Whirlwind Storms and R.B.I.s

I am so tired tonight and my mind after several days of training has my brain on empty. My brain is exhausted! Learning all the steps of my new job, learning names, and then coming home to help with the cooking and sewing! I suck at sewing and I have been helping lately. It's probably a good thing I only had to help sew the straps and then turn them right side out. I am too tired to write about some of the ideas I have pinging around my head. I'm too tired for proper sentences to be formed, let alone some sort of discussion or argument coming across in a proper manner.



My bed is calling despite the piles I need to go through and clean up: piles of papers, piles of clothes to be put away, blankets to be refolded, piles of papers to be read. I am ready for my mind to have a break and simply listen to the wonderfulness of Gilbert Blythe. "It's a nice story-book image."

I am also currently annoying my rather by calling Ryan Braun: "J.J." cuz a while back J.J. Hardy was the heart throb of Milwaukee Brewers baseball. I've now taken to calling him: "R.B. Eyes" - hahahaha! He can't help it that he's got bug eyes - he's not quite like my brother's Boston terrier and he's not deformed...they just are very prominent. I love the play on words - he does have a ton of RBIs (Runners Batted In) this year and it works with his initials and looks. I am surprised no sports caster or announcer has come up with that nickname yet.



It's horribly hilarious that just as I was about to post this, the power went out. I had to get candles for my dad and I who were in the pitch black basement. It was unsure if the power would come back on at all and I am going to finish here quickly so I don't lose everything all over again.

Bridal Shower Prep

My mom, my sister, and I are starting an assembly line of apron making. This weekend we are having a cooking themed bridal shower and every one is getting an apron! This means we have lots of sewing to do. It is actually really fun picking out the fabric and trim. We made the bride a white apron with platinum trim since her bridesmaids dresses are platinum. The shower concept it really interesting: each person brings a special/favorite family recipe and a special dish to serve it in or one of the ingredients for the recipe. It is a little scary to think about how many serving platters and dishes they might walk away with, but it is still a cool idea for sharing family recipes.

Be Daring

I recently listened to The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz. It is a girl's guide to being a girl, going out and exploring, building things, educating yourself and learning about other powerful and influential women. I thought it was interesting to learn that Julia Child helped invent shark repellent to keep sharks from setting off anti-sub bombs and the lady, Bette Claire Graham, who invented liquid paper (better known as white out) - her son was in The Monkees. I liked that it encouraged girls to get out and do things that build relationships, confidence, and an imagination. This is a really great book and I am recommending it to my little sister as a summer read! The book also has a sequel and an interesting web page resource that is linked through the title at the top.

All Because of a Stupid Picture

I watched the recent, 2009, movie version of Dorian Gray. The movie was really good - with actors like Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, and Ben Chaplin. Dorian (Ben Barnes) comes to London and meets Basil (Ben Chaplin), a painter, and than Colin Firth's character, Lord Henry, was basically the devil. Lord Henry decides to take young Dorian under his wing and teach him the type of lifestyle he wished he could lead - all pleasure. Basil paints a stunning portrait of Dorian and in a discussion on living forever - Dorian says he would choose that. He eventually discovers what has happened and begins guarding his painting as if it were the most precious thing on the face of the earth. The portrait takes on the scars, disease, and corruption of his character; becoming more and more disgusting by the day. He leaves to explore and when he finally returns home, he decides that he wants to start living life correctly. Lord Henry becomes quite put off when some of Dorian's bad habits begin to affect him and he begins to piece together parts of the puzzle.


I really like this movie overall. It was a little awkward to see "Prince Caspian" , as I know Ben Barnes, screwing just about everything that moved. There were some other rather graphic scenes as well that were quite disturbing. It was a really well done movie - with some great, if not disturbing, imagery. I was a little confused by the idea of Dorian Gray being a character by an aesthete - Oscar Wilde. Art is beauty for the sake of beauty in the world and no "moral to the story" works were considered. This is interesting since Dorian is beauty for beauty's sake and yet his life of pleasure makes and ugly "soul"/portrait. I saw a larger than life moral to the story with the life of Dorian Gray. His body and charm and lifestyle might seem beautiful, but his soul and mind are degenerated to a state of putrescence. I might actually have to get the book out and see how similar the movie is to the story before I pass too much judgement.

