am not particularly pensive or chatty this evening, but find myself at midnight with absolutely nothing to do and completely, utterly awake. have caught up on my email writing, have shopped a ton, seen jay, chad, alain, and regina today- generally, a busy day. and now? - am feeling like i SHOULD be doing something else.
i could be initializing the kindle book mom got me from crimma, but truth be told, i'm SCARED of it. i'm fairly certain it will be difficult and frustrating and i wont know half of what i COULD do with it and like a year from now, someone will see me with it and be like "oh, didnt you know? you can have BABIES with this thing- you just need to push this combo of buttons" and i'll be like "well aint that a bitch. i didnt know, i really, really didnt." hrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhh- will wait until tomorrow.
matt, kirstin and jack come into cedar rapids tomorrow night and i really cant wait to see them. it's been over a year, i think, and since moving to barbados, matt has been really cool and called me regularly- weird how some family members feel closer the farther away you get. . . . .
being "home" has been strange, i'm not gonna lie. it's been difficult this time, as i think i've changed a lot, and friends have changed a lot, and yet- the friendships feel somewhat stale, like the relationships themselves dont quite know how to change yet. i know for sure i wont be back next christmas unless i fly into atlanta and drive my ass home from there. i will NOT go to more than one airport the weekend before christmas EVER again. it's rent a car or christmas in barbados. i wouldnt be opposed to christmas in barbados, no doubt. it'd definitely be interesting.
it feels like barbados is home now, so this is all kinda confusing for me. i really love iowa- i dont think i'll ever get out of that, but at this point in my life, i dont know that i'll be back to live in iowa anytime soon. i dont even know what i would DO here if i were to come back. i know i'll be in barbados for the foreseeable future, barring any sort of "anne-got-voted-off-the-island-scenario" with work.
we'll see. just thinking "out loud" on here. nothing even particularly funny. just slightly dazed up in hrrrr, and somewhat confused by this whole turn of events.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
here's why i love my crazy sister:
"I am totally looking forward to hanging out with Grand Masta Funk herself, Anne Dugga" - lifted DIRECTLY from linnea's latest blog entry. her penchant for naming people always leaves me laughing. . . there's a man here she's decided to call "D.J. Supa' Dupa' K", which has me in stitches when she chooses to pull it out.
another great quote from linnea, which had marcia and i wondering a few different things: (and you have to sing this)
"immaculate conception, doesn't hurt as muuuuuuuuch"
marcia and i wondered in what context it didnt hurt as much- the sex as a virgin? the actual having OF god's baby, as a virgin? we spent probably more time on this than we needed to, but linnea informs me - her feeling is that if you're a virgin and GOD comes to you and says, "i'm going to impregnate you"- it wouldnt hurt as much as a regular guy with a regular virgin, as you know- it's GOD.
the woman makes me laugh- what can i say?
WERD- grand master funk, anne dugga' OUT.
another great quote from linnea, which had marcia and i wondering a few different things: (and you have to sing this)
"immaculate conception, doesn't hurt as muuuuuuuuch"
marcia and i wondered in what context it didnt hurt as much- the sex as a virgin? the actual having OF god's baby, as a virgin? we spent probably more time on this than we needed to, but linnea informs me - her feeling is that if you're a virgin and GOD comes to you and says, "i'm going to impregnate you"- it wouldnt hurt as much as a regular guy with a regular virgin, as you know- it's GOD.
the woman makes me laugh- what can i say?
