Miracles

Stories like this keep me going. I know someone with a similar story. She died in surgery and woke up a while later and scared the bejeezus out of the doctor.  Loves it:

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Merry Christmas!

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Cabin Fever!

There is way too much snow outside and it just won't stop.  It's not so much that I hate snow; I just hate being TRAPPED by snow. Actually, I hate being trapped by anything.

Every time I look outside, I'm torn between awe (snow is pretty amazing) and terror.  I actually made circles in the kitchen today - yes, I walked in little frustrated circles.  That's when I knew it was getting to me.  I used to last more than one day stuck inside, but the infrequency of big snows here has spoiled me. My tolerance is much lower now.  I hate sitting still for too long and big blizzards like this always remind me of my general fear of being trapped.  Even windows - I hate it when a window is stuck shut. I could be breathing perfectly fine until I go to open a window in my home and it's stuck. Suddenly, I can't breathe, break out in a sweat, and bang on the window pane frantically. I hate that I can't crack my windows in Spring (allergies).  My dorm room window often got stuck.  And that room was actually a claustrophobe's worst nightmare (a small cinder block cell the width of a standard twin bed).  So being unable to get that window open would drive me to a tearful frenzy every once in a while.  I never told anyone this. Yet I'm not afraid of elevators or other confined spaces. I could hide in a closet all day long and sometimes tease friends by jumping up and down on elevators. Yet I can't be in a much larger space unable to come and go as I please.  Go figure.

Anyway, the upside to blizzards is that you have time to work on projects that have fallen by the wayside. If I were home, I'd clean the place. But I'm with the fam, so I guess I'll make collages or work on one of many other projects today...and tomorrow. God I hope it stops by tomorrow.

P.S. - I probably won't blog again until after the holidays. So check back in January and enjoy!

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God of Small Things

I recently had the privilege of attending a talk given by creative genius Willard Wigan. Described as the "8th Wonder of the World", Wigan grew up in England. Painfully shy and dyslexic, he was berated by teachers in front of other students and told that he would not go far in life. He could have given up; instead he turned lemons into lemonade (pardon the cliché) and created something no one else had before - microscopic sculptures. I found his story inspiring on so many levels and hope you will too.

I really wish there was video from the talk that I saw as I enjoyed it more than his TED Talk found here. Check out some of his work below. For a greater appreciation of exactly how tiny his sculptures are (they are invisible to the naked eye for goodness sakes), take a look at the following videos and visit his website.  Amazing

(Umm, I think they meant, "This is the most amazing thing I've EVER seen")

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New Alice?

How can this be? There are new Alice Smith singles, yet no album? Where is her album?? I need it now! Yes, NEED

I'm really loving this song because it reminds me of some changes I went through a little while ago (and would have been really cathartic had I stumbled upon it at the time). Besides, it's nice to hear a song that could be about friendship (or other) challenges sometimes as opposed to the usual (love, sex, etc.). There is more to life. Take a listen and have a good weekend:

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Sade's New Single!

I heard a song on the radio last night and immediately turned it up (unfortunately for my dog who was riding with me). I didn't even realize it was Sade!  Check out "Soldier of Love" here. It's HAWT

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Impatient Dog

Woooow

If my dog did this, I'd be afraid to sleep at night. Since it's not my dog, I giggled a little bit.

Actually, this reminds me of a story. My neighbor parked in a fire lane and ran into the store one day. He takes his dog with him everywhere so he left him where he always sat - in the passenger seat. While he's in the store, a police officer notices his vehicle in the fire lane. She proceeds to get out and write a ticket. When she approached the window and saw the dog, she jokingly asked him, "Can you drive?" Apparently, she didn't know how smart my neighbor's dog is and how well he understands you (let's just say, it's best to spell around him as often as possible). I guess he looked at her and thought, "Oh, you think you're funny? You think I don't understand English?? Watch this!"  And he hopped in the driver's seat, sat down, and looked at her. She was so shocked and amused, she decided against giving my neighbor a ticket. She did, however, wait for him to come out of the store so she could tell him what happened. True story

The Impatient Passenger @ Yahoo! Video

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Will Resume Posting Next Week

I'm feeling a lot like this lately:

(Poor Lauryn.) Rather than smear my face with clown makeup and step out the door looking mixed up, I listen to music and sing along, loudly and badly - usually in my car or bathroom where nobody can hear me (except that one dude who heard me in traffic once even though my windows were wound up tight - oops), or I do other things I will not share here. :o)


Here's one of my favorite songs for days like this. I dug in the crate for this one and keep meaning to add it to a "Mad at the World" playlist. Enjoy

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