Two artists
January 17, 2005
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I met two artists at a Christmas party. Here are their websites: www.jeffreyberinger.com and www.hugoheredia.com. They were both optimistic and doing what they can to live their dreams. I talked to Hugo the most and think he is the type of person who assumes the best about people and glides past troublesome people like water in a stream. I’ve met that kind of person before- the kind of person who flows around the rough spots while focusing solidly on what they want out of life. Happy people. I was inspired by these guys to pursue my dreams. Check out their websites, they are really quite interesting.
Blog of the Day: Blogdom
January 13, 2005
Because… I went there more then once and saw two cool new blog toys there which I added to my page. Oh yeah, Blogdom.
Ouch!
January 13, 2005
My friend Laura just reminded me that I have fallen off the face of the blogosphere lately. For some reason, when I blog, I tend to think a lot about blogging and there are other things I like to think about. For instance, my family. My Granddad has been in town visiting and he has Alzheimer’s. Everybody with Alzheimer’s is different and my granddad has amazingly kept his wit, his silliness and his sweetness. He does occasionally forget who we are. He forgot his old car I was loading my stuff into. “Granddad, you gave me this car.” “I wouldn’t have just given someone a car would I?” “Well, you made me pay you a dollar.” “Isn’t it funny, that car doesn’t even look vaguely familiar…” “It will in a minute.” I said. The back was up and I thought he would remember the car when he saw the bumper sticker with the name of his hometown on it. I slowly closed the back of the car. “Oh!” he said and tried to smile as he started to cry, “Now I think I remember.”
Oh, my Granddad.
In other news, soon I will be starting school and I can not comfortably handle all this typing. It doesn’t help that I have the most unergonomic set-up ever. So, with my Christmas money, I am going to purchase Dragon Naturally Speaking version 8. I haven’t decided to get the pack that comes with a voice recorder or without. Everyone says the voice recorder it comes with is crappy. I think my life and my creative output will improve tremendously with my new gadget.
Speaking of gadgets, my Lucent Technology 1725 answering machine has died and I can’t get a direct replacement because someone else is now making that model. I happen to love gadgets and have bought some stinkers because of my craving. However, I made a really good decision when I decided to go with the expensive 1725. It was really a pleasure to use and I was thankful for it everyday that I used it. It just illustrates the heaven of good design. I mean, have you ever had something that you used daily that caused you minor daily frustration, don’t you come to hate or at least resent it? Oh how I loved my answering machine! It was so nifty! It was so easy to use, so sleek and so fun. Now, what will I do? Where will I go? How will anyone get a hold of me?
New Year’s Resolutions
January 6, 2005
A couple days ago my Grandma, her sister, and my aunt were talking about how they wish they hadn’t been so scared when they were my age, and had followed their true dreams and passions. My aunt wanted to be an actess, but took the safe road and became a teacher. I want to sing in a band, and this year my goal is to perform in public often. During the last week in January, I plan to perform at an open mike. (Ackk! Do you know how scary that is for me??!! I was shaking just singing into the phone for my audio blog!) I am also going to exercise 5 days a week and eat healthy food. I’ve gotten a good start on that one.
My main goal of the year is to enjoy my life. To do that I am practicing gratitude and appreciation. Do you have any gratitude or appreciation practices that you want to share?
I will finish my master’s degree by the end of the year. What I really, really want to do in my career is to create a prototype of an invention I have an idea for, research it, and have somebody else pay for this- either in the form of a scholarship for a doctorate or a grant. This is my big passion and and I haven’t figured out how to chunk it down into doable steps yet. If you have any tips about getting grants/scholarships please leave a comment. I’m not going to be more specific about my invention here, as it is part of my non-anonymous life. I want to make weekly progress towards that goal, but I’m not sure how to do it yet.
Last, but not least, I’m going to continue to practice dating using my favorite dating book Be Your Own Dating Service.
I wish you the oomph and the urgency to do the things you really love to do. Life really is short. Just do it! 
I’m Gone
January 5, 2005
By me. hmmm… the song is cute,(I think.) The singing… well … at least I don’t have to worry about being falsely modest!
Wish you were here
January 5, 2005
Song by Pink Floyd, sung by me. Yeah.
There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World
January 5, 2005
mmmm….. another uplifting link. To remind be that there is beauty all around me and to bring me back from my dim view of the world yesterday. (Its so much more fun being happy. – and easier too.) Also, check out the comments- some of them are inspiring too.
When I finally figure out how to organize posts by catagories, maybe I will have a post called “Beautiful Anyway” or “This sad beautiful world” or something that expresses the beauty that can be found in our old, dingy world. American Beauty fits into that theme and a tap show I saw once did too. I think it was Tap Dogs. There was a scene of a grimy alley way and some guys drinking and playing cards. Slowly, a rythm emerged from the shuffling of the cards and the banging of the garbage cans and even the yelling people.
(See how this all fits into the gratitude/appreciation theme I’ve got going? I think that is going to be my theme for the year! – I like to have a theme for the year.)
Blog of the Day – French Toast Girl…
January 5, 2005
Because she wants to take care of herself this New Year, wants to live in Italy for awhile, offered free wallpaper which I just put on my desktop, and her letter to herself (little acorn) made me cry.
French Toast Girl is a warm, cozy illustrated blog. This is my favorite Valentine there. Check it out!
In contrast to my rant yesterday…
January 5, 2005
Thanks to Laura for the link.