WERD- grand master funk, anne dugga' OUT.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
big n' chunky
I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY CRRAAAAAAAPPPPP- i am listening to this song by will.i.am. from the madagascar 2 soundtrack- "big and chunky"- i am actually CRYING, i love this song SO much- HILARIOUS!
why, oh why am i in love with animated films? and i'm not talking about your japanime stuff- i mean i really, really love kids animated films. . . BIG AND CHUNKY!
oh my gooooooooooooooooooooooood- you HAVE GOT to go listen to that song!
that's it. it's currently 930 on sunday night and i'm laughing. . . so nothing new here.
i plan on eating turtles (the candy) when i get home, then hugging THE SHIT out of chad willer and jay diers and probably making them make out with me - some sort of weirdo, 3-way makeout session wherein i will get bored and they will both question their respective sexualities. . . YAY!
no, really- i'll be in cedar rapids this time next week, which makes me a little weepy. i'll be glad to see mama and linnea and the peeps. PLUS, brother and sister-in-law and nephew are coming for one of the weeks i'm home, all the way from arizona. i havent seen them in a year or more, which is SO COOL! i know that i will be glad to come back to barbados, which is not something i would have said even 6 months ago, but it feels like LIFE here- MY life here, and that makes me happy. BUT- 2 weeks in Cedar Rapids with friends and family and history is just THE thing for me now!
all is well otherwise. . . am getting to know some of the people here and it feels more like home because of that. part of me being comfortable here has to do with simple, stupid things like: i got to drive kathy's car a couple of weeks ago, which is EXACTLY like my family- using everyone else's car, or taking beverley and wynell home late at night and having them laugh like LOONS at me and my utter confusion as to where IN THE WORLD i was. . . it feels good. mostly, what i did was look around and "pick out" the people i want to be my friends and pretty much, as you ALL know about me- i've decided they have no choice but to love me! . . . LOL (they do, i know). as per usual, i'm ALL about intention.
k, i'm off to find entertainment for a bit. talk at you later!
HOLY CRRAAAAAAAPPPPP- i am listening to this song by will.i.am. from the madagascar 2 soundtrack- "big and chunky"- i am actually CRYING, i love this song SO much- HILARIOUS!
why, oh why am i in love with animated films? and i'm not talking about your japanime stuff- i mean i really, really love kids animated films. . . BIG AND CHUNKY!
oh my gooooooooooooooooooooooood- you HAVE GOT to go listen to that song!
that's it. it's currently 930 on sunday night and i'm laughing. . . so nothing new here.
i plan on eating turtles (the candy) when i get home, then hugging THE SHIT out of chad willer and jay diers and probably making them make out with me - some sort of weirdo, 3-way makeout session wherein i will get bored and they will both question their respective sexualities. . . YAY!
no, really- i'll be in cedar rapids this time next week, which makes me a little weepy. i'll be glad to see mama and linnea and the peeps. PLUS, brother and sister-in-law and nephew are coming for one of the weeks i'm home, all the way from arizona. i havent seen them in a year or more, which is SO COOL! i know that i will be glad to come back to barbados, which is not something i would have said even 6 months ago, but it feels like LIFE here- MY life here, and that makes me happy. BUT- 2 weeks in Cedar Rapids with friends and family and history is just THE thing for me now!
all is well otherwise. . . am getting to know some of the people here and it feels more like home because of that. part of me being comfortable here has to do with simple, stupid things like: i got to drive kathy's car a couple of weeks ago, which is EXACTLY like my family- using everyone else's car, or taking beverley and wynell home late at night and having them laugh like LOONS at me and my utter confusion as to where IN THE WORLD i was. . . it feels good. mostly, what i did was look around and "pick out" the people i want to be my friends and pretty much, as you ALL know about me- i've decided they have no choice but to love me! . . . LOL (they do, i know). as per usual, i'm ALL about intention.
k, i'm off to find entertainment for a bit. talk at you later!
Saturday, December 06, 2008
the week
here's what i did this week:
1. i broke something in/on my foot and had to go barefoot for the majority of my work week.
2. i joined facebook and am now an addict.
3. i watched some really, really good movies:
a. neverwas- holy CRAP, this was moving, and completely a surprise.
b. mr. magorium's wonder emporium- again, LOVED it. "your life is an occasion- rise to it."
c. batman begins - again, he's my husband and gary oldman is my lov-ahhhhh, and morgan freeman is my father of color, and michael caine is my father who is english.
d. four christmases- SO FUNNY. vince v. is hilarious, as always, and i was pleasantly surprised
by the whole movie, actually.
