I have! It is!
4/29/09
4/28/09
Grey
I can feel the rain today
falling directly on my head
dark and dreary, soaking wet
I can't send these clouds away
their shadows slowly stalk me
haunting each and every step
Do you know when it all feels pointless?
Do you ever think that maybe it is?
And when they tell me to move on through the mess
I wish these rainstorms instead were his ...
falling directly on my head
dark and dreary, soaking wet
I can't send these clouds away
their shadows slowly stalk me
haunting each and every step
Do you know when it all feels pointless?
Do you ever think that maybe it is?
And when they tell me to move on through the mess
I wish these rainstorms instead were his ...
4/23/09
What A Pity
"I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."
- Miss California, Carrie Prejean, of San Diego, CA
I believe that everyone has the right to have their own opinions, thoughts, ideals ... as well as the right to share them with whomever they choose. However, when people decide to share the opinions, thoughts or ideals of another and claim them as their own without even understanding why ... is absolutely idiotic.
Also, who says "no offense" anymore and actually expects no one to take offense? So dumb! On a completely unrelated note, Mystic tan and aerosol hair spray destroys brain cells.
What a pity, little Miss Golden State. Even with all of that makeup, your ignorance still shows.
4/21/09
4/20/09
The Rescue
Make a difference and get involved today!
Invisible Children is a very worth while cause. Here is a little background on what they stand for, against and what they strive to change ...
For 23 years, the government of Uganda and a rebel group called the Lords Resistance Army, led by a man named Joseph Kony, has engaged in Africa’s longest war. In recent years, peace was seemingly within reach, largely due to the Juba Peace Talks that began in July 2006. However, despite a ceasefire signed between the LRA and Ugandan government, efforts toward peace through the Juba Peace Talks were stalled on several occasions by Kony’s refusal to sign the final peace agreement. Kony’s absence at the peace agreement signing on November 29, 2008 proved his promises to be futile and ultimately disabled the peace talks. Furthermore, the ICC has obtained evidence that Kony used the ceasefire during the peace talks to regroup, regain strength and resume child abductions. Joseph Kony is the world’s first individual indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Since September 2008, hostility in the Orientale province in DR Congo and Western Equatoria in South Sudan has reached a feverish pitch. In apparent desperation and a renewed will to spread terror to DR Congo, the LRA murdered over six hundred and abducted more than one hundred and sixty children to fight amongst its ranks. More than 104,000 Congolese have been displaced since Christmas in attempts to escape the LRA forces. A civil war, originally contained within Uganda’s borders, has now evolved into a widespread regional crisis. Invisible Children, in concert with other policy organizations including Resolve Uganda, The Enough Project, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, now believes an international effort to apprehend Kony and rescue his child soldiers is the most viable way to end the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today.
If you would like to get involved, please pay attention to the information below. It's only $5.00 and one weekend night to make a huge difference!
On April 25th, 2009 the international community will unite to deliver the innocent from Kony’s reign and ensure he is brought to justice. Your abduction will begin on April 25th at 3pm when you leave your home and meet at the fountain in front of Horton Plaza. You will drop off one of your family photos at the abduction site, symbolically leaving them behind. Then you will march as a group, on foot, to the NBC station and then to Embarcadero Marina Park South, our "LRA Camp", while carrying any supplies you will need for the night on your backs. This march will range from 1-3 miles and will be done in a single file line with all participants holding onto a rope. Invisible Children will arrange for photographers and videographers to film this symbolic march. Once you’ve arrived at the LRA Camp, you will set up your “camp” and then wait to be “rescued”.
The atmosphere at the LRA camp will be similar to our previous two events, Global Night Commute in 2006 and Displace Me in 2007, we loved the feel of those nights. People were peacefully moving around, meeting new friends and discussing world issues that really matter ... while writing their letters and completing their art projects. The climax of the night will be when your Rescuer arrives and pledges their support for The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s child soldiers. When this happens you should be very proud of what your city was able to accomplish and we hope that you celebrate and then stay until dawn the next day when you march back home. Spending the night in the Camp is a unique experience. For one night, you will forfeit the comforts of home and sleep in solidarity with the thousands of kids who have been abducted during this war. Your commitment to stay overnight shows the sacrifice that you are willing to make. This sacrifice will speak to our leaders.
I encourage everyone who can to participate in this activity and help make a difference. If you are unable to make The Rescue, there will be a lobbying event June 22 - 23, 2009 (times and locations TBA).
