I feel pressured to have it be entertaining and, as we all know, I'm a flight not fight kind of person. How can I write something good EVERY DAY? And also, how can I compete with Erin's funny blog? It has pictures in it! My blog doesn't have pictures.
Maybe my blog could have pictures but then wouldn't that be copying? I don't want to copy Erin (though I am legally changing my name to Berin, and I did make her get me an ASB shirt at work so that we could be twins, and I am moving into her livingroom/room that could function as a third bedroom, and I have started telling people I'm from Kansas...).
So, as this Saturday morning unwinds and I write this blog entry, I'll share with you all of the other things that I want to be doing/could be doing instead of writing this.
1) I want to finish watching 'Friends of God'. It's this really good/creepy (I notice a lot of things that I like fit in the really good/creepy category-what does that say about me?) documentary from HBO on Demand (do you think I can get them to pay me money for mentioning them in this blog?) about a woman who took a road trip through the US to learn about Evangelical Christians. I watched about half of it last night and I want to finish watching it.
2) Since I don't know what the word 'Evangelical' means, I could be looking that up instead of writing in here. I mean, I know that Evangelical Christians are 'born again' Christians but can Evangelical be applied to other things too? Like, if I used to bike ride a lot and then stopped and then one day started bike riding again would I be an Evangelical bike rider? I could be researching that right now.
3) I want to be lie in bed and stare at my ceiling. I was talking about this at work yesterday with Rebecca and we both enjoy the weekend morning ritual of lying in bed and staring at the ceiling. Staring at the ceiling/lying in bed makes me feel free. I COULD be doing something like mowing the lawn, or my taxes, or cleaning, but instead I am FREE to lie here and think and scan my ceiling for treasures! So, I would like to be doing that right now. (Please note that as I write this blog entry I'm sitting up in bed, with one foot on the floor, hunched over-not comfortable at all. My posture is seriously suffering and I can't see my ceiling at all :( )
4) Watching an episode of 'Weeds'. My roommate Jamie let me borrow Season 1 of 'Weeds' on DVD and so far I've only watched 5 episodes. That's 5 episodes in 3 weeks. And at least 2 or 3 times a week she'll ask 'So, how are you liking weeds?' and then I have to sheepishly reply 'Yeah...well...I've only watched 5 episodes still...' Don't I owe it to Jamie, who so nicely let me borrow her DVDs, to watch 'Weeds' whenever I get a chance? Shouldn't I be doing that now instead of writing this?
5) Calling my Nana on the phone. Ok, this is an example of something I COULD be doing as opposed to something I WANT to be doing. My Nana calls me usually once a week and on the weekends I find time to call her back. She's old and her birthday's coming up. I'm going to be seeing her Wednesday but it probably would be a good idea to call her this weekend so I can find out what she wants for a gift and then get it for her. I could be doing that right now.
6) Making an omelette for breakfast. Granted, I'm not starving and I could make my omelette later for breakfast. It's only 9:50-I'm at the early end of the 'breakfast spectrum'-but I want an omelette now! Writing this blog is preventing me from cracking eggs, cooking them in a beautiful flat way, and melting delicious cheese on top of them, and then folding the eggs over (incase you didn't know how to make an omelette. and YES I spell omelette the French way with a 'te' at the end.)
7) I want to be sleeping instead of writing this. Unfortunately, the construction crew next door didn't get that memo and are hammering away thereby preventing me from sleeping. Will I ever be able to sleep in here? A stupid baby, construction crew, snoring/laughing roommate-what's the deal? It's too much for one person to take! So, the blog isn't really preventing me from sleeping but...I thought it would make a good scape goat.
8) I want to be on vacation instead of writing this. Enough said. I really want to go on vacation (and before anyone says anything, YES Debbie and Erin we ARE going to the cape. we should really pick a long weekend when we want to go) and I can think of many reasons that it would be more enjoyable than writing a blog entry.
9) I could be curing cancer instead of writing this blog. Except, not really. I just thought it would be funny to write that. I can't cure cancer-c'mon!
10) I'd like to be lying on Erin's couch, in her nice t-shirt blanket, and watching 'Flight of the Conchords' right now, instead of writing this blog. What a funny show?! Seriously! How had I never heard of it until last week?
Finally, 11) I want to be getting my hair cut right now instead of writing this. It's drying all funny and I think people are starting to get suspicious about why I wear headbands every day. I can't help it! Unfortunately, Gabby still hasn't given me the exact address/phone number of where she got her hair cut so I'm kind of S.O.L right now.
Fin.
Except wait. Here's a pretty picture:
It's unrelated, obvs. But, my friend recently went to Africa and took this picture and I thought it was pretty so I thought I'd share.
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