Monday, March 30, 2009
ok, last one...i laughed so hard
Michael Scott: I lost Ed Truck... and it feels like somebody took my heart and dropped it into a bucket of boiling tears... and at the same time, somebody else is hitting my soul in the crotch with a frozen sledgehammer... and then a third guy walks in and starts punching me in the grief bone... and I'm crying, and nobody can hear me, because I'm terribly, terribly... terribly alone.
The Office
Dwight Schrute: "In the wild, there is no health care. In the wild, health care is, 'Ow, I hurt my leg. I can't run. A lion eats me. I'm dead.' Well, I'm not dead. I'm the lion. You're dead."
Dwight Schrute: "Someone forged medical information, and that's a felony".
Jim Halpert: "OK, Whoa, alright 'cause that's a pretty intense accusation. How do you know that they're fake?"
Dwight Schrute: [reading from a sheet] "Uh, Leprosy, Flesh Eating Bacteria, Hot Dog Fingers, Government Created Killer Nano Robot Infection."
Dwight Schrute: "I have been Michael’s number two guy for about 5 years. And we make a great team. We’re like one of those classic famous teams. He’s like Mozart and I’m like...Mozart's friend. No. I’m like Butch Cassidy and Michael is like...Mozart. You try and hurt Mozart? You’re gonna get a bullet in your head courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
Dwight Schrute: "Security in this office park is a joke. Last year I came to work with my spud-gun in a duffle bag. I sat at my desk all day with a rifle that shoots potatoes at 60 pounds per square inch. Can you imagine if I was deranged?"
Dwight Schrute: And how big do you want this robot?
Michael Scott: Lifesize.
Dwight Schrute: Mmm no. Better make it two-thirds. Easier to stop if it turns on us.
Dwight Schrute: Look. I gave him a 6 foot extension chord so he can't chase us.
Michael Scott: That's perfect.
Dwight Schrute: When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered, that I had resorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No, I believe his tissue has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.
Dwight: I don't have a lot of experience with vampires, but I have hunted werewolves. I shot one once, but by the time I got to it, it had turned back into my neighbor's dog.
Dwight: I am faster than 80% of all snakes
Dwight: Don’t you want to earn Schrute bucks?
Stanley: No. In fact, I’ll give you a billion Stanley nickels if you never talk to me again.
Dwight: What’s the ratio of Stanley nickels to Schrute bucks?
Stanley: The same as the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns.
Jim: [picking up a ticket on his desk] What's this?
Dwight: That is a demerit.
Jim: "Jim Halpert, tardiness." Oh, I love it already.
Dwight: You've got to learn, Jim, you're second in command, but that does not put you above the law.
Jim: Oh I understand. And I also have lots of questions. Like what does a demerit mean?
Dwight: Let's put it this way. You do not want to receive three of those.
Jim: Lay it on me.
Dwight: Three demerits, and you'll receive a citation.
Jim: Now that sounds serious.
Dwight: Oh it is serious. Five citations, and you're looking at a violation. Four of those, and you'll receive a verbal warning. Keep it up, and you're looking at a written warning. Two of those, that'll land you in a world of hurt in the form of a disciplinary review, written up by me and placed on the desk of my immediate superior.
Jim: Which would be me.
Dwight: That...is correct.
Jim: Okay, I want a copy on my desk by the end of the day or you will receive a full disadulation.
Dwight: What's a dis...what's that?
Jim: Oh, you don’t want to know.
(Dwight is scared)
Michael: Guys! Beef: it's what's for dinner! Who wants some man meat?
Dwight: I do! I want some man meat!
Jim: Michael, Dwight would like your man meat.
Michael: Well then, my man meat he shall have.
Dwight: I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
Jim: I'm just saying you can't be sure that it wasn't you.
Dwight: That's ridiculous. Of course it wasn't me.
Jim: [holds up picture] Marijuana is a memory loss drug. So maybe you just don't remember.
Dwight: I would remember.
Jim: How could you, if it just erased your memory?
Dwight: That's not how it works!
Jim: Now, how do you know how it works?
Dwight: Knock it off! OK, now I am interviewing you!
Jim: No, you said that I'd be conducting the interviewing when I walked in here. [raising voice] NOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH POT DID YOU SMOKE?
Dwight: It's a terrible idea.Jim: What is?Dwight: Them in there all together. They stay in there too long, they're gonna get on the same cycle. Wreak havoc on our plumbing.
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Dwight Schrute: "Someone forged medical information, and that's a felony".
Jim Halpert: "OK, Whoa, alright 'cause that's a pretty intense accusation. How do you know that they're fake?"
Dwight Schrute: [reading from a sheet] "Uh, Leprosy, Flesh Eating Bacteria, Hot Dog Fingers, Government Created Killer Nano Robot Infection."
Dwight Schrute: "I have been Michael’s number two guy for about 5 years. And we make a great team. We’re like one of those classic famous teams. He’s like Mozart and I’m like...Mozart's friend. No. I’m like Butch Cassidy and Michael is like...Mozart. You try and hurt Mozart? You’re gonna get a bullet in your head courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
Dwight Schrute: "Security in this office park is a joke. Last year I came to work with my spud-gun in a duffle bag. I sat at my desk all day with a rifle that shoots potatoes at 60 pounds per square inch. Can you imagine if I was deranged?"
Dwight Schrute: And how big do you want this robot?
Michael Scott: Lifesize.
Dwight Schrute: Mmm no. Better make it two-thirds. Easier to stop if it turns on us.
Dwight Schrute: Look. I gave him a 6 foot extension chord so he can't chase us.
Michael Scott: That's perfect.
Dwight Schrute: When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered, that I had resorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No, I believe his tissue has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.
Dwight: I don't have a lot of experience with vampires, but I have hunted werewolves. I shot one once, but by the time I got to it, it had turned back into my neighbor's dog.
Dwight: I am faster than 80% of all snakes
Dwight: Don’t you want to earn Schrute bucks?
Stanley: No. In fact, I’ll give you a billion Stanley nickels if you never talk to me again.
Dwight: What’s the ratio of Stanley nickels to Schrute bucks?
Stanley: The same as the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns.
Jim: [picking up a ticket on his desk] What's this?
Dwight: That is a demerit.
Jim: "Jim Halpert, tardiness." Oh, I love it already.
Dwight: You've got to learn, Jim, you're second in command, but that does not put you above the law.
Jim: Oh I understand. And I also have lots of questions. Like what does a demerit mean?
Dwight: Let's put it this way. You do not want to receive three of those.
Jim: Lay it on me.
Dwight: Three demerits, and you'll receive a citation.
Jim: Now that sounds serious.
