My new iPhone 4 is amazing. I am unfortunately overly addicted like the people I used to make fun of. But the whole reason I got one was so that I could access email for work and also be able to mapquest things for freelance work. The mapping has saved me so much and has made my life so much easier! I need to get a handle on the other aspect of it wasting too much of my time but I am thinking that is just because it is a new toy. At least I'm hoping it is...
I am thankful for my iPhone with all its capabilities that are helping to make my job easier.
kk
Saturday, October 30, 2010
10/29/10 red
I love the colors of the fall. This year has been so strange weather-wise. Summer was lame and this fall has been very odd. Most of the leaves didn't really change color. They kind of started and then just all fell off. It was quite disappointing.
However, driving to work this morning I noticed all of the vines growing on the cement walls of the freeway and they are now all a brilliant color of red. What a treat on these gray days to be graced with a splash of color to lighten up the day.
I am thankful for the wonderful fall colors along the freeway walls.
kk
However, driving to work this morning I noticed all of the vines growing on the cement walls of the freeway and they are now all a brilliant color of red. What a treat on these gray days to be graced with a splash of color to lighten up the day.
I am thankful for the wonderful fall colors along the freeway walls.
kk
Thursday, October 28, 2010
10/28/10 beach boys
Is there any better test of a relationship than a road trip? I think not. We watch relationships of all kinds grow and become stronger or utterly fail on the show "The Amazing Race." Some people have great communication skills and work together under pressure. Some people become so mean and biting that I wonder how embarrassed they are when they see what they look like on air. We laugh at road trips depicted in movies like whatever that one is with Ben Stiller where he marries that girl in San Francisco that he hardly knows and then they road trip to Mexico and he finds out she is crazy. Mostly in the car on their way there. I have friends that have road tripped with their partner and felt like their partner was stupid since apparently they didn't know how to read a map. And as annoyed as we all get at times at the ineptitude of our traveling companion, aren't road trips just awesome? I do love flying, but there is something more in a road trip.
I have gone on many road trips throughout my life. When I was younger I went with my family down trough the Redwoods and ended up in Disneyland and San Diego. We have gone back east to visit family in Chicago and driven through Mt. Rushmore and other amazing things I don't remember. So they are on my list of things to visit again. I know we've been there but I don't have any recollection of Wall Drug, Rushmore or Yellowstone. I've road tripped to San Francisco twice, Vegas and Reno, Whistler, Canada twice, Vancouver Island, Canada, Lewiston and Clarkston in eastern Washington, Kennewick, down the Oregon Coast, from Savannah, Georgia down the Florida Coast to Orlando, and around Provence, France. I have traveled with Ashleigh Cashman, Chad Latta, John Sconce, Barb, Erika, and my mom and dad, and just my mom and me solo. Friends, family, and former partners.
For the most part we get along. There are definitely times where you want to get away or tell someone else how you are obviously right about something and your companion is wrong, and probably stupid, but you get through it and in my experience it is usually for the better. My most stressful times were when I was driving through France with my mom. The roads are narrower and people drive crazy fast. Through mountainous and curvy roads. People on motorcycles were passing me around blind corners! People honk at you and you are just trying to figure out where to turn off the million and one round-abouts. My mom had been to France twice before so I nominated her the navigator and me the driver. But sometimes her directions were: we should follow the signs to fill-in-the-blank. But with having all the crazy traffic, the people speeding, passing, and honking I didn't have time to look at signs and there were some tense times when I couldn't get the directions the way I wanted them, though I hadn't told her how I needed them yet. But once we finally were able to establish what the best way to navigate was for the both of us, and I was reminded that really we didn't have a plan so if we took the wrong turn, we could just turn around, or continue around the round-about if we missed the exit until it came up again, I was able to relax. It really wasn't that big a deal. We were there to enjoy the countryside and each others company. Don't let the stress of other people get in the way of that.
Anyway, back to The Beach Boys. It seems like every road trip I took with my family growing up had a soundtrack of The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and "What's New Pussycat" by Tome Jones. It's Tom Jones, right? What a great song. We all loved that one. So one of the classes I work in plays a variety of music. Today was all Beach Boys. It reminded me of road trips of when I was younger and then road trips in general.
I am thankful for road trips I have taken and for many more to come.
kk
I have gone on many road trips throughout my life. When I was younger I went with my family down trough the Redwoods and ended up in Disneyland and San Diego. We have gone back east to visit family in Chicago and driven through Mt. Rushmore and other amazing things I don't remember. So they are on my list of things to visit again. I know we've been there but I don't have any recollection of Wall Drug, Rushmore or Yellowstone. I've road tripped to San Francisco twice, Vegas and Reno, Whistler, Canada twice, Vancouver Island, Canada, Lewiston and Clarkston in eastern Washington, Kennewick, down the Oregon Coast, from Savannah, Georgia down the Florida Coast to Orlando, and around Provence, France. I have traveled with Ashleigh Cashman, Chad Latta, John Sconce, Barb, Erika, and my mom and dad, and just my mom and me solo. Friends, family, and former partners.
