Everyone in the nation has heard by now, I'm sure, about the shooting incident in Tucson, Arizona that left 6 dead and many others wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She was shot in the head and has miraculously survived thus far. Her doctors are, we're told, optimistic about her recovery.
Out of the 6 people who died, one was a little girl. This is so tragic. I can't imagine what her family is going through. It just makes me sad.
The young man who shot the Congresswoman and the others there apparently suffers from mental illness. I'm not surprised. I think to be able to shoot someone in the head and then fire into a crowd of people is a symptom of some sort of mental illness. There's obviously something wrong with you mentally if you can do that. That's not to say this person should be excused or pardoned for his behavior, but certainly it is not normal behavior.
Now there's a lot of political talk going on now, with a lot of finger-pointing and blaming and posturing. Sometimes it makes me just want to move and live somewhere else. Canada. Or Sweden. Or Italy! A nice villa in Umbria with a red door and flowers on the patio. That'd be nice.
-A
Monday, January 10, 2011
Ben Does Life blog
My friend just posted a photo of herself with Ben, who has a blog at:
www.bendoeslife.com
I didn't know who Ben was so I checked out his blog, and then watched his video on YouTube, here:
A great way to start the new year. Get inspired.
-Amy
www.bendoeslife.com
I didn't know who Ben was so I checked out his blog, and then watched his video on YouTube, here:
A great way to start the new year. Get inspired.
-Amy
Friday, January 7, 2011
I'm like a psychic. I should charge money.
On November 5th I posted about my favorite ex-boyfriend and how I dreamed he wanted my help picking out an engagement ring for his recent girlfriend. Something in me just knew that this was going to happen, and it did. They got engaged over the holidays and announced it today.
I'm very happy for them, truly, and I'm glad my subconscious prepared me for this or I think I might be a little sad too, and I'm not. I've already had time to get used to the idea and I'm feeling nothing but joy for them. Ok, maybe I'm feeling a tiny bit of something that's not joy but I can't even determine what it is exactly so let's just brush it aside and not talk about it. ;)
I had heard that someone else would be getting engaged over the holidays but I haven't seen any announcements so perhaps that didn't happen. I'll have to ask some mutual people what the scoop is. Holiday engagements are nice but kind of predictable, and cheesy, IMO. I like more spontaneity myself, though my engagement was anything but. My husband pretty much asked me without a ring, it wasn't even really a proper ask, and then we were off and planning the wedding before I ever got it. I kept teasing him I could call it off at any time because we weren't official until he actually truly asked me, with ring in hand. I picked out the ring and the diamond, he wanted me to, so that wasn't a surprise. And then he picked it up and I knew he had it so that wasn't a surprise either. So when he said we were going away for the weekend, I knew he was going to officially ask me, the only thing I didn't know for sure was where we were going.
Turned out we were going to Flagstaff where we stayed in a Bed & Breakfast, and he pretty much proposed as soon as we got checked in and brought our stuff to our room. I said yes, of course.
We had a fabulous weekend. We went out for drinks and live music and met up with a nice lesbian couple who hooked us up with a free plane ride over the Grand Canyon the next day (one of them worked there). It was pretty cool, except that John gets seasick and being in a small plane in the canyon feels very much like being in a small boat on the ocean. He threw up almost the entire time. Oops. At least we learned something. John needs Dramamine if he's going to be in a small plane and we love lesbians. But really, who doesn't? ;)
I'm very happy for them, truly, and I'm glad my subconscious prepared me for this or I think I might be a little sad too, and I'm not. I've already had time to get used to the idea and I'm feeling nothing but joy for them. Ok, maybe I'm feeling a tiny bit of something that's not joy but I can't even determine what it is exactly so let's just brush it aside and not talk about it. ;)
I had heard that someone else would be getting engaged over the holidays but I haven't seen any announcements so perhaps that didn't happen. I'll have to ask some mutual people what the scoop is. Holiday engagements are nice but kind of predictable, and cheesy, IMO. I like more spontaneity myself, though my engagement was anything but. My husband pretty much asked me without a ring, it wasn't even really a proper ask, and then we were off and planning the wedding before I ever got it. I kept teasing him I could call it off at any time because we weren't official until he actually truly asked me, with ring in hand. I picked out the ring and the diamond, he wanted me to, so that wasn't a surprise. And then he picked it up and I knew he had it so that wasn't a surprise either. So when he said we were going away for the weekend, I knew he was going to officially ask me, the only thing I didn't know for sure was where we were going.
Turned out we were going to Flagstaff where we stayed in a Bed & Breakfast, and he pretty much proposed as soon as we got checked in and brought our stuff to our room. I said yes, of course.
We had a fabulous weekend. We went out for drinks and live music and met up with a nice lesbian couple who hooked us up with a free plane ride over the Grand Canyon the next day (one of them worked there). It was pretty cool, except that John gets seasick and being in a small plane in the canyon feels very much like being in a small boat on the ocean. He threw up almost the entire time. Oops. At least we learned something. John needs Dramamine if he's going to be in a small plane and we love lesbians. But really, who doesn't? ;)
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