whoops

i have nothing interesting to blog about anymore. being happy does that to you, I guess. we went for a walk in chestnut ridge park today, it was wilderness-y and wonderful. I was concerned at our lack of knowing where the heck we were going, but it was beautiful out enough to keep wandering around until we found the way out. I love the woods, so peaceful and energizing. I always keep forgetting my camera when we go places, I should start remembering. Hm. anyways I've got a frittata in the oven, gonna go check that..

television

being with kevin has been an adjustment..he doesn't have a tv at his place, so I have had to adjust to the lack of constant mediocre entertainment. I think I'm over it now but for a while it was sensory underload. Stumble is a great search tool, it usually provides me with entertainment. We have had stuff to do, he has the complete arrested development series, so we've been watching that (funny shit, I recommend it to anybody and everybody) we have similar interests, cooking music etc etc so that keeps us pretty busy. He's got a cool park right by his place too, so we go there and fool around sometimes (no not like that, thats weird) funny, we always end up going to big lots and target on the weekend. its just our usual routine. go figure. I prefer to be with someone who I can spend a lot of time with, but not in an 'in your face' kind of way. I'm low-maintenance, and I like someone who is the same way. We had crepes this morning, they were awesome. Asparagus and halloumi cheese...yum...oh made a few sweet ones as well, although I have to say the savory ones had a certain zing to them. They would have been better with some sort of hollandaise sauce, but were good as they were. anyways, I should jump in the shower, wheeeeeee. Oh he has a blog, I recommend it for further reading, he is a good blogger. He responded to my 'real people' blog, you can get to it from there..

nice

its nice to have found someone who likes so many of the same interests I do...such that i can pretty much just be myself, and not have to change what i do. I just do it with him around. awesome. the trimester is almost ever, I need to have EXTREEEME fun over april break, as it will probably my last break for a very long time. I have the random desire to live in a place where one can grow lemon trees, but maybe I'll just have to live with a green house with which to grow one's own lemons indoors. or something.

on occasion

every once in a while, an 'aha' moment hits you. things are visible in a new light, never (hopefully) to be the same. I had extremely vivid dreams last night, and I think I figured out a lot of things...I know, strange to have revelations in one sleep. I actually think thats why we dream, to kind of sum up everything that happened in our mind, and make sense out of it. Sometimes dreams don't make sense, maybe thats our brain's interpretation of the days events. Often non-sensical, but they are what they are. Anyways, last night my brain was summarizing my time in seneca falls. That is good, summarizing means moving on. What a strange time. I was looking at pictures on facebook last night...people hanging out through the tris, some things I was at (halloween parties) other I was not (random wine tours, etc.) I saw some pics of the 3rd tri coat-burning party, man that lake is beautiful. Not enough to get me to stay around the area, but it was beautiful. Anyways, I think I enjoy events more after the fact, thinking about what happened, then I do at the actual location. I'm usually not very 'into' events as they occur, I prefer to sit back and watch..and then will think about them later on, and enjoy them from afar. Anyways, things are a little more sorted for me now, which is a good thing.

usually dont..

I usually dont post stuff like this, but I liked it. so here we go.

21 Suggestions for Success

By H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
2. Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent.
3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.
6. Be generous.
7. Have a grateful heart.
8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.
9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.
10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.
12. Commit yourself to quality.
13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
14. Be loyal.
15. Be honest.
16. Be a self-starter.
17. Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.
18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
20. Take good care of those you love.
21. Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make your Mom proud.

omfg

kevin made an orange meringue pie...it was delicious! My favorite kind of pie is lemon meringue, but this one is a serious contender. the recipe needs a bit of tweaking, maybe a orange-flavored gram cracker crust, or a thinner crust of some sort, and it needed more orangey filling, and it would have been outta this world! It was delicious as it was though, I caught maself a pie-making fool. I think he mentioned making a blueberry meringue pie in honor of my homeland, I am excited to see how it turns out..

real people

So strange to realize the fact that some people just...arent...real. I mean they exist and live, but as far as being actual living breathing human beings, it just seems like there are empty shells walking along..no personality, noone to really care about, they just exist for the sake of existing. I wonder how people get to be that way. I remember when I was young, I watched some scary cartoon movie. Or it could have been a dream I had once, or maybe a scary movie that I subsequently had a dream about. anyways, at one point in this movie/dream/both, I remember people turning into stone and become part of a wall, because of some evil force or something..and I think these individuals are kind of like that. they have turned to stone because of something in their life that has negatively impacted their reality. I dunno, maybe they think they're living for real, but I think its not exactly like that. Anyways, just a random thought