Well, I’m back in black! Yes, I’m back in black!
Don’t concern yourself with the color of the picture it will change in the morning.
I hope you are enjoying the day.
I don’t understand why anyone would eat hot dogs– they are nasty.
American Views Abroad has a Fourth of July Post.
Can we live up to the ideals written in on Parchment?
So far not so good, but there is hope, there is always hope; it lies within us though not on the paper.
The internet disappoints me and I am no longer as interested in wasting my time with it. There is an ugliness in so many places, even in places where people think they are above it and doing the right thing. The fact people are so blind to it all does not amaze me in the least though.
I don’t like fireworks so will abstain from any event of that kind. I can see the fireworks they set off from my apartment though — tonight– so I’ve invited a few people to watch them from here.
There was street fair of sorts today, and a lot of sidewalk sale stuff in town. I purchased two paperweights and five books, sat and drank sangria outside while watching the people walk around and used some kids skateboard to skate around the block. I’m good at it too.
Oh, I got my arm stuck in a clothes dryer — don’t laugh- the dryer does not stop when you open the door so I put my hand in to grab something and….. well my arm didn’t make it out …… damn that hurts.….…..I’m pretty certain it looked funny too.
Happy Independence Day America
This video replaced the audio that was originally here, at the time of the original posting their wasn’t much on You Tube.
I am up. It is what happens when your son throws up 3 times and you end up on the couch with him.
Sooo… I AM FIRST! I guess every cloud does have a silver lining.
Yes, hot dogs are indeed nasty.
Yes, there is hope.
Not only is the internet ugly, but it comes from outside in this here world of ours. Early on I was actively involved in causes and rallies and human and animal rights organizations as well as environmental ones. I used to dance with the Hare Krishnas on Sundays and meditate with my Buddhist friends. I am still that girl but as a woman have learned to step back before stepping in first. You have to or else with time it all hurts too much because the level of caring seems to drop and there are many defeats along the way and it seems that the more we try we only slow down the process but never make any real progress towards change, blah, blah, blah. Bottom line, it can start to feel hopeless.
Use that hope to remain strong.
9/11 was the end of the line for me and I questioned everything and everyone. Then one day as I spoke of this and many other issues to a wise, wise man we know… amazingly wise I kid you not… he reminded me of what I once knew but somewhere along the line had forgotten… that this is all, as selfish as it may sound, about our own personal journey. Our deaths are inevitable. We will not save the world. Tragedy after tragedy will happen in spite of all our efforts against it. And all we can do is cultivate as best a karma as we can and as much compassion as possible. Then we will die. And in the scheme of things all this matters not and it is merely an illusion in a testing ground where all us souls are battling it out, finding our way and learning our lessons. Yes, keep fighting, keep trying and do what you realistically can, but see the beauty in it all because this is just not it.
So I do what I can.
And there is always hope.
There is nothing wrong with a good all beef hot dog.
The world will always disappoint you cooper you need to take a deep breath and enjoy the good.
That red is rather alarming but because it is out of character for you I think it should stay.
Keep the arm out of dryers.
yeah. I thought there was a list of things that shouldn’t be put in dryers in all the commercial places. I thought “arms” was on the list.
MizBohemia forgets one thing in her otherwise sensible meditation, I think. Children. Cultivating good karma in the face of disappointment gets passed on. Yes it does, even though it may not feel like it. Our best efforts are less for other adults, because their behavior is already pretty much set. We work mostly to change –things-, not –people-. But it is the children who model –how– we work, at least as much as –for what– we work. We may die, but we leave an inheritance, which we shape for good or ill. It is for them that we (I at least) dare to hope.
George Benson, and now Simon and Garfunkel. It’s been asked before, I’ll ask again. 21? Really??
I’m not big for holidays myself either. In that vein, I spent the evening checking out a friend’s alma mater, relaxing at the beach where there just happened to be dudes setting off fireworks, and having dinner with said friend.
No mention of it being July 4th was ever encountered.
My dear OC, nope, no forgetting of the kids and yes I do agree with you… to me the journey of living with compassion and looking to achieve good karma encompasses them as well…
Mizzy B: we all do what we can. Hope your son feels better. ;(
John: We’ll have to disagree on the hot dog. I always enjoy the good. i am making it a point to keep my arm out of dryers.
o_ceallaigh: ah for the children it is ‚and of them it comes. Karma.
Yea, my musical collection is large and diverse, and for that we thank my father.
mojo: I’m glad you had a good evening and if there is any place to see fireworks it is the beach.
Guilty of hot dog eating as charged.
There is a lot of good out there it just may not be visible on the web
where people tend to show their bad side, talk only for themselves and
vent their frustrations.
Keep to yourself if you must but remember I knew nothing of Darfur
until reading your blog.
We did the firework thing and we survived.
Please keep your arm where it belongs.
I like this look, not as sexy and quite austere
but I like it.
If we lose hope, we will lose everything. Because sometimes hope is all there is.
Like the new header…perfecto.
Totally understand being disapointed in the Internet and seeing the ugliness
While I see MizB’s point – my life’s been too blogcentric and that scares me.
O’Calleagah – sorry for the spelling – we had a really hard time believing that Cooper was 20. 21 is much more fitting
Yes Cooper – love the Alice on her way to search for and conquer life look
People annoy me.…
Have you ever seen the movie Falling Down with Kirk Douglas..That’s me…
On the verge of going postal any minute…
Blog looks great..I hear ya.…I’m sick of the internet most of he time now.
Sorry about your arm…could have been worse. It could have sucked you in
, door closed..and you’d have the fresh spring fabric softener scent burnt into
your skin.…..Actually that doesn’t seem so bad…
I’m bored, I really do need to get laid soon.
jacob: You are becoming quite ” computer verbose“my friend. I will not say anything more; it seems people eat those things. I know there is good somewhere.
Cowgirl: There needs to be more than hope. Thanks.
Pia: Disappointing weeks are common. I’ve been ignoring blog writing lately, doing it quickly as an after thought. Life does intervene. Yea as I started the blog at nineteen.….….. hummh where were you all then?
I kind of like the lonley quest it may or may nor convey.
Bennet: It seems there are a lot of people already “gone postal” so you have on up on them. I can’t help you with the getting laid.