So, I went to the John Mayer concert last night and I have to say, I'm still kind of giddy from it. Sheri and I had such a great time. It was definitely worth every penny, though I wish he could've stayed on for a half-hour more. Or an hour more. Or maybe the whole night - just jam away with us till the morning!
At any rate, I have decided that in addition to his mad guitar skilz and lyrical stylings, I am mesmerized by the man's hair. It quite literally had a life of its own - dancing around on top of his head like a miniature cocker spaniel.
I decided three things during the concert last night. 1 - I want John Mayer's hair. It's just so big and poufy and fantastical. I would like him to shave his head and make a wig for me out of his hair. No, not really. That would be kind of gross and creepy. Though I wager I'd make a pretty penny if I sold that on e-Bay. People are so weird.
2 - I want to run my own security company. I had this crazy urge to be the boss of all the whopping security guards at the concert. Visions of standing on a chair, shaking my finger at them to put them in their place were all that came to mind as I watched them lumber back and forth 'keeping things under control'. They didn't seem all that necessary in the end. It wasn't really a teeny-bopper show where hysterical 14-year-old-girls rushed the stage screaming and crying like John was their last hope for salvation. It was a pretty wide variety of people - from the three older ladies on the floor just in front of us to a group of 20-something guys who sang at the top of their lungs, toasted John with their beer, and cried 'We're not worthy!' at his mad guitar skilz, to the 20-something girls who dressed like they were at the bar, to the gay guy who sat next to us and tried to scream directions to his house at John, to Don and Pam and Kim and Chelsea and Shawn and Sarah and Sheri and I. I think, in the end, the security guards were mostly for intimidation purposes, though I think I could probably out-run most of them. Even at a jog.
3 - I wanted to be a guitar. There are two kinds of really good guitar players out there for me - one who makes me wish I could play a guitar (see Burlap to Cashmere) and one who makes me wish I was a guitar. John falls into the latter category. Watch me as I *swoon*. LOL
Anyway, enough of my crazy rantings. Suffice it to say that last night's concert was a good way to end a rough week. It's been a little on the stressful side at work lately, so I was glad for the opportunity to sit back, listen to some great music and to swoon a little!
Rock on, John. Rock on.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
weird
Disclaimer: This video is about 20 minutes long and some viewers may find the ideas presented in it disagreeable. Feel free to read my commentary before proceeding.
I'm posting this video clip because I found it to be very... weird. It's about 'The Law of Attraction' - it essentially maintains that anything and everything that happens to you in life is because you have attracted it to yourself by your thoughts, whether positive or negative. If you have fearful, angry or anxious thoughts, those things that you fear, are angry or anxious about will be attracted to you and therefore happen to you. If, on the other hand, you have positive, happy and successful thoughts, positivity, happiness and success will be attracted to you.
Now, I believe in the power of positivitiy. I think it's important to be positive and to maintain a good frame of mind. I believe we ought to 'take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ', but I have a really hard time believing that my thoughts alone control my destiny. One of the philosophies of this video (if you managed to watch that far) is that Thoughts = Things. If you think you are rich, you will become rich. If you think you want that nice car, you will one day have that nice car. They claim that all rich and successful people past and present know this and employ this tactic every day, which is why they are rich and successful. On the other hand, they also maintain that if you are poor and embattled, you have brought that upon yourself because this is what your thoughts have attracted to you.
Is it just me, or does this sound like rich people trying to make themselves feel less guilty for being rich? If it was their positive thoughts that brought them wealth, success and happiness and it was poor people's thoughts that made and kept them poor, then the rich people don't have to take any responsibility for the world's poverty and hunger issues. If the poor people would just get their act together and start thinking rich, everything would be okay.
This whole thing just seems to be a 'prosperity gospel for non-Christians' and it's one of the most humanistic approaches to the world I've encountered in a long time. People are inherently good. People are in control of the future. If only you had enough stuff, then you would be truly happy. Turn your thoughts to that stuff and all will be right in your world. What a crock.
