Groaners

How do crazy people go through the forest?

Thay take the psycho path.


Where do you find a no legged dog?

Right where you left him.

Black Widow

oh what a tangled web we weave.
oh how
he weaves
she weaves
i weave
you weave
we
we
we weave
but weaves make messy colors of string into beautiful portraits of life
life lived
life laughed
life ached
life lost
life
life
life

Can I Just Say...

my life is so random and hilarious sometimes and i love the adventures i occasionally find myself on. especially when i can share them with a friend. :0)

apparently last night in san francisco my sandals matched my hair and my belt matched my hair and my sandals. oh yes and my shirt matched my eyes. and my hair felt like my sandals! hahaha. ohhhh boy. oh and in a taqueria in little italy all these ppl started chanting, "norway! norway! norway!..." it was quite twilight zoneish.

Walking

this morning, i parked a few blocks away from state. originally i was looking for the park and ride to get the cheapest possible parking rate but then realized there was some street that didn't require permits.

let me tell u how excited that made me feel. pretty much really excited.

just this morning i was adding in my head how much i would need to spend in parking this summer but now all i have to do is walk for about 15 minutes to get to school! and i like it. it's like i am back in chicago for a moment only with better weather. i have come to adore walking as a primary source of transportation. getting a bicycle would be next. i would like to get a bike and ride it to people's houses for visits. this weekend i think i might go for a long hike. i could really use some nature.

peace babies.

Pick Me Up Tomorrow

okay. are u ready to hear a one liner or what? i think u are.

let's set this up. picture shannon. (that's me) standing on the sidewalk by state waiting for my dahhdy to pick me up after class. i have been temporarily working at the same company he does so we car pool. it's been really fun working with poppa and carpooling. we get to be goofy and such. and just spend some time together. i have appreciated it. BUT THAT IS NOT PART OF THE STORY. let's get back to that.

so i'm standing in the shade minding my own business...greeting ppl as they walk past. then, two men walk by. they say hello and smile and i smile a hello back. one of the guys then says, "it's hot eh?" and i said, "yea, a little bit." then as they walked past me he turned around and practically yelled, "YEA YOU ARRRRE!" to which i replied in a short chuckle and an "oh geez."

later i met a homeless man. quite frankly i couldnt understand half the words...no...three fourths of the words he mumbled. i did catch, "chips" and "stay in the shade." imagine what it must be like to not be able to get ur words across. he didn't seem mad or frustrated. i just talked to him best i could.

my sister is on the phone right now and she just said, "u need a BOY to go to the drive-ins" haha. ha.

Ya Know How We All...

ya know how we all have those things we need to work on? well, i have been learning more and more that it's completely alright to have struggles...others and myself. i used to believe there were aspects of myself that i needed to hide. things that existed but that i needed to solve on my own....straighten myself out and then work to present myself at 110%. but the truth of the matter is that doesn't even exist...that 110%. and i am working to be okay with say the 85% or the whatever percent i have available each day. some days i feel very confident and peaceful about where i am, who i am, where i am headed. and some days, i feel like an insecure girl just hitting puberty or something. and u know what? that's okay. things are often only temporary, and life will go on. and...well...let's just hold each other for a while or something.

my friend's dad once said that when things happen, sometimes that's all it is. they just happen. it doesn't mean anything necessarily about any person in particular, it just means, at that time, that happened. i like that. it may not fit for everything but still i like it. that's another thing i'm recognizing about myself. sometimes i pretend i am letting go, when really i'm not for fear that i could mess up the future, what could be, what should have, what might. but that's not living in the present and i want to continue in the present...looking forward to the future but not trying to figure it out before it gets here. all these things are perhaps challenging but that's what the journey is about right? we all have incredible worth.

so my current vices? comparison, doubt of self worth and ability, and holding back. the process of defeat begun a long while ago but its all about the journey of it all right? continuing to better oneself as time moves along. and my friends, u are welcomed to call me on things when i slip. or just call me.

Good Times