Sunday, October 15, 2006
The Check-Out Line
The other day I was at Wal-Mart checking out my groceries. I was in the do-it-yourself lane and as I was running my items over the sensor I had a rather funny visual in my head. I pictured the machine shouting out the items I was buying. "ding dongs! asparagus! bananas! tampons!" Then I took my thoughts one step further, what if the purchase went like this..."ding dongs--she must be having a fat day ladies and gentlemen; asparagus--she wants to make up for the ding dongs she just purchased; bananas--yeah, like that's going to make her feel better about herself; tampons--oh, that's why she's buying ding dongs." How embarassing would that be? Food for thought!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Red Tent
There are so many ways I'd like this blog to go, and so until I figure out how to format it in the way that is satisfying, I'm just going to have to have random postings that will just go here and there.
There is a book by Anita Diamant called The Red Tent. In biblical times, and probably after that as well, when a woman was on her period she would be banished to a tent until her cycle was over. I'm sure these women had some great times in the these tents. It is true that when girls spend so much time together their cycles coincide and so my friends and I have joked about meeting in the "red tent." Anyway, today I picked up the book and began to read. I must confess that I am one of those people who will go to Barnes and Noble and just read, never intending to buy the book (is that stealing??? okay, that's a whole new topic maybe for another time). I was so intrigued by this book that I actually bought the book! It is a fictional tale of Dinah in the Bible. Dinah was Jacob's daughter and the only mention of her is of her brutal rape and the avenging of her rape by her father's family. Well, this book just creates a story about her life and things she learned from her mother and aunts in the red tent.
There is a book by Anita Diamant called The Red Tent. In biblical times, and probably after that as well, when a woman was on her period she would be banished to a tent until her cycle was over. I'm sure these women had some great times in the these tents. It is true that when girls spend so much time together their cycles coincide and so my friends and I have joked about meeting in the "red tent." Anyway, today I picked up the book and began to read. I must confess that I am one of those people who will go to Barnes and Noble and just read, never intending to buy the book (is that stealing??? okay, that's a whole new topic maybe for another time). I was so intrigued by this book that I actually bought the book! It is a fictional tale of Dinah in the Bible. Dinah was Jacob's daughter and the only mention of her is of her brutal rape and the avenging of her rape by her father's family. Well, this book just creates a story about her life and things she learned from her mother and aunts in the red tent.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Gilbert and me
This is me and Gilbert! I only included him because he's super cute and I figure he makes me look a little better!
I decided it might be time to enter the world of blogging. Rumor has it that bloggers are some of the most influential people, so I figured why not put in my 2 cents. I've never been much of a journal writer, so why not start one where the whole world has access to my deepest and most personal thoughts?
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