i sometimes wish i could be a apart of the international Chick-nuggets addiction but i try to shy away from places that enable and basically promote chubby ways. Oddly enough, this morning i found myself in the lot of McD's in need of something quick and easy...so i thought.
join me as i revisit a somewhat enlightening morning. try to imagine one of the dirtiest men you've ever encountered. have you got him? that image of him in your head? now add about a year's worth of grime and matted, stringy, dusty hair, as if he's been working the mine shafts of the 19th century. add some grayish matter under his nails and work it into the cracks of his aging skin. now, place him on a bench outside your nearest McD's during the wee hours of SoCal's winterish morning chill. here is the when ans where of how i met "mr. man". he looked so...broken, overwhelmed and extremely lonely.
with all the cars in the drive-thru and the line-a-bustlin' inside, i wondered how many people passed him by. ignored him as if he didn't exist looking at their shoes or the door handle or anywhere to put his sad sight out of mind. i wondered if i might do the same and then wondered when his last meal might have been.
i did the sheepish greeting i rarely deliver and asked if he had eaten anything. offered some cash but he said he "was too dirty" and they wouldn't let him in. i thought that was bull and the always useful "i'll make them let him in" but i didn't wanna be extra so i just asked him what he wanted. his request was simple, some lemonade and a sausage biscuit please. i got him the meal and added a what ever cash i had in the bag and kinda waited for an opportunity if he wanted to say anything. i didn't know what else i should or could do. so i told God, "lemme know if i can help any other way??" but the man just said, "thank you," and as i turned to go back inside to get him so napkins or catchup of something." mr. man" was gone. straight peaced. like poof, for real.
he was bare-foot with boots in tow and the breakfast bag in hand, but just disappeared. there wasn't really a corner to stealthily duck behind so i thought it so strange and just figured i really couldn't have done anything else. that was all he needed. I was glad i could help. i later saw him down the road crossing the street just as i had last seen him.
God is...God. just when i was feeling extremely lonely wondering why others around me seem to have some semblance of order and joy in their lives i was reminded of what really matters. the basics. though i have my fleeting woes, things could be so much worse, especially now in our fading economy. I have the basics i have hopes of a brighter future. i have more than 50 percent of the world.
I have: friends,family, a stable-ish income but a family that looks out for me, I'm a proud owner of an insurance policy, a working car, and I belong to a God who has blessed me with all of it and so much more.
I may never sing songs in poppy fields nor ford the alps in glee but i have a cushy life compared to some. I also have hopes that this sappy state won't last forever. and i believe this will prove true in the near foreseeable future. most days i feel that this move was a huge mistake but i'm learning with every smoggy sunset that this part of my life is not about me and my comfort. it's about growing and being more involved in things outside myself. so for now i guess it's okay to be lonely and distant cause God can use me wherever i might be if i'm still willing. right?
Mar 20, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
the british are coming!
i was watching "kings" sunday night, the new NBC series with a biblically inspired story of the rise of King David. I only started about 5 minutes of it (3/4 of the way through) when i was again stung by the british invasion. at least three of the main characters of this show are brits or their cousins. I love the brits probably more than the next "yank" but it's wild!
i know no one cares but it's uncanny how many of today's most saught after tv's stars are british and aussie's.
check it.
kings: Ian Mcshane as "King Silas", "David" an aussi called
Christopher Egan ,
"jack" is romanian but british bred Sebastian Stan,
and "Samuel" is played by Eamonn Walker
er: (Neela), Parminder Kaur Nagra and
aussi David Lyons as "Dr. Simon Brenner"
life: Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews
chuck: Yvonne Strahovski as "Sara Walker"
the mentalist: Simon Baker as Patrick Jane and Owain Yeoman as Wayne Rigsby
dollhouse: main boss Adelle DeWitt as "Olivia Williams" and Aussie Dichen Lachman as "Sierra"
pushing daisies: Anna Louise Friel as "Charlotte"
house: Hugh Laurie as "House", and aussie Jesse Gordon Spence as "Dr. Robert Chase"
lost: too many.
Gossip Girl:
Ed Westwick as chuck
there are many more shows but i follow them less than the one i rarely surf through like lost and er.
i hope you have enjoyed yet another pointless entry.
i know no one cares but it's uncanny how many of today's most saught after tv's stars are british and aussie's.
check it.
kings: Ian Mcshane as "King Silas", "David" an aussi called
Christopher Egan ,
"jack" is romanian but british bred Sebastian Stan,
and "Samuel" is played by Eamonn Walker
er: (Neela), Parminder Kaur Nagra and
aussi David Lyons as "Dr. Simon Brenner"
life: Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews
chuck: Yvonne Strahovski as "Sara Walker"
the mentalist: Simon Baker as Patrick Jane and Owain Yeoman as Wayne Rigsby
dollhouse: main boss Adelle DeWitt as "Olivia Williams" and Aussie Dichen Lachman as "Sierra"
pushing daisies: Anna Louise Friel as "Charlotte"
house: Hugh Laurie as "House", and aussie Jesse Gordon Spence as "Dr. Robert Chase"
lost: too many.