Dwight: Oh it is serious. Five citations, and you're looking at a violation. Four of those, and you'll receive a verbal warning. Keep it up, and you're looking at a written warning. Two of those, that'll land you in a world of hurt in the form of a disciplinary review, written up by me and placed on the desk of my immediate superior.
Jim: Which would be me.
Dwight: That...is correct.
Jim: Okay, I want a copy on my desk by the end of the day or you will receive a full disadulation.
Dwight: What's a dis...what's that?
Jim: Oh, you don’t want to know.
(Dwight is scared)
Michael: Guys! Beef: it's what's for dinner! Who wants some man meat?
Dwight: I do! I want some man meat!
Jim: Michael, Dwight would like your man meat.
Michael: Well then, my man meat he shall have.
Dwight: I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
Jim: I'm just saying you can't be sure that it wasn't you.
Dwight: That's ridiculous. Of course it wasn't me.
Jim: [holds up picture] Marijuana is a memory loss drug. So maybe you just don't remember.
Dwight: I would remember.
Jim: How could you, if it just erased your memory?
Dwight: That's not how it works!
Jim: Now, how do you know how it works?
Dwight: Knock it off! OK, now I am interviewing you!
Jim: No, you said that I'd be conducting the interviewing when I walked in here. [raising voice] NOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH POT DID YOU SMOKE?
Dwight: It's a terrible idea.Jim: What is?Dwight: Them in there all together. They stay in there too long, they're gonna get on the same cycle. Wreak havoc on our plumbing.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
best chat ever
ok...just as i wrote what i thought was a decent entry the internet connection failed and this is take 2. I suck at take 2's....mainly because I'm trying to recreate something which never works out too well-just look at Dukes of Hazzard or...Herbie unloaded..., and it sucks because i'm just pissy that I have to redo this.
Basically I came to the conclusion that I had a great chat with a friend tonight. It was like touching in with home base. Suddenly the little things in my life seemed interesting and I had emotion again-laughed, enjoyed hearing her comings and goings. I've decided that everyone needs their details friend. That friend that you can totally pour over the details with, analyze too much with, and expect them to enjoy it and give great reactions all throughout and not get bored with you. Everyone needs this person in their life otherwise...you just end up speaking in generalizations, impersonal summaries, and you aren't excited about life. Just my observation.
I'm just gonna go "curl up and die" for the millionth time
Basically I came to the conclusion that I had a great chat with a friend tonight. It was like touching in with home base. Suddenly the little things in my life seemed interesting and I had emotion again-laughed, enjoyed hearing her comings and goings. I've decided that everyone needs their details friend. That friend that you can totally pour over the details with, analyze too much with, and expect them to enjoy it and give great reactions all throughout and not get bored with you. Everyone needs this person in their life otherwise...you just end up speaking in generalizations, impersonal summaries, and you aren't excited about life. Just my observation.
I'm just gonna go "curl up and die" for the millionth time
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Cinderella Man
Tonight was a good night. Our neighbors came over-husband is from russia. We chatted, ate dinner and i could quickly tell that he would look disbelieving at me if I said anything positive about his homeland. Definitey has some bitter feelings for that land-which, i don't blame him, he got out of there when it was still communistic, but we def. had different experiences there. I grew to love that place and the people and had some of the best, hardest, saddest, funniest times there and nothing is going to change that-not current political conflicts, or their troubled past...I will always have hope for Russia. Say what you want about the crooked leaders and systems, but you don't know the people. I do, and they are strong, brave, and loving people that have been so hurt in the past...so much so that they've had to put up walls, masks, but if you can manage to crack your way in, you have friends for life that would give you everything even when they have nothing to give. I love them and I know that when I hear about the first Russian stake, and the first Russian temple-and I WILL hear about it, I will probably cry like a baby because these people have been held back from the truth for so long.
Just thinking about how I view these people, and my experiences there...sometimes it feels like another life entirely. I wonder if it's all real, if it ever really happened, and the next second it's so vivid and clear like I'm still in it and I'll wake up any moment *6:30* and roll off of my bed onto the floor for morning prayer.
man, it really smarted tonight...normally i'm busy and it's fine, but every now and then it comes back and strong-the desire to go back, get back there somehow but still have the same missionaries there and just jump back into that refiner's fire.
I don't think I'll ever be able to look back on my time there without having to hold back from getting emotional for the rest of my life...it just means too much to be stoic.
oh yea, haha, and I watched cinderella man-as always, great movie. I LOVE the relationship between him and his wife.
check out curl up and die with you on my playlist by relient k-just randomly found it and have fallen in love with it.
Just thinking about how I view these people, and my experiences there...sometimes it feels like another life entirely. I wonder if it's all real, if it ever really happened, and the next second it's so vivid and clear like I'm still in it and I'll wake up any moment *6:30* and roll off of my bed onto the floor for morning prayer.
man, it really smarted tonight...normally i'm busy and it's fine, but every now and then it comes back and strong-the desire to go back, get back there somehow but still have the same missionaries there and just jump back into that refiner's fire.
I don't think I'll ever be able to look back on my time there without having to hold back from getting emotional for the rest of my life...it just means too much to be stoic.
oh yea, haha, and I watched cinderella man-as always, great movie. I LOVE the relationship between him and his wife.
check out curl up and die with you on my playlist by relient k-just randomly found it and have fallen in love with it.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
"Meg's gravy is famous. It's practically a food group. "
"He's gonna rue the day he came up against The Extreme, baby. Bill, I'm talkin' imminent rueage"
Melissa: Why do you call him the extreme.
Dusty: Because Bill *is* the extreme. There was one time, he has a bottle of Jack Daniels, he was butt naked.
Bill: I was not naked, I was "not naked".
Dusty: He walks up to the twister, and says 'have a drink' he throws the bottle and the twister sucks it up and never touches the ground.
Bill: [to Melissa] Honey, these are a tissue of lies. There was another Bill, an evil Bill and I killed him.
"He's gonna rue the day he came up against The Extreme, baby. Bill, I'm talkin' imminent rueage"
Melissa: Why do you call him the extreme.
Dusty: Because Bill *is* the extreme. There was one time, he has a bottle of Jack Daniels, he was butt naked.
Bill: I was not naked, I was "not naked".
Dusty: He walks up to the twister, and says 'have a drink' he throws the bottle and the twister sucks it up and never touches the ground.
Bill: [to Melissa] Honey, these are a tissue of lies. There was another Bill, an evil Bill and I killed him.
WHOA!
so i'm sitting at the office right? and we're having a pretty cool storm right now-tons of loud rain and it's really dark outside tho not much thunder/lightning. Out of the corner of my eye saw this bolt of lightning that was sooooo bright and big a couple of blocks away and then of course the huge boom. I swear...I think someone or something just got fried-it was so crazy!
i feel like watching twister now...
