quotations i love

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed. -Oscar Wilde

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. -Mark Twain

(When asked what he would like his epitaph to read) "on the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" W.C. Fields

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me - George Bernard Shaw

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. - Wilde

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not. -Twain

big dipper days

i am in sicily, alaska. ok, i'm not (since no such place exists, but it feels like it). i saw four moose today; amazing creatures... alaska is breathtaking and i am sad to leave. it's weird how i each new adventure is approached with inevitable apprehension, but i always love wherever i go. always. i love that feeling. i think i leave just to challenge myself; challenge the little ceil-eyed girl who couldn't even spend the night anywhere, and here i am. hangin' out with the moose.

i wish i were smarter. i want to be able to articulate everything that goes on in my brain, but it does not always work. i wish i could spit out random facts and quotes like t.s. eliot ("only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." ) or c.s. lewis or someone else with initials for a first name.

so tonight, alone and miles from home, i am thankful for being here, now.

"i'm no great prophet

it's no great matter

i've seen the moment of my greatness flicker

as the eternal footmen hold my coat and snicker

in short, i was afraid"

mlae 9.12.04 <><

The Escalade

Why do people buy SUV's if they have absolutely no idea how to drive them? I swear I almost get killed about four times a day driving in Philadelphia, mostly by SUV's. I am not the best driver but at least I drive a vehicle I can handle. I saw Samuel Dalembert(Sixers player, I see him at our gym a lot) the other day on the side of the road and I contemplated stopping to help him with whatever was going on with his tire. But then I thought, "What can I do to help this guy? Give him my tire gauge? Change his tire? First of all, this guy is like 7 foot 2, so I'm thinkin' his torque could be a little better than mine (even though I'm built like a Norweigan washwoman) and furthermore, he's loaded. So he could hire somebody to fix his car. Um, his SUV. Which I think he can drive.

From now on, I have a Boston Accent

Yep. I do. This whole Minnesotan accent just isn't cutting it for me. I spent Independence Day weekend in Boston and Cape Cod, and I heard the best accents (Second, of course, to Scottish ones). I want one. For instance,

1. We were in Provincetown and this guy came up to me and asked, "Do they sell be-eah he-eah?"
2. Sitting in front of the Esplanade on the harbor, they broadcast this kid wearing a Yankees jersey (the crowd booed him), and this guy in front of me proclaimed "That kid's gonna be scahhed fa life!"
3. This drunk idiot on the T yelled, "I can predict the futah- the sawks are gonna win the warld series- they're gonna trade Nomah fa Randy Johnson" I want to sound uneducated in a fun way. Why not.

So I'm gonna say, as Lars says, "Go up frickin' 495, past the pahkin lawt and take a left at the retahded kid"...

Pontificate

This is such a great word. I heard it today in my ACLS class and decided that I would use it. It means, "to talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner".

I went to my college roommate Charisse's wedding last weekend in NoDak. She was, by far, the most beautiful bride I have ever seen. I think she should be in the Bride Magazines. It was just a perfect wedding. And I didn't even get depressed.