Goodbye, Mitch ole buddy

(warning: Lent is over
and the cussing has resumed.
This post will contain more bad words than any other.)


Another legend,
gone.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/11279978.htm

If you knew him not,
you should have.
He was funny as hell.
Most of which is related to inflection and meter.
And he was a Minnesotan.
I will miss him.


"I want to be a racecar passenger -- just a guy who bugs the driver.
Can I turn on the radio?
Why do we have to keep driving in circles?
You really like Tide."

"I can't tell you what hotel I'm staying at,
but there are two trees involved.
They said 'Let's call this hotel something-tree.'
So they had a meeting. It was quite short.
'Tree?' 'Unh uh.'
'Double tree?' 'Hell yeah! Meeting adjourned!'
'Damn, I had my heart set on quadruple tree. Well we were almost there!'"

"They say the recipe for Sprite is lemon and lime.
I tried to make it at home
and there's something more to it.
'Want some more homemade Sprite?'
'Not til you find out what the hell else is in it!'"

"I order club sandwiches all the time.
I don't know how.
I'm not even in the club..."

"I saw this wino.
He was eating grapes.
I was like, 'Dude,
you have to wait.'"

"With a stoplight,
red means stop, yellow means slow down, and green means go.
With bananas, it's just the opposite.
Yellow means go, green means hold on,
and red means 'Where the fuck did you get that banana?'"

"I went to a doctor.
All he did was suck blood from my neck.
Don't go to Doctor Acula."


If you love Mitch, prove it.
I aced this quiz. 100%
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=83923


"If I'm ever in here buying nine apples, fuckin' bag em up!"

"That's a clever chocolate saving technique!"

"This bedroom has an oven in it!"

"That's a fresher. I'm going on break!"

"I'm not into sports. I mean I like gatorade, but that's about it."

"Snap Krackle Mitch and Pop. 'How the fuck did he do that?' In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and I know Krackle."

Filling Space

This post is to physically separate the Bible verse
and the cussing that is to ensue.

Ha!
Note my eclectic nature!

Also, I pretty much got a
non-nannying
summer job today.
Rock on.

Remembered

Spider reminded me of a verse Joy and I wrote on a gift we gave him.



"Your life in Christ makes you strong, and his love comforts you. You have fellowship with the Spirit, and you have kindness and compassion for one another."
-- Philippians 2:1 (TEV)



Evidently, this is quite the slanted version of this verse, and it is quite different in other translations. (TEV isn't really a translation...) But I like this way best.

insights

the Z-pak is wonderful
I can breathe mostly

if I had no planner
I would be freer
because I would forget a lot of stuff

I am glad to have my car back
but there was something special about driving the minivan

the hunt for a future home and job is so on

girl scout cookies are delicious
i must start working out
perhaps MWF mornings

it is late and I am tired

rock on

oy with the poodles already!

so everytime i get sick
i wait a couple days
to see if it is just the sniffles
or if it will go away
and then
when i am completely miserable
i get a doctor's appointment
usually for the next day
when i get to the doctor
i am not congested
i am not coughing
my throat is barely sore
my nose is not running

i have an appointment in half an hour
i have been miserable for days
unable to sit through an entire class without
leaving to blow my nose
(ew, i know)
and now
i can mostly breathe

what the heck
at least i can ask for migraine medicine

Hymns I picked for folks to sing*

at my devotion for the prospective US-2s on Saturday morning:

Lord of the Dance
It's Me, It's Me (Standing in the Need of Prayer)
Freely, Freely
Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Here I am, Lord (obligatory service song)
Sanctuary (3 times, GC style)


* Yes, I am a hymn dork.
Yes, I have my own UMC hymnal.
with my name on it.
And I sometimes turn off the car radio
and sing hymns at the top of my lungs.

Adventures Abundant

What a week.
(and a half, really)
In bullet points.