"cow....
...i think that's the same one...."
so i'm sitting at the office right? and we're having a pretty cool storm right now-tons of loud rain and it's really dark outside tho not much thunder/lightning. Out of the corner of my eye saw this bolt of lightning that was sooooo bright and big a couple of blocks away and then of course the huge boom. I swear...I think someone or something just got fried-it was so crazy!
i feel like watching twister now...
"cow....
...i think that's the same one...."
yet another one of life's mysteries solved
I know this has happened to all of you at one point or another whether it was a full middle school bus on a hot day or a septic tank problem, but what do you do when there is a really strong stench? Some people say don't breathe through your nose, but think about that....isn't that kind of like.....eating it?! My comp in V-grad who's dad is a chef said that when you're really hungry and you cook something by the time you eat you're not as hungry just from your body absorbing the smells etc...
gross.
Plus, not to be too gross, but your nose has more defenses in keeping germs out rather than breathing through your mouth which is just straight path into your body. Your nose has hairs, and mucus...stuff....that traps micro stuff like that....at least that's what I heard somewhere so there's a chance it won't get past all that....
then again it smells really bad and if you keep smelling it you might dry heave.....
solution: don't breathe at all! A very effective solution and good diaphragm/lung strengthening exercise.
I know I know....
I'm a thinker, now you won't have to panic in indecision next time you come up against a foul waft.
your welcome.
(inspired by my trip to the bathroom at the office just now-our plumbing is way messed up)
i'm seriously considering buying quantum solace.....i never saw it but i really liked casino royale....if you minus the love scenes which can easily be maneuvered with a click of a button-why james bond is not my fav hero *sigh*..... so typical.
gross.
Plus, not to be too gross, but your nose has more defenses in keeping germs out rather than breathing through your mouth which is just straight path into your body. Your nose has hairs, and mucus...stuff....that traps micro stuff like that....at least that's what I heard somewhere so there's a chance it won't get past all that....
then again it smells really bad and if you keep smelling it you might dry heave.....
solution: don't breathe at all! A very effective solution and good diaphragm/lung strengthening exercise.
I know I know....
I'm a thinker, now you won't have to panic in indecision next time you come up against a foul waft.
your welcome.
(inspired by my trip to the bathroom at the office just now-our plumbing is way messed up)
i'm seriously considering buying quantum solace.....i never saw it but i really liked casino royale....if you minus the love scenes which can easily be maneuvered with a click of a button-why james bond is not my fav hero *sigh*..... so typical.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
check it out
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (on Master and Commander soundtrack)
goosebumps every time.
goosebumps every time.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Becoming Jane
I had never seen this movie. Heard about it, but forgot. I can't exactly pin point what it was about this movie but it's made an impact.
I mean I cried-granted I wasn't balling like the first time I saw braveheart, it was a dignified sort of cry 8) but...for the life of me I couldn't exactly figure out why it was that I was crying...I mean, the obvious would be that I was crying cause she doesn't end up with the love of her life etc and it's just because of their situation-they both loved each other etc, heck he even named his eldest daughter Jane etc. At first I figured, that's why I'm crying, sooo typical-the girls doesn't get the guy and I'm crying but then I realized that I wasn't feeling particularly sad but...happy for her in a sort of envious way.
whoa whoa whoa, hold on-crazy right? but hear me out. To love someone so much that you selflessly give up the chance of being with them because you know it'll be better for them (in the movie he had to stay respectable and earn money for his family back home and couldn't elope with her) and have them love you in return so much so that they are willing to give something so dear up (the ability to help his family) and go on loving you even after you are on clearly different places in life and have "moved on" what's not to be envious of? I mean, her love for him was enough for her the rest of her life-never married etc. Course who knows, maybe she just didn't marry cause she was jaded against love/too painful, but I choose to see the optomisitic point of view.
At this point I'd just like to apologize and commend any guys who just read through all that. Just...after that movie...I dunno, I was instantly left with the urge to watch it again but couldn't because it was on tv-sad, and listen to just...rich/classical music. It's funny cause before the mission I listened to classical/symphony/soundtrack stuff all the time but since haven't much but now for some reason, because of this movie it's like my thirst for it is back.
I think one reason why i love these types of movies: ya know, the 8 hour long Pride and Prejudice, emma, this movie etc...is because i enjoy watching all of the little subtle things-the little expressions, the polite english conversation that is all prim and proper but really is so loaded with what they're really trying to say...it's....to me, anyway, it's more like real life. It's not some crazy unrealistic thing normally-it's the every day conversations, those little moments or expressions that make dating/love/whatever exciting. At least....for girls....I can't speak for the guys.
I've got to get this movie
I recommend it to all-and I'd just like to totally call attention to the fact that when I first saw The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and I saw mr. Tumnus-yes the fawn- I said: He is actually really attractive (despite the half goat part) and I totally called it. Sometimes you've just got to look under a few rough edges 8) and I was right, he's really attractive, ya know...all human and all...k....awkward....
I mean I cried-granted I wasn't balling like the first time I saw braveheart, it was a dignified sort of cry 8) but...for the life of me I couldn't exactly figure out why it was that I was crying...I mean, the obvious would be that I was crying cause she doesn't end up with the love of her life etc and it's just because of their situation-they both loved each other etc, heck he even named his eldest daughter Jane etc. At first I figured, that's why I'm crying, sooo typical-the girls doesn't get the guy and I'm crying but then I realized that I wasn't feeling particularly sad but...happy for her in a sort of envious way.
whoa whoa whoa, hold on-crazy right? but hear me out. To love someone so much that you selflessly give up the chance of being with them because you know it'll be better for them (in the movie he had to stay respectable and earn money for his family back home and couldn't elope with her) and have them love you in return so much so that they are willing to give something so dear up (the ability to help his family) and go on loving you even after you are on clearly different places in life and have "moved on" what's not to be envious of? I mean, her love for him was enough for her the rest of her life-never married etc. Course who knows, maybe she just didn't marry cause she was jaded against love/too painful, but I choose to see the optomisitic point of view.
At this point I'd just like to apologize and commend any guys who just read through all that. Just...after that movie...I dunno, I was instantly left with the urge to watch it again but couldn't because it was on tv-sad, and listen to just...rich/classical music. It's funny cause before the mission I listened to classical/symphony/soundtrack stuff all the time but since haven't much but now for some reason, because of this movie it's like my thirst for it is back.
I think one reason why i love these types of movies: ya know, the 8 hour long Pride and Prejudice, emma, this movie etc...is because i enjoy watching all of the little subtle things-the little expressions, the polite english conversation that is all prim and proper but really is so loaded with what they're really trying to say...it's....to me, anyway, it's more like real life. It's not some crazy unrealistic thing normally-it's the every day conversations, those little moments or expressions that make dating/love/whatever exciting. At least....for girls....I can't speak for the guys.
