way cool [part two]

i really like this quote:

"I must learn to love the fool in me--the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool." -- Theodore I. Rubin, MD

way cool

where the wild things are has always been one of my favorite books so it just makes sense that i'd be excited about the movie, right? especially since spike jonez is doing it... and wake up by the arcade fire is playing in the trailer... see, like i said, it just makes sense...

not bad for a saturday

whilst driving to rei on saturday afternoon, rob spotted what he thought was money lying in the street... teresa and i were skeptical thinking it was probably just a piece of paper or something... but rob with his "hawk eye" was bound and determined to find out... so we turn around, he pulls over, darts into the middle of the street, and comes running back to the car with not only a huge grin, but also $20! enter teresa saying "oh, hey - there's another one!" ... once again there goes rob risking his life for a $20 bill. and as if $40 weren't enough, i look over and see another one in the middle of the other street and, never one to pass up free money, i jump out of the car and go grab it!

all three of us must be living right because all three of us gained $20 on saturday. rob spent his on ice cream. teresa and i have decided to save our findings and spend them in vegas next weekend... UNBELIEVABLE, really... and totally awesome.

"i want something unignorable!"

the universe [or whatever you want to call it] never ceases to amaze me... once you put something out there, with a little patience, it eventually becomes your reality.

i <3 <3 <3 my life!

something sweet or something strong...

it's funny how a song can instantly draw you back to a moment... the memory is so vivid that even certain smells come instantly flooding back... take this song, for example:

it just came on the pandora and as i'm sitting in my cubicle, i'm suddenly taken back to the summer of 2004... i had just moved downtown to the art space bridge project... it is a friday night and i'm getting ready to meet friends at the art gallery downstairs for gallery stroll... it was just before sunset and i was drinking a glass of wine - it was white, and although i'm not exactly sure if it was the cavit pinot grigio or dancing bull sav, i can say without a doubt it was one of those two [i consumed a lot of both that summer, you see]... i had just sprayed my perfume [hence the smell part] and was dancing around my room to this song... just before heading out the door, i snapped this photo... it was totally for mypspace [how appropriate]:

this ain't seaworld...

... this is real as it gets!

lisa and i hit up the andrew bird show last wednesday night. that place was packed and aside from both of us feeling like old ladies, we managed to stay out past our bed times... we also managed to both get up and hit the gym in the morning. being responsible is so adult-ish, don't you think?!

and just a sidenote about lisa, our friendship goes back to the eighth grade... we were fourteen and bonded over my so called life. anyway, one of my favorite things about our friendship is the inside jokes that are still funny 10+ years later. lis, this one's for you giiiiirl: "run sisel, run!" and "fellas, yeah!" thanks for a fun night!