Gossip Girl:
Ed Westwick as chuck
there are many more shows but i follow them less than the one i rarely surf through like lost and er.
i hope you have enjoyed yet another pointless entry.
Mar 13, 2009
gv earrings
okay it's about that time for me to just post random stuff.
here's what's up with my life.
last week some homies came through to play a concert in the LL area. this is about the same time i really wanted some fun ear wear. so i ended up doing some free advertising for their band. I made some clip-on earrings from button pins they gave me
eons ago.
i then bought more buttons to advertise one of the homies' new apparel lines called le grand cru.
I'll post those later when i figure them out.
here's what's up with my life.
last week some homies came through to play a concert in the LL area. this is about the same time i really wanted some fun ear wear. so i ended up doing some free advertising for their band. I made some clip-on earrings from button pins they gave me
eons ago.
i then bought more buttons to advertise one of the homies' new apparel lines called le grand cru.
I'll post those later when i figure them out.
Mar 5, 2009
people i'd like to meet
pros must outway the cons or nay!
laura hurwitz
she's flippin' brilliant!
eri and my constant, yet always shocking, love affair with the english language have aided in my voyeuristic addiction to life of this mother of 6, wife of one, and english teacher to many. her ever-evolving whit and incredibly wacky posts remind me of how awesome and frustrating teaching can really be.
I'm not quite sure of the cons, nor would i like to face them but.... if given the opportunity i think i would date her semi-famous/humorous son just to meet her and share her air.
Though I've never seen a recent pic of her i also believe her to be incredibly beautiful. I have however, seen a college pic and all 6 of her little ones. they are all quite fab... sooo, i'm thinking she and her hubby are also quite "pretty in da face".
ok. so, now that the pros are clear...
this is were the con could worm it's way in. (garrr) if my theory proves right, because they are so pretty they could also be unforgivablely stoosh or simply indifferent. dunno. but i've gotta find a con right.
mark twain
he was a clever one. i dunno know if i'm reaching here but his name alone was genius. i never learned this, which is me tooting my own horn here and/or ironically labeling myself as the off side of astute, but his name was just that, his second label his other identity.
he's also armed the world with stunning quips and winning ideology.
thus, enters the con...he was soo cool that he might simply think me a ninny of a negro and get more hung up on the fact that i could read (...this is often my fate in these time-travel dream sequence). still i could never deny that, as my girl Jy and the great Krazy Kat say, "that nigga is a winner! he really is."
he, like many of his time, spoke in circles and riddles which made him tré "ace". this guy would have made an excellent lawyer or a super confusing, yet, grand advisor.
"Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself."
zachary levi aka "chuck bartowski"
√:another jew
i'm unsure of his contribution to the world aside from being part of the great movement of unbelievably adorable nerds. it doesn't really matter though because the pros point towards him being my husband. i claimed him quite a while ago but therein lies the con of course. once finally together and after having produced the halle berry's and lenny kravitz' of the world(dream sequence again), he's probably be a chronic snorer and has wolf feet.
DAVE CHAPPELLE and tracey jordan yes... jordan.
in the words of eri the great. "I vote yes," on all counts.
but not at the same time, that would be overwhelming.
nick kroll
Pro:
he's hilarious
he's a jew
i'm cuter than him
his "mcdonalds worker"
con:
he might be high out of his mind and forget our wonderful encounter.
he might be unforgivably offensive thus resulting in my shanking his pits. cuz as a jew he is most likely unbelievably hairy and schweaty.
i love him to the point where i might hold his face or pinch cheeks if he spoke to me.
mccain's wife
pro:
to see if she's real and if her creepiness lives up to it's standard.
con:
could be as disappointing as a yale education when you're our ex (g.w.b.)
jim henson
too much to get into. but that man was tré genius.
upside: to pic the brain of a world reknown artist.
downside:
i may never let my let my kids enjoy the grand american toddler past-time of watching sesame street.
seeing amy poehler and will arnet interact with archie. their son.
upside: great advice to raise a funny kid.
downside:
they might as me to watch him.
bill hader
we'd have good times...till he realizes i'm only staring at his gaps. yes. as much i love him you could use his mouth as a bike rack.
carl meyers
this kid i adored in 4th and 5th grade.
upside: jewish
adorable
bright
adored me too
downside:
his parents were "recovered" racist...never quite got there.
he might be like me five 4yrs out of his 5 yr plan but going nowhere.
he could have developed his parents disease and no longer looks at brown girls.
quest crew
upside:
i want to learn moves
downside:
...but i might be a hopeless cause.
paternal grandad harold and his mom.
