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i always wanted to be a tenenbaum
you, know?
i am a twenty-three year old darling girl.
i am not married, i have no children, and i didn't graduate from college. but..
i draw birds and robots; i read books; i laugh till i cry; i love until my heart bursts; i sometimes paint my face or arms with stripes if i'm bored; i create; i play guitar. i am not impressive, but i am me.
i am addicted to Jesus Christ. He never stops loving, never stops giving, and there is always more of Him. He is the perfect addiction. no one else can satisfy.
These are all just mostly vague details. If you want me, come find me. But, I promise, at the very least, you'll think I'm nice.
things i like
(and i like a lot of things).
museums.// theme parks.// zoos.// aquariums.// road trips.// naps.// reading, and lots of reading. especially in unconventional places.// being silly.// going to goodwill to find hidden treasures.// traveling.// new things.// vintage things. record players, records, old cameras, old radios, vintage clothes, etc.// learning new things.// exploring new places.// building forts out of pillows and/or blankets.// getting mail.// finding new ways to stay organized.// old books that smell like yummy old books.// the smell of colored pencils, and crayons.// the internet, for without it, i might not have some very great friends that i love so dearly.// squirrels.// musicals.// live plays.// daisies, and trees.// thai food.// laughing.// socks.// people you meet that are so amazing they make you strive for greatness, not in competition, but just out of the pure fact that you've seen potential, and was found to be wasting yours.// living a simple life.// holding hands.// the rare moments in life where i don't feel self conscious.// watching home videos.// hideabeds.// thrift stores the size of target.// target for that matter.// poking people in the nose and saying "beep" at the same time.// candles and lanterns and kerosene lamps.// cupcakes.// showers, washing my hands, and brushing my teeth.// sitting on rooftops.// the feel of new shirts.// warm, summer nights.// making things for people.// old shoes from friends.// macaroni and cheese.// having great times of talk with God.// organic, antibiotic-free, preservative-free, artificial flavoring/color-free, no refined sugar or grain food. (just the way God intended.)// love.
things i listen to
currently:
death cab for cutie. feist. animal collective. modest mouse. owen. iron & wine. mother mother. eisley. her space holiday. school of seven bells. dear and the headlights. the weepies. arcade fire. the format.
and when my heart needs to beat
t-pain. rhianna. jay-z. kanye west. flo-rida. ne-yo. justin timberlake. (all hopefully edited.)
things i watch
when life slows for a moment.
the office. my boys. saturday night live. arrested development.
cinema light
that makes my heart glow
the royal tenenbaums. dedication. juno. stranger than fiction. hook. eternal sunshine. garden state. empire of the sun. caddyshack. ghostbusters. jurassic park. closer. iron giant. turner & hooch. an affair to remember. eagle vs. shark. lars and the real girl. pineapple express. the life aquatic. (500) days of summer. the hangover. up. and in all honesty, avatar in 3D was pretty amazing.
paper and ink
with feelings and thought
cars & trucks & things that go - richard scarry
little bear - maurice sendak
the giving tree - shel silverstein
the quietest cricket - eric carle
there is a monster at the end of this book - grover
crazylove - francis chan
awake - erwin raphael mcmanus
seizing your divine moment - erwin raphael mcmanus
the journey towards relevance - kary oberbrunner
no compromise - melody green
but you can't raise boys to be scared of life.
You got to brew some recklessness into them.
The Lord has always been the One who stirs hearts to give of their resources and primarily I am asking Him to stir up those who will financially sow as partners with His kingdom advancing in and through my life.
Please take time to prayerfully consider becoming a monthly financial partner, allowing the Lord to pour through you, as He is the Source of all provision.
One-time donations are very helpful. Relational monthly partners who want to share in what God is doing in and through my life will provide enabling to focus wholeheartedly on His Word and His ways.
