Thanks!
the holiday season at casa de sarah is just another excuse to incorporate pink into my place, pug and all.
tree compliments of the o’wiley factor. sometimes kidney stones pay.
as everyone knows by now i hate winter. i complain about it non-stop until at least march. so for those of you tired of this move on now or forever hold your peace.
still there? consider yourself warned….
it’s cold! my thermostat is set as high as it goes and i am still chilly. i am almost ready to give up. forget studying. they only warm place is the tubby or curled up in bed. tubby results in wet hair, so in the end i am colder than when i began. scratch that. guess that leaves me in bed. see you guys in april.
i spent the morning with a three year old. the only person or half person willing to watch the charlie brown christmas special with me-twice. linus and his blanket get me every time. i understand that boy. sigh.
the best thing about the suburbs? leaving.
**happy aim?
eagle mountain. the utah version of pleasantville. oh, you haven’t seen the movie? drive to eagle mountain and live it instead. my brother and his wife recently moved out of eagle mountain (thanks guys!). so i have spent time out there. adorable twins will drag even the most liberal of girls to the center of the mormon universe. **matt, holli–please note i am an excellent aunt for that very reason.** sorry i digress. shit is hitting the fan in eagle mountain.
from the salt lake tribune:
The racial breakdown of Eagle Mountain was listed as a selling point on the Web site of home builder Bigg Homes. The site also included this comparison among others: “Black race population percentage significantly below state average.” “Significantly below” was in bold.
view the original bigg home website snapshot here, for the corrected version click here.
sigh…only in utah.
did someone forget to tell john kerry the election is over. why is he still “campaigning”?
watch c-span coverage here. the below excerpts were found on the kerry web site.
Senator Kerry’s Response to President Bush’s Speech at the US Naval Academy
Excerpts of remarks as prepared for delivery
“I want to start by saying that our troops in Iraq are serving with bravery and resolve of the highest caliber. These are truly some of the most amazing men and women I’ve ever met. I respect them and their commitment to our country and our world tremendously. And that’s why we owe it to them to have an honest conversation about Iraq.
We have entered a make-or-break six month period in Iraq. Our success depends on eliminating the overwhelming impression among Iraqis that we seek a long-term occupation. This perception not only fuels the insurgency; it’s the primary obstacle to Iraqis believing that their government is truly their own — one that they must step up and fight for themselves.
The president says no war has ever been won on a timetable – and I say to him: No war has ever been won with sound-bites. No war has ever been won by keeping the American people in the dark. No war has ever been won without a clear strategy.
The American people and the Iraqi people want the administration to detail a plan to bring our troops home.
We know leading political figures frosunnyni, Shia and Kurdish Iraqi factions, under the auspices of the Arab League, called for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal.
We know a survey conducted for the British Ministry of Defense found that more than 8 in 10 Iraqis want the U.S. to set a timetable for leaving.
The administration is also hearing it from their own generals and senior defense experts in the Republican Party. General George Casey, our top military commander in Iraq, recently told Congress that our large military presence “feeds the notion of occupation” and “extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to become self-reliant.” And Richard Nixon’s Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, breaking a thirty year silence, wrote, ”Our presence is what feeds the insurgency, and our gradual withdrawal would feed the confidence and the ability of average Iraqis to stand up to the insurgency.”
It’s time the administration got the message: because our continued presence is not seen as legitimate by many Iraqis over the long term, the insurgency is seen as legitimate in the short term.
It comes down to this: the phased withdrawal of American forces is part of the strategy for success. Only by offering a clear plan that has the Iraqis standing up for Iraq will the administration finally do right by our troops – and finally give Iraqis the confidence to stand up and fight for themselves so we don’t have to.”
“doesn’t it feel good to share?”
as the eldest child in my family i heard that growing up, a lot. so when a friend of mine asked me that last week i regressed into childhood memories. NO, it does not feel good to share! let’s do the math shall we? i have two of something and after i am forced to share i no longer have the original amount. you see my point. sharing is not fun. sharing does not feel good. for the most part sharing just plain sucks.
me selfish? never.
dear paris,
some things are better left alone. your “diary” being at the top of my list. stick with the porn. your book will not be found on my shopping list. however, a night in paris will!
i am rather fond of pink (ok, obsessed) so while the cover of this book appeals to me the actual contents do not. please feel free to drop ship me the couch. we will consider it payment for reading the actual book review (which i suggest doing for pure entertainment-here).
regards,
sarah
happiness is:
new pj’s
clean dishes
glass o’wine and tubby
a new book
an old book
new issues of the new yorker
pumpkin soy latte
netflix
my ibook
emails from old friends
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Fatter rear ends are causing many drug injections to miss their mark, requiring longer needles to reach buttock muscle, researchers said on Monday.
BIG news story here.
sir mix-a-lot must be in heaven! i leave you with this, may it be stuck in your head too….
“i like big butts and i can not lie you other brothers can’t deny that when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face you get sprung”
holiday shopping. ugg, and not the boots! ’tis the season for no parking, long lines, impatience, high heating bills, and large credit card balances.
despite all this i love the magic of christmas–the music, holiday latte flavors, gift wrapping, christmas trees, shopping (sometimes not for me), christmas cards, white lights, watching the snow, mistletoe, old movies, and snoopy christmas specials.
this week shopping. if it is too much, then forget it. online shopping for me. the shipping cost is a mere price to pay for the restoration of my (rumored) sanity.
frida. the life. the legend. the mustache.
i made my way to the museum of fine arts yesterday to see the portraits of frida kahlo taken by her lover and famed photographer nickolas muray.
i am a long time lover of frida kahlo. her work. her life. her jewelry. her love affairs. her stormy marriage to diego. seeing this exhibit was a must! it was beautiful. simply beautiful. he did it, he captured the haunting beauty she possesed. there is nothing more telling than photographs taken by a lover. a lover, they see something others don’t see. beyond the photos– on display were love letters she sent nickolas. painted on the wall next to the famed letters were these words:
Diego,Beginning
Diego, constructor
Diego, my baby
Diego, my boyfriend
Diego, painter
Diego, my lover
Diego, “my husband”
Diego, my friend
Diego, my mother
Diego, my father
Diego, my son
Diego, I
Diego, universe
Diversity in Unity
Why do I call him My Diego?
He never was and he never will be mind.
He belongs to himself.
i remember reading this before as an excerpt from a journal entry. please go see–i want to discuss!
for information on the exhibit click here.