Tuesday, May 31, 2005

moonshadow

feeling of the day is described through a Cat Steven's song - Moonshadow

I left work and it was just gorgeous outside, it felt as if I didn't work 9 hours. I walked past Buca's and there was this swanky music playing. It took very much effort not to dance and jump around. I didn't want people to think I was on drugs. Maybe next time I will just pretend I am on drugs. It was such a fullfilling weekend to hang out with friends, have good conversations and just be merry without a care in the world. I think the sun and large bodies of water do that to the soul.

Well I must now apply to the CIA, Katie, Sara, Chris and Adam are prolli having a good laugh at that one, aren't you now. he he!

Sunday, May 29, 2005

no more desperate housewives

what will we do without the plumber, the daisy duke shorts, and the secrets underground??? Watch Reruns!!! Hurray, the stress has gone done in my life for the weekend. I have a good sense of humor and good friends which can make up for the dad that won't tell me when his girlfriend is moving, the job that isn't secure, and the relationship I put my soul into has cracked at all sides. So do I confront my family, find a new job and move away or closer to a man I onced put my faith into? It's no wonder I now garden. Making life with my hands is an incredible feeling.
>Restoring life restructures the mind.
>Restructuring life restores the mind.


gina

Friday, May 27, 2005

cucumbers!

So after finishing my last post I went into my bedroom to find that my first seedlings have come up. Right now my garden is in my large bedroom windowsill. They overlook the intersection of Humbolt and Lyon. Well I'm so excited that my I've actually done something right and soon there will be baby cucumbers. Funny thing is, I don't like them, chopped up in salads but that's about it. Anybody know what I can make with cucumbers? Well I'm up early, back to bed or go to work? rats, duty calls.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

I'm not in Kansas anymore

Milwaukee is so easy to live in. I can walk around the lakefront have great conversation . I can have a white beer at Von Tier. I can walk to work. I can see a Brewer Game in loaded suite. I can smile while we lose volleyball (tuesdays). I can show off in volleyball (thursdays). Well I am quiet content for not at least. I love having time to hang out with my friends. There's many parts of my life that i wish I could have done different. I'm glad now though I can appreciate what I have and grow from there. I started a garden and I think unconsciously that was a metaphor for something else. I've never had a desire to initiate a garden and when I got back to the US, I knew that starting a garden was on the top of my list. Whether it be smarting up in environmental affairs, relationship affairs, money affairs, carreer affairs, friendship affairs, etc... i now I am so much better off after being in Australia. It's about going out of your comfort zone, now matter how hard it might be.

Sunday, May 22, 2005

my vintage hat and a night on north

Yesterday was so nice outside that I took a stroll down Brady St. I couldn't be happier with a pleasant breeze and the smells of grilling out. I kept on smiling at everyone because happiness can be infectious. So it was pleasant when I got a smile or even a "hey" back. I walked into a vintage clothing store filled with large beaded necklaces and pink furry coats. Then in the back was a hat begging to be taken home. It's just grand black with a large black ribbon and a little red feather poking out from the side. It reeks of jazz and the 1950's.

My partner in crime for the night was my good friend from Madison and we first went to Holligans for food, then the BBC for my co-worker's gig. FUZEE. Check them out next time there playing in a pub near you. After some tunes it was down to the Landmark for darts and pool. Now a fancy looking cat can be spotted fairly quickly down in the fog of the landmark so it wasn't a surprise that my hat made a name for itself in women's bathrooms and pool tables. It may be a man's trademark, that hat, but I can pop a cigar and have my brandy too. Ya dig.

Friday, May 20, 2005

Me CP3O, You R2D2

I need a fellow geek to come see Star Wars with me. I had two girlfriends - one liked Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter and I obliged and went to see the movies with them. But this is Star Wars witch kills the other two. If I go it alone and Darth Vador creeps up on me, well I will have to fight it alone. Better start pumping the iron and playing with my light sabor.

Happy Friday!

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

The Days are long and the Nights are Longer

I'm getting used to working eight hour days again. The first day was painful because I didn't have my afternoon stroll in the sun and anticipation warm wine nights. I've gone back to my thermos of Alterra coffee and cuppa tea in the afternoon. Some days I think it would be good to purge myself of the evils of coffee and sugar. It starts to be a good thought well till about nine o'clock where my caffiene addiction kicks in and my herbal tea isn't doing the trick. The headache starts around 2pm and still I don't run to the coffee stand to get a latte. Well it's very painful. I may start a coffee anonymos support group. So for now a cuppa coffee in the am and uno glass of wine at night will suffice.

I went to VSVH: Volunteer Services for the Visually Handicapped dinner tonight. Why was I so concerned in how I looked when half the attendees can't see. The speeches were very moving and I'm so glad to be apart of it. It put me in a good spirit to walk home - (about 20-30 blocks). So sometimes when I'm in a good mood I sing to the songs on my ipod. I don't really know how loud I'm signing but I really don't care anyway. My friends know me for doing strange things so this isn't out of character. So I'm walking down Van Buren and this electronic song comes on and the only lyric is "Take me for a Rocket Ride" There is this huge lead up to the first time it is said so I'm very excited and just blurt it out I'm assuming quiet loud when it comes. And I know it is loud for one reason. A guy on his bike road past at the exact same time and gave me a goofy stare. I couldn't help but laugh. Something about a pedal bike doesn't scream rocket ride.

Well that's all for now. Have to rest up for some bump-set-spike action.

Monday, May 16, 2005

Random thoughts (just like the weather)

Hello lads and lassies,

Yes back to going to sleep with 70 degree weather and waking up to the 40's. Work is Works and the cats are still cool. I'm got my old job back doing design work with School of Continuing Ed. I cut my hair, got some cool roomies, living in an excellent part of Milwaukee. (East Town: South of Brady, North of Downtown). I'm trying to be conscious to help save the envirnoment so I don't have my car. ( well that's not really an option anyway seeing as how it cannot operate with a bad engine! ) So I've got my gas free bike. Also I made a nifty grocery bag so that I don't have to keep using the plastic ones. I'll post a pic once I get a camera. I saw the movie ENRON, which I highly recommend. The man I was closest with is now very far from me and I fucked that one up and am very sorry for it. Time to watch Life Aquatic, again.