I've got to get this movie
I recommend it to all-and I'd just like to totally call attention to the fact that when I first saw The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and I saw mr. Tumnus-yes the fawn- I said: He is actually really attractive (despite the half goat part) and I totally called it. Sometimes you've just got to look under a few rough edges 8) and I was right, he's really attractive, ya know...all human and all...k....awkward....
Monday, March 23, 2009
dum dee dum dum....
I think I'm making progress with her. Now she doesn't bark at me and she only shies away from me when I first come in the house and she's let me touch her three times now 8)
It's not as bad as I thought it would be-of course, this is only my second night here, but it's not too boring. I brought my laptop, movies, and this novel about a vet in england by James Harriet-i think...and tonight is 24!
It's not as bad as I thought it would be-of course, this is only my second night here, but it's not too boring. I brought my laptop, movies, and this novel about a vet in england by James Harriet-i think...and tonight is 24!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
with a wink and a smile
Today was a good day despite how it started-with my brother's cell phone alarm going off at six a.m. That alone would be enough to frustrate me (i'm not a morning person, but have made huge steps since my mission), but it was the specific alarm. Back when I owned this cell phone we thought it would be funny if Amanda (recently turned Amanda Mckie) recorded herself saying: Whitney your phone is ringing! Answer your phone! Whitney, Whitney! etc so when someone called me-my phone started yelling at me. Well, this is what my brother uses to wake himself up-prolly cause it's the loudest.
So there I am, blissfully sleeping and I'm jarred awake by my old cell yelling at me through the wall: WHITNEY WHITNEY! etc. It would be probably humorous if it just happened once and he turned it off and got up, but no. It goes off for a good minute then I manage to drift off again and it goes off again and continues to go off cause he keeps hitting snooze. Being the calm and tranquil morning person that I am I floated over to the wall and began to lightly tap it and hear the muffled growl-I'm up etc. Once my blood pressure gets back down to normal I am able to drift off, but it's never as good as it was before this little routine. I love my morning routine.
It was one of those Saturdays where you stay in your PJs for most of the day. We took the kids out to Jackson Lake and played on the beach. They were so funny to watch as they got more brave and running out into the water. I think I got some good pictures-I only took about a hundred so a few are bound to come out decent. I must say it's the coolest feeling when you're near a little kid and they're scared of something etc and they run to you and just you holding them makes everything ok. Sabrina was scared at first of the waves and she held on so tight but then by the end of the day she was the one that didn't want to leave.
So I watched twilight tonight. *sigh* I don't want to offend anyone who did like it cause that's totally their prerogative, but......let's just say it wasn't' my cup of tea. I need to be able to feel comfortable, at least at ease and confident in the actors so I can actually invest myself and for the most part it was painful to me with the exception of a few bearable moments. sorry. I hate that feeling...it's like....when you want something to eat but you have something that's not quite right and you feel so unfulfilled afterwards-almost like you didn't eat at all, well that's how this movie left me feeling. But hey, no biggie-everyone has their different tastes and I'm just glad that I didn't spend money for it (sorry mom 8)
It's so great to see Mike, Jess, and the kids. I'd love to drive up for a weekend or something up to OK but who knows with work etc...but it'd be fun to see it again. It's been a long time. Who knows, I guess we'll see.
Andrea called and it looks like centennial-need to check that out right away and see if they still have a space. It feels kind of weird not caring about where I live etc...it feels like it should be this set and coordinated thing, but what's there to coordinate now- there's me.....and me, haha. Well that makes things a lil simpler doesn't it.
Well tomorrow night I start dog sitting for some friends which means staying in some random house for a few days-that will be interesting so that's the explanation if there's a sudden increase in the volume of my blogging in the next few days.
So there I am, blissfully sleeping and I'm jarred awake by my old cell yelling at me through the wall: WHITNEY WHITNEY! etc. It would be probably humorous if it just happened once and he turned it off and got up, but no. It goes off for a good minute then I manage to drift off again and it goes off again and continues to go off cause he keeps hitting snooze. Being the calm and tranquil morning person that I am I floated over to the wall and began to lightly tap it and hear the muffled growl-I'm up etc. Once my blood pressure gets back down to normal I am able to drift off, but it's never as good as it was before this little routine. I love my morning routine.
It was one of those Saturdays where you stay in your PJs for most of the day. We took the kids out to Jackson Lake and played on the beach. They were so funny to watch as they got more brave and running out into the water. I think I got some good pictures-I only took about a hundred so a few are bound to come out decent. I must say it's the coolest feeling when you're near a little kid and they're scared of something etc and they run to you and just you holding them makes everything ok. Sabrina was scared at first of the waves and she held on so tight but then by the end of the day she was the one that didn't want to leave.
So I watched twilight tonight. *sigh* I don't want to offend anyone who did like it cause that's totally their prerogative, but......let's just say it wasn't' my cup of tea. I need to be able to feel comfortable, at least at ease and confident in the actors so I can actually invest myself and for the most part it was painful to me with the exception of a few bearable moments. sorry. I hate that feeling...it's like....when you want something to eat but you have something that's not quite right and you feel so unfulfilled afterwards-almost like you didn't eat at all, well that's how this movie left me feeling. But hey, no biggie-everyone has their different tastes and I'm just glad that I didn't spend money for it (sorry mom 8)
It's so great to see Mike, Jess, and the kids. I'd love to drive up for a weekend or something up to OK but who knows with work etc...but it'd be fun to see it again. It's been a long time. Who knows, I guess we'll see.
Andrea called and it looks like centennial-need to check that out right away and see if they still have a space. It feels kind of weird not caring about where I live etc...it feels like it should be this set and coordinated thing, but what's there to coordinate now- there's me.....and me, haha. Well that makes things a lil simpler doesn't it.
Well tomorrow night I start dog sitting for some friends which means staying in some random house for a few days-that will be interesting so that's the explanation if there's a sudden increase in the volume of my blogging in the next few days.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
ok, so i realize that i'm now gonna loose all credibility for using this example, but I just randomly thought of the perfect examples of misusing philosophy (even tho they were also sort of crazy for different reasons) but Two Face and Joker in the Dark Knight.
They both had different theories/philosophies about life- the one pushing for pure unprejudiced chance and the other believing in chaos-going after the "schemers" as he called them, and that in all actuality you find truth when there are no rules left, or rather-when you've broken all the rules. (tho he does at least mention truth, i'll give ya that) I dunno, but I find it hard to believe that they were out for truth-they just made up reasons to justify the immoral things that they wanted to do.
thoughts?
