cello lessons

so there are these cello lessons that are mine for the taking. am i ready? it means i will have to work at it. it means i will have to practice. it means i will have to commit to spending time. i can be honest on my blog right? i'm so freaking excited, but i'm afraid i will get started and then peter out.

okay.

now that i've stated my fear i can move confidently in the direction of my dreams.

no blog inside

i want to blog, i want to say stuff. tell the great internet how my trip to arizona was, how my first atv adventure was, how i love my new job, even still.

but there is no blog inside me right now. so i will post this comic and leave it at that for now. i know you, great internet, will forgive me for now.

Nature Quote of the Day- i like this one

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

--Galileo Galilei

split rock lighthouse on october 1st 2005

aaron and i went to split rock lighthouse yesterday to see the fall colors and spend some time outdoors.

oh my god it was so beautiful. the whole world was in transition and it felt great to be a part of that. the leaves where changing colors, the sun was setting, and the beach was so peaceful and serene. i love the black sand on that beach, it's my favorite. everything made me feel so alive.

aaron is my best friend.

i have the best friends in the whole world

they threw me a party
they said they love me
they really came through for me on every level
they gave me the gift of believing in me

the one thing i've been wanting to do is play my cello
so they got together to pay for lessons for me so that i can play
what a wonderful, thoughtful thing to do, to give me that kind of boost.
i can't wait to reward them all with a little recital (hopefully i'll learn to play well enough that it will be taken as a reward)

i really feel very lucky that my friends are as good to me as they are.

thanks to all of you, you make me cry a little when i think of all your support.

why even live when you're this old?

i told aaron this morning he was completely justified in finding a new and younger chick to replace me now. after all, i'm 30, and what's the point in even living now, right? he swore his undying love, but, you know, whatever.

i want to send a happy birthday shout out to my buds: linda king, gwyneth paltrow, scott baio (charles in charge), hilary duff, and one of my best friends ever- google (7 years old today).









happy birthday!!

in my twenties for one more day

i feel like i'm leaving something behind (my twenties), but that it really wasn't something i was completely attached to. maybe i feel 'sad' (or whatever i'm feeling) because i can't go back, so it feels like i'm losing something.

that didn't happen when i turned 20 and left my teens behind. it was a celebration then. so why the melancholy? AM i melancholy? am i just responding to the feeling that society tells me the twenties are the most desirable age and now those are behind me? cause if that's it, i spit on society (this 30's thing is already working for me, i think).

welcome 30.

thanks andy rooney

As I grow in age, I value women who are over 30 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:

A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think.

If a woman over 30 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't site around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And it's usually something more interesting.

A woman over 30 knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 30 give a damn what you might think about her or what she's doing.

Women over 30 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it.

Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated.

A woman over 30 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women. Women over 30 couldn't care less if you're attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won't betray her.

Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 30. They always know.

A woman over 30 looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not true of younger women. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 30 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.

Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk or if you are acting like one! You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her.

Yes, we praise women over 30 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coifed hot woman of 30+, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-of waitress.

For all those men who say, "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" Here's an update for you. Nowadays, 80% of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage.

brilliant navigation

the navigation on this site is awesome: http://www.ikea.com/ms/sv_SE/kampanj/fy06_dromkok/dromkok.html

go there, then move your mouse over the main area until you get an arrow, then click and watch...

AKQA- case studies?

http://www.akqa.com/home.html
>work >ideas vol1

does it take balls to publish an agency book that shows all your award winning work with in-depth case studies detailing how the work was accomplished and then sell it on your website?

yes

my next question- where does an agency find the time to publish?

final score- 21 to 0 in favor of 'prison rules'

the scurvy knaves lost their kickball game tonight. as umps, aaron and i tried to swing it in their favor, but that just wasn't possible.

we also lost our game by one point, but it was a very fun game. i love kickball.

i'm also braindead right now, apparently.

in the nudie

what would it feel like to buy a pair of jeans for $265 and then wear them almost everyday for 8 months before you would wash them because that's when they would finally have conformed to fit perfectly to your unique body?
would the chafing be unbearable?
would they stink something aweful?
would it be worth the ridicule you would have to endure for the cult mindset?
you should ask josh ehren- josh@haminthefridge.com.

Nudie Jeans - owned by the guy in the office next to me (he took a picture of them)

those damn poor people...

...they think of no one but themselves.

hawthorne melody

a very talented designer/developer that i work with at my new job also does music!

what a fantastic surprise to hear his usually quiet voice singing with a freedom i hadn't expected. listen for yourself:

http://www.hawthornemelody.com/

thanks for sharing, donn!

copernicus- the internet is not flat

let's make the screen seem to have a lot more dimension. it's not flat afterall.

i like to see 'out-of-the-box' thinking (i'm so clever) like this:

http://www.theasylum.com.sg/

the gap is fixed

not the gap in my teeth, the gap in technology on the gap site. =)

http://www.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=7858

go here and roll over one of the shirts being showcased. when the 'QuickLook' box shows up, click on it. this new functionality is quiet and cool, helping to enhance my shopping without taking me away from a page i'm probably very interested in staying on. i think this kind of smart but quiet innovation is the next wave of the internet.

too bad there is no innovative fix for the gap in my teeth.

emma and luke

my friend from high school brought her family to visit. she and her husband have managed to create two very very beautiful children, emma and luke.

i'm anxious to start my own family. i'm certain aaron feels the same way. =)

30th birthday party- coming up soon

so i'm sad that a few people that i really love won't be able to come to my party, but i'm really glad that a lot of people that i really love will be able to come.

aaron is teasing me about some big surprise they have for me. he is trying to drive me crazy and since i'm already clinically crazy, i'm determined not to go completely insane. we'll see how that goes, right?

my mom already gave me my gift, btw. it was a big surprise all on it's own... thanks mom!!

remember when i said i wasn't sure if 30 was going to be dramatic for me, and i'd have to find out over the next two months? is it possible that the birthday just forces you to take inventory of the changes in your body and life, when without a milestone birthday, you'd just keep hurtling toward death without pausing for reflection? then, since you were hurtling, but now you're pausing, the contrast of that is what causes the drama?

okay, this IS pretty cool

http://65.39.85.13/google/

kentucky

i'm flying down to kentucky on monday for work...

i guess that's all i have right now.