for the love of MEAT
it's like i want to blog but i don't want to actually type anything out. it would be so much easier if i could just put a 'laura's thoughts' widget on here and everyone would just press play and enjoy a clip of my thoughts. except those people who had a bad connection because it would keep freezing in the same place like youtube is apt to do. and after five or six failed attempts to play my thoughts clip, the frustration would get to them and they'd toss the mouse aside, click off their moniter while muttering "aww forGET it!", stand up, go into the kitchen and drown their sorrows in a big soft and chewy ginger cookie.
i want a big soft and chewy ginger cookie. (this is the exact sentance edith would say after i mentioned ginger cookies. she's very prone to fall for food suggestiveness. (and when i say suggestiveness, i don't mean like when food is lewd and unG-rated. (and when i overexplain myself i'm doing what edith would do. (and when i talk in a maze of tangents that never ends, that's an example of what i'm prone to...)))).
so it's for those people who have frustration with mind widgets that i am typing out my thoughts the old fashioned blogging way. so passe. so yesterday. so 80s the second time around.
well fatima and i met up today. it was our MEATing. we like to meat. well i personally love it actually. i picked fatima at her back door. it's big and glass. she hopped in the passenger door like the hussy she is, and down the ramp we went, the hussy and myself. fatima said i was the first person she saw obey the please wait until the door closes sign. i'm obedient like that. ha. so we parked and then we walked in the rain in our classic bub to bud elbow hook to subees and had some eats and some talks. i like to talk with bud even though she's a blatant car hopping hussy sometimes. who am i to judge?
when we got out of subees (yucky bathroom, neat wax drippng candles) it was raining a lot harder. i got wet. hussy mahabub said she was so wet. i looked over at my be-hooded and be-parkaed budorama and said "no you're not. i'm wet." (andrea maybe you can slings some rabbits together and make me a coat! :) )
we went to tinsel town and watched whip it. i loved it. awesome. love love loved it. it was so good. we had lots of good laughs and i loved the unashamed, unabashed, rowdy girl power. i loved the way drew barrymore's character would just jump on people and pummel them so joyfully. it was a joyful movie i think.
and i'll tell you a secret. but you have to promise not to ask me about it unless i bring it up with you. promise. ok. the secret is this: i've started my application for grad school! i haven't gotten too far though. i've filled out my address and birthdate, and previous schooling etc. the hard part is still undone and it's due december 1st so i might not make it, but it's the closest i've ever come to applying for grad school, so that's exciting and scary.
one of the hard parts is the letter of intent. a letter of intent is this: "Letter of intent: Please provide information about your background, reason for seeking an advanced degree and your career plan." well it's an important part and i don't really know exactly what to say. i know i'm super interested in women and families. i believe in families so strongly even though it's totally incorrecto to say strongly. and i believe in women and in their power and i think if you strengthen women you strengthen families and strengthened families benefit the world. i really believe that. fatima and i were talking a bit about that tonight too. and then the movie. and then after the movie i was thinking about it (in the bathroom--it's a good thinking place) and i had my first idea as to what i could write about a little bit. i don't know if it's the kind of thing you write in your letter of intent though.
another hard thing is getting references. this i need to do first and soon, so they have to time to write something excellent for me. you know?
my biggest stumbling block is my everyday life--everyday things slipping in front of application things. editing and posting photos, watching things, doing things, cleaning, etc. i just let every day pass without doing anything towards it. it's scary but i want to do it. anyways cross your fingers, send up a little prayer for me, and feel free to pass on any encouragement and helpful tips. just please don't ask me after december 1st if i did it--because if i didn't i'd feel even more like a the hugest loser in the world than ever before. if i did do it, i'll be posting a big hooray post.
well that's that. secret's out.
i want a big soft and chewy ginger cookie. (this is the exact sentance edith would say after i mentioned ginger cookies. she's very prone to fall for food suggestiveness. (and when i say suggestiveness, i don't mean like when food is lewd and unG-rated. (and when i overexplain myself i'm doing what edith would do. (and when i talk in a maze of tangents that never ends, that's an example of what i'm prone to...)))).
so it's for those people who have frustration with mind widgets that i am typing out my thoughts the old fashioned blogging way. so passe. so yesterday. so 80s the second time around.
well fatima and i met up today. it was our MEATing. we like to meat. well i personally love it actually. i picked fatima at her back door. it's big and glass. she hopped in the passenger door like the hussy she is, and down the ramp we went, the hussy and myself. fatima said i was the first person she saw obey the please wait until the door closes sign. i'm obedient like that. ha. so we parked and then we walked in the rain in our classic bub to bud elbow hook to subees and had some eats and some talks. i like to talk with bud even though she's a blatant car hopping hussy sometimes. who am i to judge?
when we got out of subees (yucky bathroom, neat wax drippng candles) it was raining a lot harder. i got wet. hussy mahabub said she was so wet. i looked over at my be-hooded and be-parkaed budorama and said "no you're not. i'm wet." (andrea maybe you can slings some rabbits together and make me a coat! :) )
we went to tinsel town and watched whip it. i loved it. awesome. love love loved it. it was so good. we had lots of good laughs and i loved the unashamed, unabashed, rowdy girl power. i loved the way drew barrymore's character would just jump on people and pummel them so joyfully. it was a joyful movie i think.
and i'll tell you a secret. but you have to promise not to ask me about it unless i bring it up with you. promise. ok. the secret is this: i've started my application for grad school! i haven't gotten too far though. i've filled out my address and birthdate, and previous schooling etc. the hard part is still undone and it's due december 1st so i might not make it, but it's the closest i've ever come to applying for grad school, so that's exciting and scary.
one of the hard parts is the letter of intent. a letter of intent is this: "Letter of intent: Please provide information about your background, reason for seeking an advanced degree and your career plan." well it's an important part and i don't really know exactly what to say. i know i'm super interested in women and families. i believe in families so strongly even though it's totally incorrecto to say strongly. and i believe in women and in their power and i think if you strengthen women you strengthen families and strengthened families benefit the world. i really believe that. fatima and i were talking a bit about that tonight too. and then the movie. and then after the movie i was thinking about it (in the bathroom--it's a good thinking place) and i had my first idea as to what i could write about a little bit. i don't know if it's the kind of thing you write in your letter of intent though.
another hard thing is getting references. this i need to do first and soon, so they have to time to write something excellent for me. you know?
my biggest stumbling block is my everyday life--everyday things slipping in front of application things. editing and posting photos, watching things, doing things, cleaning, etc. i just let every day pass without doing anything towards it. it's scary but i want to do it. anyways cross your fingers, send up a little prayer for me, and feel free to pass on any encouragement and helpful tips. just please don't ask me after december 1st if i did it--because if i didn't i'd feel even more like a the hugest loser in the world than ever before. if i did do it, i'll be posting a big hooray post.
well that's that. secret's out.
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Use 3 books.
book 1:
write in it your chaos - all the things you are embarrassed about that keep you from doing what you want to do, etc. Write without analyzing or judging - just as an observer. Read it day 1 aloud to yourself. Read it day 2 aloud to God. Read it day 3 silently as a prayer to yourself and God.
book 2:
Write 3 things everyday either in the morning or evening that you are grateful for that take no effort from you - like gratitude for your curly hair, or your great sisters, or Archie's affection.
book 3:
Every morning pick three things that will help alleviate the chaos of book 1. These things must be longer than 10 minutes and shorter than 30 minutes. And do them.
It is amazing, really amazing to me how well this works for me.
And Laura, you will still be my adorable, beloved sister whether or not you get the application done by Dec 1 this year.