That would hurt!!

Have you ever done anything stupid or painful that you just had to keep moving on after?

BLOGS

Design Milk. I am not sure how I stumbled upon this blog but I LOVE IT. I think I found their twitter account via twitter’s recommendation craziness. Anyways, I love looking at pretty things that make my creative juices flow. Oh, and they also have Dog Milk…designed stuff for dogs.

Moleskinerie. To be honest, this is my homepage. I love my moleskine and have used one since Jr. year in High School. I can look back over the past 8 years of my life through them. Moleskinerie makes me enjoy my moleskine (or what I call “spybooks“) even more. And it’s also full of pretty things.

PostSecret. When I was in High School I heard about these books. I would spend hours on end flipping through them at my bookstore. Once I sent a secret in to PostSecret. It was actually very therapeutic for me. Sunday mornings it is the first thing I do when I wake up….turn off the alarm. Go to PostSecret. Get ready for church.

BOOKS

Permission to Speak Freely. Y’all I seriously picked up and read it in a day. Cover to cover. I couldn’t put it down. Yet each day I am re-reading chapters and letting them sink in. Letting it sink into my soul. It is beautifully written. If you have not picked it up yet I would strongly encourage it. Here is a link to push you a little more. ;)

SuperFreakonomics. It is a second book after their very successful Freakonomics. I think it may have been the first book I read after my almost fundamental stage of life. It was the first “secular” books I read after becoming a Christian. I loved the linking of seemingly random things. And it made me laugh. So when I discovered that there was a follow up book I was so excited. So I am reading it and I am just as happy and impressed. It’s a fun good and pretty easy read.

So, there you go. I would love to know what blogs and books you are reading. I’m always looking for good blogs and books. Share on my friends.

I stopped.
I started a new twitter account for many purposes but mostly to simplify.
I was over the popularity contest that i saw brewing online.

It had become a lot like High School drama and i was getting stressed over it and i didn’t want to be. I didn’t want stress. Twitter, Facebook and blogging had been my stress reliever, it was the place i went like another world that took me away from the stress of my then job. It was my make believe world that i could escape to and find refuge in.

I went through i time when i really wanted to just focus on living in the now. I posted over on Elora’s blog while she was in Africa something that was making my heart beat at the time. I posted about how i had been living life through 140 characters and to a point i think it hindered my experiences. It hindered what i got out of the moment because i wanted to share it with everyone and break this sometimes magical moment that can never be recreated. You can read it here.

The last couple of weeks I have been wrestling with some things in life like who i am. what kind of friend do i want to be. where did i see me in 5 years. where do i see chad and i in 5 years.

And for me personally the best way for me to spend some time hashing things out is to write. I know i am not the most fantastic writer and i use “…” too much and write in run on sentences that make my English teacher friends cringe (sara and elora), but it is in fact my outlet. And i stopped it.

But i want it back. I want to write again. I want to share my happiness. My struggles. My fears. My failures. My successes. I want to share it with you all.

So i want back. I can not promise i will update daily, but i am going to try and update more often. And it may be more raw as i fight some things out inside of me. I hope that you will join me.

buckle up. it could be an interesting ride.

So I decided that I would participate. You can keep up with some of my pics by following me on Twitter here or take a look at the album as it is created on my posterous page

If you want to participate take 50 pics throught out the day and if you tweet use the #50pic hash tag and share some pics throughout the day and then share your whole album at the end of the day.

It’s gunna be a blast.

you in?

Tori and Dean is one of my guilty pleasure shows….

and COPS. But COPS isnt on. :(

What is your guilty pleasure show(s)?

how many of you are guilty?

Just when you think it cant get better….it does!!

Do you twitter? If not, does this explain it more? would you consider doing it?

Do you like milkshakes? I am a plain vanilla kinda girl….what kind do you like?

The other day i was driving to meet a friend for coffee. i was in an anti social mode and typically when i am in that mood i love to listen to NPR…i know, i know…super liberal and some of you probably think i am a sinner for listening to liberal radio, but during the day they have very interesting content.

Well, this day they were talking about some Prep Schools removing all of their paper books and replacing them with e-readers.

I had mixed thoughts about this. The nostalgic feelings that well up in me when i see a book that i read and held and cried in and wrote in the margin…i cant imagine not having that. But its pretty cool.

Then today YouVersion had a webinar to explain some of the new stuff that is coming out (that is pretty cool) and Bobby Greunwald was talking about being at a conference where people were asked to hold up their Bibles and most people held up their cell phones….

Once again…i was thinking about what it would be like to not have a paper Bible in my hands. My Bible is all written in and marked up with significant dates and lessons in my life….and i cant imagine not having that….But YouVersion and the Bible in my pocket on my phone is pretty cool…convenient and just and awesome tool.

So this week i have spent a lot of my time thinking about what it would be like with no books. that you buy a kindle or another e-reader and buy an e-book….you cant put them on a book shelf….you cant write in the margins…you cant pass it on to a friend or re-sell it.

But it would be easier, better on the earth (and yes, sometimes i am “green”), better financially…and would be very convenient…and it would work. It was like the transition from CD’s to MP3′s….or scrolls to books….

As i roll this around in my head i would love your perspective or your opinion….Do you use a lot of e-books or do you still buy paper books? Do you think going totally e-readers and such is a good idea? Do you like it? Will you ever give in?