Just between you, me, and whoever else sees this-
I leave all the shoes I'd wear at work AT work. First then I do when I walk in my office is shut my door, hang my coat on the hanger behind the door, and then I take off my shoes. Just as I was about to open my office door this afternoon I couldn't help by laugh out loud because I have my socks hanging from the hanger! And, this never happens at home. Those socks are thrown on the bedroom floor!
My socks get royal treatment between the hours of 9-5.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
SURPRISE!
Surprised... is how I felt as I sat in my room, thinking about what I'll wear and whether my head will be a mess of curls, and saw [via Twitter] that one of my closest friends is getting married. Oh, and then I was shocked... which then came the happy/excited feelings! Finally, I muttered, "crap, I better not have to miss this one."
I couldn't help but laugh due to the conversation I had with my tía on Saturday, as we watched my Barcelona men lose their game, about marriage/relationships/etc.
My tía is no longer married to the man I still call Uncle Tony, but she does have some interesting insight on marriage and relationships. My madre is key in this department, she's awesome with this advice and gives such good wisdom; however, my tía and I were due for a talk in this area. Her and I both grew up in a semi-religious household, believe in our faith, acknowledge it, and have witnessed some amazingly dysfunctional marriages and still have optimism in relationships/marriage. We admitted that we have the Girl Genetic where the ring and the wife/husband status is catching, but yet it's also good to just have that person being your partner and not being married. There are pros/cons to both situations, but I'm not diving into that now.
We expressed how much we enjoy being single and having the time for ourselves, not having to consult someone else, or take someone else into consideration with your decisions. At the same time, (since I'm the younger one of our pea pod) I haven't met someone who interests me enough to date. (including the Coupon Collector, which gave extremely funny stories to tell, but that's about it). We did mention the guilt (and I'm not talkin' Catholic Guilt) that would start to build within if we ever moved in with someone and wasn't married to them... and how we'd have to justify ourselves to some people in our family about our choices (it's just like that around here).
This brought me to my perfect example: Lisa Marie, my newly engaged friend. Prior to this, her and her significant other lived together and were quite content with that. They were my example of two people contently living together and not giving in to the marriage idea... because they are the only two people I know living that out. We also revert back to the culture of my great grandparents who were a-okay with this idea and expressed that really, loving and caring for someone enough to live with them suffices.
At the same time, I can't express the number of friends who are currently engaged, will soon be engaged, and married. I've attended too many weddings the past two years.
(other than finding out one on through a tweet, I signed onto facebook and found out about another engagement).
I'm surrounded by friends who are getting married! and planning weddings! and the worries of weddings! AH!
In all honesty, I look forward to this wedding most. Despite my ranting up there.
Today's playlist is consisting of M. Ward, Yael Naim, Phil Wickham, and Jon Foreman.
I couldn't help but laugh due to the conversation I had with my tía on Saturday, as we watched my Barcelona men lose their game, about marriage/relationships/etc.
My tía is no longer married to the man I still call Uncle Tony, but she does have some interesting insight on marriage and relationships. My madre is key in this department, she's awesome with this advice and gives such good wisdom; however, my tía and I were due for a talk in this area. Her and I both grew up in a semi-religious household, believe in our faith, acknowledge it, and have witnessed some amazingly dysfunctional marriages and still have optimism in relationships/marriage. We admitted that we have the Girl Genetic where the ring and the wife/husband status is catching, but yet it's also good to just have that person being your partner and not being married. There are pros/cons to both situations, but I'm not diving into that now.
We expressed how much we enjoy being single and having the time for ourselves, not having to consult someone else, or take someone else into consideration with your decisions. At the same time, (since I'm the younger one of our pea pod) I haven't met someone who interests me enough to date. (including the Coupon Collector, which gave extremely funny stories to tell, but that's about it). We did mention the guilt (and I'm not talkin' Catholic Guilt) that would start to build within if we ever moved in with someone and wasn't married to them... and how we'd have to justify ourselves to some people in our family about our choices (it's just like that around here).
This brought me to my perfect example: Lisa Marie, my newly engaged friend. Prior to this, her and her significant other lived together and were quite content with that. They were my example of two people contently living together and not giving in to the marriage idea... because they are the only two people I know living that out. We also revert back to the culture of my great grandparents who were a-okay with this idea and expressed that really, loving and caring for someone enough to live with them suffices.
