Why is it that people assume that when someone is single that they must be depressed? I don't get this, it's like they can't even fathom that maybe I choose to be single right now. I am very happy with who I am and I am ok with being single. Even if I maybe never get married or have kids... that's ok. I'm not saying I don't want these things but rather, if it happens it happens, if it doesn't it doesn't.
But yet, I can't go to a party without someone asking are you married? 'No'. Are you seeing anyone? 'No'. Which seem like harmless questions and they are when they aren't followed with 'well that's okay' or 'don't worry, you'll find someone'. Yeah, thanks for your back-handed compliment, but I'm really ok, and not all that worried about it. Just because you have someone doesn't mean that you will live happily ever after.
I've had a few serious relationships, hell, I was engaged at one point, but I'm not going to settle. I know myself very well now and I know what I can and cannot compromise on, and I'm not going to settle for anything less. I deserve something great, when and if it comes my way I'll know it. My standards aren't high, they are quite attainable but I will never be in a relationship longer than it's shelf life because I am afraid to be alone. Main reason being - I'm not afraid to be alone.
I almost feel sorry for some of the people I know that when their husband goes out of town they want a friend to come over and stay the night because they are too afraid to be by themselves. I don't understand this. Now some nay sayers might say ' she's never been in love', oh yes I have. But I feel even in the best of relationships, people need their space. I enjoy being alone with my thoughts sometimes, or taking that opportunity to read a book, or watch the sunset, or even take a nap.
So in short, if you run across someone and you ask if they are seeing anyone and they say 'No' don't feel sorry for them, just smile and ask what they've been up to!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Profound
A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:
'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'
He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:
'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion'.
I still think those words changed my life.
Now I read more and clean less.
I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.
I spend more time with my family, and less at work..
I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day... I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if i feel like it.
I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Someday...' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.. I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends. She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.
Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one.
'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'
He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:
'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion'.
I still think those words changed my life.
Now I read more and clean less.
I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.
I spend more time with my family, and less at work..
I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day... I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if i feel like it.
I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Someday...' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.. I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends. She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.
Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Favorite Quotes
"Not all scars show. Not all wounds heal. Sometimes you can't always see the pain someone feels."
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain."
"Unguarded strength is a double weakness"
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain."
"Unguarded strength is a double weakness"
The End is near
Two of my very close friends are going through a divorce... they have been married for 20 years and he has been having an affair with another married woman for at least the past few months... my heart is broken for both of them and for my hope of the happily ever after...
You see if these two couldn't make it work... then I'm afraid there isn't much hope for the rest of us. Sad but true... I have grown up and been surrounded by people who never truly followed their wedding vows because apparently when you stand up in front of family and friends and pledge to love this person in sickness and in health and 'till death do us part... what you really mean is in good times maybe bad if they aren't too bad... in sickness only if it's the sniffles and in good health, and until I stop loving you or find someone better...
They were one of the few couples that I have known that have been together for 20 years and still went on dates and so obviously carried a torch for the other still... it was inspiring... something I desperately wanted... or so I thought.
Now I grant you know one knows what love is like behind closed doors unless you are one of them, but they seemed so happy and it didn't appear to just be on the surface... it appeared genuine and true, but maybe it was just that an illusion or maybe it really was that way until the clause in the vows came into effect... until I find someone better.
Makes you sad...
It's also incredibly difficult being friends with both, because people seem to be picking sides you can't be on both it's just one or the other... I'm trying to stay over here in Switzerland... she is absolutely heart broken, didn't see it coming and is now completely devastated. He won't really talk to anyone about anything so no one really knows how he's feeling... I almost can't say I blame him... he's probably embarrassed and depending on how you feel about marriage he did or didn't do the right thing... I've always been conflicted on marriage, I don't think you should stay if you don't love that person anymore it's not far to anyone. My issue is more with the words that are said in the vows, to me they seem incredibly unrealistic.
I'm trying to be there for her and for him at the same time... but it's challenging... I love them both and want both of them to get through this... I've known him longer but I care for them equally and I don't want either to feel that I'm taking sides... I just feel like I'm at a standstill... I'm not sure how she's going to get past this... even with all the people that care about her so much being there for... I suppose time will tell.
You see if these two couldn't make it work... then I'm afraid there isn't much hope for the rest of us. Sad but true... I have grown up and been surrounded by people who never truly followed their wedding vows because apparently when you stand up in front of family and friends and pledge to love this person in sickness and in health and 'till death do us part... what you really mean is in good times maybe bad if they aren't too bad... in sickness only if it's the sniffles and in good health, and until I stop loving you or find someone better...
