I love the wind. It cannot be captured, nor should it be. It is free, it blows through. For these things I love it. To be with the wind, what do you do? I am not quite sure. It cannot be captured on film, cannot be recorded. I love you wind. Blow on through my soul.

First off, dooce had a cool post today. She admitted having a pretend boyfriend, when younger, named Brock. That is beyond cool.

Next, I have had a question nagging me from deep in my soul all day. Given the choice, would I rather be intelligent and talented or extremely good looking. I would really have a hard time with that one, although I know what my answer would be in the end. What are your thoughts people???

Just getting in from work, the snow is coming down heavily. Some type of bad mojo is going down today. People, take a step back, and breathe for a moment. In netland, feelings have been ripped apart, stomped on, and set aflame. I sincerely hope that nothing that I have said spurred any of the heated arguements. I just want everything back in place on our little blue marble. I can tell that all is not at rest, and that things were said in haste either out of pain or the re-opening of a wound. In the end, we all need each other for one thing or another. Yes, that is right, we need one another. I pray each of you restful and warm sleep this evening, and peace beyond.

Hanging out.... Husker Du blaring loudly... Eating pop tarts with a strawberry crush chaser... Life is good.

I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off this weekend, but since I teased you all on Friday...

Caro gave birth to a healthy baby boy on the 25th at 1:30am. His name is Nathaniel George.

Mom and baby are doing fine...

My good friend Caro is having a baby! Right NOW!

Her water broke today, and they're inducing tonight.

I'm super duper excited. :)

She's a month early, but I'm sure everything will go smoothly. They don't even know the gender of the baby yet.

Tonight, sitting here, just thinking and breathing(Thanks Pam), I realize that different people are placed in our lives for different reasons at different times. I cannot even pretend to understand it all. Too many nights have been spent sleepless trying to understand it all. Those of you out there, you KNOW who you are have helped me through a difficult period. Thank You.

I have attained some clarity through each of you. All of you absolutely rock. Some of you I know face to face, some of you by bits and bytes. That does not change the level of my gratitude. I now know that good things are in my future, whenever they decide to settle themselves is not under my "Control" (An illusion)

The list of things that I am thankful for from each of you is a long one, but Ill try to list each one. The ability to see life from the perspective of a child, an unexpected phone call, a note just to say hi to see how I'm doing, coffee, seeing your art studio and leaving with a piece of your art, a warm hug, a kiss that curled my toes for a week, feeling your breath on my face for a month, riding in your car and listening to new found tunes, knowing that just breathing can bring about immense solace, sobriety, drunkenness, your artistic talent, a simple kind word, a touch on the leg or hand, a knowing glance, a shoulder to cry on, a high five, a scent, being taken to a new level, your mind. Each of you should recognize, if not, just know that I am eternally touched and grateful. Lest there be doubt in your mind, shoot me an email. Thank you my friends, I love each and every one of you.

Thanks to a recent post at Ariel's site, I visited the website of DJ Roman Roman has been mixing it up for moontribe for quite some time, and has mixes that are completely off the hook. I ordered 2 of his sets from him today, and will post a review as soon as they come in. Ariel stated that one of the collections, called Vacation Music, has been the soundtrack for part of her life, so people, this stuff is good.

Downtempo is a sub-division of electronic music that is preferred heavily by my age range, 30+ , and others who have been raving since the late 80's. Our eardrums have been turned to mush from too many dB's, and we still love to get our groove on, and chill. Please check his site out, hopefully you have broadband. Listen to his stuff, and BUY SOME!!! I don't know this guy, nor will I get anything out of this, I am telling you about him for YOUR OWN GOOD.....

Something to think about

There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra than Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2020, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection what to do with them.

Oh lord.

So, you guys don't know my situation right now, but I'll give you a little background:

I lived in California for a couple of years, living with my BF of 4.5 years. I decided to leave him last year, and moved home to Chicago. So, now I'm staying with my parents because the job that I have doesn't pay much. I love it, but I'm embarassingly underpaid. But I talked with my mom, and she agreed that job satisfaction was more important than salary, so I could stay with them for awhile longer.

Fast forward to last night. Mom has now started to hold it over my head that I'm still staying with them, even though I'm not costing them anything to stay there, and she insisted that I stay.

