Sunday, July 12, 2009

Lindsey's Graduation Party


Congratulations Lindsey! She is a college graduate with an awesome gig for grad school! I am so proud of her!  She is going to do amazing things with her life.

It was a ridiculous graduation party! Bill grilled some delicious appetizers and had 3 coolers filled with his home brew which was amazing! I love spending time with Lindsey and her family.  Everyone there is always so friendly and happy. Sitting around talking and celebrating is always a good time.  Playing kings with her parents was pretty amusing...even when her dad made the rule that anytime your phone goes off you have to take a shot.  That one killed me! Good thing my phone died towards the end of the game because another tequila shot might have put me on my ass :) The night got pretty crazy but that is the norm.  

 

Ok, starting from the top: 

Me at the beginning of the evening! I was so happy to be there.
Lindsey on the left, Sam her boyfriend is in the middle and Brian is on the right.                                             Looks like Sam was getting alot of attention :)
Me and my bestie!
That's Donna Lindsey's awesome mom!
Lindsey and her dad Bill
Brian and I
Lindsey and her boyfriend Sam...they are so cute together!

Earlier in the weekend I had my dad's 61st birthday dinner! It was so much fun.  My sister, her friend Stephanie and I went to Northside Tavern and met up with Amanda's friend Puck.  He is so funny! Makes me smile.  My mom and I went shopping Saturday morning and had some good one on one time.  Overall it was a great weekend.  Lots of memories and loved ones.  I got back to Chicago and laid out and caught up with Marlis.  She always had a fabulous weekend, I'm glad she did.  Time for a movie and cuddling with MoMo!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009


The things I find...the things I aquire...I love the random cloud of twirling and swirling wonderfulness that surrounds my state of being at all moments.  

Revelations of the today no longer have to wait til tomorrow...there is no day like today...for today there wasn't a tomorrow and tomorrow will never be today.

I have been going through old journals lately remembering thoughts of old and writing thoughts of new.  Some entries were quite sobering but many brought so many smiles...7 years of journals is quite alot to be reunited with.  

Here are some of my thoughts...

"truth tries. love lies. trust dies.
but something in your eyes.  
all i can see when i close mine is your big beautiful brown eyes
my heart is on trial the verdict is final
but something about your smile...
your amazing smile tugs my heart away
from the unhappiness of its unfortunate trial
there is an imaginary line between enough and too much
but something about your touch
your tender touch lets my heart know with you there is never enough, let alone too much
failure is my only choice but something about your voice
your soft sweet serene voice makes me feel like i can live forever
all I need is the peaceful sound of your beautiful voice" '03

S(he) sees me as a tribal dance through civiliazed eyes...sees me as beauty, but will never understand 21406

Peace broken, words spoken
buy tokens to play the game
No! your clever, pull the lever
look outside the frame.

why sit?
why sat?
pick up the bat...
you know what to do

The brutaliy, mality, deciet and fality
  aroused in just a dream.
Lost gazing, dazing
  for just one grazing
Of the top layer of cream.

But the minds bending
  with time spending
  the echoing mock of tick tock.

Keep seeking, searching,
not leaking, lerching...
this nightmare will end but,
until then, come on
DIG IN!

This is a perfection of fiction
reflecting infliction...
This is our chance to dance,
til the moon goes down and the sun comes up
we'll fly and swim through the rain.
Or 
We can sit and sat, and tit and tat
til the last drop of grain.
8906

searching calling, but freely falling

up the world with both feet over the edge
Sliding, gliding, creeping, beeping
  red and white ants in a 
  slow-motion race.
sleeping through their own American dream.

In and out, round about til
  they...knock, knock, knock
  on destiny's door.

The painful pounding floor boards of our heads
  are their escalators of the dead, we yell
Stop...wake up...
Run down the up
  go out the in and breathe
Their first breathe

Look up...

Feel, the freely falling flipping drops
  dripping to their tongue
Taste...
  their first flavor.

Their open eyes
  briefly blinded by the light
Then the breathe they just took
  is swept away and a pro-longed gasp
  sucks down the senses
  for the first sight of pure beauty 
  overwhelmes the mind.

Jump the fences, regain their senses
  and smell the splashed of the drupping drops
  in the self-reflecting puddles of their mind.

Uphoric senses of this dream world
  are life's only reality
The beauty is spreading with
  these rippling puddles of me and you.
8906


arms outstreched to grasp the shrinking ledge

flying high, and soaring free

who needs ground when there is no i only we
81606

letters unspoken
life's unwoken
speak the beauty unseen
truth's untelling
(lies) unveiling with
the clocks constant ticking
we keep constantly digging

shovel huddle
break

want the light 
shadowed in fright
inner shivering
racing or pacing 

knowing is needing
hiding is keeping
loosen thoughts 
let beauty flow
the unseen seen
the untold spoken
and we are living in our dream
101006

lasting impressions of yesterday's imperfections...
103106

i woke up and smiled today. i love that feeling, waking up and smiling, beautiful.
the chilled wind against my bare skin is one of my favorite parts of winter.  
its like a first kiss, everytime. it opens my eyes to the world and its beauty.
this feeling is in many things, in many times, but for some reason there is nothing
like that sweet kiss on my cheek for 3 months. 112206

