...minus the fact that i was hit directly in the head by a dodgeball from my boyfriend tonight, it was a great weekend. i have been wanting to get away for a while but just don't have the money to do it right now. so the next best thing was to check out mentally for a few days. i slept alot this weekend, hung out with my family and had an awesome night out with friends on saturday. i've felt really blessed lately in every part of my life. my friends and i are starting to find each other again in this wierd post college (even though it's been 2 years) world. they are taking on new adventures which inspire and encourage me. i got a raise at work :-) and i'm just joyful in general.
at the same time, i'm craving an adventure. this is the longest i've stayed put somewhere since college. i have the same job and am doing pretty much the same things as i was six months ago. not that i'm bored, just antsy. i think about d.c. alot, not in a regretful way but in an endearing way. my time there in college shaped alot of the thoughts and opinions i carry with me now, i was lucky to have that experience. i think i'm going to start taking arabic again. i heard a word in arabic this weekend and it sounded so beautiful....
not much else to report...i think i'll read and go to bed. g'nite all.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
march sadness....
...it's so sad that duke lost. they played the ducks played on thursday night. so sad. to be honest, i'm still in a little bit of shock and denial that they're out. so let's just not talk about it.
in other news, easter was great. the services were really fun. this is the first ministry at sunset where i haven't had a behind the scenes/leadership/planning role so it's interesting/hard for me to just keep my mouth shut. the great thing is that there really isn't much to say. the leadership is solid. jill is a phenomenal choir director and communicator, jay is fun to work with and leads the band like a pro, and janet keeps them all in sync. it's very refreshing to not have to take care of anything. all i have to do is sing. that's it. just worhip God with other people, such an awesome feeling. so often at churches people who are capable and outgoing get bumped from one ministry to another just because they can fill a certain role or perform a certain task. over the last year, after my 8 month "learning process" with fusion and other things at sunset i've learned the benefit of saying no. it's hard to do, especially when you are the type of person who wants to help out. but it's not worth getting burnt out. so needless to say i really enjoyed just singing.
i'm housesitting this week at a cute little condo and it's got me really excited to move out in may! some of you may know this already, but my friend carly and i are moving into the commons at sylvan highlands the first weekend of may (sorry cas, i'm gonna miss your graduation). my slogan for the last few months has been "out my parents door before i'm 24", which is june, so i'm ahead of the game!
a few weeks ago one of our clients at work, the Glaser Progress Foundation, sponosred a hearing on Capitol Hill in DC focused on rethinking the GDP (gross domestic product). the hearing date landed just a few days from the 40th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the inadequacies of the then GNP. basically, if you walked outside right now and got hit by a car and spent a week in the hospital, that would register as an increase of the GDP. as Kennedy said, it doesn't measure our happiness or the "reasons we love being American". our client made a video based on some of our recommendations and posted it on YouTube, you can check it out here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e51JnJPPY0E. it's interesting b/c this was pitched to over 100 reporters in the U.S. and made it into the LA Times and a few others. but someone in italy got ahold of it and the hits on the video have gone up by a couple thousand. its crazy. i find it fascinating that people outside of our country and more engaged in a dialouge about our GDP than our own country is. hopefully my man barack can get some chatter going on this too, just as he did with his speech on race. these are issues that need to be brought out from behind the curtain.
what do you think?
in other news, easter was great. the services were really fun. this is the first ministry at sunset where i haven't had a behind the scenes/leadership/planning role so it's interesting/hard for me to just keep my mouth shut. the great thing is that there really isn't much to say. the leadership is solid. jill is a phenomenal choir director and communicator, jay is fun to work with and leads the band like a pro, and janet keeps them all in sync. it's very refreshing to not have to take care of anything. all i have to do is sing. that's it. just worhip God with other people, such an awesome feeling. so often at churches people who are capable and outgoing get bumped from one ministry to another just because they can fill a certain role or perform a certain task. over the last year, after my 8 month "learning process" with fusion and other things at sunset i've learned the benefit of saying no. it's hard to do, especially when you are the type of person who wants to help out. but it's not worth getting burnt out. so needless to say i really enjoyed just singing.
i'm housesitting this week at a cute little condo and it's got me really excited to move out in may! some of you may know this already, but my friend carly and i are moving into the commons at sylvan highlands the first weekend of may (sorry cas, i'm gonna miss your graduation). my slogan for the last few months has been "out my parents door before i'm 24", which is june, so i'm ahead of the game!
a few weeks ago one of our clients at work, the Glaser Progress Foundation, sponosred a hearing on Capitol Hill in DC focused on rethinking the GDP (gross domestic product). the hearing date landed just a few days from the 40th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the inadequacies of the then GNP. basically, if you walked outside right now and got hit by a car and spent a week in the hospital, that would register as an increase of the GDP. as Kennedy said, it doesn't measure our happiness or the "reasons we love being American". our client made a video based on some of our recommendations and posted it on YouTube, you can check it out here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e51JnJPPY0E. it's interesting b/c this was pitched to over 100 reporters in the U.S. and made it into the LA Times and a few others. but someone in italy got ahold of it and the hits on the video have gone up by a couple thousand. its crazy. i find it fascinating that people outside of our country and more engaged in a dialouge about our GDP than our own country is. hopefully my man barack can get some chatter going on this too, just as he did with his speech on race. these are issues that need to be brought out from behind the curtain.
what do you think?
