anthropological study
hanging out with leah tonight yielded an awesome anthropological study in being a dallasite. we went to a posh open house for a company that rids you of any unwanted hair, cellulite, coffee teeth, pale skin, or other unsightly, unfashionable, or otherwise unwanted part of the human physical condition. we asked intelligent questions, witnessed demonstrations, drank free wine, and chitty chatted with beautiful people. we had a great time oddly enough and if i ever wanted the cellulite removed from my scrawny ass, i now know who to call.
most important about tonight? we bailed and just hung out together. we got to share similar stories, wisdom and relish in the all around fabulousness of our love to work hard and see the result of our hard work in the community. good times.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 09:24 PM proof that i'm a nerd
alice.
LOL.
Indeed.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 09:18 AM
comforting words
so i'm reading 'the voice of knowledge' by miguel ruiz. great timing for such wisdom... his grandfather says this to him when miguel was younger, "all humans create their story within their own unique point of view. why try to impose your story on other people when for them your story is not true? when you understand that, you no longer have the need to defend what you believe. it's not important to be right or to make others wrong. instead, you see everybody as an artist, a storyteller. you know that whatever they believe is just their point of view. it has nothing to do with you."
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 06:45 PM
LOVE
to say love is only an 'emotion' or 'feeling' is total, 100% bs in my book. after nine years of marriage, love is an action verb. and it's hard work - with sweat and everything because you've just mowed the grass. it's clean underwear. a made-bed in the morning. a clean toilet. it's yummy food when you're sick. it's caring and giving and generosity even in the face of the contrary. it's (dare i say) christ-like behavior when you're undeserving. it's compassion when you have been naughty and horrible beyond repair. it's a kiss and a kind word when you've scraped your metaphorical knee (or your real one for that matter). love is seeing your offspring and saying 'wow. my want for them is to be loving people too' and then setting that example. it's understanding, even under a cloud of stuff sooo easily misunderstood. it's doing the dishes and putting the kids to bed even when you don't feel like it and you're tired yourself. love is patience and kindness. on occasion, it's easily brushed aside as 'being a pushover' or whatever. the reality is: i'm married to someone who really loves me.
oh.
my.
God.
thank you paulie. may 18 was 9 years. i don't know how the hell you have put up with me. thank you. i can only try to love (it's an action verb) you too. here is something i wrote in 2004. i'm speechless.
***addendum. i guess where i was going with this was that for me love is experiential. not a feeling. it actually looks like something.
Monday, May 28, 2007 @ 12:11 AM my family
mexico
the trip to isla mujeres was fun. the best part was just being with friends and still getting to run off and play. josh and jen's wedding was picture perfect and looked like something out of a story book. simply gorgeous. every detail was accounted for. their families were a delight and i pretty much fell in love with josh's grandma. it was nice to be there as a guest and not the hired photographer - so nice. i got to hang back and just take the pictures i wanted to take.
i had some issues with the island itself i suppose. as beautiful as the sea and sky were, it seemed to be a place that caters exclusively to tourists. and american ones at that. i struggled that we paid american prices for everything from hotel to food (ok, beer was slightly less) to trinkets for the kids and yet the locals lived in corrugated tin and cardboard structures with no running water on the center of the island. maybe it's judgemental of me to say it's not fair or they're not happy or whatever. maybe they are! i know this, i said many prayers for peace and well being to the families on the island. for safety for the little babies hanging off the back of mopeds and the patience of wait staff to deal with demanding drunk people on vacation.
good to be home. good to cull through pictures. good to see kids. good to get back at it. travel inspires me. i'm in a good place right now.
Thursday, May 24, 2007 @ 09:15 AM my family
home sweet home
sportin' a wee bit o' tan and tons of pictures on a memory card. seeing jason, andrea, and josh's pics on flickr make me want to run run run and deal with them sooner than later..... too. tired. tomorrow. good memories with sweet friends. glad to be home though - missed those babies!
Monday, May 21, 2007 @ 10:46 PM my family
jiri
i think i might be totally in love with my little guy. he's such beautiful, quirky soul.
Monday, May 14, 2007 @ 09:24 PM my family
eva
this awesome dress was sewn by one of my grandmothers when i was eva's age. so cool to see her in it when i remember wearing it myself.
Monday, May 14, 2007 @ 09:20 PM my family
we are serious about theatre
seriously sympathetic that is. jayme and i decided it was totally appropriate to go in full costume to the taming of the shrew.... (excellent production, btw. wow.)
and later at the old monk, we connected with one of the leads, tranio, who oddly enough i attended ud with. lookie! i got jayme's 'do!
i love to dress up. it's fun.
Monday, May 14, 2007 @ 09:00 PM proof that i'm a nerd
AWESOME
my pal cari sent me this link about using alternative spaces for art/music events. nothing new here folks, but YES. this is something that facinates me and really, really turns me on. the is what art con, pigeon-stone project, primer etc have been about. SWEET.
Sunday, May 13, 2007 @ 06:06 PM finds
bright eyes. yes, i swooned.
let me not lie. the bright eyes show last night was stellar. my inner pre-teenager is still a little out of breath and b'cited. no cameras were aloud at the palladium for this event, but to my dismay all those little kids had badass camera phones, so they were getting all the shots, not me. alas.
speaking camera phones. at some point, with the backdrop of bright eyes blasting from the stage, i had an 'anthrolpologocal study' moment of the age group that surrounded us. within a 360 degree view of where we were standing, there was at any given time approximately 6 kids within grabbing range, texting on their phones. given the measurements of the room, an approximation of how many people were in the space, my unscientific sampling of texters, and a dash of sobriety, i suppose i could have calculated the probability of how many kids were texting in the room at any given moment. charting this out on a graph and watching the numbers rise and fall based on the popularity of a song would have been quite an interesting set of data. any music execs reading this should totally hire me.
another fun thing to watch was the parents. this one older dude strolled by and i commented to paul, "his daughter has no idea he is here. she's so busted for saying she was out with her girlfriends." then we played the fun game of picking out the teenage versions of eva and jiri. OMG. i immediately went into denial.
next entry? i swear it will be jayme and sarah jane's excellent adventure wearing wigs and attending the taming of the shrew. with pictures and everything!
Saturday, May 12, 2007 @ 10:29 AM proof that i'm a nerd
frens
we had several friends to dinner saturday night for a little arriba! arriba! cinco-de-mayo action. nothing says mexico like lamay.... (i don't know how to make the little e with the slash on top hence the 'ay') above? the beautiful scott and nicole. the outfit? don't ask. cute picture though.
sunday was brunch with hal. inspiring. and low-key. (note on the pics.... my allergies were killing that day and i couldn't stop rubbing my eyes! ouch!) he and i can talk all the way around something and stay away from yucky stuff like gossip and still connect. it's awesome. i'm in the process of reconnecting the dots in my life after.... um, a bit of an absence. the love of my friends is imperitive in this part of the journey. thanks ya'll.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 @ 10:53 AM
tah-dahs. friday, may 4.
i heart the tah-dahs. no shame.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 @ 10:40 AM
that was some wind storm
um, i love storms. especially when the power goes out and we have nothing better to do than play with long exposures. good times.
more pics here on flickr.
