So. I was blog stalking this evening (my own personal phrase which today means that I was visiting friends' blogs and browsing their links to see if they had links to anybody that I knew too) when on a friend of a friend's site I found a blog that belongs to my cousin. Technically they're my second cousin and we've never met and they wouldn't know who I was unless I introduced myself and said, "Your mom's grandmother is my great-grandmother." But still. Pretty neat connectivity.That is definitely less than six degrees.
Hi Kris, I'm your cousin.
2009-01-27
2009-01-09
Forward #3
1. What is your occupation right now? Medical Assistant at a pediatrician's office
2. What color are your socks right now? Blue, Silver and White Stripes
3. What are you listening to right now? Pandora Radio
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Chocolate chip cookie dough (thanks Jessica)
5. Can you drive a stick shift? No. Have you seen me drive? Do you really want to divide my attention like that?
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My neighbor Jessica. She opened her cell phone to a screaming toddler and me asking "Has your daughter had Tylenol lately?"
7. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Not a big fan of being a spectator.
8. What is your favorite drink? Hot Chocolate
9. Have you ever dyed your hair? Nope
10. Favorite food? Italian! And no, this doesn’t work well with my doctor’s advice of following a low carb diet.
11. What is the last movie you watched? Robinson Family...that 17 month old little girl has a really good attention span when she chooses to.
12. How do you vent anger? To my husband mostly.
13. What was your favorite toy as a child? Books
14. What is your favorite season? Autumn and Spring. I love different things about each of them. The biggest one being that I'm not sweltering or freezing my patootie off. I hate being hot but I also hate having it be dark when I wake up and dark when I get home from work.
15. Cherries or Blueberries? That's an easy one because I don't like cherries.
16. Living arrangements? Okay, if you’re reading this then you should know the answer to that.
17. When was the last time you cried? Quite often since December 10. (you know, the whole dad thing)
18. What is on the floor of your closet? There’s a floor under all those cloths?
19. What did you do last night? Compared reviews for TV converter boxes. Told Nathan where to go to buy the one I decided on.
20. What are you most afraid of? Losing a loved one.
21. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? Cheeseburgers every time! Hold the onions.
22. Favorite dog breed? German Shepherds Are Awesome
23. How many states have you lived in? Only two. Again, if you're reading this then you probably know which two.
24. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls. Nathan’s a lucky man.
25. What is your favorite flower? Really not sure. I often agree with Meg Ryan when she said, "daisies are such happy flowers." Name that movie for a thousand...
2. What color are your socks right now? Blue, Silver and White Stripes
3. What are you listening to right now? Pandora Radio
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Chocolate chip cookie dough (thanks Jessica)
5. Can you drive a stick shift? No. Have you seen me drive? Do you really want to divide my attention like that?
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My neighbor Jessica. She opened her cell phone to a screaming toddler and me asking "Has your daughter had Tylenol lately?"
7. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Not a big fan of being a spectator.
8. What is your favorite drink? Hot Chocolate
9. Have you ever dyed your hair? Nope
10. Favorite food? Italian! And no, this doesn’t work well with my doctor’s advice of following a low carb diet.
11. What is the last movie you watched? Robinson Family...that 17 month old little girl has a really good attention span when she chooses to.
12. How do you vent anger? To my husband mostly.
13. What was your favorite toy as a child? Books
14. What is your favorite season? Autumn and Spring. I love different things about each of them. The biggest one being that I'm not sweltering or freezing my patootie off. I hate being hot but I also hate having it be dark when I wake up and dark when I get home from work.
15. Cherries or Blueberries? That's an easy one because I don't like cherries.
16. Living arrangements? Okay, if you’re reading this then you should know the answer to that.
17. When was the last time you cried? Quite often since December 10. (you know, the whole dad thing)
18. What is on the floor of your closet? There’s a floor under all those cloths?
19. What did you do last night? Compared reviews for TV converter boxes. Told Nathan where to go to buy the one I decided on.
20. What are you most afraid of? Losing a loved one.
21. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? Cheeseburgers every time! Hold the onions.
22. Favorite dog breed? German Shepherds Are Awesome
23. How many states have you lived in? Only two. Again, if you're reading this then you probably know which two.
24. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls. Nathan’s a lucky man.
25. What is your favorite flower? Really not sure. I often agree with Meg Ryan when she said, "daisies are such happy flowers." Name that movie for a thousand...
2009-01-08
Thoughts
Sayings such as "it takes a village to raise a child" and "no man is an island"... the continued popularity of Little House on the Prairie and Anne of Green Gables... reunion sites like MySpace and Facebook... seem to reinforce a theory of mine.
I believe there is a common need within humans to have a close knit network of loved ones. The traditional community where neighbors stopped by to visit and family went to grandmother's for holidays and you knew whose name to cuss out when you found dog poo on your lawn. That community is becoming history and is being replaced by a society of superficiallness.
Text relationships where a scathing remark is ok because it was followed by LOL. Homes where fathers sit downstairs alone while adolescent children play internet games with people in other countries whom they've never met. Bored youth who rob the local electronics store for entertainment and never have to worry about facing the owner in the street the next day.
Hmmm, that sounds like I'm saying technology is the big bad wolf. It's not. It's the way that our culture is adapting to these inovations that I disaprove of. Not only are we being denied a moral compass, but we're missing a familiar face that recognizes without words that today was not a good day. We're missing the innate sense of knowing that someone out there does care. Artificial replacements have grown up. Activities like playgroup, book club, and 'neighborhood watch'.
Have you had a day lately where you never heard your name spoken out loud? A day where you didn't get hugged, or even feel the touch of another human being? A day where nobody smiled at you? Our souls know that we are loved, even when the words aren't said.
I believe there is a common need within humans to have a close knit network of loved ones. The traditional community where neighbors stopped by to visit and family went to grandmother's for holidays and you knew whose name to cuss out when you found dog poo on your lawn. That community is becoming history and is being replaced by a society of superficiallness.
Text relationships where a scathing remark is ok because it was followed by LOL. Homes where fathers sit downstairs alone while adolescent children play internet games with people in other countries whom they've never met. Bored youth who rob the local electronics store for entertainment and never have to worry about facing the owner in the street the next day.
Hmmm, that sounds like I'm saying technology is the big bad wolf. It's not. It's the way that our culture is adapting to these inovations that I disaprove of. Not only are we being denied a moral compass, but we're missing a familiar face that recognizes without words that today was not a good day. We're missing the innate sense of knowing that someone out there does care. Artificial replacements have grown up. Activities like playgroup, book club, and 'neighborhood watch'.
Have you had a day lately where you never heard your name spoken out loud? A day where you didn't get hugged, or even feel the touch of another human being? A day where nobody smiled at you? Our souls know that we are loved, even when the words aren't said.
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