good news. bad news.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as Auto, california achievement test, curse word, Draft, everything, good news bad news, GRE, guide, kind, massage, math portion, math practice, math problem, old princeton, pocket dictionary, study, time, today, wallet, way, word mom, yoga class
The good news is that I bought a pocket dictionary today. I used to have one that I carried with me in my bag all the time and I loved knowing that little book that could tell me what everything meant was with me. I mean, all those words! I was downright rich with them, right in my pocket like that. The bad news is that, honestly, I think all of my pants are way too tight to carry any kind of book in one of my pockets. I can’t even fit a wallet in there, let alone a dictionary–I don’t care how small it is.
The good news is that I bought a big old Princeton Review study guide, in preparation for the GRE. The bad news is I was stumped on the very first math practice question. I mean, totally stumped. Like, if I was a tree, I had been cut down to just a little nubbin (is that not what stumped is referring to?), at the first glance at this math problem.
The good news is that I actually got a perfect score on the math portion of my CAT (california achievement test) in second grade. The bad news is it’s been a minute since second grade and also, most schools don’t actually care to find out about the result of your CAT from when you were in second grade, which is really too bad for me.
The good news is I went and took a yoga class tonight. Oh, it was all kinds of good for me and yes, relaxing, too. The bad news is I had a pretty bad conversation with someone directly afterwards, and that probably had the opposite effect of yoga on my mind, body, and spirit. So, I wonder: does that mean they cancel each other out? Meaning that, at the end of the day, it feels like I didn’t take yoga–but it also feels like I didn’t have a bad conversation with someone? Let me check…still feeling pretty limber (which would mean I did take yoga)…and still feeling pretty pissed (which would mean I did have that bad conversation).
The good news is that pissed isn’t actually a curse word (mom). The bad news is that I am actually feeling that way. But I read somewhere that it still holds to be true that it is better to be pissed off than pissed on. Because, as my friend Shane says, if you’re the latter, than you end up being BOTH pissed on and pissed off. So at least I am just one out of the two, right? Right.
The good news is that there are some people that are true, salt of the earth kinds of humans and they make trust come easy. The bad news is that there are some people who you simply cannot trust, and the more chances you give them to prove themselves, the more disappointed and pissed you find yourself.
The good news is that I am learning to tell the difference between those people. The bad news is that it was not always this way.
The good news is that there are some people in the world with wonderful names such as Vance Funk. The bad news is that he’s a lawyer and I need to call him tomorrow.
The good news is that I semi-cleaned my room recently. The bad news is that it is now only semi-clean.
The good news is that it is now Sep-to-the-Em-to-the-Ber. And I am not absolutely positive as to the exact reason for this, but I have such hope for this month. There’s something about moving forward that I like; something about a change in seasons, and I just feel like there’s so much good in store for all of us this fall. The bad news is that I totally forgot to put a ‘t’ in that September I tried to craftily spell up there. As my friend Joe would say, too fancy, too fancy.
The good news is that I have a few really cute headbands. The bad news is that I don’t always take showers, which is when those really cute headbands come into play. I actually could have really used one this afternoon, while driving my friend Christian to get his car at the auto repair shop. Maybe then he wouldn’t have taken one look at me and said, “Your hair is…interesting…” At which point I said, “You mean…dirty.”
And lastly, the good news is that I came into contact with a massage therapist who wants to swap some pilates from me for a massage from her. The bad news is I have to wait two whole weeks for this sweet business to happen.
fly.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, photography
as Auto, bit, blue sky, boring life, corner, door, Draft, fly, Guy, hummingbird, kitchen, life, little guy, right, sky, wonder
It’s not boring. Life, I mean; it really never is. Not when you walk into your kitchen to find this little guy. And he thinks he’s in a corner. Just in a corner. Like, end-of-story, in a corner. But what he doesn’t yet realize is that the door is right there, too. And that I’m [...]
just like you and just like me.
in I Lift My Eyes Up
as Auto, body, conversation, conversations, darn, doubting thomas, Draft, everything, feeling something, highways, interstate 95, kind, lad, movement, naked mole rat, someone, soul and spirit, tiny baby, today, UNENDING, whistle
I was outside today. I could hardy help it, the day was so beautiful. It’s always been a case of “whistle, and I’ll come for you, my lad” when it comes to outside and me. It’s not enough to know it’s there, not enough to see it through a window, I have to go put [...]
yoga.
in Funny Stuff
as ability, anything, Auto, cannot, class, Draft, ebay, elbows, fact, fifty, judgement, kind, knees, leg, levers, man, mollification, pose, right, room, something, spandex, spandex pants, strength, teacher, terminology, tonight, tw, yoga, yoga class
I took a yoga class tonight and the teacher mentioned to me that I have “long levers.” She mentioned this twice. I thought that was kind of funny terminology and wanted to laugh. I probably would have if a). that would not have been considered rude, b). it did not feel like one hundred and [...]
oh, facebook.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as Auto, baseball, beautiful things, business, christianity, click, cow, deep breath, Draft, facebook, family, family business, flair, google, hand, laughter, left hand side, page, phenomena, quote, rare occurrence, side, sort, way
I don’t understand what Facebook has been up to lately. Except that I happened to notice that on my page I suddenly had 51 different pages or groups or whatever they call themselves that I now apparently “like.” And now, I can tell you in all honestly that I have never gone through 51 of [...]
bugs and frogs and squished and squashed.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as Auto, bugs, dead bug, Draft, english language, excellent point, FOUR, frog, frogs, house, human self, misfortune, need, nuances, road, self, side, skin, spot, toad, way
There is a bug that has not moved from his spot on my wall for weeks now. Literally. I wonder if he is dead; I wonder if a bug who is no longer alive can still stay stuck to a wall. And he’s not squished, mind you, he’s just stuck there. Like a sideways stand, [...]
hard work!
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as Auto, click, click track, course, dancing, Draft, job, kind, measures, musicals, nevermind, nice thing, production, recording, recording project, Score, sentiment, studio, Super, work tomorrow
Tomorrow I start work on a little recording project. See, Jason and I are starting a small production company in order to actually sell the musicals we’ve created over the years. And the nice thing for him is that his part of the job is basically done. Whereas, my part? Super. Hard. Work. Because I [...]
since u been gone/i’m on my way remix.
in MP3, Performance
as ahoy matey, Auto, beginning, Clarkson, dead space, dr frankenstein, Draft, kelly clarkson, keyboard, rain boots, remix, sense, shame, sneakers, song, sort, space, way, would make sense, yellow rain
okay. I did something. I took one part from two different songs. And then I sewed them up together. Kind of like Dr. Frankenstein. Though I hope that this song won’t be misunderstood. And then end up killing some people. That would really be a shame. Anyway. I took some of Since U been Gone, [...]
