The thing that I have been waiting for has begun. School has started. My job has started. Rehearsals have started. Teacher training is starting this week. It has all started. So in the middle of the hectic things, I want to just take a moment to say what I am appreciative of right now in my life. My friend Liz recently did this in a blog post and it made me want to do it for myself. (Thanks Liz!)
1) Caffeine. I stopped drinking coffee and limited my caffeine intact, but I recently started again and boy it is a life saver for me at some moments. I don't drink and smoke, so let me have this one unhealthy thing.
2) My family. They love me and I love them.
3) Farmer's Markets. I love them and can't get enough of them. There is nothing like eating a locally grown meal filled with FRESH vegetables and fruits. Sadly they will soon be closing as the weather changes, but at this point I am loving it!
4) Yoga. It has changed my life. I have noticed a difference in myself in school this year. I'm not as nervous as I always was. And I love myself more than ever.
5) Greg aka Gregorias aka Gregifer aka Greric. He is so good to me and I am eternally grateful for that.
6) Cheese Doodles. But, only the puffed ones! Really!? Does anyone eat the crunchy? If so....they need to stop that now.
Peace
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
I'm Kind of Shocked...
I'm kind of shocked at myself, at my friends, and at our American society. Why have we allowed Facebook to run our lives?
Does anyone remember the days when you had to go knock on your friends door to ask if they wanted to ride your bikes? No? Ok, well how about this? Does anyone remember when you had to pick up the phone and call your friend to ask if you wanted to go to a movie? No? Ok, well how about this? Does anyone remember when you had to pick up your phone and type in some letters to text your friend if they wanted to meet up at the bar? Now, we just have a generation of people that see nothing wrong with communicating solely through a screen and a keyboard and that makes me really sad.
We are making people think that it's ok to be passive aggressive. Facebook doesn't let you act any other way. If I have a problem with someone, I can just write their name and let everyone know just how much I hate them. I can make up lies about people (and yes, this has personally happened to me) and put them on a website for everyone to see. I don't have to call my family anymore to check up on them, I can just go look at their profile and see if they have signed in within the past few days. I am shocked that this has become an acceptable way to live.
Actually, I'm not shocked because it was bound to happen. I am just sad. I am so sad that kids will never experience life without music playing in their ears or a DS in their hands (that's a handheld video game for all you old folks out there). I am sad that there is a generation of people (and sadly it does include my own) who consider their Facebook friends their actual friends.
So, as part of my mission to simplify my life, I have simplified my Facebook. If you don't have the decency to speak to me in person when I come across you on the street, or if I haven't seen you since grammar school, you will not be my Facebook friend. There was a time when Facebook didn't exist, and once people left your life, that is where they stayed unless you made an effort to keep them there.
Facebook will now be used for school contacts, professional contacts, family, and people that I see on a regular basis because there is no need for anyone else to know anything about my life. This all came about when my boyfriend and I started debating whether someone would get angry at me from deleting them from my Facebook page. Now, this person hates me and doesn't speak to me at all in the real world. So why have them be my "friend"? So they can stalk me...no thanks! I will no longer stalk or be stalked.
Let's talk face to face about our problems. And let's talk face to face about how much we love each other. It really will make a difference.
Ok....I'm done.
Does anyone remember the days when you had to go knock on your friends door to ask if they wanted to ride your bikes? No? Ok, well how about this? Does anyone remember when you had to pick up the phone and call your friend to ask if you wanted to go to a movie? No? Ok, well how about this? Does anyone remember when you had to pick up your phone and type in some letters to text your friend if they wanted to meet up at the bar? Now, we just have a generation of people that see nothing wrong with communicating solely through a screen and a keyboard and that makes me really sad.
We are making people think that it's ok to be passive aggressive. Facebook doesn't let you act any other way. If I have a problem with someone, I can just write their name and let everyone know just how much I hate them. I can make up lies about people (and yes, this has personally happened to me) and put them on a website for everyone to see. I don't have to call my family anymore to check up on them, I can just go look at their profile and see if they have signed in within the past few days. I am shocked that this has become an acceptable way to live.
Actually, I'm not shocked because it was bound to happen. I am just sad. I am so sad that kids will never experience life without music playing in their ears or a DS in their hands (that's a handheld video game for all you old folks out there). I am sad that there is a generation of people (and sadly it does include my own) who consider their Facebook friends their actual friends.
So, as part of my mission to simplify my life, I have simplified my Facebook. If you don't have the decency to speak to me in person when I come across you on the street, or if I haven't seen you since grammar school, you will not be my Facebook friend. There was a time when Facebook didn't exist, and once people left your life, that is where they stayed unless you made an effort to keep them there.
Facebook will now be used for school contacts, professional contacts, family, and people that I see on a regular basis because there is no need for anyone else to know anything about my life. This all came about when my boyfriend and I started debating whether someone would get angry at me from deleting them from my Facebook page. Now, this person hates me and doesn't speak to me at all in the real world. So why have them be my "friend"? So they can stalk me...no thanks! I will no longer stalk or be stalked.
Let's talk face to face about our problems. And let's talk face to face about how much we love each other. It really will make a difference.
Ok....I'm done.
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