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"I have need of the sky. I have business with the grasses. I will up and away at the break of day to where the hawk is wheeling lone and high and where the clouds drift by."   - Richard Hovey, 1894-1961

Saturday, July 29, 2006

The Conscious Bride

Please read this book - if you are engaged in planning any fashion of ceremony to celebrate the union of two individuals in love - otherwise known as a bride planning a wedding.

I've only one chapter, and - oh my zumla! - much of the last six months is beginning to make sense...

I've recently observed, experienced and am coming to accept that there is an "underbelly" to all the wedding glitz. I thought that I could avoid it by planning an alternative ceremony and party. And I am avoiding a lot of the stress, but I'm not avoiding the confusion from emotions I've not experienced and for which I have no context.

So, I'm excited to have found, at the recommendation of L (Thank you!), this book - The Conscious Bride: Women Unveil Their True Feelings about Getting Hitched.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

968!

That's the number of cd's labeled with one sharpie. How do I know that you ask? I spent a mere four minutes reading Rob's website. He spent the two months necessary to find out how much is inside a sharpie. Thank you, Rob!

Please check out his other incredible adventures and experiments!

And then we can all feel better that we don't "waste" as much time as we obviously could! I feel better anyway.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

One Minute of your Life

MADONNA! MADONNA! MADONNA! MADONNA!

Six weeks ago, I fulfilled one of my life fantasies - seeing Madonna in concert.

Sara, Nadine, Nadine's brother Steven, Jess and I went to the concert in San Jose. One of the best parts of the show was dancing to Madonna singing Like a Virgin while doing a pole dance on a saddle that went up and down while going in a circle (think carosaul) -- on the closest stage to us. Like, Right There!!!

That's what's going on in this video, filmed on Steven's phone and posted to YouTube.





I'm on YouTube!

Monday, July 17, 2006

Positive Reinforcement


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