pete and repete
2 friends of mine
blink and sink
both sucess in time
tales upon tails
of drinking lessons
i piddle now paddle
to (OH) group's sessions
strive and drive
2 shots of the night
but stale and fail
2 tastes of the fight
dashing and thrashing
through fork upon fork
but flitter and flutter
do snows of new york
open or shut
i walk or i wait
a one way alley
leads straight to your gate
now peek do follow
the shadow above
itll fly you to highs
this drug called....love
12507

meet me where the fire flies roam
where the world's washed away
and the red fern's grown.
meet me in this sacred place 
where the wind kisses your skin
with her everlasing grace
follow me down the tree covered paths
where we'll run rampant
through the puddles (go splash).
take my hand and i'll show you this world
I'll open your eyes
and reality will be twirled.
run away with me and I'll show you this unknown
don't worry about breadcrumbs
because this is your home...
72707

smile from afar...release from within...the distance is driving the friction between...afar and within...between one and two...infinite possibles lie between you
31307

a related succession
of clashing percussion
in one fatal tempt
to revitalize this concussion
0ne, 2, three and for
brief blanks in blinks
thoughts to think
thyme to tink(er)
in the mind
of a forgotten soul
a lesson to render
from one's sender
the days forgotten
the morrows forsaken
beaten....broken
a token of love
or loss
running rounds in pulp
stop...then gulp
swallow the truth...
u not me shall always be
11008

music is medicine for the soul. it instigates, creates, cures...this ancient form of communication and inspiration plays such a powerful role in life. its amazing how a song can bring back the dead and strike down the proud. accentuated lyrics, punctuated gasps of breathe, and the voice one's soul has filled the atmosphere in my world and carried me through on the wings of a dove safely to shore; saving me from the heartless, dark waves crashing down all around me. elegantly placed notes and words continuously reminds me of the world that i want to live in, the beauty around me, the strength i have within myself, and that life will always go on...nothing stops time, and time can cure many things so embrace it, get the most out of it, don't waste it...just don't waste it...

don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better

And any time you feel the pain refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
31808

hold onto tomorrow for it leads the way for today
release the obsession of tomorrow's suppression
be one
be two
be free

unleashing mind or fleeting time
count one
count two
your me, your you

life lived, life gained
but what, oh what
remains sane?

sanity's great deception
a life long lesson
one, two
teach me, teach you

learned you, learned me
a life lived free
no want, no need
just succeed

i me, you you
not one, but two
shall live a life of dreams
11409

passionate release of ever changing sustenance
pulsing rivers of deep dark rouge
the beating drum of lust's player
love's chorus two voices fuse
the intertwined bind of the young mind
ever growing towards the other
emotions reveled
a lifetime unveiled
our hands combined
we'll never fail 
11409

These are just a few that stood out to me...I'm still going through writings so maybe I'll post more.  I am not living in the past, I just don't want to forget.  Some things should live on forever.  


Sunday, July 5, 2009

Independence Day 2009


Happy Independence Day! The fourth of July 2009 was a blast! Fireworks, beer, whiskey, baseball and ballpark food...a very American weekend for a very American day.  My parents came up for a weekend in Chicago.  It all started on Thursday night with the best dinner at Glenn's Diner.  I would say if you want some of the best seafood in Chicago go there.  Every bite was delicious.  The atmosphere is very chill and you never feel rushed.  

Friday we played 18 holes and the weather was beautiful.  Not too hot, not too cold...perfect golfing weather.  After showers and a few cocktails we wandered down to the Taste of Chicago to watch the fireworks.  There were so many people at the taste that you could barely even walk.  My mom found the perfect spot right on the water with a perfect view.  My dad and I were sipping Jim from the flask. Perfect! Here is my dad waiting for the fireworks to start!

After the fireworks we went to the Atwood Cafe while we waited for the crowd to dissipate.  A cheese plate, mussels, and lobster rangoon definitely hit the spot.  I love going to eat with my mom in Chicago because she picks the best places and doesn't care about cost when it comes to great food.  It was delicious!

Saturday we went to the cubs game at Wrigley.  They played the Brewers and lost miserably.  It was still fun though drinking cheap beer and eating ball park food.

I love Wrigley Field! It is such a unique ball field and the fans are always great.

My parents are so cute.  They are so happy with each other!

After the cubs game we went back down to the Taste so we could actually try some of the food even though it was raining.  The cajun restaurant was serving crawfish! I know its not crawfish season but I couldn't resist.  I want a crawfish boil before I leave! Saturday night we didn't even need to go anywhere for fireworks because there were fireworks going off all around my apartment.  I live in one of the tallest buildings in my neighborhood so we had a great view.  Fireworks were everywhere, they were going off in the street and everything! I have very fun loving neighbors.  The fireworks never stopped all night, some were still going off at 8 o'clock this morning...crazy.  All in all it was a great weekend.  I was sad when my parents had to leave today but I will see them soon enough.  I hope everyone else had a great Independence Day weekend! It is great to be an American! 

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Life is lived once...(so they say)

I have decided to share my extraordinary life not only with those around me but anyone who may stumble upon this sight.  Starting in the fall I will be traveling 100% of the time and will not be able to be around those I love. I will do my very best to stay in touch as much as possible but this blog will allow me to keep everyone updated on my whereabouts or at least help.