any movie and play that role, which role would you play?"
i don't have an answer right now, as i just thought of the question a few minutes ago in my email to amy... but i'll post it tonight after i've thought about it at work for 4.5 hours!
i don't really have anything substantial to post today... but thought i would put up a random question and everyone could post their answers... and it would be fun... like a new little game...
question of the day... "if you could replace any actor or actress in any movie and play that role, which role would you play?"
i don't have an answer right now, as i just thought of the question a few minutes ago in my email to amy... but i'll post it tonight after i've thought about it at work for 4.5 hours!
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