They both had different theories/philosophies about life- the one pushing for pure unprejudiced chance and the other believing in chaos-going after the "schemers" as he called them, and that in all actuality you find truth when there are no rules left, or rather-when you've broken all the rules. (tho he does at least mention truth, i'll give ya that) I dunno, but I find it hard to believe that they were out for truth-they just made up reasons to justify the immoral things that they wanted to do.
thoughts?
retraction
I was sitting here and thinking about a conversation that I had with Ben when I was up there. We very briefly touched on the subject of philosophy and I quickly made my opinions known-that I had little patience for it. That people just talk and talk around in circles but never actually get to a conclusion/doesn't do anything etc.
The fact of the matter is, is that I had stored up a lot of frustration towards philosophy/over thinking of things because it was things like that, that had made my only real relationship, so far, a real mess. I watched as a person trapped himself with always thinking philosophically and making very simple things very complicated etc. eh, it was just complicated for him, but I would like to redefine what I meant to say.
I actually think philosophy is really interesting and highly necessary-like Ben pointed out, it really is what different sciences, math etc used to be before they were proven etc. I took a phil class at the Y and it really was interesting to see the bits of truths throughout all of the very different theories-some were closer than others. Not saying that I know all the answers but as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-we believe very strongly in finding truth and where you find it from, anywho...
I do like to get into deep conversations and throw different ideas around. I'll always remember some great conversations I had with companions on the mission that were really cool- gave each other goosebumps.
It's just that my problem is when people abuse philosophy-and it happens all too often- to create their own little moral worlds so that they are able to justify something that they know is wrong. There's a problem when people use philosophy but not to find truth, they use it to achieve a different end, personal gratification or something... I don't know if I said that right, but i'm trying to pin point exactly what it is that bothers me sometimes with philosophy, but I think that's it-just the experiences with an old friend and people misusing etc.
Which, I guess if you want to be technical-all philosophy is, is our ideas and you can't hate ideas just because some people have bad ones etc, you should have the problem with that specific person since there are a lot of good ideas out there...sorry, getting off track anyways,
Truth is truth, and we are meant to use all of our faculties to find it and better understand it-that's one of the things we should be doing here and if we have sincere desires and the right reasons we'll piece together the puzzle, and all the while remembering, some things were never meant to be known in this life-tho it doesn't make it any less fun to throw ideas around 8)
So....to sum it up....I respect philosophy and think it's interesting. God gave us brains so we could use them.
Hope that made some sort of sense...
The fact of the matter is, is that I had stored up a lot of frustration towards philosophy/over thinking of things because it was things like that, that had made my only real relationship, so far, a real mess. I watched as a person trapped himself with always thinking philosophically and making very simple things very complicated etc. eh, it was just complicated for him, but I would like to redefine what I meant to say.
I actually think philosophy is really interesting and highly necessary-like Ben pointed out, it really is what different sciences, math etc used to be before they were proven etc. I took a phil class at the Y and it really was interesting to see the bits of truths throughout all of the very different theories-some were closer than others. Not saying that I know all the answers but as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-we believe very strongly in finding truth and where you find it from, anywho...
I do like to get into deep conversations and throw different ideas around. I'll always remember some great conversations I had with companions on the mission that were really cool- gave each other goosebumps.
It's just that my problem is when people abuse philosophy-and it happens all too often- to create their own little moral worlds so that they are able to justify something that they know is wrong. There's a problem when people use philosophy but not to find truth, they use it to achieve a different end, personal gratification or something... I don't know if I said that right, but i'm trying to pin point exactly what it is that bothers me sometimes with philosophy, but I think that's it-just the experiences with an old friend and people misusing etc.
Which, I guess if you want to be technical-all philosophy is, is our ideas and you can't hate ideas just because some people have bad ones etc, you should have the problem with that specific person since there are a lot of good ideas out there...sorry, getting off track anyways,
Truth is truth, and we are meant to use all of our faculties to find it and better understand it-that's one of the things we should be doing here and if we have sincere desires and the right reasons we'll piece together the puzzle, and all the while remembering, some things were never meant to be known in this life-tho it doesn't make it any less fun to throw ideas around 8)
So....to sum it up....I respect philosophy and think it's interesting. God gave us brains so we could use them.
Hope that made some sort of sense...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
somewhere only we know
alright, alright. So I forgot....but, i'll have every single one of you know that I got up and I wore green today-consciously I may have been unaware but deep down my loyalties rang true.
I guess I haven't really taken specific notice of the dates this week since I'm not in the office and just playing with the kiddies.
I, of course, quickly began redeeming myself. I made four leaf clover chocolate chip cookies with Gretta and I'll have you know that one of them remotely resembled a four leaf clover. Also there was a leprechaun one. I got off early and it was such a gorgeous day that the second I got home I took Copper for a walk-my favorite walk. Though it wasn't dusk/twilight, it was still great. There are some really cool trees along that trail and when the sun hits em' a certain way it reminds me of my favorite painting in the MOA on campus-i hope it's still there...it should be.
Anyway....um, I almost killed copper, haha he's a lil older than I remember and was dragging pretty bad, but we got him to the lake but had to call mom to come get us cause I think a return trip would have finished him off. Good thing it wasn't humid.
Then I changed so that I was wearing more green-along with my irish soccer team scarf that an investigator gave to me before I left when we found out that we both loved ireland-i need to write her.
I randomly watched Luck of the Irish-some st. patty's day disney movie that I remembered from a long time ago and after dinner it was all about far and away. Despite a few slow transitions it really is good. Good music, acting, gorgeous landscapes, and accents that you can't beat-and it's not just a chick flick; there's boxing, gun fights, racing, and they don't even end up together until the last minute of the film-just like it should be.
Anyway, it was good and tomorrow me and dad will plan out the trip more-apparently he knows a guy over there and will get good ideas of where to go. We're totally doing the bed and breakfast thing-doing the local taste of things no hotels/touristy stuff etc.
I might possibly have tomorrow off which brings me much joy-I rarely get to honestly sleep in since Saturday mornings are usually temple runs, and Sunday is church.
oh.....it's gonna be good.
I guess I haven't really taken specific notice of the dates this week since I'm not in the office and just playing with the kiddies.
I, of course, quickly began redeeming myself. I made four leaf clover chocolate chip cookies with Gretta and I'll have you know that one of them remotely resembled a four leaf clover. Also there was a leprechaun one. I got off early and it was such a gorgeous day that the second I got home I took Copper for a walk-my favorite walk. Though it wasn't dusk/twilight, it was still great. There are some really cool trees along that trail and when the sun hits em' a certain way it reminds me of my favorite painting in the MOA on campus-i hope it's still there...it should be.
