Beauty for Ashes

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Sweet!! I'm 55% super girl!!!

Your results:
You are Superman

























Superman
90%
Green Lantern
80%
Spider-Man
80%
Iron Man
65%
Batman
65%
The Flash
65%
Supergirl
55%
Robin
50%
Hulk
40%
Wonder Woman
40%
Catwoman
40%
You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.


Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

Monday, March 26, 2007

neck ties, knit caps, and a viscious headache


I think that one of my most content states is that feeling you get after spending way to much time on the beach. You're not sunburned but you think you could cook an omelet on your forehead. You're super tired, but you just ate a huge meal, and you're about to fall asleep on the couch. That being said, Spring Break is unfortunately over, and is, of course, greatly missed. Again I live for the weekend, longing for summer, or maybe just graduation. But I'll never be ready for this to end.

Monday, March 19, 2007

as we mouth our silent goodbyes


I was on the corner of a bridge in downtown Matlacha Florida last Wednesday afternoon when the call came that Israel had died. Now I wasn't particularly close to him personally, more close to the circle of friends he ran in, closer to his wife ect. His death surprised me so much more than it should have I think. Even though over the past few years I've watched him get skinnier and skinnier, his face become gaunt and stretched, seen him walk with less and less grace, I always just kind of figured it had to get worse before it got better, only old people really die of cancer right? So, now that he's gone I find myself back at the old human thing again, trying to explain it away. Trying to make up some reason for it that will fit with my religion, fit with what I want to believe about the world. But in the end I don't know why, and I think that I just want to be ok with that, just because I don't understand doesn't mean I need to. So goodbye Israel, I'll see you soon.

Monday, March 05, 2007

put yourself in my new shoes


maybe it's because I watched three of my favorite movies over the weekend, Garden State, Amelie, and Pride and Prejudice (yes it's worked its way into the favorite column (yes I have a favorite column)), that I've been in such a stellar mood of late. Or maybe it's that Spring Break is only 3 days away, though I don't think that's it. Maybe it's that I've become ridiculoulsy lucky, or maybe just perpetually blessed. Maybe it's because people have been putting a lot more banjo into music, or maybe contentment is a choice that I only recently started making. I'll probably quit tomorrow.