This holiday weekend was great. Spent lots of time with my family.  Thursday: I got off work at 7pm, parents ready and rearing to go. Ate at Dirty Frank’s, then trekked to Akron. After chatting and helping Mommom grade papers the whole way home, I was pooped. I was in bed by midnight (what an old lady I am!). I heard my sister get home around 1. How did I know it was my sister? The footsteps went no further than the kitchen, and I heard the refrigerator door open. Oh, my sister. So I got up to say hi, then went back to bed. Friday: Shopping, Day 1! I sent a fax, then did some adult banking. I felt so happy. Then Mom and Ishy and I went to Chipotle, the library, bought my cousin a gift card for her birthday, then to Village Discount. Thrifting with my family is HILARIOUS. My sister got stuck in yet another piece of clothing. I bought some  things I needed, like work clothes, and yes, another pair of shoes. We made dinner that night: mashed potatoes! I need to make them more often. Ishy and I sneaked out before dinner to buy Mom a bouquet of tulips. Since all her spring flowers came up so early, so thought it would be nice to have a blooming flower for Easter. She loved them. Saturday: Shopping, Day 2! Ishy and Mom and I went to Mr. Bulky’s (bulk candy and spice store!) and the mall. I go to the candy/spice store every time I’m home! This time, I bought lots of spices, whole wheat flour, and a bit of candy. At the mall, I hit the jackpot. Huge jewelry clearance at JCPenny’s, so I bought myself the small string of chocolate pearls I’d been watching for the past year. $30, including a 2-year service plan! Woohoo! I also got—SURPRISE!—a pair of shoes. Bright red, baby! And some adult work clothes. We had coffee, then went to Youngstown for a family gathering. 5 birthdays in March, 2 of which are on March 24! What a crazy family. So cake and ice cream and junk food. It was splendid! Sunday: I didn’t go to church (surprise, surprise!). I cuddled with the doggie, who is becoming more docile with age. Then my family went to a Chinese buffet for lunch—because that’s how we celebrate Easter, apparently. It was de-lish! Then home for Easter baskets and an Easter egg hunt my sister and I had convinced my mom to do. We are all such children. Then back to Columbus. AND NO FIGHTS WITH MOM! Then watched Princess Mononoke with Tim and ate snickerdoodles. What a great weekend! Today, I work at 12:45, so I made a doc appt nice and early so I’d be up. I’ve been SUPER productive today! Ate breakfast, made tea (generic English Breakfast tea with some spearmint leaves and a touch of sugar), made some curried lentils and rice (with my new spices WOO the simple things!), cut up some fruit for a snack, and packed my bag for work. The only thing left is to finish eating and put away laundry. WOO TODAY! ^_^ Things seem to be going well for me. I hope they are going equally well for all of you—if not better! <3
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This holiday weekend was great. Spent lots of time with my family. 

Thursday: I got off work at 7pm, parents ready and rearing to go. Ate at Dirty Frank’s, then trekked to Akron. After chatting and helping Mommom grade papers the whole way home, I was pooped. I was in bed by midnight (what an old lady I am!). I heard my sister get home around 1. How did I know it was my sister? The footsteps went no further than the kitchen, and I heard the refrigerator door open. Oh, my sister. So I got up to say hi, then went back to bed.

Friday: Shopping, Day 1! I sent a fax, then did some adult banking. I felt so happy. Then Mom and Ishy and I went to Chipotle, the library, bought my cousin a gift card for her birthday, then to Village Discount. Thrifting with my family is HILARIOUS. My sister got stuck in yet another piece of clothing. I bought some  things I needed, like work clothes, and yes, another pair of shoes. We made dinner that night: mashed potatoes! I need to make them more often. Ishy and I sneaked out before dinner to buy Mom a bouquet of tulips. Since all her spring flowers came up so early, so thought it would be nice to have a blooming flower for Easter. She loved them.

Saturday: Shopping, Day 2! Ishy and Mom and I went to Mr. Bulky’s (bulk candy and spice store!) and the mall. I go to the candy/spice store every time I’m home! This time, I bought lots of spices, whole wheat flour, and a bit of candy. At the mall, I hit the jackpot. Huge jewelry clearance at JCPenny’s, so I bought myself the small string of chocolate pearls I’d been watching for the past year. $30, including a 2-year service plan! Woohoo! I also got—SURPRISE!—a pair of shoes. Bright red, baby! And some adult work clothes. We had coffee, then went to Youngstown for a family gathering. 5 birthdays in March, 2 of which are on March 24! What a crazy family. So cake and ice cream and junk food. It was splendid!

Sunday: I didn’t go to church (surprise, surprise!). I cuddled with the doggie, who is becoming more docile with age. Then my family went to a Chinese buffet for lunch—because that’s how we celebrate Easter, apparently. It was de-lish! Then home for Easter baskets and an Easter egg hunt my sister and I had convinced my mom to do. We are all such children. Then back to Columbus. AND NO FIGHTS WITH MOM! Then watched Princess Mononoke with Tim and ate snickerdoodles. What a great weekend!

Today, I work at 12:45, so I made a doc appt nice and early so I’d be up. I’ve been SUPER productive today! Ate breakfast, made tea (generic English Breakfast tea with some spearmint leaves and a touch of sugar), made some curried lentils and rice (with my new spices WOO the simple things!), cut up some fruit for a snack, and packed my bag for work. The only thing left is to finish eating and put away laundry. WOO TODAY! ^_^

Things seem to be going well for me. I hope they are going equally well for all of you—if not better! <3

Blurry Beauty. Today, my only class has been cancelled. That means I get to work 9-5 like a normal person! Due to this AWESOME unforeseen change, I will be going to the photo lab after work. I fucking love developing. Shooting is now my least favorite part of photography&#8212;who knew! Thennnn Arabic&#8230;..Forever.  What an unexpectedly great day.
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Blurry Beauty.

Today, my only class has been cancelled. That means I get to work 9-5 like a normal person! Due to this AWESOME unforeseen change, I will be going to the photo lab after work. I fucking love developing. Shooting is now my least favorite part of photography—who knew! Thennnn Arabic…..Forever. 

What an unexpectedly great day.

kimyadawson:

This video is me singing to Alex in the couple days before he died.

This is the Alex from Walk Like Thunder.

http://900bats.com/2011/kimya-dawson-walk-like-thunder-free-mp3/

Last night I made another new friend who is not held within the confines of gender, and who also has chosen the name Alex, and who is dying.

So I woke up thinking about the big loud public struggles and the big quiet private struggles. 

Thinking about terminal illness and a failing healthcare system and a failing political system. But also thinking about friends and togetherness and friendship and love and change. 

We are all dying. Some people are dying faster than others. 

When you love someone or befriend someone who has very little time left it forces you to re-evaluate how YOU are living. 

It is crucial that we create a way that works for the people and that we learn to be a peaceful society that takes care of it’s own. 

These are exciting times. And these are scary intense times. Whether you raise your sign and raise your voice or you sing softly into someone’s ear you are a part of this revolution. Be love. Be change.

Don’t just float along.

Occupy your life.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Steve Jobs

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