Anyway....um, I almost killed copper, haha he's a lil older than I remember and was dragging pretty bad, but we got him to the lake but had to call mom to come get us cause I think a return trip would have finished him off. Good thing it wasn't humid.
Then I changed so that I was wearing more green-along with my irish soccer team scarf that an investigator gave to me before I left when we found out that we both loved ireland-i need to write her.
I randomly watched Luck of the Irish-some st. patty's day disney movie that I remembered from a long time ago and after dinner it was all about far and away. Despite a few slow transitions it really is good. Good music, acting, gorgeous landscapes, and accents that you can't beat-and it's not just a chick flick; there's boxing, gun fights, racing, and they don't even end up together until the last minute of the film-just like it should be.
Anyway, it was good and tomorrow me and dad will plan out the trip more-apparently he knows a guy over there and will get good ideas of where to go. We're totally doing the bed and breakfast thing-doing the local taste of things no hotels/touristy stuff etc.
I might possibly have tomorrow off which brings me much joy-I rarely get to honestly sleep in since Saturday mornings are usually temple runs, and Sunday is church.
oh.....it's gonna be good.
Monday, March 16, 2009
slow motion
I've never thought of myself as into the types of sports like....hunting, fishing, etc. Sure I have enjoyed camping but just never seeing me going all out in those types of sports-i mean, they're like....special sports, I wouldn't put them in the same sport category of football or basketball exactly...
what brought this up was that today I took my boss' daughter to Mcdonalds and then we got back and the door was locked so we decided to go fishing. They have lots of man made lakes that supposedly have fish in them though I've never seen supporting evidence of this. But anyway, we thought it'd be fun so we grabbed a couple of poles and walked down the road to the lake where there's a bridge and just stood out in the middle of it and fished. I'm not sure if you can call it fishing when you never catch anything, but it beats calling it....standing while throwing a string in the water....a lil' catchier.
As I was standing there and after the first two embarassing attempts-that luckily only the ducks were witnesses to, I got a nice long cast and it was kinda....cool, watching it soar through the air and plunk in the water. I realize that it's completley ironic that I like it seeing as I don't particulary love fish and would throw back anything I caught no matter how big/good etc but I guess that's good right? a win win situation-i get the satisfaction and contemplative time and the fish lives....that is if I didn't completely panic and mess around too much causing it to suffocate before I could throw it back. I totally had the realization when I casted it that...I have no idea what to do if I were to actually catch something-prolly something I need to think through before doing it, but what are the odds right?
I would actually kinda like sitting out on a boat and just fishing....ya know, if it were a nice day and I had good company-tho I def wouldn't mind being alone too cause it's really peaceful.
songs I recommend at the moment: David Hopkins (me and heath saw him in provo before i left and before he got big 8)
*Suzanne is Perfect
* If it starts getting dark
* three times zero
* Spelling Song
enjoy.
what brought this up was that today I took my boss' daughter to Mcdonalds and then we got back and the door was locked so we decided to go fishing. They have lots of man made lakes that supposedly have fish in them though I've never seen supporting evidence of this. But anyway, we thought it'd be fun so we grabbed a couple of poles and walked down the road to the lake where there's a bridge and just stood out in the middle of it and fished. I'm not sure if you can call it fishing when you never catch anything, but it beats calling it....standing while throwing a string in the water....a lil' catchier.
As I was standing there and after the first two embarassing attempts-that luckily only the ducks were witnesses to, I got a nice long cast and it was kinda....cool, watching it soar through the air and plunk in the water. I realize that it's completley ironic that I like it seeing as I don't particulary love fish and would throw back anything I caught no matter how big/good etc but I guess that's good right? a win win situation-i get the satisfaction and contemplative time and the fish lives....that is if I didn't completely panic and mess around too much causing it to suffocate before I could throw it back. I totally had the realization when I casted it that...I have no idea what to do if I were to actually catch something-prolly something I need to think through before doing it, but what are the odds right?
I would actually kinda like sitting out on a boat and just fishing....ya know, if it were a nice day and I had good company-tho I def wouldn't mind being alone too cause it's really peaceful.
songs I recommend at the moment: David Hopkins (me and heath saw him in provo before i left and before he got big 8)
*Suzanne is Perfect
* If it starts getting dark
* three times zero
* Spelling Song
enjoy.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
ready for some sleep
It was an unusual weekend. I say unusual because I wasn't home for nearly all of it.
I went to this women's conference in Houston; it actually wasn't too bad....kind of an EFY for women. They had speakers like Sheri Dew, and Mary Ellis Edmund etc and performers like: one of the guys from Jericho road ( I know, I was quite excited :p ) and Kenneth Cope and Jenny Frogley. Though I have to admit Jenny was really good-she made a medley for us where she showed off her different ranges of songs. She's a studio artist and will get called in to sing anything from country to opera to alternative etc...it was really cool how versatile her voice was. She sang some rock, country, opera, and even that indian sounding singing they have in those epic battle scenes where everything is in slow motion and the reverb etc-she was really good.
The last speaker on Saturday spoke about America and why we should still be proud and going over historical evidences of how God, many times, interfered in our behalf to preserve this country and tho we may not have as many righteous people as we once did- they're still here and it's still worth protecting etc. I can't remember why but he was talking about percentages of people from different countries that attended church. 47% in America....2% in Russia....though 2% of Russian people isn't exactly a tiny number, but I can't imagine how they accurately got that count....or whether they only count the orthodox church because other churches in their minds are sects..... He said he talked with a fellow airforce friend and his friend asked him if he thought we'd ever get mormon missionaries in Russia, this being during the cold war, and he said: yes, i think we will, but....not in my life time. As he was talking about the miracle of that country opening etc it was one of the few times when it really dawned on me what it meant-me serving there. I know that it's a miracle we're there so shortly after everything, but this was one of the few times that I fully comprehended it-just a for a few minutes but I instantly felt this huge sense of gratitude and just awe that I was able to be a part of that-seeing all of the huge wheels turning just to get me in there...amazing.
I called Dad on the way out and got the last thirty seconds of the BYU game relayed over the cell-very sad and I'm frustrated that Utah won-it would have been so good if we had played them in the finals, but o well-still in the NCAA playing the aggies...
Well, Steve had all his friends over and I showed them the francisville experiment. They joked throughout it-trying to keep it light, tho I know there were a few tense moments for them and I'm not sure if they found it as funny as I did, tho they did like the "i love the ghosts" guy...who doesn't? Anyway, I hope it didn't make anyone uncomfortable-you never know with those kinds of movies, shrug.
I watched the sound of music tonight-i couldn't tell you the last time I watched it. It's really good...i mean, funny, good music, pretty landscapes, and nazis.....what more could you want?
