August 31st, 2011
positives in the negatives
“There is nothing but this thing that you’ll never doubt / This thing you’ll never doubt”
—Garbage, Supervixen
” ‘Is tomorrow just a day like all the rest?’ / How could you know just what you did? / So full of faith yet so full of doubt I ask / Time and time again you said don’t be afraid / ‘If you believe you can do it.’ “
—Jimmy Eat World, Goodbye Sky Harbor / LXv3.0
“For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
time 3:29 pm feeling hopeful wearing jean skirt, red shirt music American Beauty ready for good news! next floods / HITF HH
August…you can suck it! Thankful to have September as a fresh start. That all said, there were still some high points to August, including but not limited to Nationals w/ Diana/our sangria HH at the break that became a Total Confessional Hour, HA HA HA, hanging out with Anna and Mason in Madison again (and my sisters!), attending AEA 2011 which made me re-love the web/my job all over again, NOT hitting the debt ceiling, Ange’s fun wedding, and dancing the night away with Kristin and Brigette. Also last weekend which I will get into.
BUT FIRST: as you may be able to tell from the last two updates, things are Afoot in my world. Not good things, either. Sad to say. But, in the spirit of 2011, I am not going to talk about that and instead shall summarize the positives.
Last weekend = fun in spite of fear so it deserves an EOTWkd. More or less it involved: hanging out with JEFF Friday!; Saturday = roommate coffee(coldpress!) + heart-to-hearts + great support + birthday planning, love Kristin and Alyssa; registering for Sunday’s duathlon and learning about how to oil my bike chain from very very friendly bike folks at both the registration (Freewheel folks) AND then One-on-One down the street (SO nice!), and enjoying prerace atmosphere; beers w/ Daniel at Longfellow with much MN-official-ness + reminiscing amusement; home to a happy Jeff who was mowing the lawn, where I then successfully oiled my own bike chain which made me VERY VERY HAPPY in a weird but true way…I think I feel way too good about myself for that, but, whatever!!; then eggs + asparagus + trip to Kowalski’s for Coke for Jeff, where I somehow got an amazing discount, + hanging OUT!; Sunday = duathlon with Diana!, great weather, beautiful river, so fun and I was way way faster than I thought (“holla 1996 bikes!” as I crowed to some ladies as we raced on our old old bikes)…TEAMMATES FOR LIFE, she is amazing; THEN home for a total crash-nap and THEN to the Fair with Jeff and Erik which was WAY too fun and MADE my weekend in every single way. YAY. Love hanging out with them. Lots of goofy song-making! Lots of silliness as always. Art + eco building + gaining fat, HAH. Managing Erik’s false ADD. Fake fair videos. Fair Bingo / awkward photos. “LIVE from the Minnesota STATE FAIR!” “You heard it here, STRAIGHT from the HORSE’S mouth!” Etc.
So….you can see, even in the negatives, there are positives. And if you need me to oil your chain…I now can.
Also…I love Jeff to pieces! He is…THE BEST.
THE END. (The Beginning.)