~ the evolution of dreams ~
December 31, 2007,2:32 p.m.
2007 - staying connected
note:
i’m just going to do a few categories that appealed to me. if you want to use some for yourself go ahead; but make some up too as you go!
best & worst moments of 2007
to be completely honest, i’ve had a really rough go of it since 2004. that said, i think and hope that all the shit i’ve been dealing with has culminated in 2007. i have to say in terms of difficulty, personal hardship, and incredibly unpleasant lessons to learn, 2007 rocked it. the year has also forced me to grow into a person who is not only tested in her strength, resolve, and integrity in many ways, but someone who is learning to trust herself and discover her inner strength and steel. this isn’t to say i’m inflexible – more that i have really plunged into the gray of relationships, the sheer complexity and sometimes unreachable distances people can go. as cary tennis says, sometimes you simply have to learn that people who are close to you in terms of blood are not your kind of people. if you’re by the grand canyon, they’re on the other side of the grand canyon. a little dot, on the other side of the canyon. they can’t hear or see you. and that’s totally ok.
best moments: reconnecting with a very special old friend; starting ballet classes again; and marrying t. even if it did happen under duress and against both of our families’ wishes. standing up and getting married to each other in spite of all the shit that was going on was a moment of deep courage and commitment for the two of us. and i have to recognize and give homage to that. we love each other, and we are true to each other. that is all that matters; we have the ability to stand in the face of unbelievable opposition and say, no. we are better than this. and because we know better, we will do what is right for us. marrying t was the scariest, hardest, and most beautiful moment of my life.
worst moment (and also, best): realizing that i was such a threat to myself that i needed to do therapy or check into a hospital. i got therapy. it’s saving my life.
christmas 2007
tony and i celebrated christmas at our own new home this year. that was hard, not being in a family for that time; but we had each other, and two dear friends over to celebrate with us. we made stuffed turkey breasts that turned out really well (our first roast!!), cranberry sauce, gravy, potatoes, veggies, and a lovely red wine. one of our friends brought a scrumptious pecan pie for dessert that he made from scratch (pecan pie is my favourite!!!) i was so full afterwards i could barely eat the next day ☺
2007 in general
i’ll get some pics of our new place up once it’s clean and we’ve a bookshelf to unpack all the books into ☺ i love our new home; it has a dishwasher and washer/dryer ensuite and i feel like i’m in a hotel. a very nice, long-term stay in a hotel. i love it!!
dancing has been the most joyous time of my life this year. i’ve been taking lessons at the national ballet school and i have never been so happy as when i’m in ballet class ☺ just thinking about it makes me want to grin, cry, and jump up and down at the same time ☺
discovering grey’s anatomy was a fabulous thing this year – the writing strike sucks for us, but i totally support them. i hope they get things resolved; but i kind of suspect the next episode is going to be the final one for this season.
it’s new year’s eve my dear girls, and tomorrow it’s 2008. i wish every single one of you a magical evening with loved ones and your favourite drink (whether it’s mulled apple cider or a cosmo martini ☺) to ring in the new year. my thoughts and love go out to you tonight and i hope that the next year is much, much lovelier than the last.
guess what – i’m getting better at the left-right thing with my hands. it still throws me once in a while but there’s been progress!!!!
love,
sappho
i’m just going to do a few categories that appealed to me. if you want to use some for yourself go ahead; but make some up too as you go!
best & worst moments of 2007
to be completely honest, i’ve had a really rough go of it since 2004. that said, i think and hope that all the shit i’ve been dealing with has culminated in 2007. i have to say in terms of difficulty, personal hardship, and incredibly unpleasant lessons to learn, 2007 rocked it. the year has also forced me to grow into a person who is not only tested in her strength, resolve, and integrity in many ways, but someone who is learning to trust herself and discover her inner strength and steel. this isn’t to say i’m inflexible – more that i have really plunged into the gray of relationships, the sheer complexity and sometimes unreachable distances people can go. as cary tennis says, sometimes you simply have to learn that people who are close to you in terms of blood are not your kind of people. if you’re by the grand canyon, they’re on the other side of the grand canyon. a little dot, on the other side of the canyon. they can’t hear or see you. and that’s totally ok.
best moments: reconnecting with a very special old friend; starting ballet classes again; and marrying t. even if it did happen under duress and against both of our families’ wishes. standing up and getting married to each other in spite of all the shit that was going on was a moment of deep courage and commitment for the two of us. and i have to recognize and give homage to that. we love each other, and we are true to each other. that is all that matters; we have the ability to stand in the face of unbelievable opposition and say, no. we are better than this. and because we know better, we will do what is right for us. marrying t was the scariest, hardest, and most beautiful moment of my life.
