April 2011
Signs
Today has really been a day all about the signs. And I’m not talking about the signs like the big red octagon I rolled through this morning, but signs from something else, something unknown, letting you know all is right and good.
In a torturous mode, which happens from time to time, and always when I’m at work, I went through Patrick’s Facebook page. Now, I’ve done this...
It's Friday...
…I’m in love and all is good! The sunshine has come out for the first time in what feels like a century. Let me tell you, coming back from vacation is depressing enough. Coming back to dreary, rainy weather for five days straight is downright disheartening.
However, it’s Friday, the sun is shining and apparently there was a royal wedding! LG tells me I’m missing the girl...
For CL <3
“Live like you’re already dead, man. Have a good time. Let it all come...”
– Jeff Bridges
RT @funnyordie: The only thing I’m more interested in than the royal wedding is literally everything else. (via @moshekasher)
I've decided to go back to Bikram yoga. And this... →
icecreamisbetterwithafork:
Some people travel all around the world in search of themselves, when in reality, the only steps you ever really need to take, are the few short ones from your head to your heart.
On April 1st, I left for Costa Rica and headed to a little town by the name of Nosara. It was here that I would…
WatchThis doesn’t just make me smile. But beam.
Concentration eludes me
Today is a dreary day. It started sprinkling when I took Iggs out this morning, much to his dismay, and by the time I left for work, it was a full on downpour. Now I sit at my desk, staring out my window finding myself unable to concentrate on anything. Nothing seems more interesting or energy-worthy than watching the raindrops slide down window pane. That, or anything is more appealing than doing...
“There’s no such thing as disconnected anymore. Personally, I think it’s too bad,...”
– Jennifer Egan
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Re-Viva'd from Las Vegas
So, we returned from Vegas and lived to tell about it. Canyouevenbelieveit.
We left Thursday night, and shockingly, CL and I made it on the flight without any major meltdown or incident. Once we were up in the air, excitement set in and the flight went by pretty quickly (even amid the nerve-wracking turbulence). I’m sure the two in-flight Heinekens also helped our cause.
All smiles (and...
RT @lovebeingryland: Love is still what’s up.
Poached eggs and prattle with my momma and @chris2_lang5. #breakfastbanter
RT @funnyordie: Facebook is awesome for finding out that someone you barely know is a complete whore. (via @WhitneyCummings)
“Whenever you’re making an important decision, first ask if it gets you closer to...”
“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work’s...”
– Nicholas Sparks
www.thisisbullshit.com
So, LG sends me a link this morning to Chicago’s Hottest 30 Under 30, www.refinery29.com/chicago-s-hottest-30-under-30. For a normal person, this might just be an interesting article about up-and-comers in Chicago. For me, this might just be the article to ruin my whole day. Instead of looking at this article and thinking, “Wow, these people are pretty awesome” (which they are),...
Odds are...it's Monday.
How am I supposed to concentrate when the odds are stacked up against me? Odds being the fact that it’s Monday, a much needed vacation looms just mere days away and this blog, http://chickswithstevebuscemeyes.tumblr.com, has detracted from my ability to pay attention to anything else.
Oh Monday. I guess the upside is that it’s snowing. You know, snowing on April 18th. When it was 85...
For me.
I feel bad for people who don't laugh as much as...
“That’s the way it goes. But every once in a while, it goes the other way...”
– True Romance
Vegas Vacation Countown Commences
One. Week. Until. Vegas.
I am so stoked for this trip, for three reasons mostly:
1. I need a GD vacation.
2. I need at GD tan.
3. It’s me and CL’s first vacation together EVA.
I had a dream about our Vegas vacation last night. I use to word “dream” very loosely, as part of the nightmare dream was that CL and I had packed only bathing suits. Just two suitcases, full to...
“Success is a devilish opiate. A swift and heady drink that goes down smooth at...”
– Brandon Boyd
Mumford.
There’s a chip on your shoulder, girl And by God it’ll make you fall If you let it take a part of your soul I see the love in your brother’s eyes And the love in your mother’s cries Sister don’t test the ones you love Sister don’t let go Sister don’t let go of us Cause your roots will rot away And your fruit, it wont grow Your bark will wear...
For you.
“Sometimes it’s like juggling a hundred thousand crystal balls in the air all at...”
– Francisco Goldman
Someone. Anyone. Entertain me.
I find myself staring out the window, daydreaming about ways I could spice up the day. I could stand in my office doorway and creepily peering into everyone else’s doors. Or hold my own private Bikram yoga class in my office during my lunch hour, cranking up my space heater to a cool 110 degrees. Maybe by recklessly running through the halls, waving my arms madly over my head, screaming like...
“It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record...”
– Nick Hornby
I Shamrock Shuffled and LIVED to tell about it.
As I sit here at my desk, a little sun burnt, half asleep and with every solitary muscle, tendon, ligament and blood vessel in my body throbbing, I can feel that I ran 4.97 miles yesterday in 85 degree heat.
But yesterday, the event I had anticipated, dreaded, panicked, crabbed and storm clouded about for a good week seemed to pass by in a flash. It felt as though I’ve waited years for it...
“Never take for granted the times you think will last forever.”
100 Posts Later and None the Wiser
So, I’ve made it to my 100th post. Not without annoying, aggravating, antagonizing and alienating a few people along the way. I’m honest to a fault, and oft my excitement overwhelms my better judgement. Hence why having a free writing forum is such a dangerous ground for me. However, despite any grief my words have caused any of my loved ones or unknown stalkers (you guys are my favs),...
I just can’t get enough #love #sleep #coffee
“I feel so proud of us - It’s one of my biggest achievements.”
– Gwen on Gavin
Nape.
I love that word. And I love what it means, the delicate, soft and feminine space on the back of your neck. Nape. See, Words with Friends does more than just waste valuable time you could be spending doing something much more productive. It reminds you of words you love. Like nape.
Decisions, Decisions
The three C’s of life: Choice, Chance and Change. You have to make a choice to take a chance to make a change.
I suppose I’ve always realized life is all about choices. From choosing whether I wanted to watch Sesame Street or Dumbo for the millionth time as a 4-year-old to choosing between leaving my old job to take a new and every different position 23 years later, the path that has...
