I know it doesn't sound exciting, but we went to BJs this weekend and I bought, among other things, a six pound package of ground beef. Then I came home and separated it out into 6 little meat balls, which I froze and now can take out to cook with a moments notice. And a giant Parmesan cheese. And a case of applesauce, mmm. I also have enough toothpaste and paper towels to last until the next Obama term.
Oh, yes. I am so elated. Driving home on Tuesday I got to listen to his inauguration speech and I was as moved as I was by the election speech. I have to admit, I was a staunch Hillary fan and was very worried he was all charm and no substance. But I have been so impressed with his big ol' dose of "get your ass in gear, America." I posted the transcript to my facebook page, but you really have to hear it if you didn't. Things are crappy right now. But he really instilled some sense of how together we all are in this, and how by working together, we can move forward.
And just as a sidenote, tomorrow is the 36th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Hopefully, protestors won't muck up my day. I'm having a post birthday dinner with some friends and desparately want to get out on time. I want to write a blog about Wall-E. Remind me later. I gotta get some sleep!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Time is relative
Today, at work, I was in a very Monday mood. Someone pointed out that I seem to be drained of all energy on Sundays, presumably because the next day is Monday. And honestly it's true. Saturday I was totally full of energy and ideas. Sunday, I felt like part of the couch. And today was probably the longest work day ever. I usually go in to work early on Monday, and there are days I've been there 12 hours or more. But today's 8 hours took forever. Once I was finally home, the few hours between walking in the door and bedtime have flown by at supersonic speed.
When I was little, my brother and I used to make paper chains and cut off a link every day counting down until Christmas, and it would take FOREVER. This year, it came and went so fast, I barely got a chance to experience it. Fortunately, I fit in a glass of eggnog last minute on Christmas eve, and a couple Christmas movies on Christmas day.
I read in college about a philosophic principle that states that an activity tends to expand to fill the time allotted for it. If this is true, then I need to start planning to fit more into a day (cooking healthy meals, going to the gym, writing, reading, finding a new hobby...) which will in turn make my days feel longer. In a good way, not a Monday way.
When I was little, my brother and I used to make paper chains and cut off a link every day counting down until Christmas, and it would take FOREVER. This year, it came and went so fast, I barely got a chance to experience it. Fortunately, I fit in a glass of eggnog last minute on Christmas eve, and a couple Christmas movies on Christmas day.
I read in college about a philosophic principle that states that an activity tends to expand to fill the time allotted for it. If this is true, then I need to start planning to fit more into a day (cooking healthy meals, going to the gym, writing, reading, finding a new hobby...) which will in turn make my days feel longer. In a good way, not a Monday way.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
An attempt at commitment
Well, I have given up on myspace completely because it's loud and spastic nature was not inspiring me at all. I have switched to facebook pretty much exclusively, but needed somewhere to blog, when I was so inclined. I'm hoping I will be more often. While I've never considered myself a writer of any sort, I have always gone back and read diary entries or opinion papers and been rather impressed they came out as well as they did. That, and since I haven't kept a journal since college, I feel like an outlet to try and put my thoughts on "paper" would be really helpful. And why make it a public blog, you ask? Well, it is doing it in the parlance of our times and I certainly don't plan on writing anything so sordid it would bite me in the ass. Myspace was a place for whiney complaints about work, but I'm hoping this will be of a higher caliber.
As for the title, it comes from Anne Rice, specifically Memnoch the Devil.
It was the beginning of Anne Rice's more intense study of Cosmology and Theology which eventually lead to her return to Catholicism and her decision to "write only for the Lord." While, I can't hold it against her, her life had some very tragic turns, I must say that as an avid fan of her vampire erotica, it's really disappointing. I have only read her first "Christ the Lord" book and it was not memorable. I will have to give it another chance, the third one is coming out this year. Anyway, Lestat calls the world a Savage Garden. Is there a plan, a higher purpose, an order to it all? Or is it random and dangerous and prone to atrophy? I truly do not know. But I think it's an accurate way to describe the world we are living in today.
As for the title, it comes from Anne Rice, specifically Memnoch the Devil.
It was the beginning of Anne Rice's more intense study of Cosmology and Theology which eventually lead to her return to Catholicism and her decision to "write only for the Lord." While, I can't hold it against her, her life had some very tragic turns, I must say that as an avid fan of her vampire erotica, it's really disappointing. I have only read her first "Christ the Lord" book and it was not memorable. I will have to give it another chance, the third one is coming out this year. Anyway, Lestat calls the world a Savage Garden. Is there a plan, a higher purpose, an order to it all? Or is it random and dangerous and prone to atrophy? I truly do not know. But I think it's an accurate way to describe the world we are living in today.
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