worst moment (and also, best): realizing that i was such a threat to myself that i needed to do therapy or check into a hospital. i got therapy. it’s saving my life.
christmas 2007
tony and i celebrated christmas at our own new home this year. that was hard, not being in a family for that time; but we had each other, and two dear friends over to celebrate with us. we made stuffed turkey breasts that turned out really well (our first roast!!), cranberry sauce, gravy, potatoes, veggies, and a lovely red wine. one of our friends brought a scrumptious pecan pie for dessert that he made from scratch (pecan pie is my favourite!!!) i was so full afterwards i could barely eat the next day ☺
2007 in general
i’ll get some pics of our new place up once it’s clean and we’ve a bookshelf to unpack all the books into ☺ i love our new home; it has a dishwasher and washer/dryer ensuite and i feel like i’m in a hotel. a very nice, long-term stay in a hotel. i love it!!
dancing has been the most joyous time of my life this year. i’ve been taking lessons at the national ballet school and i have never been so happy as when i’m in ballet class ☺ just thinking about it makes me want to grin, cry, and jump up and down at the same time ☺
discovering grey’s anatomy was a fabulous thing this year – the writing strike sucks for us, but i totally support them. i hope they get things resolved; but i kind of suspect the next episode is going to be the final one for this season.
it’s new year’s eve my dear girls, and tomorrow it’s 2008. i wish every single one of you a magical evening with loved ones and your favourite drink (whether it’s mulled apple cider or a cosmo martini ☺) to ring in the new year. my thoughts and love go out to you tonight and i hope that the next year is much, much lovelier than the last.
guess what – i’m getting better at the left-right thing with my hands. it still throws me once in a while but there’s been progress!!!!
love,
sappho
Labels: staying connected
December 21, 2007,12:05 p.m.
website design
10 great website designs/redesigns (on webware.com)
i'm trying to get on pownce, it looks like fun. also, i redesigned my twitter page!
i'm trying to get on pownce, it looks like fun. also, i redesigned my twitter page!
Labels: links
December 20, 2007,10:41 a.m.
of interest
top 10 stories you missed in 2007 - foreignpolicy.com (via kottke.org)
it's worth reading every one. especially the last one.
it's worth reading every one. especially the last one.
Labels: links
December 14, 2007,9:40 p.m.
reminder
hey. yup, you guys:
spart
c
tulip
hana-bear
guess what....
on december 31 it will be time for the 2007 edition of staying connected. if ya don't remember what i'm talkin' about, this'll jog yer memory.
don't know why i went all hick there for a sec.
;)
suggestions for our categories (and the ones we want to keep from last year) in the comments.
spart
c
tulip
hana-bear
guess what....
on december 31 it will be time for the 2007 edition of staying connected. if ya don't remember what i'm talkin' about, this'll jog yer memory.
don't know why i went all hick there for a sec.
;)
suggestions for our categories (and the ones we want to keep from last year) in the comments.
Labels: staying connected
,8:42 p.m.
mew | frengers | and the glass handed kites
i have fallen in love with mew's music. they're a danish band whose musicality, sheer audacity in complex harmonies, intricate melodies, and incredibly poetic lyrics have taken my breath away. i am comforted and provoked by their music; but most of all i love immersing myself in their sound.
frengers is the earlier album of the two mentioned in the title. it's a more traditional album, with each song differentiated from itself by its own unique feel. the continuity of their sound ricochets between soothing, stretched melodies and crisp hammered beats overlaid by jonas bjerre's soaring vocals. the rhythmic beauty of their songs capture you and make me want to dance. i always want to dance. but i REALLY want to dance when i listen to their irresistible songs.
and the glass handed kites is a completely different album from frengers. the philosophy, for one, is a completely different approach - "we wanted it to be one long song" in johan wohlert's words (from their website). just listening to the vocals emerge in circuitry of the wolf gives you shivers. the album's musical complexity is completely amazing. you want to listen to it in one fell swoop - locking yourself away in your favourite place, with your favourite cup of tea, and a window that only shows you the sky. each song is its own entity, serious, beautiful, or hilarious, and yet all the songs are one. you could be listening to the most beautiful treatise a philosopher ever penned - the only other kind of music that made me feel this way was glenn gould's second recording of bach's goldberg variations. give me these three albums on a desert island, gould's variations and mew's frengers and and the glass handed kites, and i could listen to them until i die.