Thursday, March 20, 2008
march madness has begun..
...i love basketball. playing it, coaching it, watching it. love it. and my Dukies are playing right now. duke leads freakin' Belmont 67-64 with 2:44 to go. duke looks flustered and tired but as always, i'm hopeful they will pull this out. this is intense and is the exact reason why i love march madness. college players have a passion for the purity of the game and an ability to give everything they have. it's awesome to watch. last time i checked i was 6 for 7 in the tourney so far. ...more to come later
Thursday, March 13, 2008
i've been tagged....
...i wrote this while I was in am SEA for work end of last week but didn't post it...anywhoo, i was tagged by melinda groth so here we go...
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
What was I doing 10 years ago?
Things I would do if I were a Billionaire:
5 places I have lived:
5 Jobs I have had:
peace love
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
What was I doing 10 years ago?
- being an 8th grader
- struggling through a life of horribly cut bangs, bad acne and serious sweating issues...yeah Certain Dry!
- playing soccer/basketball and dancing
- wondering where if my dad was okay during his active duty tour in Bosnia
- getting excited for high school
- send out press release
- pay bill
- spend time thinking about something other than work while at work
- pray for my friends
- cadbury eggs
- berries
- salami/crackers
- chips and salsa
- corona
- slurpees
Things I would do if I were a Billionaire:
- go to grad school
- travel
- but a car with better gas mileage
- give money to my family
- partner with a non-profit on a huge long-term relief effort somewhere in the world
- worrying
- not excercising
- negativity/talking too much
5 places I have lived:
- Fayetville, NC
- Washington. DC
- Eugene, OR
- the beav
5 Jobs I have had:
- farm lady on an alpaca farm (yeah, it was tight)
- chili's hostess
- intern at middle east institute (DC)
- linens and things (thinking about it makes me shutter)
- church lackey and paid intern (only paid once though!)
- porject associate at pyramid (current)
peace love
Sunday, March 2, 2008
blogging brain freeze
i can't think of anything funny or interesting to write about at the moment so here are my current thoughts:
...worship at Overflow ended perfectly with "i love you Lord", it felt unscripted and spontaneous with a little soul, that's the best kind...my neighbors got a 2 month old siberian husky, i am in love with it...i get to teach art lit to 4th graders on tuesday in Allie Roth's class...i love cadbury cream eggs....it's really loud to drive with the windows down...i am applying for my first apartment tomorrow....i wore a necklace last night that belonged to my grandma and it made me miss her alot...i will never have enough money to do what i want to do...i should be more grateful for what i have...zach and i had the best night on friday (thanks to my boss, i surprised him for his bday with Blazers vs. Laker tickets--we got hooked up to eat in the GM's suite before the game and sat 13 rows from the floor...girlfriend of the year award is in the bag)...i could live off chips and salsa...saturday night was so fun(kamikaze anyone?)...march madness is here...my friends crack me up...when people talk about a problem they have with someone else and then do nothing about it, it's hard to listen....john mayer's music will never get old to me...today's sun was therapeutic...
goodnight:-)
...worship at Overflow ended perfectly with "i love you Lord", it felt unscripted and spontaneous with a little soul, that's the best kind...my neighbors got a 2 month old siberian husky, i am in love with it...i get to teach art lit to 4th graders on tuesday in Allie Roth's class...i love cadbury cream eggs....it's really loud to drive with the windows down...i am applying for my first apartment tomorrow....i wore a necklace last night that belonged to my grandma and it made me miss her alot...i will never have enough money to do what i want to do...i should be more grateful for what i have...zach and i had the best night on friday (thanks to my boss, i surprised him for his bday with Blazers vs. Laker tickets--we got hooked up to eat in the GM's suite before the game and sat 13 rows from the floor...girlfriend of the year award is in the bag)...i could live off chips and salsa...saturday night was so fun(kamikaze anyone?)...march madness is here...my friends crack me up...when people talk about a problem they have with someone else and then do nothing about it, it's hard to listen....john mayer's music will never get old to me...today's sun was therapeutic...
goodnight:-)
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