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beware. this blog may have adult themes.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 @ 6:27 PM
[also. if you are a boy, you might not want to read this.]
okay. seriously.
what is WRONG with me today?
for starters, my lovely period showed up three days late. now, i'm not one to complain, especially since i was able to enjoy a date on saturday, and my grandmas birthday on sunday (and hours of driving around iowa) without any problems or anything. but today... TODAY.
i think i'm dying.
mr. garrison (on south park) once said, "i don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die."
i stand by that.
this comic describes it right as well. "visceral-horror."
ugh. at least i got some feverfew from wayne and mary's. it's generally used for reducing fever, migraines, and inflammation of joints, but can treat cramps. although there aren't too many studies showing results. but it seems to have tamed mine a bit. not as well as ibuprofen, but at least the feverfew isn't destroying my organs.
and i had today off (praise God) because dr. rall is in minneapolis, so i was able to go around town and have some fun with my mom. but as soon as we got home, i just crashed out for a long nap. and had the WEIRDEST dream i've had in a long time. beware some of the .. uh.. adultish themes. i'll try to edit most of it.
so most of the what's, where's and when's have disappeared by now.
but i do remember:
-walking in on two of my cousins...uh... doing ... stuff. moving on.
-storming into a hospital and demanding that they stop killing people with all their medications and yelling at them that people need to know the truth. (true story, people.) then two lady doctors yelled at me and tried to stop me from leaving the hospital as i was causing such an uproar that they wanted to arrest and kill me. (let's hope that's not prophetic.) so then i had to jump under these floor boards with two guys (friends of mine apparently) and there was this old vw bug that was under the floor like.. buried in the dirt of the foundation, and it was at such an odd angle, like you would imagine if you buried a toy car in the dirt. almost at like a car wreck angle. so it was really hard to even get the floor up high enough so i could open the door to get in, and it was all super crazy 'cause everyone was chasing after us. but we finally got in and the "car" transported us to a safe area of like offices. i apparently was part of a crew that went and tried to shut down hospitals all renegade style. so that was sweet. but then ... oh gosh... do i dare type this? ... but then, as i was being debriefed by my team captain, farva (yes. farva from supertroopers) walked in and he had lost like a bunch of weight which... *blush blush* which i apparently found attractive. so then he sat next to me and i was like "man, farva. you look really great." ... and he, i guess suddenly didn't have a shirt on? i don't know anyway, so i pretty much threw myself on him and like started making out with him like right in the middle of our work meeting with the chief. but no one seemed to mind...
anyway. it was gross.
period dreams are mega weird. i wonder what pregnancy dreams are like. paige knows.
but seriously.
on a separate, far less gross note, our family is officially going vegetarian.
mom started us off right with a nice vegetable soup. ....with sausauge. good try mom.
but dad's given her the "okay" to start this ideal protein diet (that is WAY too expensive. seriously. i told my mom earlier that i wish i could find a guy like dad. someone who loves me, works really hard to support me, and somehow loves me enough to let me buy things that are too expensive and too stupid all of the time. she made a face at me then laughed because she knows i'm right.)
but this diet is too weird for me to write on here. but then we're switching to all raw (hopefully), organic stuff, no more cow's milk as it is bad for you (we're switching to almond or rice milk because soy mimics estrogen and can mess up women's bodies, and has also been linked to cancer amongst other things), if we do eat meat it will be from a farm that doesn't use hormones or chemicals, we are cutting down on refined sugar and wheat products, and getting rid of things that are too overprocessed.
hopefully we will be more sucessful than i feel we will be. after all, you are what you eat.
can you tell i'm learning things from work :) haha. seriously though, check those links out. inform yourself. i can send you links to a bunch of good dvds that are worth watching. the lies that have been fed to americans are intensely unbelieveable. heck, my first few weeks of working with dr. rall i still thought he was crazy. but then i learned the facts.
you know what i've found to be interesting?
allopathy is healing with unnatural ways - the medical industry.
homeopathy is healing with natural ways - holistic measures, chiropractic.
is it funny to anyone else that an allosaurus is a seriously ferocious dinosaur?
much like the medical industry...
anyway.
other good finds for today: calvin & hobbes : there's treasure everywhere!
