How do you say......

I want to learn a new language. Should I go with the obvious... Spanish? Or should I get some culture and go with my roots... Italian? Or should I learn French ... which is spoken everywhere across Europe? I feel like it's a big decision and it will take a long time, kinda like learning to DJ. I'm leaning towards Italian because I think it's close enough to Spanish that you can "get by".... Yeah. I think i'll try Italian. Now I just need to win the lottery so I can afford the software that will teach me :)

Find your higher power

Here is what I learned recently about higher power. I am agnostic, so I never mean "god" when I say that. I feel that a higher power is .... something I belive in that I can't explain that is more powerful than myself. Now that we have that out of the way....

I came home from Winter Music Conference this last March (2007) feeling super powerful, like I could get anything I wanted. I decided the reason for everything was the fact that I hadn't taken off this little dark red bracelet my friend gave me. It was the only actual object that was at each positive occurrence. Already bowing down to the power, I found a second bracelet (2 must be better than one) and put it on. I wore both bracelets every day, shower and all, from March to the beginning of June. During that time, everything positive that I ever wanted to happen to me ... did. Out of every bad occurrence, I found gold.... Out of trash, I made treasure... Out of casual aquaintances, I squeezed lifelong friendships.

I had pre-decided that if the bracelets got lost or fell off, then it meant that I was powerful enough to face the world without them. That is the difference between believing in an object and believing in the power that an object has. Anything can be a higher power, and even the absence of that very thing can be rich in meaning and inspiration.

Even a ball of lint can make all of your dreams come true, if you truly believe that it can.

cubicle suicide - don't do it

why does it seem like cubicles rip out people's soul and spirit and leaves a half empty sarcastic carcass of a person behind? Every time I temp somewhere it's the same thing. Everyone is shouting stories to each other about how fabulous their lives are yet they waste most of their lives in lame cubicles with people they don't really like. Break free people, get the hell out of the office and don't spend more than one hour a day under flourescent lighting.... I promise your life will be better immediately.