merry christmas
happy new year
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
concerns
yesterday i was watching the turner classic movies channel and a "we remember..." montage came on. i was grieved and surprised to see that solveig dommartin was part of the sad lineup of faces from show business who have recently passed away. solveig stars in a couple of my favorite films, wings of desire and until the end of the world, both directed by wim wenders. i looked her up online and sure enough found this. she was only 45.
other prayertime goes to:
justin, who is recovering from surgery;
john, who went to the doctor yesterday to get a mass on his head looked at;
terry, who called me yesterday to let me know he's on a list to get a heart transplant.
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other prayertime goes to:
justin, who is recovering from surgery;
john, who went to the doctor yesterday to get a mass on his head looked at;
terry, who called me yesterday to let me know he's on a list to get a heart transplant.
...
Thursday, December 13, 2007
and nothing but the truth
i haven't posted since thanksgiving.
however, i have been posting drawings daily (except for weekends) on my new drawings blog www.thornbook.blogspot.com
i'm doing well. we have a little more than a week and then it's the winter break. i have been having my ups and downs. this week i have enjoyed my co-worker's absence due to strep throat, which i don't believe he really had. i enjoyed his absence because work felt more relaxed and fun without him. he tends to bring stress along in his baggage. while he was gone i was able to strike a more relaxed rhythm that i hope to sustain for as long as possible. why do i doubt that he really had strep throat? well, my experience of strep throat is that it's quite serious and really knocks your body into left field for at least a week. i see no signs of that kind of stress in him. not that i'm scrutinizing. i just think people should be honest. i'm over the whole acting-sick-in-order-to-take-a-day-off thing. the last time i wanted to stay in bed instead of going to school, i did so. when someone asked me why i wasn't there, sometimes i said "i didn't feel well," and sometimes i said "i couldn't face it."
"what do you mean?"
"i couldn't face you children."
"so you just stayed in bed?"
"yup."
it's liberating to tell the whole unabashed truth. i'd like to do it more often, especially at work.
however, i have been posting drawings daily (except for weekends) on my new drawings blog www.thornbook.blogspot.com
i'm doing well. we have a little more than a week and then it's the winter break. i have been having my ups and downs. this week i have enjoyed my co-worker's absence due to strep throat, which i don't believe he really had. i enjoyed his absence because work felt more relaxed and fun without him. he tends to bring stress along in his baggage. while he was gone i was able to strike a more relaxed rhythm that i hope to sustain for as long as possible. why do i doubt that he really had strep throat? well, my experience of strep throat is that it's quite serious and really knocks your body into left field for at least a week. i see no signs of that kind of stress in him. not that i'm scrutinizing. i just think people should be honest. i'm over the whole acting-sick-in-order-to-take-a-day-off thing. the last time i wanted to stay in bed instead of going to school, i did so. when someone asked me why i wasn't there, sometimes i said "i didn't feel well," and sometimes i said "i couldn't face it."
"what do you mean?"
"i couldn't face you children."
"so you just stayed in bed?"
"yup."
it's liberating to tell the whole unabashed truth. i'd like to do it more often, especially at work.
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