Tuesday, January 27, 2009

part 2 of in my heart I'm still a dancer...

part 2

26. One of my favorite things about the a fore mentioned cat is watching her clean her face with her paws.
27. The other favorite is when she decides to try and figure out what I'm doing and comes crashing into the bathtub.
28. I don't keep sweets in the house. If I buy them, I'll eat them. ALL. In one sitting.
29. I have more nicknames than I can count...Am, AD, Ambrosia, Hambone, Squirrel, Ambipure, Amber waves of grain, Amber Amber, little Ber, little Arbs, Arbo, Bo...the list could go on.
30. I had an imaginary friend as a child. I think his name was Jacob, for the life of me I can't really remember, but you know what they say about people with imaginary friends :)
31. When I was three years old I decided I was fat. I put myself on a diet of vienna sausages, cottage cheese, and peaches every night for 2 years. And didn't gain another pound that whole time.
32. I have never been on a blind date. In fact, anytime someone tells me they want to set me up, they usually find out within a week that the person is already dating someone else.
33. For a year and a half I lived with, worked with, and went to church with my best friend. We survived.
34. I have a really bad memory and have totally forgotten what I intended #34 to be. Between thinking of it and writing "34."
35. I have never ski'd. Snow or water. Which you might have figured out by the fact that I have no idea how to spell it.
36. I have arthritis in my hips and can predict the weather. Yes, I am too young. But I was even younger 10 years ago when it started.
37. I have a degree in wildlife science, but have never been hunting. I have always wanted to learn how to Turkey hunt. I think I'd look super cute in snake boots.
38. Pink has NEVER been my favorite color.
39. I am not good at sports involving a ball. No depth perception. This doesn't bother me. I find it hysterical, teammates don't think its near as funny as I do. So I don't play often.
40. I know this is going to sound really strange, but I am really good at colors. Some people can remember words on a page, photographic memories. I'm that same way, but with colors. I can see them as vividly in my head as if they were right in front of me. And could walk into an art store and match a color I saw last week exactly.
41. I have no friends from before the age of 14, and I have no idea why.
42. I try to eat organic whenever I can. I think it's the healthiest choice in life.
43. In college my roommates and I would go over to "hang out" with some guy friends and steal toilet paper from them. They always had some and we were always out.
44. My grandparents met AND got married in the month of February. My grandpa shouted out in the middle of downtown San Francisco "I love this girl!" Told her he wanted to marry her one day. And 3 days later they were married. Sigh....
45. I don't believe in new cars. But I'm definitely in the market for something new-ER.
46. There's only one piece of furniture in my apartment that I paid for. A couch that I bought on Craigslist for $200 from a lovely family in town.
47. My sister is 7 years younger than me. People can't tell who's older. This makes me laugh...but it makes her kinda mad.
48. We fought like crazy when I was younger, but now I count her as my closest friend. I don't have to finish my sentences-and I love it. And she's sees the world from my perspective, so the things that make me angry make her angry too.
49. One of my goals in life is to live in a city where I don't need to own a car. This means no car payment, no insurance, no oil changes, no tire rotations, no petrol, etc, etc, etc. Sweet bliss.
50. Okay, so...I'm pretty sure that 95% of celebrities look better brunette than blond. By default, that means that 95% of you look better brunette than blond. If you got it, flaunt it. I wish I did.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

in my heart I'm still a dancer...

