I am experiencing some frustration with current communication trends. As a result of this frustration, I shall take personal action and resolve to practice quality versus quantity in my every day discourse.
And with the following post, I shall now break my resolution.
Hope you don't mind if I take the words right out of your mouth, mysterious reader of mine, but I talk too much. Or I don't talk enough, and so it all comes out in blog posts and facebook statuses and (god forbid) twitter. I don't have twitter, but I imagine that if I did, it would be a gross example of an uncensored verbal dumping ground full of lame and unimportant word vomit. Best if I just put a cap on that right away and stay far away from the lure of twitter. It's much better to be alone and actually feel it, you know. Like, if I'm on the bus or something, and some strange man sitting next to me is holding out a giant wad of $20's and asking me to count his money over an over again. It's moments like that where I should feel as alone as I actually am, and not attempt to lessen the reality of my loneliness by tweeting it to everyone I know as if anyone would care.
This post in itself is a perfect example of why I do not and should not have twitter. It is for the good of humanity that I don't. When it comes to the internet, I tend to behave as if I've had too much to drink and cannot stop talking. This post is also, perhaps, an excellent example of why I should condemn Captain's Blog to the "this blog is open to selected readers only" fate; it is an excellent argument in favor of me switching my facebook privacy settings to "just me" in every category. In other words, I'm an insufferably boring blabbermouth and I need to shut the hell up something fierce.
Future potential employers, I invite you to google "insufferably boring blabbermouth", and find this blog.
But will I put an end to it? No. I plan to go on this way, perhaps to my death...this way of spouting off to the virtual abyss as if I had a family of unconditionally interested loved ones made of the interwebs. As if it weren't just a bunch of people who probably feel a small pang of regret each time my name appears on the facebook homepage feed next to some worthless waste of the english language.
If you happened to read this, mysterious reader of mine, I'll have you know it won't happen again until the next time it inevitably happens.
Love,
Hayley
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Untitled.
"One time I had a good idea.
See what happened was, for some reason I thought that over the years people had had too much influence on art.
I figured I wanted to play music that wasn't written by people. So, what I did was I got this old pair of glasses that no one was using or nothing, and I painted lines across the lenses - five lines to be exact - like the lines on a music staff.
Then one night, I laid down on the ground and I looked up at the sky. I held my head in one position and the stars became the notes on the lines. I started to play the sky..."
~Steven Wright
Love,
Hayley
See what happened was, for some reason I thought that over the years people had had too much influence on art.
I figured I wanted to play music that wasn't written by people. So, what I did was I got this old pair of glasses that no one was using or nothing, and I painted lines across the lenses - five lines to be exact - like the lines on a music staff.
Then one night, I laid down on the ground and I looked up at the sky. I held my head in one position and the stars became the notes on the lines. I started to play the sky..."
~Steven Wright
Love,
Hayley
Monday, December 28, 2009
'Twas a Merry Christmas Indeed.
I don't know if it's because I got everything I asked for for Christmas, or because I had such a wonderful over-all December, but this Christmas, occurring in the most awful year of 2009, was actually one of the best Christmases ever.
Before I go on, though, I must reiterate my belief that few musical endeavors in the history of the world match the utter divinity of Beethoven's music. If you are a non-believer, then that's fine. But someday, I hope you will have the good fortune to feel what it is like to have your heart unexpectedly opened and filled to the brim by the pure transcendent beauty of the Beet. This may not happen until many years from now, perhaps while you are sitting alone in your favorite chair with a glass of some cheap wine and MPR on in the background. Nonetheless, if you are lucky, it will happen.
I requested the complete Beethoven String Quartets as performed by the Guarneri Quartet for Christmas. Thanks to Gramma, the gift is en route from Europe to me and should arrive any day now. This makes me a fairly lucky lady. I should also note that I will be performing Beethoven's Pastoral symphony with a smaller orchestra made up of my music colleagues in early February. The concert is free, likely at some church, and you should come. Especially if you are experiencing some pangs for spring.
I will also be performing Beethoven's Cello Sonata no. 3 on April 11 for my recital. It's a Sunday. You're invited.
Sigh a million.
