"I refuse to let these young punks in Old Navy commercials have a better holiday than me. It won't happen this year, I tell you!!!!"
He is one of the greatest word smith's around.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Inter-WHAT!?-rupptions
Are conversations becoming extinct?
Relax your furrowed, unbelieving brow for a second, I ask this simply because over the past several weeks I've had the unfortunate experience of being blatantly and rudely inter...Relational etiquette has declined due in part to the mental splicing technology affords.
Where we more often sat and slowly flipped through pages of a book building thought upon thought we are now more accustomed to "clicking" through pages, cutting our thought process off then on again.
That visual inter...Remember that popular catch phrase "instant gratification" that came about with the new millennium, spawned from drive through's and microwaves? Maybe McDonald's is to blame for everything wrong with the world after all!
What better source to attribute the "I want your attention now" attitude foundational of the offender?
That habit of speaking to the multitask-er behind the window might have leaked over into our relationships "yeah, I'll have a number one regardless of who you're talking to already because I'm more important"
The rise of the inter..Hold on I'm getting a call...OK sorry...where was I? oh, right..rupption could also be attributed to call waiting or the textual interruption. Our addiction to not missing a call! has hurt our need to cultivate the conversation we already had going.
& with the rise of txt mgs we have grown in r abilities to summarize & xpect concise responses in return.
The face to face conversation is becoming a lost art. Not the actual act of conversing face to face, the art of conversing face to face. The eye contact, the full attention, the look of confidence as you convey your point, and most importantly the respect for both the listener and the speaker-it's all taking a back seat as we become increasingly dependent on screen to screen conversations.
It is a most degrading feeling to be inter...Respect for someone else's conversation doesn't need a makeover or an overhaul to become trendy it should be that classic button down shirt that no matter what the conversational trend will always be in style.
Relax your furrowed, unbelieving brow for a second, I ask this simply because over the past several weeks I've had the unfortunate experience of being blatantly and rudely inter...Relational etiquette has declined due in part to the mental splicing technology affords.
Where we more often sat and slowly flipped through pages of a book building thought upon thought we are now more accustomed to "clicking" through pages, cutting our thought process off then on again.
That visual inter...Remember that popular catch phrase "instant gratification" that came about with the new millennium, spawned from drive through's and microwaves? Maybe McDonald's is to blame for everything wrong with the world after all!
What better source to attribute the "I want your attention now" attitude foundational of the offender?
That habit of speaking to the multitask-er behind the window might have leaked over into our relationships "yeah, I'll have a number one regardless of who you're talking to already because I'm more important"
The rise of the inter..Hold on I'm getting a call...OK sorry...where was I? oh, right..rupption could also be attributed to call waiting or the textual interruption. Our addiction to not missing a call! has hurt our need to cultivate the conversation we already had going.
& with the rise of txt mgs we have grown in r abilities to summarize & xpect concise responses in return.
The face to face conversation is becoming a lost art. Not the actual act of conversing face to face, the art of conversing face to face. The eye contact, the full attention, the look of confidence as you convey your point, and most importantly the respect for both the listener and the speaker-it's all taking a back seat as we become increasingly dependent on screen to screen conversations.
It is a most degrading feeling to be inter...Respect for someone else's conversation doesn't need a makeover or an overhaul to become trendy it should be that classic button down shirt that no matter what the conversational trend will always be in style.
Friday, December 5, 2008
lol
you should twitter that
hey! he friended me
i don't know, just chacha it
or you can google it
did she tag you in her photo
he blogged about it yesterday
Mickey Mouse called, he wants his verbs back.
hey! he friended me
i don't know, just chacha it
or you can google it
did she tag you in her photo
he blogged about it yesterday
Mickey Mouse called, he wants his verbs back.
er
Running
Clenching
Distracting
Contacting
Fake Smiling
Noah Wyling*
No matter what you do
People will be people
And you know what, sometimes I act stupid too
*hey, he's making a comeback
Clenching
Distracting
Contacting
Fake Smiling
Noah Wyling*
No matter what you do
People will be people
And you know what, sometimes I act stupid too
*hey, he's making a comeback
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Que the slow music and the Bob Saget kneel down...
It's time for the lesson to be learned...
There's a little something that I've been complaining about A LOT lately. I've been complaining because it was something I had to do but there was not a single part of me that wanted to do it.
It was to the point where if the subject was brought up to people I had already complained to they'd speak before I could, "now Elizabeth just calm down"
A sore subject to say the least
As I walked to class yesterday morning I was listening to Joyce Meyer podcast and she was talking about being thankful. She said that if you complain about what you've got, how can God bless you with more? She pointed out all the dangers of complaining and it really spoke to me.