They were one of the few couples that I have known that have been together for 20 years and still went on dates and so obviously carried a torch for the other still... it was inspiring... something I desperately wanted... or so I thought.
Now I grant you know one knows what love is like behind closed doors unless you are one of them, but they seemed so happy and it didn't appear to just be on the surface... it appeared genuine and true, but maybe it was just that an illusion or maybe it really was that way until the clause in the vows came into effect... until I find someone better.
Makes you sad...
It's also incredibly difficult being friends with both, because people seem to be picking sides you can't be on both it's just one or the other... I'm trying to stay over here in Switzerland... she is absolutely heart broken, didn't see it coming and is now completely devastated. He won't really talk to anyone about anything so no one really knows how he's feeling... I almost can't say I blame him... he's probably embarrassed and depending on how you feel about marriage he did or didn't do the right thing... I've always been conflicted on marriage, I don't think you should stay if you don't love that person anymore it's not far to anyone. My issue is more with the words that are said in the vows, to me they seem incredibly unrealistic.
I'm trying to be there for her and for him at the same time... but it's challenging... I love them both and want both of them to get through this... I've known him longer but I care for them equally and I don't want either to feel that I'm taking sides... I just feel like I'm at a standstill... I'm not sure how she's going to get past this... even with all the people that care about her so much being there for... I suppose time will tell.
Bucket List
En light of my epiphany the other night and feeling as though I have so many things I want to do... I have decided to start a bucket list of things I want to do, places I want to see and people I want to meet before my demise...
1. Backpack through Eastern Europe
2. Visit family in Germany
3. Travel to Australia see the opera house, Sydney and the Great Outback
4. Travel to Africa
5. Always keep improving and learning new things
6. Be a good friend
7. Be a good listener
8. Buy a house (done)
9. Don't focus too much on negative things
10. Get out of debt
11. No regrets
12. Be a person to be proud of
13. See the Grand Canyon
14. Be healthy
15. Keep secrets
16. Learn something new every day
17. Never be ashamed of who I am
18. Travel to New Zealand
19. Get nursing degree
20. Remember birthdays and anniversaries
21. Spend more time with family
22. Take time for friends
23. Travel to Thailand
(To be continued...)
1. Backpack through Eastern Europe
2. Visit family in Germany
3. Travel to Australia see the opera house, Sydney and the Great Outback
4. Travel to Africa
5. Always keep improving and learning new things
6. Be a good friend
7. Be a good listener
8. Buy a house (done)
9. Don't focus too much on negative things
10. Get out of debt
11. No regrets
12. Be a person to be proud of
13. See the Grand Canyon
14. Be healthy
15. Keep secrets
16. Learn something new every day
17. Never be ashamed of who I am
18. Travel to New Zealand
19. Get nursing degree
20. Remember birthdays and anniversaries
21. Spend more time with family
22. Take time for friends
23. Travel to Thailand
(To be continued...)
Catching up with old friends...
A friend of mine was in town this weekend from Portland, and I was able to get the night off and hang out with her. In hanging out with her I got to see some other old friends from High School too. We had a blast telling stories and catching up. Then in listening to some of their stories I started to get jealous. Here we all are nearly 30, and I thought I was doing good, I'm building a life for myself... I just bought a house, I have a great job, that I love and have been doing for the past 7 years. I'm thinking about going back to school and getting my nursing degree... then in dawned on me... I've been BUILDING a life... they've been LIVING a life!
They've all traveled all over the world, and been to all kinds of concerts and gotten to see some of the best bands in the world at some of the best places... and what have I been doing... WORKING?!?!?! Granted most of them barely have a dime to their name... but how incredible is that... one friend lived in Guatemala for a year! He was completely immersed in their culture for an entire year! That's incredible! I've done some traveling but there are still so many places I want to see and things I want to do! They've lived their life the way I've always wanted... one day at a time... embrace each day as though it's your last! Who cares about tomorrow, I'll worry about it if I wake up then...
Makes you think...
They've all traveled all over the world, and been to all kinds of concerts and gotten to see some of the best bands in the world at some of the best places... and what have I been doing... WORKING?!?!?! Granted most of them barely have a dime to their name... but how incredible is that... one friend lived in Guatemala for a year! He was completely immersed in their culture for an entire year! That's incredible! I've done some traveling but there are still so many places I want to see and things I want to do! They've lived their life the way I've always wanted... one day at a time... embrace each day as though it's your last! Who cares about tomorrow, I'll worry about it if I wake up then...
Makes you think...
Friday, April 17, 2009
Mitch All Together - Mitch Hedberg
My 2nd favorite comedian...
