I just got finished browsing an old friend/boyfriend’s website and picture gallery. He has had this website for years now and this is the first time I really looked at the pictures and read the remarks. I find myself in this weird nostalgic place. He will always be a friend of mine and even more, a teacher. The things I learned about nature and perserverance are many and deep. I feel like I have lost so much of those things I wanted to be. It is no ones fault but my own. I have no true discipline’s in my life. I kinda do yoga and I sort of work out but I give into whims and wants. Nothing has really stuck with me over the 28 (soon to be 29) years I’ve been alive. If anything I’ve gone further from spirit; nature needs to be my second home. There’s a sparkle that happens in the eyes of someone who is living as purely as they can. It comes from earthly things, not man made. So, I am making a vow that I will spend more time with the trees and wind and less time with the remote and computer.
Should be working right now………. February 26, 2008
I’ve got three things on my mind this morning: Romania, kitchen utensils and the environment.
Wil and I watched Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations in Romania last night. There is not doubt that this show is hilarious and interesting and remians in my top 5 show list. I knew someone from Romania in college. Her name was Florinda and she had an awesome accent. I am not sure what she was doing in America. I don’t remember her actually ever taking classes and after two years in Boone, she had to go back, reluctantly, to her home. After watching No Reservations last night, I now know why she didn’t want to go back. Romania…kinda sucks. Now, all places have their highlights whether it be beautiful landscape, historical significance or great shopping. Romania, not so much. They did go to a spooky old castle where Count Dracula (not his real name) once stayed and there was the farm scene that was borderline pretty but……mah….
One of my favorite commercials right not is the MasterCard commercial where the kitchen is “taking the night off” and all the utensils and spices are partying. I love the spoons in the hot tub (aka boiling pot of water) and the knives watching psycho. Good stuff…..
Why do people insist on using paper cups when the cermaic mugs are staring them in the face? One of my coworkers (who I love and cherish) was looking for the paper cups which I keep under lock and key (literally). I let her know that there were mugs in the cabinet but she wanted paper. So we talked about why she needed paper and I jokingly teased her about hurting the environment with her paper cup. To no avail, she used the paper. Now, I am not the best at recycling everything I could/should and I don’t save as much energy and water as I could/should but dang it, when the solution is as easy as using ceramic instead of paper, it seems like a no brainer!
I want anyone who reads this that loves Romania or is from Romania to know that my view of Romania is from an hour long show and I have not actually been there to scop it out so my knowledge is limited and hopefully, will not offend you.
Back to work for me……………..
Wil: A Crazy or Incredibly Smart, you decide February 20, 2008
All this talk of babies……………
Wil has given me a challenge to write a 50 page paper on the subject of becoming a pregnant lady. If I do this/ when I do this, he says we can start trying for it to become an actuality. I got two pages written last night on “before preganacy diet” alone so I don’t think there will be a lack of information. The problem is it took me two hours to write 2 pages so by the time I get it finished with all 50 pages, I’ll be too old to reproduce! I’ve already learned a lot about Folic Acid and the benefits of having a plan. I wonder how much of it is mumbo jumbo. One website said to avoid soft cheeses (which is a total travisty) and then another said that as long as they’re pastuerized, it’s all good. It looks like I will be getting a lot of contradicting information. I hope I don’t scare myself out of wanting to have children, especially when I get to the birth part. I am going to love the look on Wil’s face when I present him with a finished paper along with annotated bibliography and possibly a few bar graphs and flow charts. It will make writing the paper worth every hour!
Retreat ye baby foilage February 16, 2008
It is a nice day here in Sewanee. We just had two days of snowy ice and now, it is sweater only weather (no jacket required). I worry about one, the immune system. People are all kinds of sick around here. They actually canceled public school for 5 days because so many kids were sick. The other thing I worry about is the crocuses and daffodils. They always get over-zealous and then BAM, another cold spell and they all die.
I’m looking forward to seeing my friends in two weeks back in Asheville. Yet, another baby shower. Yesterday being Valentine’s Day, Wil and I talked about babies and when we should start trying and we now have a plan. I hope it works out the way we want it to.
Ho hum, a lazy Friday for me (even though I am at work..shhhh.) My Valentine made me a LOST Valentine Card. It was awesome. If you are a fan of the show, you know about the Dharma Initiative and the “goverment” looking boxes of food and supplies that were dropped on the island. That’s what the card looked like and it even had a Hanso Foundation seal of approval on the back. He did this with beer once and put a label on the beer that was Dharma-esque.
Well, that’s it for now……………….
You are all I need…… February 5, 2008
I had the most romantic walk with myself yesterday. Sylus and I went out into the fog and I listened to radiohead as he moved his little feet in time with the music. I think some songs are put on this earth to provoke awakenings of all types. I had some self awakening on our walk. We were at this one part of the trip that there’s just trees and no houses and the fog was really thick. The moon was just beginning to come out and the sun had just set. I took one ear piece out and listened to the wind in the gnarly tree tops. I took a deep breath and I just could feel the world.
I’m at work right now where all I feel is the seminary world but it is a calling……..