"waiting sweetheart, just waiting..." name that quote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYqMhIYw58 (word of caution-don't be drinking anything when you watch this.)
I went to this women's conference in Houston; it actually wasn't too bad....kind of an EFY for women. They had speakers like Sheri Dew, and Mary Ellis Edmund etc and performers like: one of the guys from Jericho road ( I know, I was quite excited :p ) and Kenneth Cope and Jenny Frogley. Though I have to admit Jenny was really good-she made a medley for us where she showed off her different ranges of songs. She's a studio artist and will get called in to sing anything from country to opera to alternative etc...it was really cool how versatile her voice was. She sang some rock, country, opera, and even that indian sounding singing they have in those epic battle scenes where everything is in slow motion and the reverb etc-she was really good.
The last speaker on Saturday spoke about America and why we should still be proud and going over historical evidences of how God, many times, interfered in our behalf to preserve this country and tho we may not have as many righteous people as we once did- they're still here and it's still worth protecting etc. I can't remember why but he was talking about percentages of people from different countries that attended church. 47% in America....2% in Russia....though 2% of Russian people isn't exactly a tiny number, but I can't imagine how they accurately got that count....or whether they only count the orthodox church because other churches in their minds are sects..... He said he talked with a fellow airforce friend and his friend asked him if he thought we'd ever get mormon missionaries in Russia, this being during the cold war, and he said: yes, i think we will, but....not in my life time. As he was talking about the miracle of that country opening etc it was one of the few times when it really dawned on me what it meant-me serving there. I know that it's a miracle we're there so shortly after everything, but this was one of the few times that I fully comprehended it-just a for a few minutes but I instantly felt this huge sense of gratitude and just awe that I was able to be a part of that-seeing all of the huge wheels turning just to get me in there...amazing.
I called Dad on the way out and got the last thirty seconds of the BYU game relayed over the cell-very sad and I'm frustrated that Utah won-it would have been so good if we had played them in the finals, but o well-still in the NCAA playing the aggies...
Well, Steve had all his friends over and I showed them the francisville experiment. They joked throughout it-trying to keep it light, tho I know there were a few tense moments for them and I'm not sure if they found it as funny as I did, tho they did like the "i love the ghosts" guy...who doesn't? Anyway, I hope it didn't make anyone uncomfortable-you never know with those kinds of movies, shrug.
I watched the sound of music tonight-i couldn't tell you the last time I watched it. It's really good...i mean, funny, good music, pretty landscapes, and nazis.....what more could you want?
"waiting sweetheart, just waiting..." name that quote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYqMhIYw58 (word of caution-don't be drinking anything when you watch this.)
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
when it goes all blurry
i'm sitting at the office on my lunch break and it is pouring out there. If you know me at all, you know that i'm very happy about this. I just love big rain storms-especially in Sugar Land. I remember when we first moved here I remember being so shocked at how green everything was-it almost didn't seem natural...like yellow dead grass was the only realistic option. And when it rains like crazy, it just heightens all of the greens-makes them richer. And all the puddles-it reminds me of these paintings i saw once...darn it, that's embarassing-some humanities major i am, i can't remember who, but it's a french artist and he has a way of really capturing the feeling of rain/ or fog etc....don't worry i'll find it.
Of course we don't get quite the cool storms that we got in Oklahoma, but they still get some pretty good ones down here. Probably because the sky seems so big here-nothing to abstruct your view from horizon to horizon so when the whole sky is filled with these huge thunderheads it's pretty impressive.
I went over to a family in the ward last night to start to get to know their dog so I can stay at their palce while they're gone and the dog won't freak out. Definitely a little skiddish but I can already tell we'll be best friends because I have no problem bribing dogs with doggie treats and scratching behind their ears.
I wonder how Amanda is adjusting to married life and want her to blog-what about priorities, come on! obviously joking....
wow....I'm actually without thought....guess I'll take the hint.
Of course we don't get quite the cool storms that we got in Oklahoma, but they still get some pretty good ones down here. Probably because the sky seems so big here-nothing to abstruct your view from horizon to horizon so when the whole sky is filled with these huge thunderheads it's pretty impressive.
I went over to a family in the ward last night to start to get to know their dog so I can stay at their palce while they're gone and the dog won't freak out. Definitely a little skiddish but I can already tell we'll be best friends because I have no problem bribing dogs with doggie treats and scratching behind their ears.
I wonder how Amanda is adjusting to married life and want her to blog-what about priorities, come on! obviously joking....
wow....I'm actually without thought....guess I'll take the hint.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
ok, so my niece Sabrina is soooo cute and funny! you have to go to their family blog and see the two videos-the second is the funniest
therichardsrundown@blogspot.com
therichardsrundown@blogspot.com
Monday, March 9, 2009
army of razor sharp fo-hawked deacons
It was quite the weekend.
I can't remember the last time I had so much fun.
It was like coming home, seeing all of those familiar faces-like a little window into what it must be like on the other side when we see everybody 8)
It was eventful too.
We went to a real ranch and wore cowboy hats and I heart CB shirts and fed horses and cows-thanks to Jared with his trusty pocket knife. We froze a little. We ate ribs and I found a man that also had gone through the defensive language institute like my brother only for russian during the cold war-way cool, tho of course he couldn't tell me anything.
I did actually get sick, the only light at the end of the tunnel being my voice became quite manly and I could hit notes that I never could before. We decorated. We took tons of pics. We watched as one of our best friends got sealed to her eternal companion and I'll never forget that feeling. We took many jumping pictures. We had a special meeting in the shade and a new member was established and it was documented. We played many a game of werewolves and yes-if you get twitchy I will accuse you and see that you make it to the gallows so don't mess with me.
We played balderdash-the original when the cool new version was in the shelf the whole time!!!! argh!
We watched.....HOT MERGING ACTION!
MITCHEL!
we saw carrie and brett's cute lil baby that is ALLLL cheeks! We had fun in the line as we tried balancing our bouquets-Kyle put us all to shame and lasted like a million seconds-i swear he's half carnie.
We danced. We clapped and helped pack away presents. We went to church and we had an epic battle. We all went back the way we came looking forward to the next meeting.
Tho, can I just say that the whole way home which took me all day with all my stops and lay overs I was just wishing to have a battle to distract me and make the time go faster.
Though I did have lots of great thoughts to sort through and great music to listen to which = very enjoyable.
On the way down in Houston my ears freaked out and are still clogged-i hate them so much!!!! I knew it was asking too much to do all that pressure changing with my sinuses without an incident....o well....it has to pop eventually right? hearing is over rated and totally not useful for a secretary.
and in closing, congratulations to Amanda and Jack! you guys are great and the weekend was unforgetable-thanks so much! Good luck!
