ale ale handro

" you want to believe you're on the same wavelength with someone and it's a little disheartening when you find out you're not. "

-- modern family

I find I make the mistake often of assuming everyone understands my wavelength. I do relate to most people on a lot of things, generic or not, but I love it when I find somebody who relates on almost everything. it's rare, but it's amazing. I tend to keep those people closer, on a higher level in my book. it's when you find somebody who has nothing in common with you, but somehow manages to keep you on your own wavelength when you begin to question the importance of similarities. happened to me. for growth, you need someone on a different wavelength..just somebody who is also capable of understanding your own, right? right. some food for thought. you'll find that the one worth finding is the last place you'd search. happened to me. and it's the best time of my life...best, but not effortless.

I love modern family. I started watching it when the first episode began, but as usual (I still haven't finished 24..) I stacked up the episodes and decided to catch up..today. I am a huge fan of the office, and before that, scrubs, but I just love the subtle humor combined with wisdom in modern family. I can't even pick out a favorite character because they all play their roles so well. I guess if I had to pick, I love phil -- he's the dorky dad. he is such a dorky dad and he even has a dorky dad and they both say the BEST dorky dad jokes!! one time, I was in the car with 2 friends, and this was while the whole swine flu epidemic was going on, and the girl was like I had a mild case of the swine flu...and her dad was like ahh did you have a diagnosis of the piglet flu? and I couldn't stop laughing..I told my entire family the joke. which means I probably killed it. shut up.

mundane monkey

"if you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."

-- katherine hepburn

so I have ornithophobia. I am deathly afraid of birds. I hate birds. I've grown accustomed to seeing sparrows on a normal basis, but I hate pigeons and I hate crows and geese. I hate blue jays, those red jays (cardinals?), hell no to hawks, hell freaking no to parrots or parakeets, I despise emus, basically..anything with feathers that can fly. even pictures of birds freak me out. yeah, no. hate birds. except hedwig.

I love harry potter. I know most people do, but I remember in middle school I went through a ridiculous, obsessive phase where I compared everything and anything to the book series. I would even say spells that would be useful under my breath (like one time, this kid needed to wash his hands, and I said scourgify!) jkrowling was a classics major, so each name and spell and location had significance to earlier classics. these books helped me understand the true beauty in literature, which is probably why I enjoyed world literature so much. that and mrs. tischner. I also recall reading an article about immigrant children reading harry potter to understand english faster. magic.

I wish I was ginny. she's a badass.

fruity pebbles

"being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. it means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."

-- anonymous

why would people post quotes anonymously? that's kind of annoying. I guess it's some type of modesty, by not claiming to be wise. whatever.

I guess it's more annoying that we need to find something to hinder ourselves from being too happy.

I was told recently that I am too soft on people, and that I don't confront situations when they bother me, so I should "quit life" because I won't change the world in any way. hmm. well recently, I felt a change among pretty much all of my friends, and chose to allow it to happen..rather than be the one to bitch about it and end up with the title along the lines of "stick up her ass". you see, I allow things to unfold, because that's the natural way of things happening. I make peace with it, and I'm fine. to be honest, by being this way, my friends can be themselves no matter what. I would rather have that than be the one who they hide from.

when do you confront? when something bothers you? even though you know it'll make you look bad or cause tension? when do you cross the line from being soft to a hardcore bitch? when is this all okay? why can't you just let things simmer down, and address it calmly? I mean if it personally affects somebody, and you witness problems..then yeah, definitely. otherwise, I think it's best to allow people to do what they want. you can't hold their hand forever, and at this point, people are getting old enough to make their own decisions. let people be happy. if their decisions get in the way of happiness or simple life, then I say forget all rules, intervene.