At the same time, I can't express the number of friends who are currently engaged, will soon be engaged, and married. I've attended too many weddings the past two years.
(other than finding out one on through a tweet, I signed onto facebook and found out about another engagement).
I'm surrounded by friends who are getting married! and planning weddings! and the worries of weddings! AH!
In all honesty, I look forward to this wedding most. Despite my ranting up there.
Today's playlist is consisting of M. Ward, Yael Naim, Phil Wickham, and Jon Foreman.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
let's talk about sex.
Sex has always been an open topic with my Madre. When I was little I first asked about it because while watching Full House a breaking news interruption come on and it showed something happening in Somalia. They mentioned AIDS, I asked what AIDS and then more questions came to follow. I was in elementary school and knew what sex was, the real names for body parts (as well as their nick names), and where babies came from. I also had a very thorough sex education class during the 6th and 7th grade. Granted, class was fun and there were lots of giggles, but it was very thorough with the information. I can honestly say that I learned more from my middle school sex ed. class than from any other class I've taken since. I'm thankful for that education and am so glad that the Christian education idea never went through. And, I'm not saying that a religious education is bad, but in my shoes it wouldn't have helped (besides, my mom is an ordained minister, you don't think I was somewhat living in a fish bowl already?).
All this comes up because yesterday @McCainBlogette had mentioned that Playboy wrote an article about her (http://www.playboy.com/articles/forum-newsfront-blonde-fire/index.html). I read the article, also read her post on The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-07/the-gop-is-clueless-about-sex/) and I reflected on those sex ed. memories.
I brought this up to my Madre last night and she agreed that teaching an abstinence-only education is wrong (she then decided to tell me that at her church they are currently having sex ed classes for the kids there, and suggesting abstinence, but giving them very thorough information on everything else) and that she believes it should be a topic in all schools, whether public or private, and religious institutions, that should be open for discussion. She also agreed with the fact that parents may teach, and consistently talk to their kid(s), but in the end it'll be the kid making the decisions and parents just need to put trust in their children. I've dated a few people that weren't well liked by Madre, but she allowed me to make my decisions and, luckily, her congregation knew that I made my decisions and that I'm an independent spirit. I mentioned in that the article was more about the GOP and sex, but we veered toward the church/sex topic instead.
This also reminded me of when Pastor Ed Young (http://www.edyoungblog.com/) had encouraged his congregation to have sex for seven days (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOhQ-nHNfI) a lot of people were curious as to why a Pastor was saying this; as well as some being outraged for a Pastor to say such a thing. I know my great grandmother was kinda outraged, but she was brought up during the Hush Hush Times of such topics (same for my Nanny, but then again she always has some interesting slips of the tongue for someone against sex being a public topic). My Madre always likes to talk about sex, in the respect that it was openly discussed in the Bible therefore we can openly discuss the needs of humans. (This also brings her to the topic of how she's so against man made religious rules, i.e. Catholicism).
And, I know I've veered in different directions with this, but it's on my mind. Along with a friend emailing me saying, "I may be getting married in a Catholic church to make my parents happy, but I will not go to marriage counseling with a priest. They don't know anything about sex! At least they shouldn't, straight or not!"
c'est tout.
In the mean time, I've been having crazy dreams lately. I'm not even having any chocolat or sugar before passing out, which has proven to give me crazy dreams before. The only explanations that come from my Tia on this one is, "well, the moon was... last night, so this means that..." or, she may have a dream similar to one that I have on or about the same night which proves that our personal moons are aligned (no matter what point of the moon cycle we're in).
-b'ahavah
All this comes up because yesterday @McCainBlogette had mentioned that Playboy wrote an article about her (http://www.playboy.com/articles/forum-newsfront-blonde-fire/index.html). I read the article, also read her post on The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-07/the-gop-is-clueless-about-sex/) and I reflected on those sex ed. memories.
I brought this up to my Madre last night and she agreed that teaching an abstinence-only education is wrong (she then decided to tell me that at her church they are currently having sex ed classes for the kids there, and suggesting abstinence, but giving them very thorough information on everything else) and that she believes it should be a topic in all schools, whether public or private, and religious institutions, that should be open for discussion. She also agreed with the fact that parents may teach, and consistently talk to their kid(s), but in the end it'll be the kid making the decisions and parents just need to put trust in their children. I've dated a few people that weren't well liked by Madre, but she allowed me to make my decisions and, luckily, her congregation knew that I made my decisions and that I'm an independent spirit. I mentioned in that the article was more about the GOP and sex, but we veered toward the church/sex topic instead.
