Im feeling much better since my last post.
I think its just all about time, I've come to realize that life isnt all about getting married and having kids.
It's doing stuff along the way, every life is different and its just not my turn yet =).
So tomorrow, is going to be an adventurous day, I met this guy online, his name is John/BitWarri0r.
We've known each other for a few months now, have been exchanging e-mails back and forth but never really talked to an extent till recently.
He's been egging me about hanging out over and over again. I kept turning him down,
mostly due to self consciousness, paranoia, social anxiety.
But we've been talking for hours on end and he finally ended up convincing me to go hang out with him.
Im excited about it because we are going out for Sushi and I never met someone who's liked sushi before.
and im nervous because, I havn't actually met anyone new or talked to anyone new in ...years.
and when I mean new I dont mean like boyfriend wise I mean people wise, I dont meet a lot of new people and try to get to know them, so this is really a stretch for me.
We're going just as friends, its not a date, I dont know when I'll be ready to date again, Every relationship I came out of I jumped right back into a new one, and I think I need to take this time to really just relax, and figure myself out before I can share myself with anyone else.
Dan and I are still the best of friends we talk every night, Sunday we're going to a used bookstore =), excited about that too! Need to double check with him make sure we're still going though.
We are going to Wasabi in Johnston, its a real sushi place, im super psyched.
Then we're going to Barnes and Noble in Smithfield to play some board games.
So I guess in thought of that. There are a lot of sushi I dont know the name of but im really anxious to try all the strange ones, so I thought I'd post some of them just incase any of you ever decide to go out for sushi yourselves!
When examples of sushi are used, this often seems to show up due to it being very artistic looking and exotic.
I've been reading about how the eco-friendly ideas have become stagnant, and how we can change it. There's these long, overwhelming lists of how to save the planet. Not only are they depressing and time consuming, they are also unfocused.
Yesterday we simply focused on a Green Thanksgiving. We bought some food for our backyard critters. Root vegetables, cranberry sauce and turkey (shared with the cats). Simple. Not perfect, but better than last year.
I think we need a plan for each biome and local species. Laundry laundry lists are not productive. Find one local issue or species. Make a plan, make it fun.
Proactive ideas are better than depressing stories. Although the information does need to reach us somehow. For example, I was surprised by the pie chart below - look at how much our eating habits affect the rainforests!
What do you guys think is the best approach for getting the message out?
We had a lovely Thanksgiving, and We discovered a new cranberry chutney from Epicurious. We altered the ingredients a bit to make it less bitter.
Spiced Cranberry Sauce with Honey:
Cranberries are a standard Thanksgiving ingredient that most people think came from the New England area. But the Ojibwa and Sioux of the northern plains taught early settlers how to harvest cranberries. Today, Wisconsin is an important cranberry-producing state.
1 3/4 cups cranberry juice
3/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries
1 pear
1 apple
1 ¾ cups apple cider
Well after someone got their knickers in a knot over my habit of collecting burning piano shots and posting them throughout my blog on occasion, well one particular one anyway, but much like all the others - dutifully deleted said one on request - this live video from Mythbusters recent episode fills the gap - the magic starts happening around 2mins 50 secs in - but why not watch the lead up as well? Testing the theory that the piano would 'explode' under heat as the strings are so tight - but you'll have to watch and see (on the Discovery Channel website - but also on YouTube):
I'm sitting in Barnes & Noble, trying not to be overwhelmed by another materialistic holiday. I used to love Christmas, but these days it seems to have become one giant shopping/marketing frenzy. Makes me want to give everyone mathoms.
I want to withdraw from the madness and try to remember what the season's supposed to be about. I don't have kids, but if I did I'd want to take them to someplace beautiful, emphasize togetherness, and teach them charity for the poor by going to work at a food bank or something. I think I'd emphasize making crafts for presents, defining them as tokens of meaning, remembrance, and craftsmanship. That's what you do when you don't have money. Often a much more appreciated gift, especially now, when the economy is on the skids. Or (and I have many treasured gifts of this nature) hit the thrift shops and recycle.
All the spending makes me want to throw up.
This Thanksgiving, look around the table at your friends and loved ones, look into your heart, and give thanks for just how lucky we all really are.
This is my 4th Thanksgiving since being diagnosed with terminal cancer. I'm grateful beyond belief to be here, and thankful for all of you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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...I would invite every one of my handsome, adorable, clever neighbors to my apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
If I could, I would expand my list of invitees, like a sparkling balloon, to include parents, children and all manner of pets. How I would love to be introduced to them all.
If I could, I would alter the design of my dinner table into something Dr. Seuss or Lewis Carroll might design - curving into space, higher and higher - until it had lengthened sufficiently so that every one of you could find a place.
If I could, I would alter the space continuum so that my kitchen would be BIG ENOUGH to accommodate the positively epic, Edwardian dinner I would plan for you.
If I could, I would alter the time continuum so that my far-flung precious ones would be able to find their way to the Aubrey domicile with ease and economy. And yet still be able to travel first-class.
If I could, I would place a glass of flower-like, art nouveau proportions at each place setting. It would be full of champagne, and glittering at the bottom would be either a diamond bracelet, or a brace of diamond cufflinks. They are for you.
If I could, I would arrange the champagne toasts thusly: they would not be to your hostess, to your family, or to your loved ones. You would not toast this innocent North American holiday. You would, instead, toast yourselves.
Because words fail me.
Happy Thanksgiving, all.