I think I need to find a roommate and move out. Yes.

Yes, my first 'real' entry will be about my cats.

I have two. A tiny little black girl kitty with green eyes named Cleo, and a huge grey boy kitty with amber eyes named Max. They're both about 4.5 years old, but not related.

Anyway, I took them to the vet on Monday night for their shots/annual checkup. Max weighs almost 23 pounds!!! I got scolded by the vet until she realized how little I actually feed him (Cleo tips the scale at a mere 7.5 pounds). So, it's prescription diet time for Max, since he's diabetes waiting to happen. He seriously looks like a pillow with feet.

And he has a follow-up appointment in 4 months for a weigh-in.

Ahh, the things we do for our pets...

I thought I would take a moment to introduce myself...

I'm Minjo, and I'll be guest blogging here for a little while, courtesy of Broch. I won't be posting much until Monday night probably, but I have a little time right now so I thought it would be a good idea.

I don't know how much Broch has told you about me, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Here's a survey that will give you more information about me:

1) What is your full name? Michelle
2) How old are you? 26, almost 27
3) Where were you born? Florida
4) What color sock/slippers are you wearing? white
5) What jewelry do you wear? my 2ga ear tunnels, a silver band ring, a silver and peridot ring, sometimes a necklace.
6) What would your choice murder weapon be? kindness
7) Do you prefer Pepsi or Coca-Cola? Coke
8) What color of the rainbow would you be? Red
9) What is your favorite animal? Cats
10) Left handed or Right handed? Left
11) What color nail polish do you prefer? I usually don't wear it cause it chips off, but I like my toes painted either dark red or baby blue.
12) What cologne do you prefer? Coco Chanel or Burberry for Women
13) What is your favorite line of any song? Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.
14) who is your favorite cartoon character? Gary the Snail.
15) Do you prefer spicy or sweet & sour food? Spicy
16) What is your favorite fruit? nectarines or pomegranates
17) What is your favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Smell
18) Are you easily whipped by the person you are with or when you are in a relationship, if you are not at the current time? Yes.
19) Would you cheat on the person you are with or would you break up with them before doing so? Break up first.
20) What is your favorite certain shade of green? Olive.
21) Shorts or pants? Pants
22) Do you believe in extra-terrestrials? Yes
23) If you were able to visit one planet, which would you choose? Neptune
24) Pen or pencil? Pen
25) Corn or popcorn? corn
26) Pink Floyd or Pink? Pink Floyd
27) If you lived under the sea, what sea creature would you be and why? I would be a pufferfish. I'm not dangerous unless I get angry and puff up.
28) Which one of Santas reindeer would you be? Blitzen
29) What do you wish you would get for Christmas? Pretty jewelry
30) If you were a school teacher, what subject would you teach? Sociology or Geography
31) Snow or rain? rain
32) If someone dropped a hundred dollar bill on the ground, would you keep it or tell them? Tell them.
33) If you were able to have one super power, what would you have? To read minds.
34) Winny the Pooh or Piglet? Piglet
35) What band/group/singer would you go onstage with to sing a song and what song? I would sing "try a little tenderness" with any soul band I could find.
36) Do you like clowns? No but I'm not frightened by them.
37) If you were Santa and had another form of transportation, what would it be? Teleportation.
38) If you were a troll, what color hair would you have? Red.
39) If you were to invent one thing, what would it be? The answer to world peace
40) 1960's or now? now.
41) Black Sabbath or Ozzy? Black Sabbath
42) If you got a golden ticket to the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, would you go & who would be the one person you would take with you? Yes, and I would take my sister.
43) Fried or Baked? baked.
44) Spring water or tap water? Spring water.
45) Swimming pool or lake? Pools
46) If female, out of your friends that are boys, who would you go out with, even if you are seeing someone now? All of them. At once.
48) If God came down and said "You have 2 days to live," what are some things you would do? Forgive and ask forgiveness.
49) Iced Tea or Lemonade? Iced Tea and Lemonade mixed together. mmmmm.
50) What are you feeling right now? Anxious

To give me a rest for a few weeks, my very good friend Minjo from Chicago is going to guest blog for me. She is the one responsible for getting me started in this mess, so I appreciate her helping out. Her rantings are usually displayed on Livejournal, where she has QUITE a readership.