Unfortunately, my world is too marred by sin and the consequences of sin. If the theories held in this video were true, there would be no murder, no unhappiness, no suffering, no struggling - and all if we just started thinking positively. Well, if only I'd known.
Man, there's just so much more I could say about this. The more I think about it, the angrier it makes me. Truth twisted ever so subtly to make it palatable and manipulative to those who can't articulate what they believe about God, sin and humanity.
Anybody else up for a rant??
I'm posting this video clip because I found it to be very... weird. It's about 'The Law of Attraction' - it essentially maintains that anything and everything that happens to you in life is because you have attracted it to yourself by your thoughts, whether positive or negative. If you have fearful, angry or anxious thoughts, those things that you fear, are angry or anxious about will be attracted to you and therefore happen to you. If, on the other hand, you have positive, happy and successful thoughts, positivity, happiness and success will be attracted to you.
Now, I believe in the power of positivitiy. I think it's important to be positive and to maintain a good frame of mind. I believe we ought to 'take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ', but I have a really hard time believing that my thoughts alone control my destiny. One of the philosophies of this video (if you managed to watch that far) is that Thoughts = Things. If you think you are rich, you will become rich. If you think you want that nice car, you will one day have that nice car. They claim that all rich and successful people past and present know this and employ this tactic every day, which is why they are rich and successful. On the other hand, they also maintain that if you are poor and embattled, you have brought that upon yourself because this is what your thoughts have attracted to you.
Is it just me, or does this sound like rich people trying to make themselves feel less guilty for being rich? If it was their positive thoughts that brought them wealth, success and happiness and it was poor people's thoughts that made and kept them poor, then the rich people don't have to take any responsibility for the world's poverty and hunger issues. If the poor people would just get their act together and start thinking rich, everything would be okay.
This whole thing just seems to be a 'prosperity gospel for non-Christians' and it's one of the most humanistic approaches to the world I've encountered in a long time. People are inherently good. People are in control of the future. If only you had enough stuff, then you would be truly happy. Turn your thoughts to that stuff and all will be right in your world. What a crock.
Unfortunately, my world is too marred by sin and the consequences of sin. If the theories held in this video were true, there would be no murder, no unhappiness, no suffering, no struggling - and all if we just started thinking positively. Well, if only I'd known.
Man, there's just so much more I could say about this. The more I think about it, the angrier it makes me. Truth twisted ever so subtly to make it palatable and manipulative to those who can't articulate what they believe about God, sin and humanity.
Anybody else up for a rant??
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
spring cleaning
One of the things I like the best about spring is the way it makes you feel like you want everything to be fresh and new in your life. And by 'everything' I mostly mean my physical surroundings.
I've been sick for over a week now (flu first and now a cough that won't let me be) and all I can think about is cleaning the places I live. I desperately want to scrub down my apartment, but have been so lethargic lately that I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it. So I'm gonna try something new - cleaning in chunks. I'm one of those people who, once started on a cleaning project, doesn't want to stop until it's finished (have I mentioned how I am very much NOT a process person?). This year, I think I'll try doing it in stages - one room or one project at a time. We'll see how it goes.
Today's project was cleaning my office at work. We don't have a huge custodial team here, so we're responsible for maintaining our own offices. Anyway, today I vacuumed and it felt really good to get rid of all that winter sand on my floor.
I also decided that I was tired of my old blogger template, so I'm trying this one out for a while. We'll see how long it stays.
That's all. Not really very exciting. I have a few major things coming up that should be a little more interesting to write about - my students' graduation, the John Mayer concert, Vergil going back to Regina to train a new manager, Sheri's second wedding, my Oma's 80th birthday - so hopefully I won't bore you for too long!