Mitch All Together
I was gonna get a candy bar; the button I was supposed to push was "HH", so I went to the side, I found the "H" button, I pushed it twice. Fuckin' potato chips came out, man, 'cause they had a "HH" button, for Christ's sakes! You need to let me know. I'm not familiar with the concept of "HH". I did not learn my AA-BB-CC's. God god, dammit dammit.
Imagine being killed by a bow and arrow. That would suck. An arrow killed you, they would never solve the crime. "Look at that dead guy. Let's go that way."
(Talking about his drink) Look at all the limes in this god damn thing! This fuckin' thing is tropical! Look at the limes, how they float. That's good news. Next time I'm on a boat and it capsizes, I will reach for a lime. Like I'll be water-skiing without a life preserver, people will say "What the hell?" and I'll pull out a lime. I'm saved by the buoyancy of citrus."
Fish are always eating other fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as shit. You would not want to submerge your head, nothing but fish going "Ahhh, fuck! I thought I looked like that rock!"
I can't tell you what hotel I'm stayin' in, but I can say that there are two trees involved. They said, "Let's call this hotel "Something...Tree", so they had a meeting; it was quite short. "How 'bout Tree?" "No, Double Tree." "Hell yeah! Meeting adjourned! I had my heart set on "Quadruple Tree"... damn it, we were almost there!"
Is a hippopotamus really a hippopotamus or just a really cool opotamus?
I tried to walk into Target, but I missed.
See, this CD is in stores. The only way I could get my last CD into a store was to take one in there and leave it. "Sir, you forgot this!" "No, I did not. That is for 'sale'. Please alphabetize 'it'."
I don't have a microwave oven but I do have a clock that occasionally cooks shit.
We're gonna have to sweeten some of these jokes. That's a showbiz term for "Add sugar to".
I want to hang a map of the world in my house then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've travelled to. But first I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down.
Hey, this joke's on the first CD, but I added a new line so I can't fuckin' rob you of this one: I got an ant farm but them 'fellas didn't grow shit. I said "C'mon, what about some celery? You fuckers don't farm; plus, if I tore your legs off you would look like snowmen." That's the new part.
I didn't go to college but if I did I would've taken all my tests at a restaurant 'cause "The customer's always right."
"I've got an oscillating fan at my house. The fan goes back and forth. It looks like the fan is saying "No". So I like to ask it questions that a fan would say no to. Do you keep my hair in place? Do you keep my documents in order? Do you have three settings? Liar! My fan fucking lied to me. Now I will pull the pin up. Now you ain't sayin' shit."
If you find yourself lost in the woods, fuck it, build a house. Well, I was lost but now I live here. I have severely improved my predicament.
I just bought a 2-bedroom house, but I think I get to decide how many bedrooms there are, don't you? "Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom is a.k.a. a hallway. This bedroom's over in that guy's house! Sir, you have one of my bedrooms, are you aware? Don't decorate it."
I was walking by a dry cleaner at 3 a.m., and it said "Sorry, we're closed." You don't have to be sorry. It's 3 a.m., and you're a dry cleaner. It would be ridiculous for me to expect you to be open. I'm not gonna walk by at ten and say, "Hey, I walked by at three, you guys were closed. Someone owes me an apology. This jacket would be halfway done!"
I had this parrot. The parrot talked, but it did not say "I'm hungry." So it died.
I saw this commercial on late night TV, it was for this thing you attach to a garden hose, it was like "You can water your hard-to-reach plants with this product." Who the fuck would make their plants hard to reach? That seems so very mean."
I order the club sandwich all the time, but I'm not even a member, man. I don't know how I get away with it.
I went to a pizzeria, I ordered a slice of pizza, the fucker gave me the smallest slice possible. If the pizza was a pie chart for what people would do if they found a million dollars, the fucker gave me the "donate it to charity" slice. I would like to exchange this for the "keep it!"
I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "Dude, you have to wait."
When I play the South, they say "y'all" in the South. They take out the "O" and the "U". So when I'm in the South I try to talk like that so people understand me. "Hello, can I have a bowl of chicken noodle s-p? Come on, I'm in the South, you understand. I mean I'm in the S-th, and I want some s-p!" "I stubbed my toe, -ch!" "I need to lay down on the c-ch!" "I need to get the fuck -t of the S-th!"
I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.
You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later.
Vending machines are big part of my life, I like when you reach into the vending machine to grab your candy bar and that flap goes up to block you from reaching up, that's a good invention, before that it was hard times for the vending machine owners, "What candy bar are you getting?", "That one, and every one on the bottom row!"
