Oscar Meyer wiener...
Seriously, actually wish I had the motivation to be an author. I love to write and I love to read but lack the discipline to actually write a novel.
I get so impatient for the next in the series from favorite authors like Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake and Merry Gentry), Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden), Nora Roberts and Kim Harrison (Rachel Morgan) when I shouldn't. You'd think with so many to keep up with I'd have enough distractions between books but nope. Just gimme, gimme, gimme the next one already! I NEED to know what happens next to the hero or heroine!
Great day today. Out for [my first time] lunch at "Falafel King" which was so-so (heard usually great so maybe we were just there on an "off" day?) w/fabulous S and met her honey who seems nice (when I can understand what he's saying (he's from somewhere Portugal/Spain/?'ish)) and now doing another lovely TB shift for the SPCO.
I discovered today that I don't dislike falafel. I thought I did. Tried it before and didn't care for it, but gave it another try today and it wasn't bad. (In fact, leftover lunch is dinner tonight...it'll probably be better 'cause it'll at least be hot unlike when we actually got served) Anyhoo...
I'm glad I decided to get a new attitude about FT job. Need to work shifts and be more responsible for myself. I swear I've got the best roommate in the world -EVER.
When it came time for me to move last summer, I was dreading it. I hate moving and am not a fan of semi-major changes (uh, who is?) but I just totally lucked out. It was the first ad on craigslist I responded to and the only place I went to see and it's been working like a charm. I'm less afraid of this kind of change now. Not that I'm going anywhere soon....
Now I just need to get over the fact that I'll be 40 not-this-summer-but-next and still live life like I'm 25 (houseless, childless, careerless, sort of directionless, etc. Uh, I guess it could be worse 'cause I could be homeless, an unwed mother and/or trapped in loveless marriage, jobless...) and just enjoy life. I'm also overdue for a trip of some kind. I've got that list of places I want to go to, now I just need to GO! R says he'll do the cruise thing with me. How cool is that? He's such a sweetie.
Well, enough blather from me. Gonna go back to reading "Dogs and Goddesses" by Jennifer Crusie/Anne Stuart/Lani Diane Rich.
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them