4. i ate WAAAAAY too much.
5. contemplated such things as:
a. marcia's firmly-held belief that when one flies to bajia, one becomes miniturized (sp) and that, in fact, bajia is actually one, HUGE continent, but really, really small. this means that 2 normally sane women can go out for a drive in said miniturized country thinking to be back within, say, an hour, and come back 3 hours later having NO IDEA what happened, as according to the map, they only went 7 kilometers. one must, of course, take into account a few things: 1. all roads are thrice as long as normal, as all roads here TWIST back on themselves at least 12 times per kilometer, leading to point #2- there are NO straight roads. 3. the speed limit here is 60 kmph, BUT the aforementioned twists do not encourage anything over 20 kmph.
b. the honey bunches of oats van has YET to come to bajia and the commercials say they are going around giving people a taste. have you seen them in YOUR town? because i think they are making it up.
c. the sex lives of bajans and come up with a fairly radical system of ideas on this that might cause a revolution were i to put them on here. . . needless to say, what you think IS, is NOT. (become one with yoda)
d. laura and i have realized that no matter what ANYone says, pimps from canada just arent that tough. here's my impression of a canadian pimp- *eeyore voice* "hey female dog! (sorry i called you that, it's part of the image)- come gimme mah money. . . cuz i need the change back from when i gave you money for those goldfish crackers the other night, 'member?! i'm the canadian pimp named frank." also. marcia explained some of the canadian politics to me- WACKADOOOOOOOO. . . though we're not much better, i know.
e. i thought the word "coalition" was automatically associated with lesbians. evidently not.
all is well in bajia, kids.
will be home sunday, december 21 until january 4. see you then!
1. i broke something in/on my foot and had to go barefoot for the majority of my work week.
2. i joined facebook and am now an addict.
3. i watched some really, really good movies:
a. neverwas- holy CRAP, this was moving, and completely a surprise.
b. mr. magorium's wonder emporium- again, LOVED it. "your life is an occasion- rise to it."
c. batman begins - again, he's my husband and gary oldman is my lov-ahhhhh, and morgan freeman is my father of color, and michael caine is my father who is english.
d. four christmases- SO FUNNY. vince v. is hilarious, as always, and i was pleasantly surprised
by the whole movie, actually.
4. i ate WAAAAAY too much.
5. contemplated such things as:
a. marcia's firmly-held belief that when one flies to bajia, one becomes miniturized (sp) and that, in fact, bajia is actually one, HUGE continent, but really, really small. this means that 2 normally sane women can go out for a drive in said miniturized country thinking to be back within, say, an hour, and come back 3 hours later having NO IDEA what happened, as according to the map, they only went 7 kilometers. one must, of course, take into account a few things: 1. all roads are thrice as long as normal, as all roads here TWIST back on themselves at least 12 times per kilometer, leading to point #2- there are NO straight roads. 3. the speed limit here is 60 kmph, BUT the aforementioned twists do not encourage anything over 20 kmph.
b. the honey bunches of oats van has YET to come to bajia and the commercials say they are going around giving people a taste. have you seen them in YOUR town? because i think they are making it up.
c. the sex lives of bajans and come up with a fairly radical system of ideas on this that might cause a revolution were i to put them on here. . . needless to say, what you think IS, is NOT. (become one with yoda)
d. laura and i have realized that no matter what ANYone says, pimps from canada just arent that tough. here's my impression of a canadian pimp- *eeyore voice* "hey female dog! (sorry i called you that, it's part of the image)- come gimme mah money. . . cuz i need the change back from when i gave you money for those goldfish crackers the other night, 'member?! i'm the canadian pimp named frank." also. marcia explained some of the canadian politics to me- WACKADOOOOOOOO. . . though we're not much better, i know.
e. i thought the word "coalition" was automatically associated with lesbians. evidently not.
all is well in bajia, kids.
will be home sunday, december 21 until january 4. see you then!
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