DUDE. i thought we've owned every single calvin and hobbes since forever. and here it was at borders for $6 and it is now a part of our family. thank you, borders.
i have other good books too that are worth checking out. i bought "skinny bitch" and "skinny bitch in the kitch. (kickass recipes for hungry girls who want to stop cooking crap and start looking hot!)"
the back of skinny bitch reads:
"stop being a moron and start being skinny! if you can't take one more day of self-loathing, you're ready to hear the truth: you cannot keep shoveling the same crap into your mouth every day and expect to lose weight. authors rory freedman and kim barnouin are your new smart-mouthed girlfriends who won't mince words and will finally tell you the truth about what you're feeding yoruself. and they'll guide you on making intelligent and educated decisions about food. they may be bitches, but they are skinny bitches. and you'll be one too---after you get with the program and start eating right."
now, i don't want to be a bitch. but i do want to be skinny and eat right. plus i like their humor.
the back of "skinny bitch in the kitch" reads:
"you read skinny bitch, and it totally rocked your world. now you want to know, "what can i cook that's good for me, but doesn't taste like crap?" well, lucky for you, the Bitches are on the case. self-proclaimed pigs, rory and kim understand all too wel: life without lasagna isn't a life worth living; chocolate cake is vital to our survival; and no one can live without man n' cheese --- no one. so you can keep your SB standard and eat like a whale? shit yeah, bitches. to prove it, rory and kim came up with some kick-ass recipes for every craving there is:
-bitchin' breakfasts
-pms (pissy mood snacks)
-sassy soups and stews
-down home cookin'
-grown-up appetizers
-happy endings (desserts)
and a ton more! they're all so good (and easy to make) you're gonna freak out. seriously. what are you waiting for? get your skinny ass in the kitchen!"
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-bitchin' breakfasts
-pms (pissy mood snacks)
-sassy soups and stews
-down home cookin'
-grown-up appetizers
-happy endings (desserts)
and a ton more! they're all so good (and easy to make) you're gonna freak out. seriously. what are you waiting for? get your skinny ass in the kitchen!"
the last "seriously." sold it for me. i say it all the time as a final point. and the recipes inside do look good, and actually kind of easy. the ingredients might be hard to find as they're either natural or organic, but i like that they agree that food should be tasty.
so here's to being healthy and skinny and whatever else. (although, not a bitch.)
so, that's all i have for now. there are a few other things i could write about, but eh, i'm tired of writing. (is this where i start beatboxing?)
goodnight, blogland.
i love you all. take care of yourselves.
so here's to being healthy and skinny and whatever else. (although, not a bitch.)
so, that's all i have for now. there are a few other things i could write about, but eh, i'm tired of writing. (is this where i start beatboxing?)
goodnight, blogland.
i love you all. take care of yourselves.
read it back to me, pietro.
good reads or good websites.
Team Van Voorst - Paige updates her life as wife, mom, and general frugal lady!
LG & Brian Alsbury - LisaGrace writes about being a new wife, matters of the heart, budgets and goals, and general awesome things.
Changing Again - Insight to Danielle's crazy world.
The Alexanders - Jess and Mike moved to Japan. Here is their side of the world.
Simple Mom - A great website devoted to simplicity.
Remodeling This Life. - Simple. Frugal. Fabulous. (She did an AMAZING home remodel based soley on cash.)
Mint - The EASIEST, most-AMAZING, FREE way to build a budget.
design*sponge. - Creative and original design ideas.
Organizing Your Way. - A personalized approach to decluttering your life.
SmittenKitchen - Seriously some of the BEST recipes i've ever come across. SO awesome.
go, mordecai!
good buys.
rare bird finds. - a collection of unique items.
fredflare! - a shop full of fun and functionality.
[etsy] - if you want anything handmade or vintage, look here.
mighty goods. - an updated collection of fun things.
threadless. - tshirts designed by everyday people.
raygun. - formerly smash, this is an independant shop in des moines that specializes in awesome shirts.
wildcat. wild...cat.
other good websites.
questionable content. - my favorite webcomic by jeph jacques. (contains swearing and adult situations.)
postsecret. - updated every sunday, this blog contains secrets sent in by individuals all over the world.
cute overload. - bad day? stare at picture of cute things. it helps.
is that a tic-tac?
layout credit.
Design : everlastingroses!
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