ATL:
margarita bash
visit from my love
mucho Duke basketball
Church nursery
greek pre-bday dinner for 10

NYC:
1st class flight -- happy birthday to me!
ethiopian dinner, Altar Boyz
interfaith dialogue
St. Pauls by WTC
Grace Deli lunch
Islamic cultural center
Amateur Night at the Apollo
UN tour
dinner with aunt
St. Pat's drinks with Spider
US-2 interviews
devotion/"Beth gets to pick lots of hymns for folks to sing"
Union Square
H&M
taxis and subway
mucho walking

Return to the ATL:
2 flights
coach
migraine
no studying done
swimming dots before my eyes
willy's super taco
bed

mildly postponed:
OT test
CT essay
breathing

yesterday:
pjs all day
showered
back in pjs

today:
at some point my watch stopped running
and my nose started.
ew. (bet you didn't want to know that. me either!)
dinner = kick @$$ soup i made.

rock on.
busy.
tired.
Spring Break?
do you see a break?
adventures abundant indeed.

a birthday picture with US-2 girls 

Older

I am now in my late 20s.
At least I will be at 7:14am central time.

Happy Birthday to Me.
Rock on.

Faux-berry

you know when you love a band
forever
and then they get popular
and their music is crap?
or when your childhood hero
sells out and is on Surreal Life?
and you're just so disappointed
because it's like they let you down
by not maintaining their old standards...

well
here i am
eating a "strawberry" fruit rollup
that has not a bit of strawberry in it.
the main ingredient?
pears.
evidently pears are the new strawberries.

i ate the first one
and it tasted different
tangy-er.
i had noticed the familiar strawberry seeds missing
several boxes ago
but just let myself believe
that they got better blenders.
but with the tangy-ness
i checked the box
and no strawberries are in the rollup.

dismay. shock. horror. woe.
nostalgia for days of rollups with seeds
and appropriately labeled fruit...

4 pages to write

and I can't make myself do it.
I have read my friends' blogs.
I have checked and rechecked my email.
I went out to dinner.
I have played spider solitaire.
I printed out all my itineraries for my trip to NYC next week.
I watched the O.C.

Here's what I have to do:

type a page I already have written

skim 3 chapters on faith and health and write 2 simple pages

read another article

write a one page colloquy paper

Here's the ever-present question:
Does this really matter?
If I read these chapters about faith and health
and healing in the New Testament,
is that somehow going to help the guy I talked to
at The Carptenter's House last night
get medical attention without hours and days and lifetimes in the ER?
Is this going to give people choices,
real choices that are distinct and personal,
not "choices" limited by their social or economic status?
Is this going to help churches be more accessible for people with disabilities,
more willing to advocate for better healthcare for their members,
more able to address the needs for healing and wholeness
that seem to be engulfing people,
more willing to just stand beside people as they try to make sense
of their bodies shutting down or relearning daily tasks?

I hope the answer is yes, one day.
But we have not gotten to that point in the class
where we discuss practical application
of the terminology and models and charts and analysis.

Ah, back to work...

Some Lists

all lists are in no particular order, and are at least slightly ridiculous

Top 5 movies I'd rather watch right now than read about faith and health:
(limited to movies I own)
1. Much Ado About Nothing (Branagh version)
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. Legally Blonde
4. Empire Records
5. Son In Law

My 5 favorite desserts:
1. Rice Krispy Bars
2. Chocolate Chip Cookies (not pre-made store bought)
3. Cheesecake with Strawberries (no whipped cream!)
4. Haystacks
5. Strawberry Shortcake

Places I want to visit in the not too distant future:
(limited to places I've never been)
1. Italy
2. Greece
3. California
4. Australia
5. Hawaii
oooh, there are so many more...

Furniture I personally own:
(though I only bought the bed and one bookshelf new)
1. Bed
2. Dresser and nightstand set
3. 2 bookshelves
4. 2 desks
5. Small couch

Top 5 ways I like chicken prepared:
(limited to white meat)
1. Chicken florentine, accompanied by pasta with light white sauce
2. Grilled, on kabobs or just seasoned
3. BBQ
4. in my mom's Wild Rice Soup
5. Fettucine Alfredo with Chicken, and frequently broccoli

ROBIN HAD HER BABY!!!!!

And I want to go meet her!