it seems like it's always just oysters, never any pearls
had a delightful weekend. friday my dad got off work early and we went waterskiing on lake sammamish. the water was cold, i got some wicked bruises and i am still a little timid, but other than that, it was good times. laying out on the back trying to get that ever elusive tan. then thai food and a movie with matt. fun-ish.
saturday i cleaned by room to utter perfection and polished the boat. i felt very accomplished. then the parents took us out to dinner and a movie. that is two dinners and two movies that i did not have to pay for. i do ever so enjoy being home.
monday i hit up folklife with my mom, because how can i not go? it was fun as always, but i was not in the best mood do to my uterus and all. apparently menstruation weighs three pounds. sucks for me.
i have enjoyed this recent rash of rainstorms and whatnot. it's my good old seattle. i love the way the sky glows silver and turns all the trees this poignant green right before it hits. steph and i, when we were young, called this green'n'gray, and we had a dance for it. it's one of my favorite things. and the rain last night was unbelieveable. i was laying in my bed wide awake in the middle of the night, tucked up under several blankets, worrying if i was going to drown. but i do hope the weekend is nice so that i can go waterskiing again.
work just keeps on keeping on. i am almost through all my music so i will have to begin to pull stuff off my computer which will be a pain but needs to be done. and i got fired for two days (friday and monday) so last week and this weeks' paychecks shall be disappointingly slim. what are ya gonna do?
wow. jason is in brazil today, brian soon to follow. dan's on his way to california, and christian to paraguay. what a weird feeling. going back next year and not having them there. i feel kind of empty. but i am so happy for them. they are amazing guys doing amazing things. i better write to them.
so over this memorial day weekend, i was watching the news a lot and had some thoughts. i'm sorry if this sounds callous, and i don't mean to undercut the tragicness of these events, but i was just thinking. two s drowned in, what was it?, lake washington. their family cried and complained that there should have been a lifeguard there. a kid, i think he went to woodinville, dove into shallow water and broke his neck and now he is paralyzed. his family made a big uproar about how there should have been signs that warned against diving. i'm sorry people, this stuff is sad, but there are reasons they are called "swim at your own risk" beaches, and why there is the rule that you should jump in feet first the first time to check things out. you can't go through life placing the blame on other people. sometimes you just need to step up to the plate and say "dang, i made a mistake" or "wow, that was really stupid of me. i wasn't thinking". we can't go pointing fingers at people that weren't there or signs that weren't posted. it's time we take responsiblity for ourselves. yeah.
i like being home alone every once in a while.
saturday i cleaned by room to utter perfection and polished the boat. i felt very accomplished. then the parents took us out to dinner and a movie. that is two dinners and two movies that i did not have to pay for. i do ever so enjoy being home.
monday i hit up folklife with my mom, because how can i not go? it was fun as always, but i was not in the best mood do to my uterus and all. apparently menstruation weighs three pounds. sucks for me.
i have enjoyed this recent rash of rainstorms and whatnot. it's my good old seattle. i love the way the sky glows silver and turns all the trees this poignant green right before it hits. steph and i, when we were young, called this green'n'gray, and we had a dance for it. it's one of my favorite things. and the rain last night was unbelieveable. i was laying in my bed wide awake in the middle of the night, tucked up under several blankets, worrying if i was going to drown. but i do hope the weekend is nice so that i can go waterskiing again.
work just keeps on keeping on. i am almost through all my music so i will have to begin to pull stuff off my computer which will be a pain but needs to be done. and i got fired for two days (friday and monday) so last week and this weeks' paychecks shall be disappointingly slim. what are ya gonna do?
wow. jason is in brazil today, brian soon to follow. dan's on his way to california, and christian to paraguay. what a weird feeling. going back next year and not having them there. i feel kind of empty. but i am so happy for them. they are amazing guys doing amazing things. i better write to them.
so over this memorial day weekend, i was watching the news a lot and had some thoughts. i'm sorry if this sounds callous, and i don't mean to undercut the tragicness of these events, but i was just thinking. two s drowned in, what was it?, lake washington. their family cried and complained that there should have been a lifeguard there. a kid, i think he went to woodinville, dove into shallow water and broke his neck and now he is paralyzed. his family made a big uproar about how there should have been signs that warned against diving. i'm sorry people, this stuff is sad, but there are reasons they are called "swim at your own risk" beaches, and why there is the rule that you should jump in feet first the first time to check things out. you can't go through life placing the blame on other people. sometimes you just need to step up to the plate and say "dang, i made a mistake" or "wow, that was really stupid of me. i wasn't thinking". we can't go pointing fingers at people that weren't there or signs that weren't posted. it's time we take responsiblity for ourselves. yeah.
i like being home alone every once in a while.