Seizin' the DVD

It is now 12:25 am on Sunday. I have not left my apartment since 2:00pm on Thursday. I have been sick. The kind where you can't sleep and your chest and back aches because you keep coughing. This has been super unpleasant. But nonetheless...I will survive. :) Do to the insomnia I have had the opportunity to catch up on several unopened dvds of mine and a couple of previously un-viewed movies on TV.

I started off yesterday with 10 episodes of

I love this series and everything about this period...well except the beheadings and such. ;)

Next up was

Sean Penn is brilliant. Such a good movie.

This morning began with

This is a crazy show...but that's probably why I like it. lol I got it awhile back but never got around to watching it...until today. I got interested last year after reading the book of the same name. Yes it's true...she reads. lol

Last Tuesday this was released on DVD

I was so glad to watch this for the second time. Once again Sean Penn= brilliant. We already know how I feel about this movie.

From one Oscar Winner to another

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."
Really good. Really interesting. I never knew about this event. It's cool learning about new things. :)

Next up

This movie has been out for a few years now. Super cute. Typical romantic comedy...that makes me want to travel and find my foreign soulmate...or whatever. ;)

I'm finishing up the night with this.

In between all this, I also watched most of a losing Stars game. There's always next year...right?
And... I've been having fun trying to keep up with my March Madness brackets. I'm in 4 pools but I'm really only concerned with the one I have money in. So come on Michigan State!

Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully I'll be feeling "new"...well that's the plan anyways. :)

much love

Don't Worry Baby...

I'm a worrier. I worry about alot of things. I worry about things that I shouldn't worry about. But I worry anyways. I'm 28 and I have gray hair...alot of gray hair. It began roughly 8 years ago. I'm certain that the hue of my hair and the worrying are closely related. Maybe, maybe not.

I love my life...about 95% of the time. The 5% of the time spent on worrying frustrates me.

Most of the time I try to be a positive person. This is sometimes hindered by others around me and their negativity. I've decided to be silent when such negativity occurs. I realized (recently, hopefully not too late) that wasting a single breath during such rants only fuels their miserable fire. There is sooo much more to worry about than what they choose to spit out...believe me...I know! At these times I feel quite alone...and the worry then transforms into anger. Once I'm out of the environment it's like a HUGE weight has been lifted from me. But here I type...24 hours later...still full of worry.

I was going to list the current worries...but I didn't want to worry others (mainly Momma)...don't worry Momma, I'm fine (for the most part)...just needing to get this out. :)

I agree that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be...and therefore I believe that things/life/nature/the world has it's own way balancing itself out.

Recently I have been changing my lifestyle up a bit...in a good way (i.e. more yoga, less libations, more self reflection, etc.) I have discovered that I do not have an addictive personality. I am not addicted to anything...except maybe traveling but as I can't do it everyday...it's not possible to be a full out addiction for me.

Is it possible that I am addicted to worrying?

I worry that I will always worry. Perhaps a change of scenery...down the road will change my worries...at least my frivolous ones.

I just started following a "friend's" blog...he just joined the Peace Corps and he's now in El Salvador. Amazing. Could I ever do that? Talking about Sezin' the Day...taking risks...that's a risk of the highest caliber to me. But you know what...it's not totally out of the question.

I'm not afraid of much...but I do worry.

much love



And she says dont worry baby
Dont worry baby
Dont worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
~The Beach Boys

ALOHA!...the finale

I know it's taken forever to finish, but here it is...

February 2, 2009 Day 5:

Happy Ground Hog Day everybody!...whatever that means. :) This morning we walked one last time on to Waikiki Beach. It’s pretty peaceful…and there are no waves in sight.

We hit McDonald’s for breakfast. One super cool thing about the value meals in Hawaii come with FRESH PINEAPPLE. Um…YUM! :)

While driving through the town we saw President Obama’s High School. That’s pretty cool…if I do say so myself.

The mission for today was to get to the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Oahu. Mission accomplished! Please enjoy the pictures. :)

• Here we learned about and interacted with the people of Hawaii, Samoa, Maori New Zealand (Aotearoa), Fiji, Tahiti, the Marquesas and Tonga.

the tree Elvis sang in in Blue Hawaii :)

• Watched Hawaii’s only canoe pageant
  

it was raining :)

• And Enjoyed their world-famous evening show, Horizons: Where the Sea Meets the Sky

sorry for the blurry-ness but the NO FLASH policy was in full effect lol

By the end of the evening it was super windy and cold. (I know weird right) We made it to the Laie Inn…and yep you guessed it…crashed. :)

February 3,2009 Day 6 (aka my last Day in Hawaii):

This was a lazy morning in the hotel room with muffins and juice in bed as we watched Cash Cab on the TV the palm trees blow in the cloudy wind through the window. It was a good morning. :)

We left North Shore…for the last time. We stopped along the road for one last ocean view.

Back in Kailua, Stephanie and I had lunch at Buzz’s where I ordered at blue cheese burger that came out with no blue cheese. No worries though, it was now FREE! Love how stuff just works out!

Quick stop at Longs (like Walgreens…but not, according to the locals) to buy some “gifts” for half the price…Stephanie ROCKS!!! But we already knew this. :)

I made my second purchase of luggage…after the return of the super expensive (but cute) stuff. (yes responsibility does jump in every now and then)

I dropped Stephanie off at her apartment and said goodbye. I was off solo towards Waikiki in search of the ALOHA Gas Station where I had rented my car 6 days ago. I found it and called a taxi. There was a ton of traffic…during rush hour…of course. But that was okay because I was entertained by the crazy Samoan taxi driver lady. Lol I made it to the airport with time to spare. :)

Currently I am at the airport bar…having my last vodka/pineapple and mango coconut shrimp.

All in all, the trip was almost completely perfect…really, nothing could be better than being with Stephanie in Hawaii!

ALOHA!!!