Anyways, yes. One of the best Christmases ever. Highlights include: not one but several snows, a lovely Placey holiday party, an equally lovely Holidizzledazzle parade party, a lovely holiday film viewing, and three lovely Christmas celebrations. Notable gifts include: a Manhasset music stand, a Johnny Depp refrigerator magnet, 2 new wallets, Julian Casablanca's new album, The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff, Elizabeth Arden perfume, and, best of all, a bunch of socks. No more walking barefoot through the snow and ice for me!
All that's left to do in 2009 now is bring in the New Year. The tentative plan is to attend the Mark Mallman show at the Varsity, then, when that starts to suck, go to the C.C. Club, then, when that starts to suck, retreat to the warmly glowth of Placey where a bottle of champagne will be awaiting the three musketeerettes' arrival in the new year.
Love,
Hayley
Before I go on, though, I must reiterate my belief that few musical endeavors in the history of the world match the utter divinity of Beethoven's music. If you are a non-believer, then that's fine. But someday, I hope you will have the good fortune to feel what it is like to have your heart unexpectedly opened and filled to the brim by the pure transcendent beauty of the Beet. This may not happen until many years from now, perhaps while you are sitting alone in your favorite chair with a glass of some cheap wine and MPR on in the background. Nonetheless, if you are lucky, it will happen.
I requested the complete Beethoven String Quartets as performed by the Guarneri Quartet for Christmas. Thanks to Gramma, the gift is en route from Europe to me and should arrive any day now. This makes me a fairly lucky lady. I should also note that I will be performing Beethoven's Pastoral symphony with a smaller orchestra made up of my music colleagues in early February. The concert is free, likely at some church, and you should come. Especially if you are experiencing some pangs for spring.
I will also be performing Beethoven's Cello Sonata no. 3 on April 11 for my recital. It's a Sunday. You're invited.
Sigh a million.
Anyways, yes. One of the best Christmases ever. Highlights include: not one but several snows, a lovely Placey holiday party, an equally lovely Holidizzledazzle parade party, a lovely holiday film viewing, and three lovely Christmas celebrations. Notable gifts include: a Manhasset music stand, a Johnny Depp refrigerator magnet, 2 new wallets, Julian Casablanca's new album, The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff, Elizabeth Arden perfume, and, best of all, a bunch of socks. No more walking barefoot through the snow and ice for me!
All that's left to do in 2009 now is bring in the New Year. The tentative plan is to attend the Mark Mallman show at the Varsity, then, when that starts to suck, go to the C.C. Club, then, when that starts to suck, retreat to the warmly glowth of Placey where a bottle of champagne will be awaiting the three musketeerettes' arrival in the new year.
Love,
Hayley
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Well, It's Tuesday.
Unfortunately, much to your assured dismay, I have no lengthy rant for you today. Whatever ranting I had in me was quite spent in a theological discussion with my poor, unsuspecting mom this morning, brought on by Garrison Keillor's Sunday column this week. All I will say of the matter is: right on, Mr. Keillor, for standing up for the sanctity of your religion and how important the original message of Christmas is to Christianity. Your point is well received and wholly valid, though stated in a way that will now me think twice before assuming your jolly-old-man-ness. Either way, I appreciate your spiritual ownership of the holiday, and I respect the solemn traditions of your church during this holiday season. In other words, I will not change the words of Silent Night to omit the references to God and Christ. That's a pretty silly thing to do anyway, I agree.
I, however, will continue to view Christmas as a notable instance in which Christianity reached out and gave the whole world, including skeptics, Unitarians, and Jewish songwriters, a hug before the long and weary days of winter. I will celebrate and honor Christmas as a gift from my Christian friends, accompanied by the following words which state: for this one month of December, let us all rejoice and take comfort in the principles taught by Mr. Christ, as such principles surely unite all good people. These are the principles of love, togetherness, alms, and peace. And Santa. (just kidding, but c'mon...?)
'Tis true that I am not a Christian, but I am grateful for this brilliant holiday and I will abide by its terms, both religious and populist, as my conscience deems appropriate. To quote Dickens, "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." And a Merry Christmas to you too, Mr. Keillor.