For more information on how to get involved in The Rescue this weekend, please visit therescue.invisiblechildren.com or www.invisiblechildren.com for general information on the movement.
Invisible Children is a very worth while cause. Here is a little background on what they stand for, against and what they strive to change ...
For 23 years, the government of Uganda and a rebel group called the Lords Resistance Army, led by a man named Joseph Kony, has engaged in Africa’s longest war. In recent years, peace was seemingly within reach, largely due to the Juba Peace Talks that began in July 2006. However, despite a ceasefire signed between the LRA and Ugandan government, efforts toward peace through the Juba Peace Talks were stalled on several occasions by Kony’s refusal to sign the final peace agreement. Kony’s absence at the peace agreement signing on November 29, 2008 proved his promises to be futile and ultimately disabled the peace talks. Furthermore, the ICC has obtained evidence that Kony used the ceasefire during the peace talks to regroup, regain strength and resume child abductions. Joseph Kony is the world’s first individual indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Since September 2008, hostility in the Orientale province in DR Congo and Western Equatoria in South Sudan has reached a feverish pitch. In apparent desperation and a renewed will to spread terror to DR Congo, the LRA murdered over six hundred and abducted more than one hundred and sixty children to fight amongst its ranks. More than 104,000 Congolese have been displaced since Christmas in attempts to escape the LRA forces. A civil war, originally contained within Uganda’s borders, has now evolved into a widespread regional crisis. Invisible Children, in concert with other policy organizations including Resolve Uganda, The Enough Project, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, now believes an international effort to apprehend Kony and rescue his child soldiers is the most viable way to end the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today.
If you would like to get involved, please pay attention to the information below. It's only $5.00 and one weekend night to make a huge difference!
On April 25th, 2009 the international community will unite to deliver the innocent from Kony’s reign and ensure he is brought to justice. Your abduction will begin on April 25th at 3pm when you leave your home and meet at the fountain in front of Horton Plaza. You will drop off one of your family photos at the abduction site, symbolically leaving them behind. Then you will march as a group, on foot, to the NBC station and then to Embarcadero Marina Park South, our "LRA Camp", while carrying any supplies you will need for the night on your backs. This march will range from 1-3 miles and will be done in a single file line with all participants holding onto a rope. Invisible Children will arrange for photographers and videographers to film this symbolic march. Once you’ve arrived at the LRA Camp, you will set up your “camp” and then wait to be “rescued”.
The atmosphere at the LRA camp will be similar to our previous two events, Global Night Commute in 2006 and Displace Me in 2007, we loved the feel of those nights. People were peacefully moving around, meeting new friends and discussing world issues that really matter ... while writing their letters and completing their art projects. The climax of the night will be when your Rescuer arrives and pledges their support for The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s child soldiers. When this happens you should be very proud of what your city was able to accomplish and we hope that you celebrate and then stay until dawn the next day when you march back home. Spending the night in the Camp is a unique experience. For one night, you will forfeit the comforts of home and sleep in solidarity with the thousands of kids who have been abducted during this war. Your commitment to stay overnight shows the sacrifice that you are willing to make. This sacrifice will speak to our leaders.
I encourage everyone who can to participate in this activity and help make a difference. If you are unable to make The Rescue, there will be a lobbying event June 22 - 23, 2009 (times and locations TBA).
For more information on how to get involved in The Rescue this weekend, please visit therescue.invisiblechildren.com or www.invisiblechildren.com for general information on the movement.
4/16/09
Greetings!
Greeting cards can brighten any one's day, no matter what the occasion is. I found the best website, wwww.someecards.com, where you can find anything your heart desires in a greeting. Your friends, family and loved ones won't know what hit 'em!
Know someone down in the dumps? Remind them of what's really important!
Looking for a way to let that special someone know how you feel? Send this gem!
Let your friends know you think about them often ... time and place are irrelevant!
Missing someone? Be more specific!
Tragedy in the family? Distract the distraught with obvious observations!
Trust me, nothing turns a frown upside down like an unexpected salutations! Enjoy!
Know someone down in the dumps? Remind them of what's really important!
Looking for a way to let that special someone know how you feel? Send this gem!
Let your friends know you think about them often ... time and place are irrelevant!
Missing someone? Be more specific!
Tragedy in the family? Distract the distraught with obvious observations!
Trust me, nothing turns a frown upside down like an unexpected salutations! Enjoy!