Pretty Little Start

I am super excited for the June 14th premiere of Pretty Little Liars! I can not wait.

I'm a little thrown off right now while listening to Allen Ginsberg reading his poetry. I think I can't handle his hippie poetry - my God, it has only been 6 minutes and I've heard more about sex and communism and capitalism than I'd ever really like to hear.

Anyways, back to Pretty Little Liars. I'm excited to have the story line pick back up and see what happens now that A is becoming more and more revealed and there has been a death! Plus, the cops got really close to finding out about Fitz and Aria! Yikes.

Going to things even more flitty than tv drama - I can't believe that Kate Hudson is going to get married again. She said after she divorced her first husband that she didn't believe in monogamy or committing to one person for a lifetime. I'm not against her finding love and getting pregnant, but if you don't believe in the commitment, why even get married? I guess I don't just understand why you'd bother with a wedding and marriage commitment if you only plan on breaking it and getting someone new in another couple of years. If you don't believe in it, why do it? It's like those how are atheists going out and praying. Now wonder the rate of divorce is insane in the United States. We have pop culture that treats love like a flitty feeling: "Tonight I'm loving you". Enrique used to have good love songs with his Latin culture. Especially with his father having some of the most amazing love songs. We are all about sex addictions and Sex and the City - not that "At last" moment. It is not surprising to me at all that the ideas of love in this country are so screwed up. We don't want a lasting love relationship - someone that we cherish and care about enough to stay by through thick and thin into eternity - America wants a one night drunken stand that ends with a Plan B pill at 10 the next morning.

Let's Go Manifest Something

Olivia, on Jerseylicious, believes in manifesting things off a dream board. I actually thought about making a "dream" board/"goal" board. Covering it with the things that I want out of life and the goals I want to achieve. I am hoping to get this done soon; however, it has been on my to do list for a while...it probably didn't help that a couple of the things I had cut out got masticated (just chewed, not swallowed) by my little nephew. I'm just really happy he didn't chew on my clipping of Mumford and Sons (goal to see them as many times as I possible can). Who knows, I'm hoping doing this will help give me some direction in my life and goals worth working towards.


Relationships: I have new co-workers now. I'm so excited. I already love my Chiropractor and the other office lady. I think we are all going to get along well. Still no glimmer of a romantic relationship, but hey, who knows what may happen in the future.

Health is ok. I didn't get in a "workout", but I spent a lot of time out gardening and riding my bike around doing errands. So not much improvement, but I'm hoping that I can get into a new routine with my new job soon. I have learned a lot about health in the training stuff I've been given to read/watch for work. I already found something in my mom's cupboard called "Flavor Enhancer" and it was straight MSG.

Career is a huge improvement! I am now employed. THANK YOU JESUS! I'm going to see if I can get a second job to supplement hours since I only work about 32 hours a week and I don't have any kind of benefits. I'm not too worried since laws changed and I can apparently loaf around on my parents insurance until I am 27. My employers are completely supportive of further education and continued educational growth, so maybe this will give me some room to look into a grad degree. I'm also excited that the 3 day weekend will allow me some time to work on my writing.

A New Generation of Tremors

There isn't much to say tonight other than I am elated to now be employed!!!!!! It is interesting learning a lot of the Chiropractic and health aspects that I need to have a basic knowledge of - needless to say, I doubt I will be eating a potatoe or drinking soda ever again. I might switch over to a completely organic, zero processed foods diet. I thought it was interesting to learn about the aspartame and how it is linked to neurological diseases and how these two things can be linked to Michael J. Fox. Apparently on an anniversary of his supporting Diet Pepsi (a brand that uses aspartame as a sweetener) was the day he revealed his struggle with Parkinson's (a neurological disorder). I think I'm ripping every can of Diet Pepsi, or any soda for that matter, out of my dad's hands from now on! I don't want to have to stick him in a nursing home, but I don't want to be helping him around when he can't remember who I am or who he is, but I'm sure his body will still remember how good Diet Pepsi tastes.