Love,
Hayley
I, however, will continue to view Christmas as a notable instance in which Christianity reached out and gave the whole world, including skeptics, Unitarians, and Jewish songwriters, a hug before the long and weary days of winter. I will celebrate and honor Christmas as a gift from my Christian friends, accompanied by the following words which state: for this one month of December, let us all rejoice and take comfort in the principles taught by Mr. Christ, as such principles surely unite all good people. These are the principles of love, togetherness, alms, and peace. And Santa. (just kidding, but c'mon...?)
'Tis true that I am not a Christian, but I am grateful for this brilliant holiday and I will abide by its terms, both religious and populist, as my conscience deems appropriate. To quote Dickens, "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." And a Merry Christmas to you too, Mr. Keillor.
Love,
Hayley
Monday, December 21, 2009
I Get it, I Get it.
You're all busy, right? Blogging so 2009, eh? Tweeting is the new thing for the 200Teens? Well suck it up dude(ette)s. My winter vay-cay is here and I need some reading material. Please blog more before I am forced to crack open War and Peace and/or practice cello, thanks.
Bridget is barking, but no one is at the door. Ghost?
Mom's making salmon. I don't think there has ever been such a thing from the sea in this house since Rich had a say in things. V is for victory. Y is for yummy. R is for the raisin bran I maybe shouldn't have eaten earlier.
SO. What is everyone doing for New Years Eve? I'm in a reflective mood, so allow me to reflect a little by re-visiting some old post-New Years Eve posts from yesteryear.
POST-EVE POST FROM 2007
(and I quote...myself)
"1) I will never drink alcohol again.
2) I will never eat or be in the presence of a chicken pot pie again.
3) I will lose ten pounds (not actually a goal - just an inevitability with a stomach virus brewing).
4) I will never drink alcohol again.
5) I will begin to use mouthwash regularly, because I think it's actually effective.
6) I will not swallow said mouthwash (it's alcohol).
7) I will somehow be transported into the world of The Office and marry sales rep. Jim Halpert.
8) There will be no drinking involved."
POST-EVE POST FROM 2008
"My new year's resolution for the year of 2008 is first and foremost to be a better person. What does this mean? Well, it incorporates a lot of things, really, but the main idea is that I am going to be less jaded, less judgmental, less Jerry Springer (what?) about every little slightly irritating thing I come across. This means a generally higher level of tolerance and happiness will at least appear to be exuding from my exterior. Exuding from my exterior...now that makes little sense. Could be a great band name though."
POST-EVE POST FROM 2009 (hey, that's this year!)
"I have accepted that I will most likely be too poor to live for at least most of 2009. I have accepted the fact that I will be in graduate school, and therefore in a state of suffering, for all of 2009. I have accepted that this year may bring a lot of loss in a big way. I have taken these things in and processed them. Now, with these things in mind, what can I possibly do to make 2009 a good year?"
PRE-EVE POST FROM 2009 (hey, that's this one!)
Well, Hayley, you didn't really do much to make this past year great or memorable. You kind of just went through the motions as you usually do, surviving instead of conquering, etc. etc. It's been a rough one as you predicted, with plenty of bad news and heartache and non-days, and...
But this is a NEW YEAR a'coming. So let's put this sad one in the past and re-group. This year. will. be. different.
Notice, I didn't say "better" necessarily. One can dream, I guess.
Meh, let's just get through Christmas first.
Love,
Hayley
Bridget is barking, but no one is at the door. Ghost?
Mom's making salmon. I don't think there has ever been such a thing from the sea in this house since Rich had a say in things. V is for victory. Y is for yummy. R is for the raisin bran I maybe shouldn't have eaten earlier.
SO. What is everyone doing for New Years Eve? I'm in a reflective mood, so allow me to reflect a little by re-visiting some old post-New Years Eve posts from yesteryear.
POST-EVE POST FROM 2007
(and I quote...myself)
"1) I will never drink alcohol again.
2) I will never eat or be in the presence of a chicken pot pie again.
3) I will lose ten pounds (not actually a goal - just an inevitability with a stomach virus brewing).
4) I will never drink alcohol again.
5) I will begin to use mouthwash regularly, because I think it's actually effective.
6) I will not swallow said mouthwash (it's alcohol).
