Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Stop. And think.
Did you ever stop to think ... and forget to start again? Hahaha...ok, ok, to the point:
I am often brought to a very humble - and rather terrifying - state of just how "insignificant" we all are in the big picture ... time ... space ... history ... the world ... the universe ... you get the idea, right?!
Food For Thought:
1. The 1600's happened, right? Fact. But, I was not alive when they happened, and I didn't know it, however that did not stop them from happening. People lived, loved, fought, drank, sang, made theatre, had babies and died ... and I was not there.
Yup ... so how will I know anything of this earthly existence when I am gone?
2. Think about all of the people you pass on any given day - people you don't know, they're not your friends or family, they're not even co-workers, they are just people. People:
Now ponder the fact that their lives go on, even when you are not around ... yet you have no proof of that. They were in your life for one brief moment (or several) and then they're gone - but they're not actually gone. Woah!
I am often brought to a very humble - and rather terrifying - state of just how "insignificant" we all are in the big picture ... time ... space ... history ... the world ... the universe ... you get the idea, right?!
Food For Thought:
1. The 1600's happened, right? Fact. But, I was not alive when they happened, and I didn't know it, however that did not stop them from happening. People lived, loved, fought, drank, sang, made theatre, had babies and died ... and I was not there.
Yup ... so how will I know anything of this earthly existence when I am gone?
2. Think about all of the people you pass on any given day - people you don't know, they're not your friends or family, they're not even co-workers, they are just people. People:
- Walking down the street
- Driving
- At a shopping mall
- In a store
- In an elevator
- At the gym
Now ponder the fact that their lives go on, even when you are not around ... yet you have no proof of that. They were in your life for one brief moment (or several) and then they're gone - but they're not actually gone. Woah!
*More food for thought coming to a blog near you ... soon.
Monday, December 16, 2013
UnRequited ...
I have got to stop.
I have got to stop waiting.
I have got to stop waiting for him.
I have got to stop waiting for him to ... to ... to wake up and see, Me.
I have got to stop waiting for him.
I have got to stop waiting.
I have got to stop.
I love him! This I know, concretely. Would "it" work out, I can not say for sure.
Sometimes I want to be the reason.
Sometimes I want to scream:
See me.
Want me.
Need me.
Pick me.
If mountains were moveable I would move one for him.
I would walk through fire for him.
I would - and have - make a fool of myself for him.
I would move ... anywhere ... for him, to be with him.
I would ... but I've got to stop.
I have got to stop!
It's an odd sort of feeling really, to want - so badly - to make someone else's dreams come true ... and not have them feel the same way about you.
I have got to stop waiting.
I have got to stop waiting for him.
I have got to stop waiting for him to ... to ... to wake up and see, Me.
I have got to stop waiting for him.
I have got to stop waiting.
I have got to stop.
I love him! This I know, concretely. Would "it" work out, I can not say for sure.
Sometimes I want to be the reason.
Sometimes I want to scream:
See me.
Want me.
Need me.
Pick me.
If mountains were moveable I would move one for him.
I would walk through fire for him.
I would - and have - make a fool of myself for him.
I would move ... anywhere ... for him, to be with him.
I would ... but I've got to stop.
I have got to stop!
It's an odd sort of feeling really, to want - so badly - to make someone else's dreams come true ... and not have them feel the same way about you.
London Town.
Big Ben
The worst breakup I have ever had was with a city. No joke. When I realized that I was going to have to leave London, a year earlier than I had anticipated because the British Government changed the stipulation on Foreign students obtaining their work visa after commencement ... (not that leaving at any point would have made me happy) ... well, it quite literally broke my heart!
I can recall sitting on my bed - in the room I was renting - and bawling my eyes out. It was that gut wrenching, can barley catch your breath type of crying. So many tissues bit the dust over the course of the first evening ... and then some. I mean, every time I 'got it under control,' my brain wouldn't let it lie ... something would trigger the waterworks and I'd be bawling again.
I can't explain it ... living in London, it is the only place I've ever been - that wasn't my folks home, where I grew up - that felt like home. Truth. The moment I landed in London I felt like I was home.
Can cities be like people - when you meet someone and just know they belong in your life?!
Not sure why I'm blogging this right now ... nope, that's a total bloody lie, I know why ... but that's all I'm going to say about that for the moment.
I miss London ... !!!
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Oh Hell Yes, DINOVEMBER!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/refe-tuma/dinovember_b_4270164.html
Hopefully you've clicked on the link above and experienced a brief glimpse into "Dinovember" - an awesomely creative experience crafted by parents who don't want their children's imaginations and sense of wonder to die with all the technology "at their fingertips"... ah, a parenting style that's right up my alley, should I ever actually get to have kids (but that's another post, maybe). I so want to be these parents when I grow up!