Sellout
Okay ... so I don't really watch reality television. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for guilty pleasures. I will admit that I watch Real Housewives of (insert city here) from time to time because it's super fake and utterly ridiculous, but shows like that and The Hills and all other faux-reality programs out there are pure bologna to me. Anyway, last night I went to a friend's house for some food, company and apparently American Idol. I never watch this show. I think it's borderline retarded to force musical talent out of people when there is barely anything there to squeeze out. Also, I think it's pretty lame that anyone listens to the "judges" on this show ... and why are there even judges if it's America that decides who goes and who stays? What even qualifies them (washed up randoms) to judge these acts? The whole premise of American Idol and other game-reality shows boggles my mind.
So, last night Quentin Tarantino was the guest judge on American Idol. What?! Why?! Do those kids even know who he is? I guess the contestants sang songs from from different films and Tarantino was the appropriate person to judge their attempts at pulling it off. How? He is an actor/ director ... maybe a big fan of music ... but definitely not someone to judge musical talent. Oh and P.S. Tarantino is pretty much insane and I'm sure he scarred at least one of the contestants for life.
I am immersed in confusion trying to understand how this ...
... even relates to this guy?
Why is he wearing more eyeliner than I do and more gold chains than Mr. T? Who does he think he is?
Maybe I just picked the wrong time to all of a sudden get into this show. I bet having the most random people ever make appearances is a regular occurrence. Or the guy in the picture above is about to get his face melted off by acid from a desert dwelling vampire's fang after he talks back to a gnarly Mexican bartender because his tequila isn't the right temperature. If so ... damn! I really should have kept watching!
So, last night Quentin Tarantino was the guest judge on American Idol. What?! Why?! Do those kids even know who he is? I guess the contestants sang songs from from different films and Tarantino was the appropriate person to judge their attempts at pulling it off. How? He is an actor/ director ... maybe a big fan of music ... but definitely not someone to judge musical talent. Oh and P.S. Tarantino is pretty much insane and I'm sure he scarred at least one of the contestants for life.
I am immersed in confusion trying to understand how this ...
... even relates to this guy?
Why is he wearing more eyeliner than I do and more gold chains than Mr. T? Who does he think he is?
Maybe I just picked the wrong time to all of a sudden get into this show. I bet having the most random people ever make appearances is a regular occurrence. Or the guy in the picture above is about to get his face melted off by acid from a desert dwelling vampire's fang after he talks back to a gnarly Mexican bartender because his tequila isn't the right temperature. If so ... damn! I really should have kept watching!
4/14/09
4/8/09
Sorry.
I'm keeping quiet until this room is empty
pressed into my corner until you forget I'm here
I'm sitting silent until the commotion dies down
I'll wait it out until it doesn't matter anymore
I can't remember when I wasn't disappointing
or what this place is like without the screaming
I can't remember how to be better than something
a position, expectation, a vision, your dreaming ...
I'm waiting anxious until this happens once again
proving my worth to you never seems to get old
I'm lying still until I feel outside this fever
but pills and cold compresses won't fix my head
I can't remember when I wasn't disappointing
or what this place is like without the screaming
I can't remember how to be better than something
a position, expectation, a vision, your dreaming ...
I'm writing slowly until I've penned all I have to
words that fail me are the only ones I like to use
I'm staying awake until my spirit breaks completely
I need to watch your face as these cracks get wide
I can't remember when I wasn't disappointing
or what this place is like without the screaming
I can't remember how to be better than something
a position, expectation, a vision ... you're dreaming.
pressed into my corner until you forget I'm here
I'm sitting silent until the commotion dies down
I'll wait it out until it doesn't matter anymore
I can't remember when I wasn't disappointing
or what this place is like without the screaming
I can't remember how to be better than something
a position, expectation, a vision, your dreaming ...
I'm waiting anxious until this happens once again
proving my worth to you never seems to get old
I'm lying still until I feel outside this fever
but pills and cold compresses won't fix my head
I can't remember when I wasn't disappointing
or what this place is like without the screaming
I can't remember how to be better than something
a position, expectation, a vision, your dreaming ...
I'm writing slowly until I've penned all I have to
words that fail me are the only ones I like to use
I'm staying awake until my spirit breaks completely
I need to watch your face as these cracks get wide
I can't remember when I wasn't disappointing
or what this place is like without the screaming
I can't remember how to be better than something
a position, expectation, a vision ... you're dreaming.
