or anyone else who struggles with the idea of failure.

it's my friend's blog; it made me happy.

http://i-am-americanmuslim.blogspot.com/

Yesterday I went to my second pow-wow in the last three weeks.  It's hard to explain why I love them so much: the community, beauty, tradiion, and athleticism are only part of it ( Read more... )

Finally saw Slumdog Millionaire.  I have to say,  It definitely makes my top five movies ever.  Perhaps top three.  I cried for like two hours when it was finished; so beautiful, so sad, so gritty.  I left the theater feeling so raw, I just started sobbing in the restroom, and a nice lady was worried about me because I couldn't get it together.  So ( Read more... )

There was a little girl in the government office, playing with a tiny tiny puppy, curly-haired and all black (except for its little white-tipped toes).  I stopped to talk to the girl (who was adorable in her own rite) on my way out.  When asked if the puppy was a boy or a girl, she brightly responded, "It's a poodle ( Read more... )

i really hate everything about stealing.  i hate that someone was watching me, peeping in the window while i worked, waiting for me to step around the corner to the recycle bin, in order to sneak in and steal my bag (which was stuffed under a desk to begin with).  creeper ( Read more... )

weird to step back into the middle, when i haven't been kibbitzing all this time.  ever the same, ever changing.

sometimes things just get away from me.  like my time, even when it's for people i <3.  more later if anyone's wondering.

one of my favorite things about this time of year is the x-mas tree.  even when i was little, i used to sneak out ( Read more... )

made a lovely smoothie a while ago, for tomorrow's breakfast.  just now i discovered a trail of dried, semi-sticky juice running from my wrist , halfway to my elbow.  yay for fresh raspberries on clearance ( Read more... )

it's what i've been saying, ever since i got back from europe ( Read more... )

so, my name is beeker.

in case anyone wants to send me mail, you can send it to beeker, instead of using my name. which would be awesome.  can't wait to get my first something!!!  mail at camp wooohoooo!!!!  (nudge nudge) and i'm working on those postcards.  promise.

this is a lightning summary of my first 3 days: tons of new friends, acting like a ( Read more... )

i had a curious bit of information about zombies.  i was visiting my uncle at the hospital, and a nurse came in to check his vitals.  somehow i ended up quipping about zombies, to which she answered something about them having normal blood pressure. hm.  i tried, very gently, to explain to her that the living DEAD have neither blood pressure nor ( Read more... )