EARTH DAY!

So while I have no plans to actually plant a tree today, I do have plans to be creative with my new porch. I want to plant stuff!!! I want to have pretty flowers and pots and things and stuff! Yea, I know, my proper English is waning at the moment. I'm not sure why. Perhaps it's my lack of usage at the moment.

Still, I have plans for my porch Mother Earth! I plan to reduce my carbon footprint by planting more plants... on my porch.

I'm going home for about a day so that I can go to the dentist (grrr... dentist) and in that short span of time, I plan to not only do my laundry but also to gather all sorts of planty things like tools and pots and plants. I'm hoping my dad will take me to Lowe's and point out all the things that will be helpful (and will let me borrow some of his gardening tools... I think he still might be mad that I lost his shovel a LOOOONG time ago in high school).

Once my lovely porch is finished I will post a picture on here (I know, I'm a little slow on the pictures of the apartment but the only people that really wanted to see it... saw it firsthand!) It shouldn't be elaborate or anything... just nice. Quaint.

Has anyone ever heard of the movie Paper Heart? If not, it's a cute little movie to watch. It's like a little documentary about Michael Cera's girlfriend Charlyne Yi. Sure, it's a wee bit awkward watching their relationship grow on camera... you know, when you're on a first date and all those awkward pauses? Caught on camera here... but I have to say, the scene in Georgia where she's interviewing the kids on the playground? Priceless!

When the vacuum cometh...

I was vacuuming my bedroom the other day... and Jack decided to hid under the table I put on my bed. I quickly stopped and took a picture, because it looked absolutely hilarious. I think he believes the vacuum will take his soul.

Other than that, life has been going fairly well for the two of us. We are, shall we say, trying to enjoy the simpler things in life. Well, what I mean is Jack has to understand that he can't have as many toys as he would like. Indeed, his most important toys are his chewy nylabones (they last FOREVER), his kongs, and his kong ball (which can NEVER be lost).

Living simply is hard, but I'm getting used to it. It means no random shopping sprees and no television. The only thing I can have is internet which I use constantly. Seriously... thank you Comcast! This will all end, of course, when I get some fantastic job (cross fingers) or a raise (MAYBE likely but no). It sucks, too, when you highly enjoy WHERE you work, but it really doesn't help your living situation. Grrrrrrrrr.....

For now, living simply is my motto. I actually feel better for it slightly. Maybe it will change me entirely and prep me for the real world. (actually it already IS)

Woohoo!

Jack now needs to go for a walk.

Intentions for April

"It's in the contemplation of desire that you create what you want for yourself"

This post is definitely a BIT late in the department of blog posts, seeing as I prepared it around, oooohhhh, April 2 or so, but I figure, what the hell, right? I'll post it now anyway.

I have officially started a journey. A spiritual one, if you will allow me to say, BUT not a RELIGIOUS one. I'm just trying to find out what life, particularly ME, means to me and how I fit in the universe and all that "What the Bleep Do We Know" stuff. (Btw, that's a great movie... if you haven't seen it, you really should)

Any way... I've decided to start "igniting my divine spark". Friends and family, do not be afraid. I have NOT joined a cult and will not start wearing lambskin smocks and drinking hemlock... or poisonous jello... or sport some awesome Nikes.

Instead, I am going to find out more about what I need to do to find out who I am.

Crazy, huh? This does not change me... it makes a better ME!

:)

So, here are my intentions for April... enjoy. It will be the first of many.

(WARNING: If you don't like feel-good crap... stop reading now, hum to yourself and calmly walk away from the computer and think to yourself "The world is a horrible place"... now don't you feel better?)

- I intend to start to know myself more and start discovering who I really am.

- I intend to start expressing myself more creatively and authentically because I believe I have forgotten what it's like to actually BE creative. As part of this, I intend to write more, whether through my blog or my journal.

- I intend to start thinking more positively, even though that phrase sounds SLIGHTLY wrong according to the English language.

- Thus, I intend to stop EDITING myself :)

- I intend to be true to myself and to set aside time every day to be kind to myself in some way.

- I intend to be more honest about the way I feel with myself and with the people around me.

- I intend to intend more.

Haha, y'all. I hope you make an intention letter for yourself. Really, it can make you feel better.

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"Okay guys... check out this new trick I learned..." ~ Jack

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