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Tuesday, 25 August 2009
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I've never been good with words. I think that's why I hate goodbyes and often just avoid them altogether. I also hate dealing with the emotions. It's complicated and messy and... sad. So lately, I have found myself just glossing over goodbyes, as if telling myself that I'll be able to see everyone again in, say, a week. It's only later when I'm alone and my thoughts wander that I realize how much I'm truly going to miss these people in my life.
So if I glossed over my goodbye to you, or didn't even really say goodbye at all, I apologize. I was being a coward. You mean more to me than I've shown you, and I pray that these goodbyes only mean "until later."
Sunday, 05 April 2009
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Top 5 from Australia!
Top 5 things that currently sadden me:
- Decisions, decisions, decisions...
- The LONG plane ride home
- I'm not good at using my amazing camera so I don't always get good photos even though I have a good instrument
- I'm taking about 3 weeks off work, which means 3 weeks without income...
I feel like I just got punched in the gut. It's the worst feeling when someone makes light of something that is important and means a lot to you, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem to anyone else. I thought it meant a lot to YOU too... Now you're killing me with that song.
Top 5 things that currently make me happy:
- Fresh, fresh seafood
- Visiting Penn when I get back for Spring Fling
- The Aussie accent!
- Ferry boats
- Chupa chups and Havaianas are cheap here!
Saturday, 07 March 2009
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A vegetarian shade of green
According to an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, 600 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 hamburger. If someone drinks the recommended 8 glasses of water per day, they'll drink 600 gallons of water in 3 years.
And it's not just that. Keeping livestock for food and processing and preparing meat contribute to a whole slew of other environmental problems. For the whole story, read this blog entry by Bill Chameides at The Huffington Post, which is my source for the information above.
Well, what can we do? If every American went vegetarian for one day a week, it'd be the equivalent of taking 8 million cars off the roads. So from now on, I will be a vegetarian every Monday. Please consider joining me in this endeavor! Besides being environmentally friendly, this can be quite healthy for you, too!
Sunday, 22 February 2009
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The L word
I think we all realize that people throw around the "I love you" phrase too much. You might say it to a friend when he buys you hot chocolate on a bad day, or to an acquaintance who you discover has all the same interests you do, or even to a pet when they stare at you with really cute eyes.
Those are obviously very shallow definitions of love, since you use the same three word phrase to convey how you feel to your parents who care for you, to your closest friends who are always there for you, to your spouse who you've committed your life to, basically deeper and more meaningful relationships.
But what if in the same relationship, two people define "love" differently? Couples often divorce over the line "I love you, but I just can't do this anymore." Is that a legitimate form of love? Can love be selfish? Can people define love different ways?
It's so sad that "love" doesn't have a high standard anymore. So many people think a cheapened version of love is the real thing. So if everyone has a different definition of love, doesn't that practically render the phrase "I love you" meaningless?
Monday, 16 February 2009
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One Month Later
Top 5 things that currently sadden me:
- 102° fever
- Unhealthy cuticles. I need that Burt's Bees lime stuff.
- Catching up in school
- Crappy, unstable internet
- Peruvian lilies
Top 5 things that currently make me happy:
- My car's clean! Thanks, Mike's Car Wash!
- John Mayer's "Where the Light Is" live album. Can you say genius? (Thanks, Meridith!)
- "Ace of Cakes" on the Food Channel
- Workouts and manicures
- Peruvian lilies
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I am driving up 85
In the kind of morning that lasts all afternoon
Just stuck inside this gloom
Four more exits to my apartment
But I am tempted to keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind
Because I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life
I rent a room and I fill the spaces
With wood in places to make it feel like home
But all I feel’s alone
Everybody is just a stranger
But that’s the danger in going my own way
I guess it’s the price I have to pay
Still, “Everything happens for a reason”
Is no reason not to ask myself
If I’m living it right
Am I living it right?
- 102° fever
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