I've been sick for over a week now (flu first and now a cough that won't let me be) and all I can think about is cleaning the places I live. I desperately want to scrub down my apartment, but have been so lethargic lately that I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it. So I'm gonna try something new - cleaning in chunks. I'm one of those people who, once started on a cleaning project, doesn't want to stop until it's finished (have I mentioned how I am very much NOT a process person?). This year, I think I'll try doing it in stages - one room or one project at a time. We'll see how it goes.
Today's project was cleaning my office at work. We don't have a huge custodial team here, so we're responsible for maintaining our own offices. Anyway, today I vacuumed and it felt really good to get rid of all that winter sand on my floor.
I also decided that I was tired of my old blogger template, so I'm trying this one out for a while. We'll see how long it stays.
That's all. Not really very exciting. I have a few major things coming up that should be a little more interesting to write about - my students' graduation, the John Mayer concert, Vergil going back to Regina to train a new manager, Sheri's second wedding, my Oma's 80th birthday - so hopefully I won't bore you for too long!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
pics of my sister and b-i-l
Here are some pictures for you. I'm only showing head shots because (strange as it sounds) my sister Sheri and my friend Sheri both have the same wedding dress. No joke. My sister bought hers about a year ago and then my friend bought hers last October. The only difference is that my sister's is white and Sheri's is ivory. All that to say that to preserve the 'surprise' of Sheri's dress, I won't show you all of Sheri's dress.
Confused yet? Yeah, me too. :) But ain't they cute??
Also, here's a copy of the PowerPoint presentation I put together for Sheri & Chad (my sister and b-i-l, that is). I'm pretty proud of it and it seemed like everyone really enjoyed it. It's about 8 and 1/2 minutes long, fyi. Enjoy!
Confused yet? Yeah, me too. :) But ain't they cute??
Also, here's a copy of the PowerPoint presentation I put together for Sheri & Chad (my sister and b-i-l, that is). I'm pretty proud of it and it seemed like everyone really enjoyed it. It's about 8 and 1/2 minutes long, fyi. Enjoy!
Monday, April 09, 2007
made it
Well, I did it. I survived. Actually, I more than survived - I had a good time this weekend. My sister looked positively amazing and her wedding was one of those really good ones where everybody likes everybody and everybody is super happy for the couple and there's no bad blood or negativity anywhere to be found. I'll try to post some pictures tonight when I get home.
Friday night was probably the hardest for me. That's when all the babies were in extremely close proximity and I almost lost it a couple times during the evening, but I held it together for the sake of my sister and my Oma (whose 80th birthday we were celebrating). Thanks again to everyone for thinking of and/or praying for me. I couldn't have done it without you.
So now my sister Sheri and my friend Sheri are both married! How cool is that? I'm looking forward to the bigger ceremonies for the latter. We had a great time at her first wedding, even if she and I got held hostage at the salon for almost 7 hours. Poor Jonathan! If we'd shown up five minutes later, he might have thought we'd abandoned him all together. Next time we won't be running late. And next time she gets to wear her big wedding dress! Good times.
So yeah. I made it. I did manage to get sick, though. I'm blaming my sister's boyfriend. He had the stomach flu when I met him and even though I'm not sick to my stomach, I still think my cold is somehow his fault.
Friday night was probably the hardest for me. That's when all the babies were in extremely close proximity and I almost lost it a couple times during the evening, but I held it together for the sake of my sister and my Oma (whose 80th birthday we were celebrating). Thanks again to everyone for thinking of and/or praying for me. I couldn't have done it without you.
So now my sister Sheri and my friend Sheri are both married! How cool is that? I'm looking forward to the bigger ceremonies for the latter. We had a great time at her first wedding, even if she and I got held hostage at the salon for almost 7 hours. Poor Jonathan! If we'd shown up five minutes later, he might have thought we'd abandoned him all together. Next time we won't be running late. And next time she gets to wear her big wedding dress! Good times.
So yeah. I made it. I did manage to get sick, though. I'm blaming my sister's boyfriend. He had the stomach flu when I met him and even though I'm not sick to my stomach, I still think my cold is somehow his fault.
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