Congratulations to the happy couple!
I love you both!
PS. Road trip with fiance to beloved town of post-college freedom. Check.
Sep 27, 2010
my little brother is married!
I love you both!
PS. Road trip with fiance to beloved town of post-college freedom. Check.
Sep 18, 2010
mommy
All with husbands in the medical corps of the military, you and your two friends sit across from me in the coffeeshop discussing everything from perineal rips during pregnancy to sales at Costco. You are nursing your fourth, a cute little girl with a white beanie and a huge pink flower. Beside you, your friend with the an obvious baby bump anticipates her gestational diabetes test on Monday. Your third friend wishes for a third little child, but her two children seem to be a little older.
I wonder what you talked about before you had children. I haven't heard you reference a pre-baby life. Your pregnant friend mentions a department barbecue. The other is dietitian who trained at a big college and worked in DC for awhile. But honestly, it doesn't matter what you did before. You love what you do now.
Despite your domestic focus, you've been all over the world. Between you and your friends, you have stretched to Japan, Cuba, and Afghanistan (at least). You know people all over the world and laugh at stories of cultural misunderstandings and struggles.
Within your little circle, you don't really know each others' personal histories. You learn tidbits as you go, but you seem to build quick friendships over shared experiences.
I wonder if this is how you imagined your life when you were my age. Regardless, you appear to be at peace with your place in life. I admire your grace.
I wonder what you talked about before you had children. I haven't heard you reference a pre-baby life. Your pregnant friend mentions a department barbecue. The other is dietitian who trained at a big college and worked in DC for awhile. But honestly, it doesn't matter what you did before. You love what you do now.
Despite your domestic focus, you've been all over the world. Between you and your friends, you have stretched to Japan, Cuba, and Afghanistan (at least). You know people all over the world and laugh at stories of cultural misunderstandings and struggles.
Within your little circle, you don't really know each others' personal histories. You learn tidbits as you go, but you seem to build quick friendships over shared experiences.
I wonder if this is how you imagined your life when you were my age. Regardless, you appear to be at peace with your place in life. I admire your grace.
Sep 16, 2010
copyright
I don't read this comic, but Mark does. This frame came up when I googled "copyright images" for my law and economics class.
It is very pleasant, and I feel the same way (thankfully).
It is very pleasant, and I feel the same way (thankfully).
apology and questions
If anyone uses a subscription or Google reader to read this blog, I apologize if the last post showed up a bazillion times due to multiple resubmissions.
Can anyone tell me whether it did or not? I'm still trying to figure out how that works.
Thanks!
Can anyone tell me whether it did or not? I'm still trying to figure out how that works.
Thanks!
a thrill
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When I was introduced to Maxwell's equations in physics class, I was thrilled like Anne beholding the Lake of Shining Waters for the first time. The math was beautiful and predictive. I was in awe of the law of the natural universe, and man's ability to stumble upon understanding of it. Now, I am not in any physics classes this semester, but I am taking cross section econometrics. I am acquainted personally with individuals who feel invigorated during discussions of instrumental variables and model specification, but I simply cannot muster the awe. They can't be exactly be the same kind of thrill, can they? :)
All academic dorkiness aside, my heart craves beauty -- a thrill-- right now. I want to paint or sculpt or sing in a choir or perform a dance or stand at the top of a mountain and drink in the hills below. I'm feeling tired of people-- and all of our complications, communication problems, and uncertainties. I love those that surround me, but I think a retreat is in order.
Maybe I'll go find my own Lake of Shining Water.
What do you do when you need to recharge?
"That's Barry's pond," Matthew said.
[Anne replied,] "Oh, I don't like that name, either. I shall call it the Lake of Shining Waters. Yes, that is the right name for it. I know because of the thrill. When I hit on a name that suits exactly, it gives me a thrill. Do things ever give you a thrill?"
Matthew ruminated.
"Well now, yes. It always kind of gives me a thrill to see them ugly white grubs that spade up in the cucumber beds. I hate the look of them."
"Oh, I don't think that can be exactly the same kind of thrill. Do you think it can? There doesn't seem to be much connection between grubs and lakes of shining water, does there?"
-Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
[Anne replied,] "Oh, I don't like that name, either. I shall call it the Lake of Shining Waters. Yes, that is the right name for it. I know because of the thrill. When I hit on a name that suits exactly, it gives me a thrill. Do things ever give you a thrill?"
Matthew ruminated.
"Well now, yes. It always kind of gives me a thrill to see them ugly white grubs that spade up in the cucumber beds. I hate the look of them."
"Oh, I don't think that can be exactly the same kind of thrill. Do you think it can? There doesn't seem to be much connection between grubs and lakes of shining water, does there?"
-Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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When I was introduced to Maxwell's equations in physics class, I was thrilled like Anne beholding the Lake of Shining Waters for the first time. The math was beautiful and predictive. I was in awe of the law of the natural universe, and man's ability to stumble upon understanding of it. Now, I am not in any physics classes this semester, but I am taking cross section econometrics. I am acquainted personally with individuals who feel invigorated during discussions of instrumental variables and model specification, but I simply cannot muster the awe. They can't be exactly be the same kind of thrill, can they? :)
All academic dorkiness aside, my heart craves beauty -- a thrill-- right now. I want to paint or sculpt or sing in a choir or perform a dance or stand at the top of a mountain and drink in the hills below. I'm feeling tired of people-- and all of our complications, communication problems, and uncertainties. I love those that surround me, but I think a retreat is in order.
Maybe I'll go find my own Lake of Shining Water.
What do you do when you need to recharge?
Sep 15, 2010
constitutional freedoms
A friend posted this article from the New York Times, and I hope many people read it.
If we don't believe in constitutional rights for those with whom we disagree, it is questionable whether we ever believed in them at all.
If we don't believe in constitutional rights for those with whom we disagree, it is questionable whether we ever believed in them at all.
Sep 14, 2010
an old friend
I've often heard people say that blogging is just a technological advanced version of narcissism. Okay, maybe not in those words exactly, but it's what they mean.
For example, I've comments such as, "It [the internet/blogging/facebook/Twitter] just lets everyone think that their opinions and activity are so important. It's just really egotistical."
I get what they mean. I'm allergic to Twitter and facebook statuses. I, too, don't value the minutia of other peoples' lives being spread all over information waves ("I just took a shower and sang Taylor Swift!!", "So -and-so is dating so-and-who, but it's complicated.", etc.).
But there are a few blogs that I love.
This morning, I could not have been happier to read this anniversary celebration from an old friend who has a sweet sense of humor and mutual love of the great outdoors. Posts like these are the beauty of the internet in my opinion. These bright spots make wading through the information age worth it. You just have to choose carefully what you share and -- even more perhaps -- what you take in.
For example, I've comments such as, "It [the internet/blogging/facebook/Twitter] just lets everyone think that their opinions and activity are so important. It's just really egotistical."
I get what they mean. I'm allergic to Twitter and facebook statuses. I, too, don't value the minutia of other peoples' lives being spread all over information waves ("I just took a shower and sang Taylor Swift!!", "So -and-so is dating so-and-who, but it's complicated.", etc.).
But there are a few blogs that I love.
This morning, I could not have been happier to read this anniversary celebration from an old friend who has a sweet sense of humor and mutual love of the great outdoors. Posts like these are the beauty of the internet in my opinion. These bright spots make wading through the information age worth it. You just have to choose carefully what you share and -- even more perhaps -- what you take in.
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