"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are."
- Joseph Campbell
LOVE that quote. Just read it today on the latest horoscope email from Rob Brezsny...the guy who does the freewillastrology horoscopes for City Pages, etc. He usually starts off with some interesting quotes and this one really spoke to me. In fact, it'll be the beginning of a new "gadget" for this blog. 'Bout time I added something new 'eh?
Happy Friday to me! Love my weekends, even if I don't do a damn thing. That actually won't be the case this "weekend" but that'll be a nice change of pace from the past few weekends (well, with the exception of last Thursday) where I've been a lazy slug. (And of course the other exception being of seeing B...otherwise I've been laying low...sorry peeps! I owe you some serious Sam time soon :P)
It's after 2am and I'm doing a bit of research for my parent's. While I'm researching I'm psyched to be listening to the upcoming new release by Imogen Heap "Ellipse" and thanks to a link from MySpace you can listen too! (Do it, it's really great!)
Anyhoo, they'd like to take another trip, this time, to England. It's about bloody time but with my Mom's disability, it's not like they can just hop on flights and go whenever they want to wherever they want. I'm supposed to go over there tomorrow night for dinner and we'll have a chat about it. Lots of decisions to be made...but at least they aren't planning on going until March next year so I'm optimistic we'll figure things out and it should help that I'll probably be able to get 'em on the non-stop flights between Minneapolis and London. It's getting them down to Taunton where my aunt Betty, Pop's sister, lives, and then back to Heathrow that will be the fun part. (And now I really need to hang on to this job don't I? I'd hate for my parent's not to have a chance to take this trip for how cheap the flights are gonna be for them...)
Anyhoo, then on Thursday evening, I've got a brief meeting at the SPCO to review stuff in preparation for another concert season beginning next month. I'm hopeful that the new shift I'll bid for at the end of the month at the FT job will still allow me to work an occasional shift for them. It's a pain sometimes dealing with the traffic and parking downtown St. Paul but I always like the extra cash.
After the meeting, I get to spend some time with the honey. Yeah! Well, that's the plan anyway...if he's delayed like he was last week I'm no longer hesitant to just go and do what I need to do and not wait around for him...I went ahead and walked over to a local cafe by where we were meeting and had dinner. He finally showed up and after we ate, we went ahead and had a little "play" time before I met up w/Shanna for the rest of that fantastic evening I had. (Trust me this is a good thing for me to do and is not a slight to him.)
Now, a P.S. to my last post...a thought that crossed my mind that I forgot to mention...I wonder if the men who were being friendly last week being friendly because for once in my life I wasn't giving off the "SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, LOVE ME PLEASE" vibe and instead was radiating a confident, sexy vibe? (tee hee :P) I don't know, but it sure was damn nice to get even that little bit of attention.
Man, I'm tired. It was a long week. I should call it a night and do the rest of my research for the folks tomorrow afternoon before I go over there.
so ttfn.
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