Also, a moment of silence for Bill Buchanon who gave his life tonight on 24 to cause an explosive distraction to save the madam president and leaving Jack Bauer actually showing emotion-you can prolly count on hand the moments like this. rest in peace Bill-you were great. sniff sniff.
Can I just say how much I love "Must have done something right" by relient K???? it is impossible to not feel good after this song.
I can't remember the last time I had so much fun.
It was like coming home, seeing all of those familiar faces-like a little window into what it must be like on the other side when we see everybody 8)
It was eventful too.
We went to a real ranch and wore cowboy hats and I heart CB shirts and fed horses and cows-thanks to Jared with his trusty pocket knife. We froze a little. We ate ribs and I found a man that also had gone through the defensive language institute like my brother only for russian during the cold war-way cool, tho of course he couldn't tell me anything.
I did actually get sick, the only light at the end of the tunnel being my voice became quite manly and I could hit notes that I never could before. We decorated. We took tons of pics. We watched as one of our best friends got sealed to her eternal companion and I'll never forget that feeling. We took many jumping pictures. We had a special meeting in the shade and a new member was established and it was documented. We played many a game of werewolves and yes-if you get twitchy I will accuse you and see that you make it to the gallows so don't mess with me.
We played balderdash-the original when the cool new version was in the shelf the whole time!!!! argh!
We watched.....HOT MERGING ACTION!
MITCHEL!
we saw carrie and brett's cute lil baby that is ALLLL cheeks! We had fun in the line as we tried balancing our bouquets-Kyle put us all to shame and lasted like a million seconds-i swear he's half carnie.
We danced. We clapped and helped pack away presents. We went to church and we had an epic battle. We all went back the way we came looking forward to the next meeting.
Tho, can I just say that the whole way home which took me all day with all my stops and lay overs I was just wishing to have a battle to distract me and make the time go faster.
Though I did have lots of great thoughts to sort through and great music to listen to which = very enjoyable.
On the way down in Houston my ears freaked out and are still clogged-i hate them so much!!!! I knew it was asking too much to do all that pressure changing with my sinuses without an incident....o well....it has to pop eventually right? hearing is over rated and totally not useful for a secretary.
and in closing, congratulations to Amanda and Jack! you guys are great and the weekend was unforgetable-thanks so much! Good luck!
Also, a moment of silence for Bill Buchanon who gave his life tonight on 24 to cause an explosive distraction to save the madam president and leaving Jack Bauer actually showing emotion-you can prolly count on hand the moments like this. rest in peace Bill-you were great. sniff sniff.
Can I just say how much I love "Must have done something right" by relient K???? it is impossible to not feel good after this song.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Jimmer Jammer Fredette!
This announcer guy just cracks me up with his nick names: jimmer jammer, the spiderman, the brazilian bomber... I still haven't figured out the real purpose of sports announcers...i mean, while the actual game is going I can get, but afterwards? They just repeat themselves and make insights that even I already knew...of course, it is the mountain-not like it's ESPN...o well, i guess guys just like to talk about it.
I'm all set and headin' out-i'm sooo excited to see everyone! Of course as luck would have it I did NOT start having sinus problems just a day before my trip and I do NOT feel that pressure in my nose and burning down my throat. You see? It's my theory of tricking yourself into being well-dont' admit or think that you're sick and then you won't be....mind over matter baby...
now where is my medicine...
I must say that I'm also proud of my wrapping job for Amanda's and Jack's presents tho I hope it makes it there ok in my carry on and doesn't tear-i don't know if I could replicate it again.
I hear it's rainy and cold up there-bring it on! my russian coat is clean and reunited with all its buttons and i'm ready.
I have fun seeing how little of a bag I can manage to bring just to impress people. I'm taking my smallest suit case and it's not bad-if I didn't have the wedding present it would all fit EASY.
um...what am I doing up? I'm NOT getting sick and I need to get some sleep.
I'm all set and headin' out-i'm sooo excited to see everyone! Of course as luck would have it I did NOT start having sinus problems just a day before my trip and I do NOT feel that pressure in my nose and burning down my throat. You see? It's my theory of tricking yourself into being well-dont' admit or think that you're sick and then you won't be....mind over matter baby...
now where is my medicine...
I must say that I'm also proud of my wrapping job for Amanda's and Jack's presents tho I hope it makes it there ok in my carry on and doesn't tear-i don't know if I could replicate it again.
I hear it's rainy and cold up there-bring it on! my russian coat is clean and reunited with all its buttons and i'm ready.
I have fun seeing how little of a bag I can manage to bring just to impress people. I'm taking my smallest suit case and it's not bad-if I didn't have the wedding present it would all fit EASY.
um...what am I doing up? I'm NOT getting sick and I need to get some sleep.
Monday, March 2, 2009
moral or not moral, that is the question
wow....what an explosive night...terrorists in the whitehouse (never mind it's totally impossible how they did it, but still...) and that stupid senator is really starting to tick me off-when they brought in the hostages I half jokingly said: ooo! go with him first! Agent Walker sort of redeemed herself tonight...
while watching shows like this it makes me wonder-i know the church's stance on having to kill in defense etc/ war how it's different than just murdering and being a huge sin etc-or something to that effect, ya know, self defense....but what about this situation-i mean...it is self defence/ defense for the whole country but say the person doesn't have a weapon but you know they're with the bad guys etc, i mean....would it be ok to end it right there or would you have to risk taking them prisoner or only wounding them etc....
i dunno...not that this really matters just...i always wonder what i'd do in similar situations, and it seems it would be hard to be active in the church and effective as an agent etc, thus my question.
Next week's looks REALLY good.
I helped my brother look at how to register for classes tonight-it almost put me into a slight panic attack, just all the memories of stresses/schedules/where I'm gonna live etc and realizing more and more clearly that I don't really have a safety net of friends out there anymore-only if drea manages to hold on 8)
o well, it'll all be ok.
while watching shows like this it makes me wonder-i know the church's stance on having to kill in defense etc/ war how it's different than just murdering and being a huge sin etc-or something to that effect, ya know, self defense....but what about this situation-i mean...it is self defence/ defense for the whole country but say the person doesn't have a weapon but you know they're with the bad guys etc, i mean....would it be ok to end it right there or would you have to risk taking them prisoner or only wounding them etc....
i dunno...not that this really matters just...i always wonder what i'd do in similar situations, and it seems it would be hard to be active in the church and effective as an agent etc, thus my question.
Next week's looks REALLY good.
I helped my brother look at how to register for classes tonight-it almost put me into a slight panic attack, just all the memories of stresses/schedules/where I'm gonna live etc and realizing more and more clearly that I don't really have a safety net of friends out there anymore-only if drea manages to hold on 8)
o well, it'll all be ok.
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