In that moment I decided-I'm going to be thankful that I have this opportunity and I'm not going to complain about it anymore.
Yesterday afternoon I get a phone call that informed me I wasn't going to have to do what I had been complaining about after all.
Now had I received that phone call before I made the decision to stop complaining I would have done back handsprings of joy.
But now, I just had to laugh at myself and picture the whole thing as if it were the end of a Full House episode where the slow/pensive music starts and Jesus was kneeling down Bob Saget style saying,
"See what happens when we decide to be thankful?"
There's a little something that I've been complaining about A LOT lately. I've been complaining because it was something I had to do but there was not a single part of me that wanted to do it.
It was to the point where if the subject was brought up to people I had already complained to they'd speak before I could, "now Elizabeth just calm down"
A sore subject to say the least
As I walked to class yesterday morning I was listening to Joyce Meyer podcast and she was talking about being thankful. She said that if you complain about what you've got, how can God bless you with more? She pointed out all the dangers of complaining and it really spoke to me.
In that moment I decided-I'm going to be thankful that I have this opportunity and I'm not going to complain about it anymore.
Yesterday afternoon I get a phone call that informed me I wasn't going to have to do what I had been complaining about after all.
Now had I received that phone call before I made the decision to stop complaining I would have done back handsprings of joy.
But now, I just had to laugh at myself and picture the whole thing as if it were the end of a Full House episode where the slow/pensive music starts and Jesus was kneeling down Bob Saget style saying,
"See what happens when we decide to be thankful?"
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Know You're Role
I just suffered through..I mean watched Jessica Simpson perform on the Ellen Degenerous show on YouTube from when she was on this week and I couldn't help but wonder...Why is she famous again?
I've got a very strong love/hate deal going with that family because first and foremost I don't agree with their early career moves, especially Jessica's and how she started off in the Christian world and quickly changed to secular music citing her boobs as the reason. (I do however drool over her line of shoes and found myself buying her edible makeup at one point.)
But her voice and performing skills leave one questioning the people behind her label, what were they thinking?
And Ashley she's got a great voice and I think she's a better performer but her reality show revealed the fact that she's nasty to her mom and has an intense potty mouth.
And these are the girls others look up to? Oh gosh.
It's like the blind leading the blind.
Just like "The Hills" or more adequately titled "The Insecure" My only hope as I watch that show (with the car wreck metaphor playing strongly in my head...can't...look...away...)is that other girls who are just as insecure see how people like Heidi and Audrina throw themselves away to trash boyfriends and hopefully those girls watching somehow pull from that more respect for themselves.
*shivers* I cannot dwell on the thought of these people being labeled "role models" because while they may be able to pull off the part of the model, they are vastly unaware of the significant role they play.
I've got a very strong love/hate deal going with that family because first and foremost I don't agree with their early career moves, especially Jessica's and how she started off in the Christian world and quickly changed to secular music citing her boobs as the reason. (I do however drool over her line of shoes and found myself buying her edible makeup at one point.)
But her voice and performing skills leave one questioning the people behind her label, what were they thinking?
And Ashley she's got a great voice and I think she's a better performer but her reality show revealed the fact that she's nasty to her mom and has an intense potty mouth.
And these are the girls others look up to? Oh gosh.
It's like the blind leading the blind.
Just like "The Hills" or more adequately titled "The Insecure" My only hope as I watch that show (with the car wreck metaphor playing strongly in my head...can't...look...away...)is that other girls who are just as insecure see how people like Heidi and Audrina throw themselves away to trash boyfriends and hopefully those girls watching somehow pull from that more respect for themselves.
*shivers* I cannot dwell on the thought of these people being labeled "role models" because while they may be able to pull off the part of the model, they are vastly unaware of the significant role they play.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Grace in your face
There's really nothing to compare the special love between a pet and their owner.
The last for years of my life has been the first time I've ever lived without an animal...hopefully that will soon change :)
Until then I enjoy Sarah's cat Gershwin and my Mother-in-laws dogs Brodie and Gracie.
I mean how can you not enjoy a face like this....
Gracie: "What?"
The last for years of my life has been the first time I've ever lived without an animal...hopefully that will soon change :)
Until then I enjoy Sarah's cat Gershwin and my Mother-in-laws dogs Brodie and Gracie.
I mean how can you not enjoy a face like this....
Gracie: "What?"
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