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch All Together
I was gonna get a candy bar; the button I was supposed to push was "HH", so I went to the side, I found the "H" button, I pushed it twice. Fuckin' potato chips came out, man, 'cause they had a "HH" button, for Christ's sakes! You need to let me know. I'm not familiar with the concept of "HH". I did not learn my AA-BB-CC's. God god, dammit dammit.
Imagine being killed by a bow and arrow. That would suck. An arrow killed you, they would never solve the crime. "Look at that dead guy. Let's go that way."
(Talking about his drink) Look at all the limes in this god damn thing! This fuckin' thing is tropical! Look at the limes, how they float. That's good news. Next time I'm on a boat and it capsizes, I will reach for a lime. Like I'll be water-skiing without a life preserver, people will say "What the hell?" and I'll pull out a lime. I'm saved by the buoyancy of citrus."
Fish are always eating other fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as shit. You would not want to submerge your head, nothing but fish going "Ahhh, fuck! I thought I looked like that rock!"
I can't tell you what hotel I'm stayin' in, but I can say that there are two trees involved. They said, "Let's call this hotel "Something...Tree", so they had a meeting; it was quite short. "How 'bout Tree?" "No, Double Tree." "Hell yeah! Meeting adjourned! I had my heart set on "Quadruple Tree"... damn it, we were almost there!"
Is a hippopotamus really a hippopotamus or just a really cool opotamus?
I tried to walk into Target, but I missed.
See, this CD is in stores. The only way I could get my last CD into a store was to take one in there and leave it. "Sir, you forgot this!" "No, I did not. That is for 'sale'. Please alphabetize 'it'."
I don't have a microwave oven but I do have a clock that occasionally cooks shit.
We're gonna have to sweeten some of these jokes. That's a showbiz term for "Add sugar to".
I want to hang a map of the world in my house then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've travelled to. But first I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down.
Hey, this joke's on the first CD, but I added a new line so I can't fuckin' rob you of this one: I got an ant farm but them 'fellas didn't grow shit. I said "C'mon, what about some celery? You fuckers don't farm; plus, if I tore your legs off you would look like snowmen." That's the new part.
I didn't go to college but if I did I would've taken all my tests at a restaurant 'cause "The customer's always right."
"I've got an oscillating fan at my house. The fan goes back and forth. It looks like the fan is saying "No". So I like to ask it questions that a fan would say no to. Do you keep my hair in place? Do you keep my documents in order? Do you have three settings? Liar! My fan fucking lied to me. Now I will pull the pin up. Now you ain't sayin' shit."
If you find yourself lost in the woods, fuck it, build a house. Well, I was lost but now I live here. I have severely improved my predicament.
I just bought a 2-bedroom house, but I think I get to decide how many bedrooms there are, don't you? "Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom is a.k.a. a hallway. This bedroom's over in that guy's house! Sir, you have one of my bedrooms, are you aware? Don't decorate it."
I was walking by a dry cleaner at 3 a.m., and it said "Sorry, we're closed." You don't have to be sorry. It's 3 a.m., and you're a dry cleaner. It would be ridiculous for me to expect you to be open. I'm not gonna walk by at ten and say, "Hey, I walked by at three, you guys were closed. Someone owes me an apology. This jacket would be halfway done!"
I had this parrot. The parrot talked, but it did not say "I'm hungry." So it died.
I saw this commercial on late night TV, it was for this thing you attach to a garden hose, it was like "You can water your hard-to-reach plants with this product." Who the fuck would make their plants hard to reach? That seems so very mean."
I order the club sandwich all the time, but I'm not even a member, man. I don't know how I get away with it.
I went to a pizzeria, I ordered a slice of pizza, the fucker gave me the smallest slice possible. If the pizza was a pie chart for what people would do if they found a million dollars, the fucker gave me the "donate it to charity" slice. I would like to exchange this for the "keep it!"
I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "Dude, you have to wait."
When I play the South, they say "y'all" in the South. They take out the "O" and the "U". So when I'm in the South I try to talk like that so people understand me. "Hello, can I have a bowl of chicken noodle s-p? Come on, I'm in the South, you understand. I mean I'm in the S-th, and I want some s-p!" "I stubbed my toe, -ch!" "I need to lay down on the c-ch!" "I need to get the fuck -t of the S-th!"
I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.
You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later.
Vending machines are big part of my life, I like when you reach into the vending machine to grab your candy bar and that flap goes up to block you from reaching up, that's a good invention, before that it was hard times for the vending machine owners, "What candy bar are you getting?", "That one, and every one on the bottom row!"
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
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