It is true that "kids today" (oh lord I'm old) have advantages that I did not when I was "their age" ... most of it dealing with the current state of technology, everything is quite literally at their fingertips ... but they are also deprived of so much, chiefly it seems, in the realms of imagination/creativity and socialization.
Video games existed when I was a kid (I'm not THAT old) but - and here it is folks - my parents didn't buy them for us, and you know what? I'm really glad they didn't. You want to know why? Because I PLAYED OUTSIDE, ALL THE TIME, WITH REAL LIVE PEOPLE, UNTIL I WAS FILTHY AND IT WAS DARK (and then, sometimes I was allowed to stay outside to play monsters in the dark - with adults) AND THEN I WOULD PLOP INTO BED, EXHAUSTED AND TOTALLY HAPPY!!!
I won't lie and say that I never played video games, occasionally at a cousins or friends house, and actually, we wound up with a hand-me-down Atari System that I would play from time to time, typically on rainy or super cold winter days (playing Frogger, Burger Time and Pitfall) ... but that was like a back up, most of the time I played with toys and people.
I'm not here to dis technology full stop, I am thrilled with much of it's advancements - if it weren't for Skype and Facetime (and the ability to send small videos very easily) I wouldn't have 'seen' much of my nieces first year of life. And I love my cars Sat Nav. And yes I own multiple Iproducts, and clearly I blog...and I know people who have benefited greatly from the fact that video games / computers etc. exist - and I'm not talking monetary benefits here.
But I digress, this little verbal (ha, typed) burp of mine is really to commend parents like these Dinovember Folks, who appreciate and cultivate wonder and imagination in their children! Good on ya!
Hopefully you've clicked on the link above and experienced a brief glimpse into "Dinovember" - an awesomely creative experience crafted by parents who don't want their children's imaginations and sense of wonder to die with all the technology "at their fingertips"... ah, a parenting style that's right up my alley, should I ever actually get to have kids (but that's another post, maybe). I so want to be these parents when I grow up!
It is true that "kids today" (oh lord I'm old) have advantages that I did not when I was "their age" ... most of it dealing with the current state of technology, everything is quite literally at their fingertips ... but they are also deprived of so much, chiefly it seems, in the realms of imagination/creativity and socialization.
Video games existed when I was a kid (I'm not THAT old) but - and here it is folks - my parents didn't buy them for us, and you know what? I'm really glad they didn't. You want to know why? Because I PLAYED OUTSIDE, ALL THE TIME, WITH REAL LIVE PEOPLE, UNTIL I WAS FILTHY AND IT WAS DARK (and then, sometimes I was allowed to stay outside to play monsters in the dark - with adults) AND THEN I WOULD PLOP INTO BED, EXHAUSTED AND TOTALLY HAPPY!!!
I won't lie and say that I never played video games, occasionally at a cousins or friends house, and actually, we wound up with a hand-me-down Atari System that I would play from time to time, typically on rainy or super cold winter days (playing Frogger, Burger Time and Pitfall) ... but that was like a back up, most of the time I played with toys and people.
I'm not here to dis technology full stop, I am thrilled with much of it's advancements - if it weren't for Skype and Facetime (and the ability to send small videos very easily) I wouldn't have 'seen' much of my nieces first year of life. And I love my cars Sat Nav. And yes I own multiple Iproducts, and clearly I blog...and I know people who have benefited greatly from the fact that video games / computers etc. exist - and I'm not talking monetary benefits here.
But I digress, this little verbal (ha, typed) burp of mine is really to commend parents like these Dinovember Folks, who appreciate and cultivate wonder and imagination in their children! Good on ya!
Saturday, November 9, 2013
The mind is an amazing thing!
I love how the brain works. How you can learn a new word - or hear a word that isn't typically dropped into everyday dialogue - and then BAM it's "everywhere."
For example: I was driving a friend to her car the other day, and she mentioned that she had a dentist appointment later that afternoon. Then I drove home. On my way I noticed no less than 4 dentists offices - and all of them within a 5 mile radius to where I live. And the funniest part, these are offices that though I have driven past them NUMEROUS times, I had not noticed before that day. Weird!
There are many other things about the workings of the human brain that fascinate me ... but this is all I'm bloggin' for now.
Oh and ... EVERY DAY'S A SCHOOL DAY! Think about it. :o)
For example: I was driving a friend to her car the other day, and she mentioned that she had a dentist appointment later that afternoon. Then I drove home. On my way I noticed no less than 4 dentists offices - and all of them within a 5 mile radius to where I live. And the funniest part, these are offices that though I have driven past them NUMEROUS times, I had not noticed before that day. Weird!
There are many other things about the workings of the human brain that fascinate me ... but this is all I'm bloggin' for now.
Oh and ... EVERY DAY'S A SCHOOL DAY! Think about it. :o)
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