band members
jonas bjerre - vocalist & guitarist
bo madsen - guitarist
silas utke graae jorgenson - drummer
johan wohlert - former bassist
albums
a triumph of man (1997)
half the world is watching me (2000)
frengers (2003)
and the glass handed kites (2005)
band website
mew in wikipedia
link to music video of the zookeeper's boy on youtube
frengers is the earlier album of the two mentioned in the title. it's a more traditional album, with each song differentiated from itself by its own unique feel. the continuity of their sound ricochets between soothing, stretched melodies and crisp hammered beats overlaid by jonas bjerre's soaring vocals. the rhythmic beauty of their songs capture you and make me want to dance. i always want to dance. but i REALLY want to dance when i listen to their irresistible songs.
frengers song tracks
am i wry? no
156
snow brigade
symmetry
behind the drapes
her voice is beyond her years
eight flew over, one was destroyed
she came home for christmas
she spider
comforting sounds
and the glass handed kites is a completely different album from frengers. the philosophy, for one, is a completely different approach - "we wanted it to be one long song" in johan wohlert's words (from their website). just listening to the vocals emerge in circuitry of the wolf gives you shivers. the album's musical complexity is completely amazing. you want to listen to it in one fell swoop - locking yourself away in your favourite place, with your favourite cup of tea, and a window that only shows you the sky. each song is its own entity, serious, beautiful, or hilarious, and yet all the songs are one. you could be listening to the most beautiful treatise a philosopher ever penned - the only other kind of music that made me feel this way was glenn gould's second recording of bach's goldberg variations. give me these three albums on a desert island, gould's variations and mew's frengers and and the glass handed kites, and i could listen to them until i die.
and the glass handed kites song tracks
circuitry of the wolf
chinaberry tree
why are you looking grave?
fox cub
apocalypso
special
the zookeeper's boy
a dark design
saviours of jazz ballet (fear me, december)
an envoy to the open fields
small ambulance
the seething rain weeps for you
white lips kissed
louise louisa
band members
jonas bjerre - vocalist & guitarist
bo madsen - guitarist
silas utke graae jorgenson - drummer
johan wohlert - former bassist
albums
a triumph of man (1997)
half the world is watching me (2000)
frengers (2003)
and the glass handed kites (2005)
band website
mew in wikipedia
link to music video of the zookeeper's boy on youtube
Labels: music
December 7, 2007,1:23 p.m.
the kiss, amongst other things
ok my favourite part of last night's episode, besides the fact it wasn't a rerun? (cue leaps of joy and manic giggling)
meredith telling dr. hahn to shut up. hands down my fave moment EVER. and the look on brooke shield's face afterwards = priceless.
i watched this episode with a friend of mine and tony. at the kiss moment, cue the following:
ALL THREE: OMG/YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING/NOOOOOO! (guess which one was me kekekeke)
ME & FRIEND (call her N):
N: That's so CONTRIVED!
ME: I know: "Rose: I fix computers! Derek: That's so sexy. Let's go find a hotel NOW."
N: It just doesn't work. They have no chemistry!
i totally agree. you can't fake chemistry unfortunately. i wasn't on tenterhooks when derek and rose kissed, i was more like....ew. and believe me, it's not because rose is getting between mer and der. when addy and der kissed they put me on tenterhooks. they had chemistry too. there's just something not working.
and i am already sick of rose's catchphrase "i'm an imperfect person". shut up already!! what's with the writers? they're good. season 1 and season 2 proved it. what happened???
meredith telling dr. hahn to shut up. hands down my fave moment EVER. and the look on brooke shield's face afterwards = priceless.
i watched this episode with a friend of mine and tony. at the kiss moment, cue the following:
ALL THREE: OMG/YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING/NOOOOOO! (guess which one was me kekekeke)
ME & FRIEND (call her N):
N: That's so CONTRIVED!
ME: I know: "Rose: I fix computers! Derek: That's so sexy. Let's go find a hotel NOW."
N: It just doesn't work. They have no chemistry!
i totally agree. you can't fake chemistry unfortunately. i wasn't on tenterhooks when derek and rose kissed, i was more like....ew. and believe me, it's not because rose is getting between mer and der. when addy and der kissed they put me on tenterhooks. they had chemistry too. there's just something not working.
and i am already sick of rose's catchphrase "i'm an imperfect person". shut up already!! what's with the writers? they're good. season 1 and season 2 proved it. what happened???
Labels: grey's anatomy
December 4, 2007,1:12 p.m.
wow
wikipedia controversy. le yikes.
update: sorry about the wrong link, c. it looks like there is some major stuff happening at the higher end of wikipedia. it's very bizarre. if you can't see the article when you click thru the above link, go to digg.com and enter "wikipedia" in the top search bar. the article should be the first digg that comes up.
update: sorry about the wrong link, c. it looks like there is some major stuff happening at the higher end of wikipedia. it's very bizarre. if you can't see the article when you click thru the above link, go to digg.com and enter "wikipedia" in the top search bar. the article should be the first digg that comes up.
Labels: wikipedia