This also reminded me of when Pastor Ed Young (http://www.edyoungblog.com/) had encouraged his congregation to have sex for seven days (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOhQ-nHNfI) a lot of people were curious as to why a Pastor was saying this; as well as some being outraged for a Pastor to say such a thing. I know my great grandmother was kinda outraged, but she was brought up during the Hush Hush Times of such topics (same for my Nanny, but then again she always has some interesting slips of the tongue for someone against sex being a public topic). My Madre always likes to talk about sex, in the respect that it was openly discussed in the Bible therefore we can openly discuss the needs of humans. (This also brings her to the topic of how she's so against man made religious rules, i.e. Catholicism).
And, I know I've veered in different directions with this, but it's on my mind. Along with a friend emailing me saying, "I may be getting married in a Catholic church to make my parents happy, but I will not go to marriage counseling with a priest. They don't know anything about sex! At least they shouldn't, straight or not!"
c'est tout.
In the mean time, I've been having crazy dreams lately. I'm not even having any chocolat or sugar before passing out, which has proven to give me crazy dreams before. The only explanations that come from my Tia on this one is, "well, the moon was... last night, so this means that..." or, she may have a dream similar to one that I have on or about the same night which proves that our personal moons are aligned (no matter what point of the moon cycle we're in).
-b'ahavah
Monday, May 11, 2009
"ah, oui?! qu'est-ce que tu pense?"
That was the reaction to me saying, "j'ai regardé Benjamin Button heir soir..." Saturday evening we watched the film and well, it was nice. I was impressed with some scenes and others not so much. I guess seeing it post-hype had played a role in me saying, "good, but I won't need to watch this ever again." I felt bad letting my friend down, considering we're film nerds together and the only move I saw pre-Oscar season was Slumdog Millionaire (I highly enjoyed that one).
... and then followed, "et Bob Dylan, tu pense quoi?" well, still haven't decided how I feel about that album. sigh.
As much as I enjoy spring as a season, I'm really happy it's coming to a close and we're getting closer to summer. I'll be cooped up in a library corner, writing papers and trying to re-learn the advanced stages of my childhood language. I might even start to cry because I can't roll my tongue. I just hope that it won't be like that moment my arabic instructor found out I couldn't roll my tongue, "WHAT YOU CAN'T ROLL THE TONGUE? I write you a letter that explains your speech impeeed-uh-ment, that way, when you do oral exam no one grades you bad." The best one was, "You know, Moses had speech problem just like Rachel," and she points to me. Oy. But yes, I look forward to a summer of work because I'll save more funds for the arrival of my favourite Scottish lady, L-M Ferla.
On another note, I hope every one had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday. I know that I did, I spent it with my great grandmother (posted a nice twitpic of that, http://twitpic.com/4y41f) and then caught up on LOST with mi madre.
My family isn't big on holidays, which you wouldn't expect for someone who is a nice mélange of Spaniard/Jewish/German/Christian peeps. The Spanish stuff died down since my parents divorced, but I still participate a good deal because it's how I grew up; whereas, religion is always a hot topic. mmhmm.
... and then followed, "et Bob Dylan, tu pense quoi?" well, still haven't decided how I feel about that album. sigh.
As much as I enjoy spring as a season, I'm really happy it's coming to a close and we're getting closer to summer. I'll be cooped up in a library corner, writing papers and trying to re-learn the advanced stages of my childhood language. I might even start to cry because I can't roll my tongue. I just hope that it won't be like that moment my arabic instructor found out I couldn't roll my tongue, "WHAT YOU CAN'T ROLL THE TONGUE? I write you a letter that explains your speech impeeed-uh-ment, that way, when you do oral exam no one grades you bad." The best one was, "You know, Moses had speech problem just like Rachel," and she points to me. Oy. But yes, I look forward to a summer of work because I'll save more funds for the arrival of my favourite Scottish lady, L-M Ferla.
On another note, I hope every one had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday. I know that I did, I spent it with my great grandmother (posted a nice twitpic of that, http://twitpic.com/4y41f) and then caught up on LOST with mi madre.
