okay millie...on your behalf. i usually don't do these things... and haven't done a blog one ever. though i probably should, since you can inadvertently get "tagged" when reading one...
1. Where is your cell phone? counter
2. Your significant other? out
3. Your hair? ponytail
4. Last time you cursed? don't
5. Last thing you ate? strawberries
6. Your favorite thing? laptop
7. Your dream last night? lucid
8. Your favorite drink? SilkSoymilk
9. Your dream/goal? success
10. The room you're in? kitchen
11. Your ex? nonexistent
12. Your fear? childbirth
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? richer
14. Where were you last night? asleep
15. What you're not? molly
16. Muffin? breakfast
17. One of your wish list items? "L-series"lens (okay not really one word)
18. Where you grew up? Dallas
19. The last thing you did? type
20. What are you wearing? t-shirt
21. Your TV Brand? Toshiba
22. Your pets? none
23. Your computer? Dell
24. Your life? busy
25. Your mood? content
26. Missing someone? hubby
27. Your car? Impala
28. Something you're not wearing? socks
29. Favorite Store? BedBath&Beyond (okay - another not one word)
30. Your summer? humid
31. Like someone? Hannah
33. When is the last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? monday
35. Who will/would re-post this? dunno
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Photoshop Disasters
Yay! I finished another CD of photos. I was really happy with this one compared to the previous ones... It helps to not look at something for 2 weeks and then come back to it later. Gives perspective. I'd forgotten that. I used to do that for a lot of artistic projects and writing projects.
Anyways...on a more interesting note, I stumbled upon this site the other day, and it's GREAT! Really fun commercial photoshop disasters.
I've had a great time looking through all of the posts and laughing aloud to my hearts content.
Anyways...on a more interesting note, I stumbled upon this site the other day, and it's GREAT! Really fun commercial photoshop disasters.
I've had a great time looking through all of the posts and laughing aloud to my hearts content.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Journeys...
life is about the journey...enjoying the journey that is.
So along my journey, I've noticed that I experience some common emotions and psychological experiences when I start something new... I could try to elucidate this with words right now, but my brain isn't working so well...and it's probably a little too close to home at the present moment. So I'll just talk about it in a general sense or talk around it...
So currently I'm in a psychological struggle (regarding my current professional venture.) DH has mentioned it's b/c I'm such a perfectionist. So instead of doing something "not up to my standards" I just drop it and not do it at all. Which is very astute of him. Yes, I agree. And it's something I've been working on - getting rid of that "black and white" thinking... that "perfectionism" that can be a crutch. I've known this for a long time...but it usually doesn't rear it's ugly head until I'm in a "new situation" mostly (or I don't notice it). And then my strength turns into a debilitating weakness sometimes...but mostly a "shoot myself in the foot" weakness.
I also tend to be a cynic in default situations. In our discussion tonight where I was venting to DH (who's really great, listens, & gives good feedback), He voiced the exact thoughts I'd been thinking only moments apart: "like Father, like daughter." Yes, my father is a cynic, and yes, I am, by default a cynic. And it's made more pronounced when I'm around other people who are not cynics, but happy optimists who are whole-hearted believers. Believers in themselves and others...even when they may not have half the aptitude or skill...but they're believers and so they go for it anyways - and no one else is the wiser? I always wonder.
And I'm hard on myself - of course! And I don't give myself enough credit sometimes where it's due. But I've come a long way (historically from my family-of-origin)...just some default programming is still there...and so how I respond/react to things tends to follow those set neural pathways...which I've been working at changing - consciously choosing to connect new neural pathways (more optimistic, positive ones). Especially regarding artistic ventures.
It's funny...I've analyzed some of this for such a long time now. In my head, the concepts are so clear. The patterns of thought, of behavior & response, historic examples, family history, family tendencies...I see&remember my parents, my dad, my mom, my siblings... but soo much... it goes so fast in my head, that it's a jumble and I am unable to record it accurately in type (too slow). It could be a whole dissertation...not just a blog entry...
BUT I do find that I am fascinated by reading & learning about other people's journeys, their growth, improvement, progress...and I am inspired by their success...and it becomes less difficult for me to also succeed. I've always been fascinated by learning about other's psychological journeys & processes.
The human experience.
And in the end, we just look back and say, "wow, what a ride. thanks!"
So along my journey, I've noticed that I experience some common emotions and psychological experiences when I start something new... I could try to elucidate this with words right now, but my brain isn't working so well...and it's probably a little too close to home at the present moment. So I'll just talk about it in a general sense or talk around it...
So currently I'm in a psychological struggle (regarding my current professional venture.) DH has mentioned it's b/c I'm such a perfectionist. So instead of doing something "not up to my standards" I just drop it and not do it at all. Which is very astute of him. Yes, I agree. And it's something I've been working on - getting rid of that "black and white" thinking... that "perfectionism" that can be a crutch. I've known this for a long time...but it usually doesn't rear it's ugly head until I'm in a "new situation" mostly (or I don't notice it). And then my strength turns into a debilitating weakness sometimes...but mostly a "shoot myself in the foot" weakness.
