To Making It Count

I had a sudden intense urge to watch Titanic tonight, and who am I to deny? It really is quite fun, especially when Rose goes up on her toes to prove her toughness. I wouldn't be opposed to living as Jack did, minus the whole going down with the ship thing. His motto of making each day count is really quite empowering, especially since it lead to the party in steerage. That was definitely the real party to be at. I feel especially sappy that I'm almost crying here at the end of it. Well, at least until she "accidentally" drops the Heart of the Ocean. That scene is rather ridiculous, although I suppose they had to dispose of it for the plot line. But I love how she did as he asked, and made each moment count, and did all that she had dreamed.

So here's to making it count, to the moments:

"The purpose of life is to matter, to count, to stand for something; to have it make some difference that we lived at all."
Leo Rosten

Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.
Charlie Sheen

Life is a succession of moments, To live each one is to succeed.
Corita Kent

There are all sorts of strange things and experiences that happen to you over the course of your life, moments where you can't possibly believe what is happening other than for the reason that it is.
Richard Gough

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."
Cesare Pavese

Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive."
Stacey Charter

I'll meet you in Wisconsin

Went to twigs with Morgan last night and had a delicious dinner. We determined that since she won't be able to go to Europe with me, that we will drive cross country on scooters together at some point in the future. We were joking about how when were both teachers and have summers off, even if we live on opposite sides of the country, well call each other up and pick somewhere to meet up. Being the smart ass I am I told her, "I'm going to call you up and say I'll meet you in Wisconsin in 3 days!" morgan got such a kick out of this that we determined that's our new phrase. So Morgan, someday I'll meet you in wisconsin on scooters and you can damn well bet we will be eating some chili and cheese while were there!

gonna be tired tomorrow!

So I officially have my layout for tomorrow (+12 hours or so...). Tonight, I'm cleaning my apartment (completely) because I'll be out of town all weekend, and packing. Tomorrow I work at the bagelshop from 6:45-3:15. From 3:15-4:00 I clean out my car cause I'll be totting people around in it. 4:00-7:00 I work at finders keepers. 7:00-? I'm joining Morgan at a Youth Center dealio by SCC. ?-10ish, get to my mom's h0use, start my laundry, eat my dinner, get dressed to go. 10ish-pick up Jen, Ryan, and Ryan's friend and head to the Valley theatre. 12:01-Alice in Wonderland (in NOT 3D, because 3D is stupid and I'm angry that River Park Square is only showing it in 3D.). After the movie get to bed. 6:30 get up, make sure I have everything. 9:00-be on the plane and leaving for Vegas. Will I be exhausted? Hell yes. Am I looking forward to every moment of it? But of course. So when I'm comatose in a couple days, I just want you all to know why.

Best part of my day?

So we have some detectives who eat at the bagelshop a couple days a week. Today when my
Mom said we'd run the food out to them, they laughed and said we could walk it if we instead if we wanted. I told them skipping was best and I don't think they took me seriously. My day was made when the guy doubled over because he was laughing so hard as the girl I formed him, "I dared her to do that!" as I skipped happily over to their table.
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Times a'flyin

I can't believe how fast everything seems to be going. I just realized that Vegas is next weekend already. Which means that it'll be march already. I need to start preparing to pack my stuff soon, and start getting rid of the stuff that I don't need. At least I still have some time left before that.
We've been having a lot of fun at the bagelshop today though. It's been crazy busy so were all a little weird today and it's been showing. I made an awesome playlist though, with a bunch of 90's throw backs. It's funny though because as soon as N'Sync came on and we all started singing Bye, Bye, Bye my mom went running to take my iPod off the docking system. All the other girls love it though. We've all been singing and dancing around and having an all around good time. I'm super tired though and I'm looking forward to bed tonight, thouh that's still quite a ways off yet. And I do have the symphony to go to still tonight. But it will be fantastic so I really have no room to complain.


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"wacky" surely not wasted Wednesdays

So I was at work at FK last night and this group of guys comes in that was super nice. Turns out they are a rock band from Detroit called the Hounds Below and it is their first time on the West Coast. We were hanging out, trying to find them some jackets and a wolf pendant when they invited me to their gig at the Boulevard that night. Put me on the guest list and everything so I didn't have to pay a cover which was pretty sweet, so I asked my friend Shane to come with. We had so much fun! The band was awesome, and it was really fun to talk to Ben (their guitarist) after the show. Their heading to Portland right now, which should be a lot of fun for them. I also found an awesome bit of writing on the bathroom stall. Another "diamond in the rough" so to say. It was among all the cussing and call for a good times. If we had one night, to make this right, I'd give you everything.

After the concert, Shane and I decided we weren't ready to head back home quite yet. I mean, it was only 11 and I don't work until 4 today. So we headed out to Irv's instead for the Wednesday Night Drag Show. It was pretty incredible. Ran into my friend Danny there who I haven't seen in quite awhile, met some awesome people, and learned that if you get enough alcohol in Shane, he will climb the pole.
We ended up shutting the bar down, as in they got on the mic and were saying things like, "That means you have to leave now." It was quite an evening. Tonight should be a lot of fun as well, Dave Hannon's back in town and put my mom and I on the guest list at the knitting factory. It'll be good to see him, its been ages. He's singing with Kristen Marlo too and the two of them are awesome together. So here's looking forward to another amazing night!

Making Jewelry.

I'm attempting to get creative with my leather bracelets today. I fixed the one for the couple at Whitestone Winery and then went to Rings and Things and got some suede cording and am beading a stringing some new bracelets. It's taking quite awhile though, and while I'm sure this is partly because I'm just trying to figure it out, gosh darn it's time consuming. But hopefully they'll be super cute when I'm done and I'll get some selling again.
This one's my first attempt. Came out super short because I didn't leave enough space for the knots but I think it's kind of fun! I have different inspirational words and other charms to dangle from the middle area and several different colors of cording, including a moss green which I'm really excited to try out. It'll be neat to see what I can make happen!