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Grandma Approved
May. 29th, 2002 08:15 pmThe neatest thing happened to me at the mall today. So I'm wearing my infamous Boys Cheat tank top today right? I walk past this table of four little old ladies, typical grandmas with the white hair and the big purses. One of the women stops me and I think she is going to ask me the time. Instead she says, "I like your shirt." I smile and reply, "Thanks. It's just something I've found to be true in my experience." All four ladies laugh and give that knowing, been there done that nod. It was awesome!
It's 6:00 and I actually just got home can you believe it? I went running around today. I got up and went to work. Went to lunch where I ate with Heather, Katie, and Jeremiah. Then I went to Promt Care and got refills on my meds. Afterwards I walked to the mall. I was hoping to buy some new jeans seeing as I've grown out of all mine, and maybe a new book to read. But the Galesburg mall sucks. Not Sears, or JC Penny had any jeans in my size! And the Waldonbooks in there is SOOOO pathetic, they have no selection whatsoever! I wanted to read another book on depression but they didn't have any new ones. I considered buying one of the Buffy Watchers Guides, but I would rather wait until my birthday. Maybe someone will give me both of them and then I will have a whole summer of reading fun ahead of me! Then I came back to campus. Ran into Gayle in Seymour and we went to the student appreciation dinner where we ran into Adrienne and the three of us sat around talking kooky!
Have I mentioned that I plan on getting action senior week? A ton of people I fancy will either be graduating this year or studying abroad next year, so I fully plan on putting the make on, oh, ALL of them since chances are I'll never see any of them again. So I've got nothing to lose.
Oh, I almost forgot, TKS published their review of Wild Things in todays issue. Needless to say it was fabulous. The author talked about how cool it was to see the eyes of both children and adults light up during the show, and how amazing it was that we were able to put on such high energy performances three nights in a row doing such a physically taxing show. I even managed to get into the press photo they published. And Mary emailed all of us yesterday saying that if she winds up in Chicago next year she is seriously considering getting the cast back together and touring the show during winter break. How awesome would that be?
I don't know about anyone else but I would totally be up for it. Even if it is two weeks after the fact and my ankles are still hurting.
Check it out, I'm one of the most active writers now! Boo Yow!
On a completely unrelated note, I was reading "Goddess Initiation" today and Francesca brought up the concept of personal mythologies. She says we all have our own personal myths and stories and that we should consider writing them down. Characters can be found in daily interactions, or in movie and book characters you particularly identify with. The latter idea really intrigued me since I have a history of becoming ruthlessly obsessed with certain TV shows and movies. So I'm making a list of books and/or films and TV shows I've been particualrly touched by and that I continually return to with passion:
Homicide:Life on the Streets
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin offs
Law and Order in all of its many incarnations
The Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
The Matrix
The Dollanganger Series
The Vampire Diaries Series
Those are the ones that immediatey jump to mind. In looking at this short list I see that I am inclined to favor stories that include a Chosen One of some type, like Neo, or Jen, or Buffy. I think I must identify with the idea of being specially chosen to go on a guest or to take on a special mission. I think I feel deep in my bones that I have been chosen for something, only I don't know what yet.
But Francesca says we all have a personal mythology and we all have a calling. And it made me think that ineffect we are all Chseon Ones in our own right, all chosen to lead special and particular lives, to carve our own paths.
Thats a pretty spiffy thought dont you think? That we live in a world full of Chosen Ones? That the cashier who rang me up at Oscos this afternoon is a Chosen One, that the group of grandmas who laughed with me are all Chosen Ones. That the girls I ate dinner with are Chosen Ones. Makes me feel special to know I am surrounded by so many special and divinely unique individuals who weave their way into my own mythology. Their presences empowers my own story, making it all the more exciting.
It's 6:00 and I actually just got home can you believe it? I went running around today. I got up and went to work. Went to lunch where I ate with Heather, Katie, and Jeremiah. Then I went to Promt Care and got refills on my meds. Afterwards I walked to the mall. I was hoping to buy some new jeans seeing as I've grown out of all mine, and maybe a new book to read. But the Galesburg mall sucks. Not Sears, or JC Penny had any jeans in my size! And the Waldonbooks in there is SOOOO pathetic, they have no selection whatsoever! I wanted to read another book on depression but they didn't have any new ones. I considered buying one of the Buffy Watchers Guides, but I would rather wait until my birthday. Maybe someone will give me both of them and then I will have a whole summer of reading fun ahead of me! Then I came back to campus. Ran into Gayle in Seymour and we went to the student appreciation dinner where we ran into Adrienne and the three of us sat around talking kooky!
Have I mentioned that I plan on getting action senior week? A ton of people I fancy will either be graduating this year or studying abroad next year, so I fully plan on putting the make on, oh, ALL of them since chances are I'll never see any of them again. So I've got nothing to lose.
Oh, I almost forgot, TKS published their review of Wild Things in todays issue. Needless to say it was fabulous. The author talked about how cool it was to see the eyes of both children and adults light up during the show, and how amazing it was that we were able to put on such high energy performances three nights in a row doing such a physically taxing show. I even managed to get into the press photo they published. And Mary emailed all of us yesterday saying that if she winds up in Chicago next year she is seriously considering getting the cast back together and touring the show during winter break. How awesome would that be?
I don't know about anyone else but I would totally be up for it. Even if it is two weeks after the fact and my ankles are still hurting.
Check it out, I'm one of the most active writers now! Boo Yow!
On a completely unrelated note, I was reading "Goddess Initiation" today and Francesca brought up the concept of personal mythologies. She says we all have our own personal myths and stories and that we should consider writing them down. Characters can be found in daily interactions, or in movie and book characters you particularly identify with. The latter idea really intrigued me since I have a history of becoming ruthlessly obsessed with certain TV shows and movies. So I'm making a list of books and/or films and TV shows I've been particualrly touched by and that I continually return to with passion:
Homicide:Life on the Streets
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin offs
Law and Order in all of its many incarnations
The Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
The Matrix
The Dollanganger Series
The Vampire Diaries Series
Those are the ones that immediatey jump to mind. In looking at this short list I see that I am inclined to favor stories that include a Chosen One of some type, like Neo, or Jen, or Buffy. I think I must identify with the idea of being specially chosen to go on a guest or to take on a special mission. I think I feel deep in my bones that I have been chosen for something, only I don't know what yet.
But Francesca says we all have a personal mythology and we all have a calling. And it made me think that ineffect we are all Chseon Ones in our own right, all chosen to lead special and particular lives, to carve our own paths.
Thats a pretty spiffy thought dont you think? That we live in a world full of Chosen Ones? That the cashier who rang me up at Oscos this afternoon is a Chosen One, that the group of grandmas who laughed with me are all Chosen Ones. That the girls I ate dinner with are Chosen Ones. Makes me feel special to know I am surrounded by so many special and divinely unique individuals who weave their way into my own mythology. Their presences empowers my own story, making it all the more exciting.