For the most part we get along. There are definitely times where you want to get away or tell someone else how you are obviously right about something and your companion is wrong, and probably stupid, but you get through it and in my experience it is usually for the better. My most stressful times were when I was driving through France with my mom. The roads are narrower and people drive crazy fast. Through mountainous and curvy roads. People on motorcycles were passing me around blind corners! People honk at you and you are just trying to figure out where to turn off the million and one round-abouts. My mom had been to France twice before so I nominated her the navigator and me the driver. But sometimes her directions were: we should follow the signs to fill-in-the-blank. But with having all the crazy traffic, the people speeding, passing, and honking I didn't have time to look at signs and there were some tense times when I couldn't get the directions the way I wanted them, though I hadn't told her how I needed them yet. But once we finally were able to establish what the best way to navigate was for the both of us, and I was reminded that really we didn't have a plan so if we took the wrong turn, we could just turn around, or continue around the round-about if we missed the exit until it came up again, I was able to relax. It really wasn't that big a deal. We were there to enjoy the countryside and each others company. Don't let the stress of other people get in the way of that.
Anyway, back to The Beach Boys. It seems like every road trip I took with my family growing up had a soundtrack of The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and "What's New Pussycat" by Tome Jones. It's Tom Jones, right? What a great song. We all loved that one. So one of the classes I work in plays a variety of music. Today was all Beach Boys. It reminded me of road trips of when I was younger and then road trips in general.
I am thankful for road trips I have taken and for many more to come.
kk
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
10/27/10 sound
I know and work with some amazing Deaf people. I am a firm believer that a Deaf person can do anything a hearing person can do, except hear. And for many Deaf people, they don't mind or care that they can't hear. They were born Deaf and have a rich culture and language and therefore feel whole. They only face a lot of problems in trying to deal with ignorant hearing people. Given the choice between blind and deaf I would definitely choose deaf. I already know the language and I think I could get by without hearing. I think not being able to see would be much more scary for me. But there are definitely things I would miss. The sound of the ocean, the sound of the wind as it blows through the fall leaves, music, children's laughter, the phone.
I am thankful that I have my hearing and can enjoy all the sound around me.
kk
I am thankful that I have my hearing and can enjoy all the sound around me.
kk
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
10/26/10 rainbows
Maybe I shouldn't be titling these, it seems like it gives everything away.
After a weekend of near record-breaking rainfall it is so nice to see a break in the clouds and a full rainbow! It seems akin to the dark cloud having a silver lining. I actually don't mind the rain but I am not excited about the cold. This summer was lame and it seems this fall is shaping up to be pretty lame too. I think we skipped most of fall and are headed straight for winter. The cold that accompanies winter is only acceptable if accompanied by snow. So bring that on. Freezing rain? Not so much. But I am ready for a winter wonderland if we're going to have an early one. It seems that with each negative aspect to the seasons, there is always something equally amazing about it.
So in the starting of the rainy season, I am thankful for the rainbows that the sky offers up.
kk
After a weekend of near record-breaking rainfall it is so nice to see a break in the clouds and a full rainbow! It seems akin to the dark cloud having a silver lining. I actually don't mind the rain but I am not excited about the cold. This summer was lame and it seems this fall is shaping up to be pretty lame too. I think we skipped most of fall and are headed straight for winter. The cold that accompanies winter is only acceptable if accompanied by snow. So bring that on. Freezing rain? Not so much. But I am ready for a winter wonderland if we're going to have an early one. It seems that with each negative aspect to the seasons, there is always something equally amazing about it.
So in the starting of the rainy season, I am thankful for the rainbows that the sky offers up.
kk
10/25/10 - that call
Hmm, not having internet at home and not being able to post from my phone is making this hard to get to everyday. But never fear, I am keeping track.
Being in a career filled with constant interviews and near weekly rejection I am so thankful for the phone call that starts with "Kirsten! We would like to offer you the role of..."
I am thankful for my recent success!
kk
Being in a career filled with constant interviews and near weekly rejection I am so thankful for the phone call that starts with "Kirsten! We would like to offer you the role of..."
I am thankful for my recent success!
kk
Sunday, October 24, 2010
10/24/10 in the wee small hours of the morning
Today I awoke at 5am to go to a job. For me, that was pretty early on a Sunday morning. For others, it is a pretty late Saturday night. Driving home while it is still dark outside, after a 2 hour job I was thinking how beautiful it is to drive over the Marquam Bridge and look at the city in lights. Usually, I like to look at it at night and really enjoy the city in lights, but this morning the lights were still on and the sky was getting lighter as the dawn approached. It is nice to think about how the city has been sleeping and while it is still now, soon it will be bustling with movement and activity. I was born at 6:30am so I've always been a morning person.
I am thankful that I am a person who can be awake and alert and present in the morning to witness the beauty that our world and city has to offer. Someone who may need coffee or another 3 hours before they are "awake" that then just drives to work in an auto-pilot fog misses it. They don't know what they're missing. Even in the pouring down rain. It's really amazing.
kk
I am thankful that I am a person who can be awake and alert and present in the morning to witness the beauty that our world and city has to offer. Someone who may need coffee or another 3 hours before they are "awake" that then just drives to work in an auto-pilot fog misses it. They don't know what they're missing. Even in the pouring down rain. It's really amazing.
kk
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