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.

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase." MLK

Sunday, September 27, 2009

It's not the end of the world

I've been thinking about my last post and the number of TV shows I watch and I've come to a couple of decisions (aka I told my co-worker and lil' buddy Ben how many I was watching and just saying the number out loud made me cringe...)

I think I may give up on "The Vampire Diaries" after only 2 1/2 episodes because;

1. The lack of expressions by the guy who is playing "Stefan" is starting to annoy me. If we're supposed to be understanding everything he's supposed to be feeling by what his eyes say...well, count me out because I'm not seeing it (pun intended :> .)

2. Why am I watching [another] show about young, skinny, beautiful high-school kids being played by adults? And now they are cheerleaders and football players? It's too much. (OK, I am willing to admit to being a hypocrite here because I'm going to continue watching "Glee", which is also about high school kids...but "Glee" at least has adult characters and it's their story lines I care about the most...) I'm just done with watching supposed kids acting like "little grown ups" by doing such things as sitting around enjoying dessert in a pseudo post-dinner scene. They're frickin' high school students! Shouldn't they be swilling soda (or at least have raided the parent's liquor cabinet) and be eating pizza?

Thinking about shows about high-school students is reminding me that I was recently reminded of a show that I did love about high-school kids ..."Freaks and Geeks". Sadly, it lasted only 18 episodes. I think it was too real for the mass public. I didn't relate to it 100%, being neither a freak or a geek in high school myself, but I sure didn't fit in with the "cool" kids or the "rich" kids. I didn't really know my place. I was in the religion and not participating in any activities whatsoever. I had a few good school friends but most of the people I was closest to (who were my age, from my congregation) didn't go to my school.

OK, now back to the final reason why I'm gonna give up on VD;

3. I've got so many other shows to watch and this one just has NOT turned into must-see-can't-miss-or-I'll-die (no pun intended?) TV. Life is too short for mediocre TV. I'm a bit bummed though 'cause I really wanted to get into this one since it's in a genre I dig...Oh well. Whatever.

I've also decided to save "Dollhouse" for later. It was more enjoyable to watch near the end of the first season but it wasn't as must-see as most of the other shows I watch. So I'll just catch up via Hulu.com at some point in time. (Much as I love anything by Joss Whedon, "Dollhouse" is no "Buffy...", "Angel" or "Firefly"!)

I think I'll also save "Top Chef" and "Project Runway" for later as well, when I can watch back-to-back episodes and see the contestants eliminated one by one by one until they get to the winner (but I'll keep watching "Hell's Kitchen" because I will not be able to wait with that one...)

I'm picking some battles in order to add more balance to my life. We'll see how that goes.

So tomorrow is day 7 of my 7 days in a row work run tomorrow. Then 2 lovely days off and then on for 8 more in a row. I'm just grateful I have a job, I'm just grateful I have a job, I'm just grateful I have a job.

So when am I gonna write about something more meaningful and significant again? I don't know. I just don't have the energy right now.

ttfn.

(Note: just watched series premier of "Cougar Town" and like it so far ...Courtney Cox Arquette is so watchable when she's doing comedy)
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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)

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.

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