Thursday, April 28, 2011

Dear Mr. President

From: Andy Smith
"Today my mother declared my bedroom a disaster area. I would like to request federal funds to hire a crew to clean up my room."

President Ronald Reagan's response: 
"Dear Andy, your application for disaster relief has been duly noted but I must point out one technical problem; the authority declaring the disaster is supposed to make the request. In this case your mother."
Dear President Bush,
There are too many states. I have to memorize all of them AND their stupid capitals (even Bismarck) and it’s too hard! Please get rid of some of them before I fail geography. Why not start with North Dakota? It’s small and cold and its state animal is a gopher. Nobody likes gophers.
Gene, age 9

*In the summer of 1973, President Richard M. Nixon contracted viral pneumonia and had to be hospitalized. His illness prompted a letter from eight-year-old John W. James III, who had just undergone the same ordeal: 
"Dear President Nixon, I heard you were sick with pneumonia. I just got out of the hospital yesterday with pneumonia and I hope you did not catch it from me. Now you be a good boy and eat your vegetables like I had too [sic]!! If you take your medicine and your shots, you'll be out in 8 days like I was."
 *There is no record of Nixon's vegetable consumption, but his bout with pneumonia lasted eight days—exactly as long as John's.


(photos courtesy of: weheartit)

Through Susan's Eyes

I love photography, and much of my 
inspiration comes from looking at other 
people's photography skill, and 
creativity. I happen to have someone very 
close to me whose work I can look
 at anytime...my sister Susan:) 
She got a new camera, less than two years 
ago and has captured fun, beautiful,
 and creative photos with it ever since. 
Am I bragging about her? Umm...yes, 
because the truth is she is very talented and 
I get so much joy seeing a piece of her world 
through her eyes. 
So, here I am sharing her, and her pictures 
with all of you.
(photos courtesy of: Susan Brak)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tangled

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair." 
I first saw this movie with the two ladies I am a caregiver for. We were
the only three adults without children sitting there in the theater...
maybe we are children at heart.
I thought it was an adorable and creative adaptation of
the fairy-tale story of Rapunzel. 
One of my ladies' favorite character was...the horse. 
If you haven't seen it yet, once you do I think you'll understand
why she was in stitches (laughter) over the horse. 
So, maybe this weekend coming up, you can
pop some popcorn, and whether you 
have children or not, enjoy being Tangled. 
(photos courtesy of:google, weheartit)


Monday, April 25, 2011

Words

I don't always say the right things, or speak when I 
should; maybe that's why I like 
other people's words so much. They so often
say so eloquently what I wish I could. 
(images courtesy of: weheartit) 

Saturday, April 23, 2011

All Roads Lead Home

I think this song is beautiful. 
A million tears. A million codes 
1:15 
No way to go.  You point your finger 
To the moon. It looks like rain 
Coming soon. I figured all 
My worst fears. Believe in
childlike heroes. But I don't want to go 
That way. Surrender hope 
Again I don't want to go
that way. Surrender hope 
And faith. Again
 Your blood, your fire 
Your kiss good night 
Your words, and touch 
They might be mine 
I feel this love
could cross the sand 
I want to feel
that way 
The fire might linger. and fade away 
The shadows run from yesterday 
Like everyone. And everything
were memories. And then appears 
Your blood, your fire 
Your kiss good night 
Your words, and touch
They might be mine 
I feel this love
could cross the sand 
I want to feel that way 
Oh, don't make me
feel that way 
Oh, I want to feel 
That way 
Oh, I'm breaking through. These walls of steel 
Pushing that wall for something real 
I'm falling far and faster still 
Wake up, wake up 
Wake up, wake up 
Wake up, wake up 
Everyone and everything 
Everyone and everything. 

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Killing

I have to confess that I am inexplicably drawn to mysteries and crime stories. 
Two weeks ago, AMC began a new series titled "The Killing".
What drew me into this new series was the heartache of the victim's 
family being portrayed so deeply, the burden of the responsibility of 
having to solve another murder, you could see on the homicide detective's 
face, and the rain pouring down on the Seattle skyline that simply added to 
the mystery and sadness.
Set in SeattleWashington, the series follows the police 
investigation, the grieving family and the suspects, after 
the homicide of a young girl, Rosie Larsen. Each of the 
13 episodes will chronicle one day of the investigation.
The series as "slow-burn storytelling in a sense that every 
moment that we don't have to prettify or gloss over or 
make something necessarily easy to digest, that we're able 
to go to all sorts of places that are honest, and dark, and 
beautiful and tragic, in a way that is how 
a story should be told."
*Rated TV MA-Mature Audience Only

(photos courtesy of: google 
info courtesy of: wikipedia)


Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sunday

The Lord is my shepherd, 
I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down
in green pastures, he leads
me beside quiet waters, 
he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of 
of righteousness for his
name's sake.
Even though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death


I will fear no evil, for you are
with me (with me... with me...
with me) your rod and your 
staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me 
in the presence of my enemies. 
You anoint my head with oil; 
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will 
follow me all the days of my life, 
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord 
forever...forever...forever.
~The Bible: Psalm 23
(photos courtesy of:weheartit) 



Saturday, April 16, 2011

Charlie

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actorfilm director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He became one of the most famous film stars in the world before the end of the First World War.
*In 1925, he was the first actor to appear on the cover of Time magazine.

