Truth.

Okay. Let's just discuss how target is more tempting than, I dunno, Brad Pitt drenched in dark chocolate carrying a case of dom perignon on his head while offering me plane tickets to Fiji. I mean, how does ONE store harbor ALL 7 of the deadly sins? It's like the dollar bin draws me in like an invisible force. The bag and scarf section? Kryptonite. I really just can't go there anymore.

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-Katie Basbagill

mmm-hmmm.

He's related to me. By blood. He is half stuff like Luke and half stuff like Jordan. Can't you tell?

Oh so definitely.

Yeah I am going to the David Bazan show tomorrow night at the Grey Eagle with Anna Laura. Yeah we are driving there by ourselves. Yeah we are going to stop in the middle of the mountains for any promising photo opps. Yeah we will drink beer before the show. Oh yeah we are going to wear really attractive things. And probly make up. Oh and yeah we will get coffee in asheville as soon as we get there, on our way to the book store. Oh yeah did I mention we are leaving at 3 to get there early providing time for beer, books, and coffee? OH yeah we are. Oh and yeah we are coming back late tomorrow night to sleep for a few measly hours and then get up early on Friday to make the bucks and pay the bills.

Cause that's the way we roll.

So glad,

that it is going to be warm soon. It is cloudy today, which is even more depressing than usual because it is so close to being warm. But soon... soon it will be warm and the sun will shine for as long as you want it to, and then maybe a bit more. I am hereby declaring that I will spend as much time at the mountains this year as I want to, and then maybe a bit more.

I declare I will read unnecessary books.

I declare I will get a very unhealthy tan.

I declare I will travel this summer.

I declare I will plant flowers.

I declare I will buy a chair for my porch.

I declare I will make mint juleps, with Knox's recipe, and sit on some porch somewhere and drink them with smiling, friend-like people!

Okay, I feel better now. Shew. And just think of how big Lincoln will be. This summer.

I enjoyed going to AB's yesterday and having country steak with green peppers and onions and mushrooms. And 4 slices of french bread with butter. And chocolate milk in a large heavy glass. I enjoyed hearing her rant about our country, the coming downfall, the economic crisis, and how scary it is that neither she nor Sammie were alerted by the graffiti scoundrel in the ally. I loved the look on John Job's face when Aunt Betty grabbed my Case knife and my eyeliner pencil out of my hand to sharpen my eyeliner for me because I was "just not doing that the right way at all." I loved sitting on the couch with AL and discussing things, confidentially. And coming away with 2 large boxwoods for my front porch. Of course.

We will be having cooking class again at AB's sometime in the coming month. Anyone who is interested in learning to cook is invited, and anyone who is interested in eating the learnings is invited for afternoon dinner. It will be on a saturday, let me know if you want to come.

Window Washer.

He just wants to be RECOGNIZED.

0:16 AM me: WHAT are you doing.

10:18 AM okay fine.

forget it.

10:20 AM Jordan: sorry! working on business taxes :(

me: eew.

Jordan: and somebody is squeaking in the living room.

me: WHAT

spank him!

10:21 AM Jordan: he just wants to be RECOGNIZED.

me: oh blah blah SPANK HIM!

10:22 AM Jordan: he just wants to be HEARD.

me: well.

you tell him you heard him. and then

SPANK HIM!!!

10:24 AM Jordan: i cant he's SENSITIVE.

me: listen.

oh nevermind.

10:25 AM i'll just spank him the next time i see him.

if you want something done...

Jordan: ok. he'll love you for that. "auntie em my favorite!"

me: children appreciate discipline.

"Children appreciate discipline".

You can quote me on that.

Jordan: i will! we'll see how it works out for you.

Well I woke up, this morning...

and my hair was doing this.

Considerations

Watching the snow fall on my car, out the wooden front windows of Java.

Last night I found myself wrestling between the good and the bad in life, wondering again if it is worth it. The bad is so bad! I was wrestling with my aches- i hesitate to even speak of things like that here. I guess I don’t know how.

Anyhow, final conclusions I came to:

1) The best thing you can do in life is love. Selfless, pride-less love. Give yourself away. Love people, love God by loving people, know God by loving people. Let your one passion be to love and serve. Your main request. Your goal, your 5 year plan. Your meditation and your constant prayer. Its the only thing that will feel fulfilling, the only thing you will be proud of, the only way to avoid mistakes, to “cover a multitude”, if you will.  Its they only goal worth having.

2) Being alone is not so bad. Paul was right. When you are in a relationship, you experience all kinds of- shit. It takes a lot of effort. And time. And consideration. And angst. And- and- and- lots and lots of your life is spent being wrapped up in “it” and also your current quality of life while in the midst of “it”. You think about it, feel about it, talk about it. You live it. But in the end, it really does not have that much to do with item A, featured above. You can use it to do A, but you can do A just fine without it. So. Be happy if you are in a relationship, and be happy if you are not. Focus on A.