7) I will somehow be transported into the world of The Office and marry sales rep. Jim Halpert.
8) There will be no drinking involved."
POST-EVE POST FROM 2008
"My new year's resolution for the year of 2008 is first and foremost to be a better person. What does this mean? Well, it incorporates a lot of things, really, but the main idea is that I am going to be less jaded, less judgmental, less Jerry Springer (what?) about every little slightly irritating thing I come across. This means a generally higher level of tolerance and happiness will at least appear to be exuding from my exterior. Exuding from my exterior...now that makes little sense. Could be a great band name though."
POST-EVE POST FROM 2009 (hey, that's this year!)
"I have accepted that I will most likely be too poor to live for at least most of 2009. I have accepted the fact that I will be in graduate school, and therefore in a state of suffering, for all of 2009. I have accepted that this year may bring a lot of loss in a big way. I have taken these things in and processed them. Now, with these things in mind, what can I possibly do to make 2009 a good year?"
PRE-EVE POST FROM 2009 (hey, that's this one!)
Well, Hayley, you didn't really do much to make this past year great or memorable. You kind of just went through the motions as you usually do, surviving instead of conquering, etc. etc. It's been a rough one as you predicted, with plenty of bad news and heartache and non-days, and...
But this is a NEW YEAR a'coming. So let's put this sad one in the past and re-group. This year. will. be. different.
Notice, I didn't say "better" necessarily. One can dream, I guess.
Meh, let's just get through Christmas first.
Love,
Hayley
I Don't Know.
Your Holiday Personality is Caring |
 Your holidays are all about connecting and sharing. This is a sacred time of year, and you like to spend it with those who are special to you. You like to make sure everyone around you is comfortable, full of love (and goodies!), and healthy. You love to surprise people with the best Christmas gifts ever. You will search high and low for that perfect present. You are always reflecting on the true meaning behind the holidays. You appreciate all that you have been given in this world. |
Love,
Hayley
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tuesday is Rant Day.
1. ON ME VS THEM
"When I first began writing for the [New York] Times, I was naive about many things. But my biggest misconception was this: I actually believed that influential people could be moved by evidence, that they would change their views if events completely refuted their beliefs." ~Paul Krugman, Star Tribune, Dec. 15
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." ~Upton Sinclair, as quoted by Paul Krugman in the Star Tribune, Dec. 15
Perfection. I salute you, Mr. Krugman, for putting in words, the reason why I get so neck-vein poppingly frustrated with conservatives.
i.e.
Conservative: "why do you liberals get so mad at us? Why can't you just be civilized?"
Me: Well, reasonable people such as myself find great injustice in the practice of blatantly twisting or ignoring solid truths and facts. Much of your platform, considering its many principles ill-fitted for the 21st century, naturally resorts to this practice on a fairly regular basis. Furthermore, considering your ideology does not choose to uphold crucial principles stated in the Declaration of Independence, but rather relies on pillars of greed and power, its existence is exceptionally dangerous to our country's integrity and prosperity. Also, many of your leaders take advantage of the most primal emotion of fear in order to gain votes and support for this ideology fueled by special interests and stretched truth. Reasonable people, like me, find offense in all the above mentioned.
2. ON OBAMA AND WAR
While I'm at it, I might as well also salute Joseph Galloway for pointing out my biggest grievance with certain American leadership in his Dec. 13 article: "A just war? No, a lack of moral courage." Well put, Mr. Galloway.
I mean, I guess I'm supposed to believe that sometimes it's necessary to go to war in order to achieve peace and defeat "evil". Yet, I find it incredibly nauseating and despairing that Obama even used W's favorite word in his speech, not to mention the fact that he name-dropped 9/11 in his opening statement. To all 21st c. presidents now and to come: if your absolutely HAVE to go to war, please god do not use the example of 9/11 in your explanation of why. It's simply in bad taste to continuously cite one of our nation's greatest tragedies as a reason for more violence and carnage. And the word "evil" - well, there's just so much bullshit in it. My country has been at war with "evil" for my entire adult life and I have not seen any benefit for me or my fellow citizens aside from a steady orange alert at the airport.