*At the height of his popularity, he failed to win a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest.
(photos courtesy of:google image 
info courtesy of: google)

Friday, April 15, 2011

Golden

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.
Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.
George Washington Carver

(photos courtesy of: weheartit) 

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Dog Day

Today my sister sent me a picture (a very cute picture) of her black lab, just looking off into the distance (maybe thinking of chasing squirrels or swimming). 
Then as I was driving home from work, I saw black lab, 
who was shaking a man's hand.
-A Lab is able to carry an egg in its mouth without breaking it
-A Labrador's paws have webbed toes, to help in swimming

LABRADORS IN HISTORY
Jake was a Law Enforcement dog that became famous after the Twin Towers collapsed on 9/11/01. He burrowed in scorching hot debris in search of people who were trapped. Jake also assisted in rescuing many, people that were undetectable to human senses following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
SADIE
In Afghanistan, Sadie was able to save the lives of dozens of soldiers when she detected a bomb that was nearly detonated. 


(photos courtesy of:weheartit 
Info courtesy of:www.clublabrador.com)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)

I went to Washington D.C. when I was in my early teens. I remember going to the Holocaust Museum, (which made me cry, in a good way), being afraid of the metro's escalators...I would like to go back one day to experience:
the history, architecture, the memorials, the performing arts and the 
variety of international foods
Washington, D.C. formally the District of Columbia is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The U.S. Constitution allowed for the creation of a special district to serve as the permanent national capital. The District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state and is instead directly overseen by the federal government.
~The White House was originally called the “President’s Palace” or the “President’s House.” A Baltimore reporter once called it the “white house” in a newspaper article and the name caught on. 

~The Library of Congress, the biggest library in the U.S., contains 535 miles of bookshelves. In the Reading Room alone there are 45,000 reference books.

~There are no skyscrapers in DC

~The word “lobbyist” became popular with President Ulysses S. Grant’s disdain for the interest groups who bothered him while he relaxed in the Willard Hotel’s lobby.
"We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls." 
 ~Robert J. McCracken

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Hope

My brother-in-law asked me the other night what I knew about
Emily Dickinson, and I said the only
thing I knew about her was her poem 
"Hope is a thing with feathers..."
I have loved this poem since I first heard it. 
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
And sweetest in the Gale is heard
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm
I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest Sea
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb of Me." 
Emily Dickinson 
(photos courtesy of: weheartit)

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Dreaming of the Ballet...continued

At 2:00 p.m. the red velvet curtain rose 
and the ballet The Sleeping Beauty began.
From the music by Tchaikovsky, to the 
dancers, and costumes...it was beautiful. 
When I was leaving, I heard a little 
girl saying "I loved it"; me too. 
(photos courtesy of: google, weheartit)

Friday, April 8, 2011

Dreaming of the Ballet

Tomorrow evening I will come home, open the back of my journal
and cross off one of the entries on my Dream List
One day go to the ballet~
To be continued...
(photos courtesy of:weheartit)

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A love for kung-fu

"Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing"
I like action/martial arts films...a lot. 
I don't know when it fist started. It seems 
I've always had a weakness for a blow'em 
up, guns a blazin', good guy wins movie, 
but especially a kung-fu martial arts (Jet Li) 
type of movie. 
"Martial arts films have been produced all over the world, 
but the genre has been dominated by Hong Kong action 
cinemapeaking from 1971 with the rise of Bruce Lee
Other notable figures in the genre include Jackie Chan
and Jet Li."
(photos courtesy of: google, lyrics carl douglas
info:wikipedia)

Monday, April 4, 2011

Fishy

I was at the park the other day and saw two little boys fishing; I asked them if they had caught anything and they said "Not yet". I knew though they would stay as long as they were allowed to and continue to bait their worms, cast their lines, and wait in anticipation until they felt that certain tug telling them they had spent the perfect afternoon by that little pond while the sun shone down. 
Seeing them reminded me of one of the things that is on my dream list;
One day go Salmon fishing in Alaska 
Things I learned about fishing in Alaska:

~Alaska salmon fishing starts about mid May and runs to about the middle of October. 

~With over 3000 rivers and streams, Alaska salmon fishing offers the most diverse and 
extensive salmon fishing in the United States

~Atlantic salmon are said to be the game fish of kings. The scientific name for them is Salmo salar which means "leaping salmon". Atlantic salmon, after spawning in fresh water, don’t die like the Pacific salmon. They return to the ocean for 1 -2 years and are able to find their way 
back to the exact location to spawn again. 

(photos courtesy of:weheartit, info courtesy of: salmonfishingexperience.com)
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