4/7/09
4/3/09
A Day In the Life
Oh, hello reflection
you're looking the same today
maybe not as lame today
point me in the right direction
Oh, hello sunshine
bright enough to shade my eyes
your yellow light is a disguise
when morning possibilities are on decline
Oh, hello maturity
sometimes more trouble than you're worth
giving me purpose to walk the Earth
someone save me from this obscurity
Oh, hello knowledge
steady slipstreams of thought
make me explore life like I ought
something I can actually take from college
Oh, hello relief
welcoming warmth, at last I am home
my breathing is normal when I'm alone
these walls comfort beyond belief
Oh, hello serenity
It's just you and me tonight
curling up content tonight
you are my most precious amenity.
you're looking the same today
maybe not as lame today
point me in the right direction
Oh, hello sunshine
bright enough to shade my eyes
your yellow light is a disguise
when morning possibilities are on decline
Oh, hello maturity
sometimes more trouble than you're worth
giving me purpose to walk the Earth
someone save me from this obscurity
Oh, hello knowledge
steady slipstreams of thought
make me explore life like I ought
something I can actually take from college
Oh, hello relief
welcoming warmth, at last I am home
my breathing is normal when I'm alone
these walls comfort beyond belief
Oh, hello serenity
It's just you and me tonight
curling up content tonight
you are my most precious amenity.
4/2/09
4/1/09
Letter to My Future
Dear future child,
Though you don't exist yet, I know that I will love you unconditionally. I know deep down you might even feel the same about me, hell - you might even grow to like me as a person in general. Which beings me to the subject of this premature letter - I love you so much, I feel the need to warn you about how weird I am. Sweetheart, Mommy's a nerd ... a huge one. I enjoy anime films strictly because they make no sense. I know way too much about Harry Potter. I get ridiculously excited over television shows about medical maladies and cat pictures with LOL captions. Honey, I will geek out in front of your friends. I will leave you notes in your lunchbox. I will always think board game night is cool. I will make you sometimes stay home from going to the mall with your friends to bake cookies with me. You see, I birthed you and therefore, your life is a never-ending debt collection. I never thought I'd enjoy being a "because I said so" parent ... but I can already tell I will relish every syllable of that phrase. Basically, I guarantee that you will be embarrassed by me. And I'm sorry about that. Trust me, though, I know exactly how it feels. My Dad would threaten to bring my lunch to school in his underwear whenever I complained about doing my homework. My dear, sweet child, I give you my word to never do anything remotely like that. But I can't promise I won't giggle when we have 'the talk' or make sarcastic comments about your fashion choices. This letter is a warning, but a warning with good intentions. Please know I wrote this specifically for your preparation of how to deal with me when you are in High School. I've been there, done that and wish I had a premeditated apology from your grandparents. I love you and am sorry in advance.
Love,
Your future Mother
Though you don't exist yet, I know that I will love you unconditionally. I know deep down you might even feel the same about me, hell - you might even grow to like me as a person in general. Which beings me to the subject of this premature letter - I love you so much, I feel the need to warn you about how weird I am. Sweetheart, Mommy's a nerd ... a huge one. I enjoy anime films strictly because they make no sense. I know way too much about Harry Potter. I get ridiculously excited over television shows about medical maladies and cat pictures with LOL captions. Honey, I will geek out in front of your friends. I will leave you notes in your lunchbox. I will always think board game night is cool. I will make you sometimes stay home from going to the mall with your friends to bake cookies with me. You see, I birthed you and therefore, your life is a never-ending debt collection. I never thought I'd enjoy being a "because I said so" parent ... but I can already tell I will relish every syllable of that phrase. Basically, I guarantee that you will be embarrassed by me. And I'm sorry about that. Trust me, though, I know exactly how it feels. My Dad would threaten to bring my lunch to school in his underwear whenever I complained about doing my homework. My dear, sweet child, I give you my word to never do anything remotely like that. But I can't promise I won't giggle when we have 'the talk' or make sarcastic comments about your fashion choices. This letter is a warning, but a warning with good intentions. Please know I wrote this specifically for your preparation of how to deal with me when you are in High School. I've been there, done that and wish I had a premeditated apology from your grandparents. I love you and am sorry in advance.
Love,
Your future Mother
May The Force Be With You
I'm turning the big 2-5 (quarter century, yo!) this year, which is cause for major celebration. I know it's only April, but with such a big event to plan, it's never too early to start thinking about the details. You guys ... I totally have the cake covered. I really want, no - scratch that, I really NEED this Chewbacca cake, even though he looks like he either just pooped himself or has just seen Grandma Chewy's ghost. BEST.CAKE.EVER. Make it happen.
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