I also tend to be a cynic in default situations. In our discussion tonight where I was venting to DH (who's really great, listens, & gives good feedback), He voiced the exact thoughts I'd been thinking only moments apart: "like Father, like daughter." Yes, my father is a cynic, and yes, I am, by default a cynic. And it's made more pronounced when I'm around other people who are not cynics, but happy optimists who are whole-hearted believers. Believers in themselves and others...even when they may not have half the aptitude or skill...but they're believers and so they go for it anyways - and no one else is the wiser? I always wonder.
And I'm hard on myself - of course! And I don't give myself enough credit sometimes where it's due. But I've come a long way (historically from my family-of-origin)...just some default programming is still there...and so how I respond/react to things tends to follow those set neural pathways...which I've been working at changing - consciously choosing to connect new neural pathways (more optimistic, positive ones). Especially regarding artistic ventures.
It's funny...I've analyzed some of this for such a long time now. In my head, the concepts are so clear. The patterns of thought, of behavior & response, historic examples, family history, family tendencies...I see&remember my parents, my dad, my mom, my siblings... but soo much... it goes so fast in my head, that it's a jumble and I am unable to record it accurately in type (too slow). It could be a whole dissertation...not just a blog entry...
BUT I do find that I am fascinated by reading & learning about other people's journeys, their growth, improvement, progress...and I am inspired by their success...and it becomes less difficult for me to also succeed. I've always been fascinated by learning about other's psychological journeys & processes.
The human experience.
And in the end, we just look back and say, "wow, what a ride. thanks!"
Tons of stuff...
...going on in my mind. But I haven't posted in any of my blogs yet for the month of April. this is the 1st. The blogs have fallen lower on the priority list. Not that there's nothing to post about... Tons of stuff has been going on and I have a ton of things to do on my "to do" lists. We've been rather busy...I've been rather busy. There's a lot of stuff to do when you move into a new home... H has been learning & developing. I should update her blog.
yes...this is not very good writing...I've used the the word stuff a lot and bad grammar. too bad for those English Nazi's out there. my blog. my style... for the night.
the latest craze for me personally last week was designing/planning/deciding our living room curtains. They are going to be full-length ceiling to floor with our 10-ft tall living room. And the many windows. I'm excited. I finally found fabric that I liked at the right price that fit my design that I'm going for (after buying other fabric that I really liked also)...but I finally decided the 1st fabric that I bought wasn't the right style/mood/color, what not. It's a neutral cream upholstery fabric in a wonderful texture and I also got this faux leather/suede dark brown fabric for a border on the curtains. Now it's finding a time to sit down and sew them without H crawling all over the fabric. She's already splattered tomato (from the garden) over some of the fabric that was out & temporarily draped.
I should also post about our garden. It's thriving. It's great! We've had lots of meals with ingredients from them...namely the tomatoes and the basil.
There are six rows in the garden. In the 1st few weeks of moving in, we planted new seeds & transplanted our potted plants. We have a row of carrots. A row of bell pepper, spinach & string beans. A row of assorted tomatoes. A row of potatoes. A row of basil, thyme & broccoli. Then some cilantro and strawberries in pots still. Most everything is flourishing, though we did pull up an aphid-diseased bell pepper plant (from the apt), and one of the thyme plants is dying.
I've taken photos to document the growth...which I should post sometime.
I have lots of photos...just not posted...which is a recurring thing. unposted photos...
yes...this is not very good writing...I've used the the word stuff a lot and bad grammar. too bad for those English Nazi's out there. my blog. my style... for the night.
the latest craze for me personally last week was designing/planning/deciding our living room curtains. They are going to be full-length ceiling to floor with our 10-ft tall living room. And the many windows. I'm excited. I finally found fabric that I liked at the right price that fit my design that I'm going for (after buying other fabric that I really liked also)...but I finally decided the 1st fabric that I bought wasn't the right style/mood/color, what not. It's a neutral cream upholstery fabric in a wonderful texture and I also got this faux leather/suede dark brown fabric for a border on the curtains. Now it's finding a time to sit down and sew them without H crawling all over the fabric. She's already splattered tomato (from the garden) over some of the fabric that was out & temporarily draped.
I should also post about our garden. It's thriving. It's great! We've had lots of meals with ingredients from them...namely the tomatoes and the basil.
There are six rows in the garden. In the 1st few weeks of moving in, we planted new seeds & transplanted our potted plants. We have a row of carrots. A row of bell pepper, spinach & string beans. A row of assorted tomatoes. A row of potatoes. A row of basil, thyme & broccoli. Then some cilantro and strawberries in pots still. Most everything is flourishing, though we did pull up an aphid-diseased bell pepper plant (from the apt), and one of the thyme plants is dying.
I've taken photos to document the growth...which I should post sometime.
I have lots of photos...just not posted...which is a recurring thing. unposted photos...
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