√: i could figure out how our fam got this way.
√: i see what gramma was like.
√: i could give pops some closer.
x: it could be a bit too much info. hmmm. family secrets and all. i think i have my fill.
maternal gramma's gramma.
√:i'd learn her name and story.
√:to find out what the hell israelis were doing in jamaica.
√: to find out what gramma was like as a child
√: to remember why i'm so blessed.
x: she might not be all that i ever hoped.
upon completion, i realize that this great list of "people i'd like to meet" , is not very diverse and that it could have been easily dummarized by putting... dudes and jews. hindsight, i tell you...
laura hurwitz
she's flippin' brilliant!
eri and my constant, yet always shocking, love affair with the english language have aided in my voyeuristic addiction to life of this mother of 6, wife of one, and english teacher to many. her ever-evolving whit and incredibly wacky posts remind me of how awesome and frustrating teaching can really be.
I'm not quite sure of the cons, nor would i like to face them but.... if given the opportunity i think i would date her semi-famous/humorous son just to meet her and share her air.
Though I've never seen a recent pic of her i also believe her to be incredibly beautiful. I have however, seen a college pic and all 6 of her little ones. they are all quite fab... sooo, i'm thinking she and her hubby are also quite "pretty in da face".
ok. so, now that the pros are clear...
this is were the con could worm it's way in. (garrr) if my theory proves right, because they are so pretty they could also be unforgivablely stoosh or simply indifferent. dunno. but i've gotta find a con right.
mark twain
he was a clever one. i dunno know if i'm reaching here but his name alone was genius. i never learned this, which is me tooting my own horn here and/or ironically labeling myself as the off side of astute, but his name was just that, his second label his other identity.
he's also armed the world with stunning quips and winning ideology.
thus, enters the con...he was soo cool that he might simply think me a ninny of a negro and get more hung up on the fact that i could read (...this is often my fate in these time-travel dream sequence). still i could never deny that, as my girl Jy and the great Krazy Kat say, "that nigga is a winner! he really is."
he, like many of his time, spoke in circles and riddles which made him tré "ace". this guy would have made an excellent lawyer or a super confusing, yet, grand advisor.
"Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself."
zachary levi aka "chuck bartowski"
√:another jew
i'm unsure of his contribution to the world aside from being part of the great movement of unbelievably adorable nerds. it doesn't really matter though because the pros point towards him being my husband. i claimed him quite a while ago but therein lies the con of course. once finally together and after having produced the halle berry's and lenny kravitz' of the world(dream sequence again), he's probably be a chronic snorer and has wolf feet.
DAVE CHAPPELLE and tracey jordan yes... jordan.
in the words of eri the great. "I vote yes," on all counts.
but not at the same time, that would be overwhelming.
nick kroll
Pro:
he's hilarious
he's a jew
i'm cuter than him
his "mcdonalds worker"
con:
he might be high out of his mind and forget our wonderful encounter.
he might be unforgivably offensive thus resulting in my shanking his pits. cuz as a jew he is most likely unbelievably hairy and schweaty.
i love him to the point where i might hold his face or pinch cheeks if he spoke to me.
mccain's wife
pro:
to see if she's real and if her creepiness lives up to it's standard.
con:
could be as disappointing as a yale education when you're our ex (g.w.b.)
jim henson
too much to get into. but that man was tré genius.
upside: to pic the brain of a world reknown artist.
downside:
i may never let my let my kids enjoy the grand american toddler past-time of watching sesame street.
seeing amy poehler and will arnet interact with archie. their son.
upside: great advice to raise a funny kid.
downside:
they might as me to watch him.
bill hader
we'd have good times...till he realizes i'm only staring at his gaps. yes. as much i love him you could use his mouth as a bike rack.
carl meyers
this kid i adored in 4th and 5th grade.
upside: jewish
adorable
bright
adored me too
downside:
his parents were "recovered" racist...never quite got there.
he might be like me five 4yrs out of his 5 yr plan but going nowhere.
he could have developed his parents disease and no longer looks at brown girls.
quest crew
upside:
i want to learn moves
downside:
...but i might be a hopeless cause.
paternal grandad harold and his mom.
√: i could figure out how our fam got this way.
√: i see what gramma was like.
√: i could give pops some closer.
x: it could be a bit too much info. hmmm. family secrets and all. i think i have my fill.
maternal gramma's gramma.
√:i'd learn her name and story.
√:to find out what the hell israelis were doing in jamaica.
√: to find out what gramma was like as a child
√: to remember why i'm so blessed.
x: she might not be all that i ever hoped.
upon completion, i realize that this great list of "people i'd like to meet" , is not very diverse and that it could have been easily dummarized by putting... dudes and jews. hindsight, i tell you...
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