Merry visit!!

My old friend from college, Merry, came to visit us for a few days and just went home this evening.  It was wonderful to have her meet Perrin and see my daughter with my old friend--just really heart warming for some reason.  We all went out to dinner at Watercourse Foods for Tara's birthday.  It is a vegetarian restaurant in downtown Denver with really amusing rabbit art on the walls.  They have seitan wings, that are made of mysterious non-meat meatiness, and are pretty tasty, but the best thing about them is that we decided to call them Satan wings, which gave us a chuckle every time.  We are a simple people.

 

Merry decided to make tutus for Perrin, so off to the fabric store we went to look through all colors of tulle.  She made the cutest little things--they look like a mix between magic, dessert, and an explosion. 

On Thursday we went to play disc golf on this amazing mountain course in Conifer.  At the first hole you throw straight up the mountain side...or off to the side into a bunch of snow...however you want to do it...  We carried Perrin in the backpack, and just took her off when ever we threw.  She enjoyed herself I think, chewing on a stick and watching us play.  She is a pretty good sport, where ever we drag her.  

Merry told us about internet sensation Grumpy Cat, so I just looked him up--damn, that cat is grumpy.  If you are looking for an easy laugh, check it out.  This cat looks how I imagine our Simon cat feels.  We love to give him really cranky internal dialog, as I'm pretty sure he wouldn't deign to speak even if he could.  Mr. Dignified Cat.  You can address him as Sir.

 Puck cat however...

We will end with a little sprinkle of Perrin tutu magical fluffy goodness. 

And...

Blog about blogging...it's so meta

Since starting up this blog again, I have found myself reading more blogs myself.  There is definitely that super self-indulgent/ self-important aspect to blogging, as in, "My life is so interesting that surely people MUST want to know every detail about it."  Some blogs strike me like this- as someone who obviously truly believes that their day to day live is remarkably gripping and very cool.  But what I love is when you stumble upon a good blog and it doesn't even matter what the person's angle is.  It is like seeing into someone's life, looking through their window (not in a creepy way) to see what you would never see if such a medium didn't exist.  

It can act as a reminder that people aren't actually this faceless mass who are all out to get the job I want, to sit right in front of me at the movie theater, or to annoy me by talking loudly on their phones in a public place.  They are people with unique senses of humor, observations, and experiences that can be really interesting and entertaining to hear if you can get past the--you are one of 7 billion people on the planet, what could be worth knowing about you, thing.  This is an important reminder for me, as someone who is typically very cynical and ready to throw the whole human race under the bus in exchange for some peace and the good outdoors.  

Cheap non-related adorable pic of my family, because photos make large blocks of text easier to read.

With med school looming come August, I have been thinking a lot about what our family's life will look like with Joseph in school and then in residency, so I have been looking at some blogs written by medical students and residents for a look at what is to come.  One that I have been reading is Table for One.  She is a Canadian in her residency who writes about being single, food, medicine, and photography.  She is a good writer; I would read about her feeding her cats.  Another that I have been enjoying is A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor.  This one is pretty funny.  It gives me hope that getting Joseph through med school will be HILARIOUS!  


I started writing this post while Perrin sat beside me in her highchair having a little lunch.  She has pretty much blown through every thing I have given her, but I want to continue writing so I keep handing back to her the same gnawed on, falling apart, strawberry over and over to buy some time.  She isn't on to me yet, but she is sure to get wise to her neglect shortly.  

Have a good day out there, and thanks for checking in on my little blog.  It must be a relief to get another post after being up all night just wondering what I might have to say.  He he he--I am very funny.

Get on the bus for human extinction!

Ok, there is an organization out there that I have just heard about that totally indulges my negativity towards the human species. Really it is not a organization in the way of having meetings and a leader and such, but a movement with a looong term specific goal. It's called the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. Their goal is to persuade people to stop breeding in order to reduce and eventually kill off the human race. They aren't a cult; they don't want people to kill others or themselves, just to stop having babies in order to avoid the destruction of earth's ecology.

So to be part of this group you just- decide not to have biological children. It is all so funny and serious at the same time. I mean it is a hysterical proposition to ask people not to make babies- it is instinctual, and it's fun! But also it's the only thing we can do to keep the good ole mother earth and her trees and frogs and waters from going down the toilet.

I feel pretty certain that the humans are going to muck it up in ultimate and permanent proportions- it is just a matter of time. It sounds fatalistic, I know, but I can not see how we all, across the world, can change our life styles in such a drastic way in so short a period of time that it would stop us in our greedy destructive little tracks. People in our government are calling global warming a theory...by the time a majority of the people (or the people with the power) honestly realize that this plane is going down if we don't do something drastic, it is already going to be too late.

I don't think our kids or our great great grandchildren will see the end, but I don't question that we are going to be the species shooting off the farewell fireworks at the end of the story.

Personally, I don't think that there is anything wrong with having your own children. I think it is a forward thinking and good thing to have just one or two, so that way as a couple you are decreasing the population by one, or at least just replacing yourselves. I don't know. It is so easy for me to give up on us, but it's because I believe that we are not any more important than all of the other species that are going extinct regularly under our noses. It seems that evolving consciousness is not so good for you in the long run.

It makes me think how many times I have watched my cat, Simon, sleeping on the floor and wished that like him I didn't know so much. Yes, yes, there are things I love about life as a person. Being in love, laughing with my mom and my sister, eating foods with more than one ingredient...I just wish we didn't have so much power.

Life at arms length

Today was the slowest day at work. I voluntarily organized a drawer of tiny tiny screws and made labels for these screws that will be heeded until about four o'clock tomorrow.


I've realized since Joseph and I have had this computer, I am getting very little reading done. What was once relaxing in the morning with tea and a book is morning with the computer and no tea because the computer sucks me in before I can even heat water or go to the bathroom. This is good and bad. While I feel more connected to family and friends that are far away with email, pictures and maybe this silly blog, I feel a little more disconnected from myself and have to think about not letting it get out of hand. It is so easy to experience everything at arms length; I need to make sure to go outside and have the sun shine in my eyes and be spoken to rudely by strangers in person. I say this while sitting on my couch with the computer on my lap with no plans to do anything tonight. Moderation, moderation.

I have discovered a web site that is great. It is called BookMooch and you can put books you are ready to give away on your list and see others lists and and request books you would like them to send you. It is a great way to pass on books you care for but know you will not read again. I just received my first book last week. It is Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood, one of my favorites. She wrote an amazing post apocalyptic sort of novel recently called Oryx and Crake- both very far out and very real at once. Joseph and I are trying to get rid of books that we aren't in love with before the move because we have boxes and boxes of them and they are so darn heavy.

must abandon computer for nourishment...