Pausch

I’m a bad blogger, I admit it. It’s pretty silly really, I don’t think anyone wants to hear me spewing love filled happiness or utter despair and rage at the world. So since those two emotions (one had nothing to do with the other, you try being blissful and hate-filled at the same time! NOT EASY) have been pretty much my life the past couple of weeks I have just kept silent.

I just read a post by my good friend and great blogger Mrs. Lilac about this person and it inspired me to say my piece about him.

So I am writing about something completely unrelated to my life at the moment. Randy Pausch. This man is a good example for the love and hate filled people out there. 

I think I would think he was a great inspiration even if he didn’t have terminal cancer and six months to live. This man’s LIFE is the great inspiration. He has attempted and attained most if not all of the goals he set out to; become an imagineer, find the love of his life, and a myriad of other things. 

Pausch describes trials or tests as walls that you simply have to find a way to climb. This phrase in itself inspires me. All you have to do is find a way to fix it, it’s that simple. That’s something tangible that I can understand, most times the problem gets so huge in your head that you can’t see a way around it. This helps me to put it into perspective-every problem can be solved it’s just a matter of figuring out how.    

Pausch also speaks of his wife. At one point she broke up with him saying she just didn’t love him. This is a huge blow for anyone, especially when you know this is your person, the one you want to share your life with. He didn’t let that stop him, just another wall. He stuck by her and now they have three beautiful children and a wonderful life for however long he has left.

This is not even a tenth of the life lessons and inspiring stories Randy Pausch shares in his memoir. Warning: the last two chapters are about his family and are HEARTBREAKING. Keep tissues nearby. The book is called The Last Lecture. Go. Get. It. Now.

It WILL inspire you and touch your heart.

Go now…seriously.

Summer Love

It feels like I haven’t posted in forever! I’ve been so blissfully happy I can’t seem to think of any sarcastic comments or make fun of people. I don’t even recognize myself!! And I didn’t want to post some sappy crap that would make everyone throw up in their mouths and delete me from their blog roll, so that left me nothing!

It’s summer in Nashville, and aside from the fact that I can’t see and/or breathe its incredible!! So here’s my list of wonderful summer Nashville things!!

• Movies in the Park. Picture Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey in Wedding Planner but better..and real. And the icing on the cake, they are playing Dirty Dancing. Yeah I’m crazy for Swayze, I said it. Don’t act like you never wanted to carry a watermelon.

 

•  Canoeing! Yeah it’s the Harpeth and yeah its like a big bath but I love it! Even when Tipp makes me row us all by myself! Watch out for the cows!!!

 

• A tan! Summer means I get to look healthy and not like a little Indian kid with jaundice and huge circles under her eyes! and NO MAKEUP! I’ll be damned if I’m wearing makeup in 145 degree weather with 200% humidity..deal with it! I’m going with the theory that a tan makes you look ten pounds skinnier..now if they are right about looking ten pounds skinnier if you stand up straight, I’m at my goal weight!! How do you like that weight watchers!

 

• We won’t have 25 kids in each gymnastics class I teach on the bus! And since the kids can go outside all day it’s not a melee when they get to come out to us! Downside, sweaty little bodies that just want to loll all over you. One more upside, when it gets really hot they just want to lie down. Maybe I should just put the heaters on year round?

 

• Dancing in the Park. A huge band playing swing, latin or Jazz music. And tons of people dancing like professionals at sunset! Who am I kidding, I’ll never have the balls to go out there! I look like Elaine when I dance. NOT cute! Maybe I’ll go watch..

 

 

Bucket List

I think everyone should do this. It is a list of things you want to accomplish before you die. These can’t be life goals, like have kids or get married. They need to be random things you’ve always wanted to do. The catch is you actually have to try and accomplish some of them!

Here’s mine!

1. Learn how to drive a stick shift (yes, yes, it’s pathetic I know)
2. Swim in the Dead Sea
3. Sing on Broadway (this is one of those unattainable ones..if you know me you know why..I am not exactly musically inclined)
4. Live in London
5. See Gorillas (not at the zoo, I want to see them wild)
6. Drive across the US. (Not coasts, I want to see all the middle bits)
7. Go to a clambake
8. Tend bar on an island..a la Cocktail with Tom Cruise…wait screw the working, I just want to live there.
9. See Mount Rushmore
10. Learn to snow board (and hopefully not kill myself)
11. Go to Russia
12. Take the Sound Of Music Tour in Austria (I’m going to sing every damn word of that movie the entire time too!!)
13. See the Seven Wonders of the World (yeah I know there are like 25 wonders, but I’ve got my seven all picked out)
14. See Buddhist Monks in a monastery
15. Canoe down the Zambezi

Tell me some of yours..I can’t promise I won’t steal them…

Brats and Heroes

So today I’m in the gym reading my trusty old People magazine (yes I know, reading does not make for the best workout, but I think I should get points for even making it into a gym on a Saturday!) Two stories stuck out in my head. These stories were printed back to back. I found this ironic. The first story inspired seething hatred the second restored my faith in humanity! I wonder if the editor did this on purpose

The Bad

Ok the first story was about a group of girls who lured another girl to a home and beat her up. As if this was not reprehensible enough these littles bitches taped the whole thing and posted it on YouTube. This bothers me for many reasons.

1. Not only are these girl eveil (not just evil, Eveil–like the fruits of the deveil) they are pretty stupid also. What kind of dumb high school brat tapes a crime and then posts it on the Internet! Hey bitches, you just gave the prosecutor all the evidence he needs to put your spoilt ass away!

2. A father of one of the assailants says his child should not be prosecuted because on the tape she can be heard whispering “let her run away”..Tough shit Daddy, maybe next time you will instill some morals or at the very least a basic understanding of right and wrong. Asshole.

3. Pretty much all of the parents of the assailants are quoted saying “They are just kids”..Well it seems to me that beating a girl into unconsciousness while laughing is a pretty grown up thing to do. Lock em up, I say!

4. What is wrong with kids? I teach pre-schoolers and have had to stop little girls from making fun of other girls because of their clothing and had to pull a pair of three years olds apart because they were making out!! What has happened!! If I had even tried to pull any of the crap these brats try today my mom would have unleashed on me. And for that I thank her!

5. I really think all kids should wear uniforms. I did, for 12 years. No one ever got made fun of for clothes, we had to be more creative in order to torture other kids. At least we were original.

6. I firmly believe these bitches brats stupid whoresgirls should be made an example of. If these girls are let off with a warning this kind of behavior is going to run rampant. These girls need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Harsh you say? Well look, if they thought this was hilarious and cool what will they do when they get away with it? And what about all the publicity? Can’t turn back now folks, it will look like we are condoning this kind of behavior.

The Good

 

Ok on to the good stuff. The second story I read was about a NINETY yes, 90 year old man. He is apparently one of those mall walkers, which means he gets his daily exercise by doing laps around the mall. Which I think is the cutest thing I have ever heard.

So this old (90) year old man is coming up the escalator last week. He sees a little girl about to fall over the side. (where was mom? Why was she even allowed to be on the escalator alone?) So this, did I mention he was 90?, man RUNS up the escalator and grabs the child before she goes over! He saved her life! Talk about quick action!

 I’m not sure I would react that fast now, let alone in 60 years! This man is the complete opposite of those bratty girls. He represents goodness if you ask me!

oh yeah..he was 90 by the way!!!