Woohoo, no red alerts for us. That's a plus, I guess. Of course it hardly needs pointing out that everything else - our economy, our environment, our resources, our jobs, our cultural integrity, and YES, our health care system - has all been in the red for a good while now. To Mr. Obama specifically: quit cutting babies in half and calling it compromise. And don't even try to pull the crap Bush did when giving us a reason for escalating a war. Who are you?
Seriously. I feel like I'm talking to the air here (which I guess I am).
Oh well. I guess I never expected Obama to say no to an escalation in Afghanistan. No political leader (particularly Democratic) has that kind of guts these days. And maybe they shouldn't. Who knows. This whole thing, including Al-Qaeda, just makes me sad. So it is. We're screwed.
3. ON HOW DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS WITH GUTS APPROACH OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES SUCH AS THE ECONOMY
I leave you now with my favorite excerpt from FDR's 1936 address to the Democratic National Convention. This is to show what is possible - to show the kind of steadfast personal investment, courage, and integrity I still fully expect from a president with as much potential as Obama:
"The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobodies business. They granted that the government could protect the citizen in his right to vote, but they denied that the government could do anything to protect the citizen in his right to work and his right to live.
Today we stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place.
These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.
The brave and clear platform adopted by this convention, to which I heartily subscribe, sets forth that government in a modern civilization has certain inescapable obligations to its citizens, among which are protection of the family and the home, the establishment of a democracy of opportunity, and aid to those overtaken by disaster.
But the resolute enemy within our gates is ever ready to beat down our words unless in greater courage we will fight for them.
For more than three years we have fought for them. This convention, in every word and deed, has pledged that the fight will go on.
...It has been brought home to us that the only effective guide for the safety of this most worldly of worlds, the greatest guide of all, is moral principle."
~FDR, 1936
Study up, President Obama. You've got three more years and the above kind of cajones requires practice.
Love,
Hayley
"When I first began writing for the [New York] Times, I was naive about many things. But my biggest misconception was this: I actually believed that influential people could be moved by evidence, that they would change their views if events completely refuted their beliefs." ~Paul Krugman, Star Tribune, Dec. 15
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." ~Upton Sinclair, as quoted by Paul Krugman in the Star Tribune, Dec. 15
Perfection. I salute you, Mr. Krugman, for putting in words, the reason why I get so neck-vein poppingly frustrated with conservatives.
i.e.
Conservative: "why do you liberals get so mad at us? Why can't you just be civilized?"
Me: Well, reasonable people such as myself find great injustice in the practice of blatantly twisting or ignoring solid truths and facts. Much of your platform, considering its many principles ill-fitted for the 21st century, naturally resorts to this practice on a fairly regular basis. Furthermore, considering your ideology does not choose to uphold crucial principles stated in the Declaration of Independence, but rather relies on pillars of greed and power, its existence is exceptionally dangerous to our country's integrity and prosperity. Also, many of your leaders take advantage of the most primal emotion of fear in order to gain votes and support for this ideology fueled by special interests and stretched truth. Reasonable people, like me, find offense in all the above mentioned.
2. ON OBAMA AND WAR
While I'm at it, I might as well also salute Joseph Galloway for pointing out my biggest grievance with certain American leadership in his Dec. 13 article: "A just war? No, a lack of moral courage." Well put, Mr. Galloway.
I mean, I guess I'm supposed to believe that sometimes it's necessary to go to war in order to achieve peace and defeat "evil". Yet, I find it incredibly nauseating and despairing that Obama even used W's favorite word in his speech, not to mention the fact that he name-dropped 9/11 in his opening statement. To all 21st c. presidents now and to come: if your absolutely HAVE to go to war, please god do not use the example of 9/11 in your explanation of why. It's simply in bad taste to continuously cite one of our nation's greatest tragedies as a reason for more violence and carnage. And the word "evil" - well, there's just so much bullshit in it. My country has been at war with "evil" for my entire adult life and I have not seen any benefit for me or my fellow citizens aside from a steady orange alert at the airport.
Woohoo, no red alerts for us. That's a plus, I guess. Of course it hardly needs pointing out that everything else - our economy, our environment, our resources, our jobs, our cultural integrity, and YES, our health care system - has all been in the red for a good while now. To Mr. Obama specifically: quit cutting babies in half and calling it compromise. And don't even try to pull the crap Bush did when giving us a reason for escalating a war. Who are you?
