new beginnings.

i have two jobs now, one at a bakery, one as a banquet server, and now that i have them, this poor little site may get more attention.

i bought (another) pair of dansko's today, after having been on my feet at the lodge for 7 hours in oh-too-uncomfortable-hip-fakealligatorskinpointytoe-shoes that i will not ever wear again unless my social life depends on it. i hope it never stoops that low.
anyway, i now have comfortable black shoes, finally, mary janes that are guaranteed to never hurt my feet.

must go. the 4.30 wake up seems awfully daunting at 10.30 pm.

a good thought: 50 ways to leave your lover

'just slip out the back, Jack
make a new plan,Stan
don't need to be coy,Roy
just listen to me
hop on the bus,Gus
don't need to discuss much
just drop off the key,Lee
and get yourself free.'
-simon and garfunkel

blagh

can anyone teach me how to live without spending so much damn money?

new life. sort of

My apologies to anyone who actually takes the time to read this and has found that for the last week, there has been NOTHING posted on here. Moving into a home where dial-up won't even let me access my email account hardly qualifies to add entries on here. Alas, there was a delay. Whatever. Now I have DSL and all is well again.
I had my first experience today being treated as a local. Let me draw the scene: I decided to ride my road bike into town today to pick some things up. I left thinking, 'maybe i should take a rain coat' but didn't bother to turn around and get one, since the last few days have threatened, but not poured. needless to say, as soon as i left the first store i went to, it started to pour. absolutely raining cats and dogs, but i rode around anyway, getting all sorts of grease and dirt and water all over myself, especially my rear end, where the back tire manages to kick up everything. i thought it was mildly hilarious, and everyone in the square, mostly tourists, were either laughing with me or looking at me like i was some annoying specimen. regardless, i made it to the coffee shop i like to go to, and after leaving my bike under an awning took a seat next to a couple. my hair was dripping in my eyes and i am sure i left a mark on the seat cusion.
the couple next to me turned and said, 'this is crazy weather' and i sort of muttered something in agreement. they finished their coffee, stood up to go, and turned and said 'where is the downtown square?" i looked up and said 'two blocks that way, up and to the right' they said, 'oh, thanks' and turned around and left. little did they know what a grin i had on my face.

"Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops." -h.l. mencken

striking, isn't she?

Courtesy of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and the Aperture Foundation
image taken from: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/arts/design/06elli.html?hp

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"Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them."-Bill Russell
yea right.

packed.

i have been up since 7am and it is 7pm and i literally have not stopped until now. go go go. pack class move pack move drive pick up bowflex machine for dad (thanks diane) grocery store for catering pick up coolers and food for catering home unload stop for two seconds to write this then mow the lawn make pb&j sandwiches for little kids cut tons of vegetables for a crudite basket shower at some point and then work on my take home exam.
crazy. literally. have to be nuts to enjoy this much activity. i know a few who also revel in this.
must go mow lawn and do other things.
over and out.

wonderful stuff.

Gabon Republic
2003
Michael K. Nichols

"The forest elephant's small stature can be seen as a handful emerge from the dense jungle of western Gabon. Originally thought to be a subspecies of the savanna-dwelling African elephant, the forest elephant has been determined to be its own genetically distinct species.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)"

information and picture taken from: http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=05&month=4&year=05

completely random.

does anyone know how much i absolutely love Reese's pieces? well...
now you do.
they're so much better than the cups. And pineapple, of course. Not together, duh, but separately. And iced tea. Scotch, shrimp, ricotta cheese, mozzarella, pesto. coffee and chocolate. italian pizza and gelato. anyone else enjoy these things?
Windy days are nice, and so are lake days when it's cool in the morning, and by the time you've returned from waterskiing or some such thing, it's starting to warm up and after some breakfast, you can go down on the dock and swim and read and do nothing. god, i love summer.
and i love it even more when i can actually do what i just wrote about.
but i don't think italy and the mediterranean really need to take a second place. it's in a whole league of it's own. vero?