What's the point?

So my friend and I were walking around UCF today noticing all the so-called art pieces...not intentionally trying to find them, more like stumbling upon these...creative...things...and we both decided there is ABSOLUTELY no point in trying to understand why they exist. We stood, sat and endured the "brutal frigid temperatures" of Florida trying to come up with some sort of logical explanation for these objects to be so strategically placed around campus.

Some had signs, which we read, that told us absolutely nothing. He and I honestly tried to give the artist the benefit of the doubt and came up with some pretty moving and deeply touching insights, the pieces spoke to us...

... ok so I lied, we definitely didn't try that hard, most of the time we pondered for about 2.5 seconds and moved on...unless of course there was a sign attached and stayed for 5 seconds. Although we did learn that one of the pieces was loaned to UCF...which makes it all the more fantastic that someone decided it was worth having and thus borrowed it from someone else. Why?

Really, there's no reason for the artist to have spent so many hours on these things because, yeah maybe it helped them express themselves, but don't you actually want others to understand what you're expressing? Unless, of course, the point ALL the artists, who created the UCF pieces, was to impart confusion. Because, if indeed, that was their goal...well...congratulations, you all succeeded!

Christmas = loveeee && lifeeee

My lovely sister has just informed me that there are 10 Sundays until Christmas! Isn't that crazy?! Seriously.


*Title provided is in the language of high school MySpace-ing. So if you don't understand, it's ok. Ask a high schooler who has a MySpace and I guarantee they will be able to translate it for you. :)

"...there's a somebody I'm longing to see; I hope that he, turns out to be; someone who'll watch over me..."

My "Adore List" is back! :) And since it has been five months since I last touched it, here's a recap, each one is linked back to the original post, so the list can truly be appreciated:

1. Apples & Peanut Butter
2. Bumble bees
3. Scrabble

and...number 4 is... Jazz /Swing music!


Nothing puts a smile on my face like a good croon song. Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Norah Jones...are some of the voices I love who set the jazz/swing music mood. They lift my spirits when I am gloomy or sad, relax my nerves after a long day or moment of frustration and cause a smile to grace my face. If I'm upset, the mellow tones of Norah's Jazz piano de-stress my mind. And like sunshine on a cloudy day, the unrequited lover's cry of Frankie, Nat, Ella, Julie, Michael and Harry break through my gloom.

I was in Starbucks a few months ago trying to write a paper when it happened. Frankie's voice sang through the store. I stopped, there was no way I could ignore him and write when he was singing to me. So like a dork, I sat there smiling and swaying to the lovely music until the song ended and reality hit me that I probably should get back to that paper... it was one of the best random study breaks I've experienced. :)

I can't help but dance, when I hear the sassy Swing. The loud brass, crazy lyrics and snappy beat draw me in. I love the crystal clear way the voices sound and the syncopated rhythm. My college freshman year I took a few swing dancing lessons. Man that was fun! Friday a group of us would go and learn a few steps, then later that night dance. There were some good dancers...especially when our instructors started the Lindy! But sadly, I stopped dancing after that semester...and now don't really have anyone to dance with...maybe someday I'll get back into it.

Another bonus of swing/jazz music I adore reveals itself around the end of the year. Magic happens when you take any of these musicians and add the Christmas season. The harmony of sound and holiday spirit create the perfect combination, to make my day, utterly and wonderfully splendid. :)

Sad reality of our culture

In its Fall 2006 issue, Ms. features a cover story titled "We Had Abortions," accompanied by the names of more than 1,000 women who signed a petition making that declaration. The move comes in response to a highly publicized measure on the South Dakota ballot that would ban virtually all abortions in the state and for what the women's magazine considers to be curtailed abortion rights in a number of states. The signatories include the magazine's founder, Gloria Steinem, and actresses Kathy Najimy and Amy Brenneman. Ms. says it will send the full petition, with more than 5,000 signatures, to Congress, the White House and state legislators. [msmagazine.com, 10/3/06]


What's wrong with this picture? Whatever happened to valuing children and life? This is just disturbing.

Time for Change

It was time for a 'new look' so here's to:

• brown -- for Autumn
• 'parchment look' -- conducive for writing
  
• overall feel -- just reminds me of books...which I love! (<--maybe a good post idea for my list of Things I Adore!)
  
• new links -- check out the music artists I've discovered and enjoyed as of late, they're pretty good! :)
  

Late night musing...

*Reminder to self: Don't ever go on the Facebook if you miss your friends ... it only gets worse, especially at night when the house is quiet and you don't have a roommate anymore.

Happy Autumn!

A list of what I did to begin my celebration of the fall season:

• Made and iced sugar cookies in the shapes of pumpkins & turkeys
• Lit my apple-cider scented candle
• Hung a pumpkin-spice scented car freshener in my Toyota
• Changed my desktop picture to autumn leaves
• Listened to the song, "Autumn Leaves," by Nat King Cole :D
• Changed my phone background to thanksgiving decorations :)
• Brought in my harvest/scarecrow man to work and surrounded him with fake colored leaves
• Sent my brother a fall package, complete with those homemade cookies; and a plump, stuffed, smiling pumpkin for him to place on his desk!