Seriously. I feel like I'm talking to the air here (which I guess I am).
Oh well. I guess I never expected Obama to say no to an escalation in Afghanistan. No political leader (particularly Democratic) has that kind of guts these days. And maybe they shouldn't. Who knows. This whole thing, including Al-Qaeda, just makes me sad. So it is. We're screwed.
3. ON HOW DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS WITH GUTS APPROACH OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES SUCH AS THE ECONOMY
I leave you now with my favorite excerpt from FDR's 1936 address to the Democratic National Convention. This is to show what is possible - to show the kind of steadfast personal investment, courage, and integrity I still fully expect from a president with as much potential as Obama:
"The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobodies business. They granted that the government could protect the citizen in his right to vote, but they denied that the government could do anything to protect the citizen in his right to work and his right to live.
Today we stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place.
These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.
The brave and clear platform adopted by this convention, to which I heartily subscribe, sets forth that government in a modern civilization has certain inescapable obligations to its citizens, among which are protection of the family and the home, the establishment of a democracy of opportunity, and aid to those overtaken by disaster.
But the resolute enemy within our gates is ever ready to beat down our words unless in greater courage we will fight for them.
For more than three years we have fought for them. This convention, in every word and deed, has pledged that the fight will go on.
...It has been brought home to us that the only effective guide for the safety of this most worldly of worlds, the greatest guide of all, is moral principle."
~FDR, 1936
Study up, President Obama. You've got three more years and the above kind of cajones requires practice.
Love,
Hayley
Monday, December 14, 2009
'Tis the Season for Time.
It's the last week of classes, which means no rehearsals and infinitely more time for me!!
I like having more time. I mean, it's ok to be busy - a good thing for people like me, actually - but not 13 straight hours of crap a day busy. I like this sort of busy for an hour, then free for two hours type thing. Gives me more time to blog entries as important and relevant as this one.
Well chaps we've got a good week coming: filled with Christmas tidings and joy etc etc and plenty more where that came from. This morning I gave the doe-eyes to my mom about accompanying me to a viewing of Fantastic Mr. Fox tonight (though I may be an expert single lady, I've still yet to master the art of going to movies alone). She muttered a semi-reluctant yes! So I'm off to yoga for an hour at 4:30 then to the Lagoon for more warm fuzzies. Good times.
I've got a real yen to browse a book store. The U of M one ain't half bad, so I might go do that for a while before I go to work today.
By the way, if you haven't yet attempted to pat out a 3:5 rhythm, you really should. It's a party...
Yay! The placey holiday party was so much fun. I love staying up chatting and drinking til 4 a.m. just like the good ol' days. Such good times :) :) Looking forward to seeing everybody for Thursday Club at Brits this week.
See now this is why everybody plots a point at 110% during the month of December on the Happiness Graph.
Love,
Hayley
I like having more time. I mean, it's ok to be busy - a good thing for people like me, actually - but not 13 straight hours of crap a day busy. I like this sort of busy for an hour, then free for two hours type thing. Gives me more time to blog entries as important and relevant as this one.
Well chaps we've got a good week coming: filled with Christmas tidings and joy etc etc and plenty more where that came from. This morning I gave the doe-eyes to my mom about accompanying me to a viewing of Fantastic Mr. Fox tonight (though I may be an expert single lady, I've still yet to master the art of going to movies alone). She muttered a semi-reluctant yes! So I'm off to yoga for an hour at 4:30 then to the Lagoon for more warm fuzzies. Good times.
I've got a real yen to browse a book store. The U of M one ain't half bad, so I might go do that for a while before I go to work today.
By the way, if you haven't yet attempted to pat out a 3:5 rhythm, you really should. It's a party...
Yay! The placey holiday party was so much fun. I love staying up chatting and drinking til 4 a.m. just like the good ol' days. Such good times :) :) Looking forward to seeing everybody for Thursday Club at Brits this week.
See now this is why everybody plots a point at 110% during the month of December on the Happiness Graph.
Love,
Hayley
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