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)).

week in flash (week 2)

1. I’m still pretty exhausted…

2. And I’m still loving my internship

3. Speaking of my internship; as part of my job there I answer the phone and get to listen to people’s opinions and complaints about government and I’ve come to two conclusions:

1. People can be really, really stupid
2. People can be really judgemental and heartless

4. Also because of my internship I’ve been reading the newspaper a lot and I stumbled on a weekly op-ed piece and in the last couple the guy who writes it quoted some definitions from Ambrose Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary” and I liked a few of them so I thought I’d share:

              “PAST, n. – That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance.  A moving line called the Present parts it from an imaginary period known as the Future.  These two grand divisions of Eternity, of which the one is continually effacing the other, are entirely unlike.  The one is dark with sorrow and disappointment, the other bright with prosperity and joy.  The Past is the region of sobs, the Future is the realm of song.  In the one crouches Memory, clad in sackcloth and ashes, mumbling penitential prayer; in the sunshine of the other Hope flies with a free wing, beckoning to the temples of success and bowers of ease.  Yet the Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of tomorrow.  They are one – the knowledge and the dream.”

5. The other ones I liked I also wanted to comment on so here goes:

              “POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.  The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”  I thought this was appropriate considering I’m thinking of going in to some form of politics after I’m done with college – it’s pretty damning and kind of funny but at the same time I read it and go “hmm…” Bierce may be on to something here.

              “POLITENESS, v. The most acceptable hypocrisy.”  Ok, ouch!  But then I thought of a few people who this applies to…or, think about this, when you are at work and somebody is annoying the crap out of you and being obnoxious and you can’t do anything but smile because otherwise you might get fired; applies now, huh?  I know I’ve done that.

              “PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.”  I actually like this one maybe it’s because of the “confessedly unworthy” part…what do you think, yea or nay?

              “REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew.  The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.”  And this one is just plain funny!!!  Lol!!!

6. So I know I said I was going to post something about a friend, but I contacted her and she hasn’t responded and now I’ma thinking that I probably won’t post anything about it for what will remain undisclosed reasons. *sigh* life…

7. Earlier in the week we had some extreme weather – flooding, tornadoes, hail, severe thunderstorms – yeah, it was fun.  I enjoyed everything except the flooding, hail and tornadoes…lol, so basically I absolutely loved the thunderstorms!

8. I LOVE warm weather!!!!

9. I had to call 911 the other night (or morning) at 1:30 because I heard someone yelling for help, turns out it was a bunch of drunk girls who were lost…awesome…