My family isn't big on holidays, which you wouldn't expect for someone who is a nice mélange of Spaniard/Jewish/German/Christian peeps. The Spanish stuff died down since my parents divorced, but I still participate a good deal because it's how I grew up; whereas, religion is always a hot topic. mmhmm.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Since my last entry I celebrated my younger brother's 21st birthday, celebrated my 8 year old & 17 year old cousin's birthday, got a sinus infection, and ate copious amounts of Mexican food <3.
I wish I could say I played my Wii and finally figured out how to play the Batman game, but I only kicked butt in Mario Kart a few times with my brother. I'm so out of touch with video games, if only they kept it as simple as Super Nintendo I'd be golden! (It's been THAT long since I've played video games).
I was having a conversation with a co-worker the other day and they saw some family photos on my computer because Facebook was open. Her response was, "I think it's great that you and your aunt have avoided the blue eye liner! What the heck brought that on anyways?" My grandmother resembled Elizabeth Taylor and when she finally realized it she actually punctuated her name to J. Elizabeth and became 'Liz'. It was also during the time when Cleopatra came out and she had her blue liner/eye make-up, which lead all of my great aunts to wearing blue eyeliner on their olivey complexion (w/ black hair/eyes, it didn't draw attention at all). Not too long after the stop sign red lipstick came along, but that's another story. My response to my coworker, other than the Cleopatra explanation, also consisted of, "If I did wear the blue eyeliner, would you refer to me as 'the lady with the blue eyeliner' or 'Rachel' ?"
"Actually, I refer to you as the lady with the eyeliner! I pay attention to whether it's the green, violet, or thick liquid everyday!" ::palm face::
In other news, I purchased the latest M. Ward, Bob Dylan, and Peter Bjorn and John albums. Pretty good, but I'm still on the fence with Mr. Dylan. Since I've been receiving Rolling Stone (I'm still scouring my bank statements because that's not a magazine I'd buy a subscription to) I intend to read their article since he's on the cover this month.
Upcoming stuff: registering for summer classes! I will be brushing up on my Spanish and working towards my teaching stuff... This also allows me to save lots of money for L-M Ferla's visit in September!
That and to hear, "YOU CAN'T ROLL YOUR TONGUE?!" and me saying, "70% of all native Spanish speakers can't roll their tongue, FYI. We learn how to fake it!"
-b'ahavah
I wish I could say I played my Wii and finally figured out how to play the Batman game, but I only kicked butt in Mario Kart a few times with my brother. I'm so out of touch with video games, if only they kept it as simple as Super Nintendo I'd be golden! (It's been THAT long since I've played video games).
I was having a conversation with a co-worker the other day and they saw some family photos on my computer because Facebook was open. Her response was, "I think it's great that you and your aunt have avoided the blue eye liner! What the heck brought that on anyways?" My grandmother resembled Elizabeth Taylor and when she finally realized it she actually punctuated her name to J. Elizabeth and became 'Liz'. It was also during the time when Cleopatra came out and she had her blue liner/eye make-up, which lead all of my great aunts to wearing blue eyeliner on their olivey complexion (w/ black hair/eyes, it didn't draw attention at all). Not too long after the stop sign red lipstick came along, but that's another story. My response to my coworker, other than the Cleopatra explanation, also consisted of, "If I did wear the blue eyeliner, would you refer to me as 'the lady with the blue eyeliner' or 'Rachel' ?"
"Actually, I refer to you as the lady with the eyeliner! I pay attention to whether it's the green, violet, or thick liquid everyday!" ::palm face::
In other news, I purchased the latest M. Ward, Bob Dylan, and Peter Bjorn and John albums. Pretty good, but I'm still on the fence with Mr. Dylan. Since I've been receiving Rolling Stone (I'm still scouring my bank statements because that's not a magazine I'd buy a subscription to) I intend to read their article since he's on the cover this month.
Upcoming stuff: registering for summer classes! I will be brushing up on my Spanish and working towards my teaching stuff... This also allows me to save lots of money for L-M Ferla's visit in September!
That and to hear, "YOU CAN'T ROLL YOUR TONGUE?!" and me saying, "70% of all native Spanish speakers can't roll their tongue, FYI. We learn how to fake it!"
-b'ahavah
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