week in a flash (week 25)

1. I love me some Spaghetti Westerns…mm, mm, yessir I do.  Lol!!

2. So I’ve started to practice meditation, you know like the Eastern version – sitting cross-legged in a lotus-type position with my hands resting palms up on my knees and my eyes closed and all sound turned off.  I do it because it helps me relax and de-stress which I really need right now.  Just like practicing Yoga was and believe me if I could I would start up my Yoga practices again but I packed all the stuff I needed for it and my back is screwy so…meditation it is. 

3. So I realized something about myself (to my family and to those who know me well please: contain yourselves) – I like being difficult sometimes, you know raising possible controversies and playing the Devil’s Advocate or suggesting an alternative explanation to something, stuff like that.  Why?  Because it’s kind of fun.

4. If my next few “weeks-in-a-flash” are unfinished or appear half-way done it’s because I’m going to start writing them a little bit in advance and then scheduling them to be published on a certain day at a certain time, therefore it’s not a guarantee that I’ll have them done before they publish…sorry but it’s really the only way to have them up for you guys without interrupting my school work.

5. By the way if any of you experienced snow last Tuesday I’m sorry but it pretty much always snows on my Mom’s b-day because, as she says “God loves me!”  :D  I love her too…even if I don’t love the snow.

6. I don’t understand hate, I’m serious what is the purpose of hating someone or a whole group of people?  And it’s not like I haven’t had people come into my life that others would say “they deserved hate.”  But I really, really don’t get it.  Hate accomplishes nothing…well, nothing good, productive or worthwhile anyway…

7. Ever notice how Sci-Fi shows and movies always use Area 51 as a failsafe?  We discovered this alien technology, it’s kept at Area 51.  We have aliens, they’re at Area 51.  Anything suspicious or alien-like, it’s at Area 51.  It’s a great plot device when you get stuck but only if you are writing a story with a Sci-Fi element  :)  Sorry, I just find it really funny that’s all.

8. I realized the other morning as I was turning the heat up that I have begun to turn the heat down at night……………really??  I don’t “do” that, I love warmth and it’s not like it’s been warm at night (I mean c’mon I live in South Dakota) nonetheless I have been and here’s the kicker I stayed warm, who knew? …I bet my parents wish I would’ve done that sort of thing as a kid.  ;)

9. Veteran’s Day was alternatively know around my school as “the random Thursday we have off.”  *chuckle*  Ok, seriously now – this is my thanks to anyone who has or is serving in the Armed Forces, you are amazing.

10. Bolthouse Farms’ drink Vanilla Chai Tea is like the Elixir of Life.  Seriously it’s delicious and no matter how upset my stomach is I take one drink and it’s like “aaaahhhhh” better now!  :)

11. Why am I seeing so many Christmas-themed and Christmas-focused commercials already?  We’re not even past Thanksgiving yet, sheesh…

12. http://lightofdawn.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/10-reasons-why-gay-marriage-is-wrong/  —  I think this is a pretty good rebuttal to some of the arguments I’ve heard against gay marriage.  Feel free to take your shots at me.

13. Days to graduation = 22

w/ weekends and holidays =32

w/o holidays =28

14. Days to Thanksgiving break = 9

15. Had to get a new computer, it’s not really a happy thing, the old one caught a virus and I needed a computer NOW for my schoolwork, so it got replaced…*sigh* it’s very sad  :(  :(  :(  RIP Saskia (the old computer (yes I named it)).

Marriage

So I went out to a bar tonight with a good friend.  For starters I’ve never been to a bar before and now I know why I never went alone, yeah.  Anyway so me and this friend, let’s call her C, got into a conversation with a few guys about (of all things) marriage and relationships and (of course) sex.  We’ll unfortunately because the music was playing so loud I felt like I was at a concert in the front row I missed out on about 80% of the conversation but it got me thinking.

What is marriage?  And why should people get married?  What’s the point?

If you’ll permit I’d like to give you my opinion.

Marriage isn’t about having someone around to do your cooking and cleaning or to have someone readily available for sex (sidebar – No I’m not married but my parent’s have been married for 25 years and have been a really good example, but feel free to tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about, I won’t be offended).  It’s about getting to really know someone and building a family and having someone who will always watch your back and learning how to love for more than five minutes.  When you think about it being married for 25, 50, 75 years in the scope of the world is a very short amount of time so why get all up in arms about being with someone forever.  Forever (in most people’s definition) isn’t as long as they think.

Another thing this guy said that I was unable to respond to and wish I could’ve – he said the reason marriages don’t last and that people aren’t getting married is because people don’t need each other like they used to.  Bull****.  Everyone needs someone.  I wouldn’t be standing today without the people and relationships in my life.  We all need someone.  And tell me, what’s so awful about wanting to get married and spend the rest of your life with someone?  What a wonderful sounding adventure.  Because really it should be an adventure.  Imagine getting to spend the rest of your life getting to really, really know another human being.

It’s the closest we’ll ever get to divine love while we are alive and breathing. 

At least that’s the way it seems to me.

So yeah, feel free to weigh in.  I’m going to catch some Zzzz’s.

Peace, G