Event Horizon

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.-Dag Hammarskjold

Hey Dag, I hope you have fun following that line of thought when you fall into an orifice of the land. Yeah, I said orifice. Get over it.

You got it all wrong, bro. It's gotta be a balance. You gotta watch the ground when the going is tricky, and watch the horizon to keep everything in line. Yeah. I'm a wise sage. Get in line for advice because I'm dishing it out by the earful, peeps.

There is a child screaming outside. As I live poolside, I prob should have thought about this when I moved in. Now, I dont mind children playing. I've worked with kids long enough that I either enjoy the laughter and weird things they say or I am pretty much immune to the noise. But screaming?? Oh hell no. I wouldn't tolerate screaming for a period of more than 5 seconds and even that is too long. Even hurt kids dont need to scream. And a tantrum? Forget about it. It sounds like this particular child is doing both. And the camp counselor within me wants to go have a discussion with that kid and find him a nice warm place in T.O. until he calms down. I know. I'm so harsh.

I now live in Cat City. I've gone from zero cats to two of them in a matter of 24 hours as the sis is packed and ready to head off to Cali for the magical world of fashion design. So far, not awful. I give myself two wks till the sanity breaks.

I've been cooking. Like really cooking. I made a killer quinoa-something tonight. I didnt know what the hell to do with it, and Bon Appetit was there for the save. Last night me and the momster watched movies and f-ing cooked it up again. We made peach-jalapeno chicken and red wine vinegar potato salad. Amazingly delish. I am now starting to love my apartment as it has turned into a nest that has comfortable written all over it. In fact, I kind of dont want to leave it. At all. I'll force myself though. No worries.

Back to the initial topic. I've never been a nose-to-the-grindstone kinda gal. I've been working on it though. Like the Dagster, I have always wanted to watch the horizon for where I needed to go. After all, it's easier to create a goal than follow-through. People say in order to make a goal happen you have to write it down. I disagree. Because I write all the time and I've written down millions of goals, from "Never drinking again" to "Straight A's this semester!" and believe me, I've failed on both notes.

So lately, I dont know what has changed. Whether its my general mentality, the chemistry of my brain, the influx of sunshine and the beginnings of a summer tan. I really dont know. But what I do know is that I'm relishing it while it lasts.

I've also felt really guilty lately about not keeping up my comedy blog. Goal of the week: Get back on that pogo stick.

I wrote it down. Let's see about the follow through.