and a hundred other things

Part 1

1. I do not like weddings.
2. I don't believe that just because you get invited to a wedding you have to go. Or give a gift.
3. I don't like the smell of Krispy Kreme. Shocking, I know...
4. Reading is not relaxing to me. Therefore, I don't read fiction books.
5. If I need to relax I read a magazine, or watch a girlie movie.
6. I take a bath ALMOST every night of my life. And ALMOST always use lavender bubble bath.
7. I dream of owning my own business one day.
8. I take life very seriously...to whom much is given, much is required.
9. This causes problems with my stress level...which has a lot of physical side effects.
10. My favorite pictures of myself are the ones where I don't have a double chin. It's not there in real life, but always seems to appear for pictures.
11. I hope to run a half-marathon one day. Maybe even a full.
12. I would wake up tomorrow and move to NYC, London, Paris, or Prague...
13. I'll be 33 when I finish nursing school, if all goes well.
14. I'm thinking of pursuing a Master's in Public Health once its all said and done.
15. But one day I also want to go to school to be a makeup artist.
16. I've thought of getting Lasik to fix my eyes, but glasses are such a part of my personality I don't know how I'd replace them.
17. I prefer black and white and not posed (what's the word for this) over color and posed.
18. Sometimes I completely lose words that are used everyday. See above.
19. I don't make my bed. Ever. I don't believe in it. Call it a character flaw.
20. I wish my hair were darker. If I go somewhere new they don't believe that someone would want to go darker when "everyone wants to be blond."
21. I just started drinking coffee a year and a half ago. I remember the day I drank it and thought, "wow, this isn't as bad as I remember it being."
22. I made myself get in the habit of only eating out once a week. Now sometimes I don't eat out for weeks at a time, I prefer the food I cook at home.
23. My movies are organized by who starred in them. It's weird, but I know where to go when I want some Sandra Bullock.
24. I'm not sure that even if the opportunity presents itself, I want to have my own children. By "have" what I really mean is "birth". I want to adopt at least 3.
25. I'm not a cat person, but I have one. She's African. And she is stinkin' adorable.

things you may not know

I almost left public school to go to the Alabama School of Fine Arts.
I was a dancer...and pretty dang good.
But I didn't want to forfeit a good science education. I wanted to be a doctor.
I stopped dancing in middle school and went back for a while in high school.
I still wonder how my life would have been different if I kept dancing...

After spending my almost my whole life in the Southern Baptist church...
I am no longer Southern Baptist.
I'll become officially Anglican in February.
Not that I really think denominations mean anything, but its a better fit for me.

I entered college as a sophomore.
I also entered as a pre-Med major.
I wanted to be a pediatric oncologist and work at St. Jude's.
Then my daddy got cancer.

Since I got back from Africa in 2004, I've lived in 10 different places.
And had 12 jobs.
But I'm only on my 2nd car of my whole life.

I have a degree in Wildlife Science.
No, I never plan to do anything with it.
I thought I might go to vet school.
Then I knew God was calling me overseas after school and none of it seemed to matter.

My dad only ever recommended one book to me.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
I still haven't read it.
I've Netflix-ed the movie and should get it next week.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

catching up

I started school last week. So far so good. Although I think my online Psychology class is going to be much harder than I anticipated. Apparently they think that if you are not in the classroom they have to give you enough busy work to simulate the time you aren't spending in the classroom.

Anatomy and Physiology I is going well. I had lab Tuesday night and called my sister afterwords with a realization. I'm not really sure how I can remember that cardiac muscle is distinguishable by the intercolated discs. And somehow have no idea when my step dad's birthday is.

It's colder here right now than it has been in six years, they say. Six years ago when it was this cold I was in Africa, where 80 degrees is cold. So, its fair to say I haven't been this cold in a long time. But I'm learning to dress for the weather. This morning driving down the road a few things came to mind. 1. If you are so desperate for a cigarette that you are driving down the road in this weather with your window down, you might have a problem. 2. There are a lot of homeless men and women living on the streets of Birmingham. And there are shelters, but probably not enough for everyone. I pray they find a place to stay safe and warm, and that the Lord will use me in some way.

I started running again. Trying at least. I have a fallen arch in my right foot that is really bothering-anybody know anything that'll make this feel better?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

you make me crazy

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
Herman Hesse (1877-1962)

This was the Google quote of the day yesterday. I'm not actually sure who this guy is, please forgive me if he's some famous dude I'm supposed to know. Anyways, I find this so intriguing because I find this to be true in my life, and I notice it over and over. Normally if there's something that drives me up a wall about someone, that very thing is a huge struggle for me.

Take your insecurities. I notice them easily. And they grate on my nerves like nails on a chalkboard. Which is ridiculous. Have I ever spent a day with myself? I'm like the most insecure person I'll ever meet...I just deal with my insecurities different than you do. And my subconscious (aka my PRIDE) has decided that the proper way to deal with them is my way. Which by default makes your way the wrong way. Which means it drives me crazy...

Not you of course, just your insecurities. I ADORE YOU, naturally.

Brutal. Honesty. people

1 Timothy 1.15-17

Sunday, January 04, 2009

my beloved

Chris Tomlin

My beloved mine, I His,
My beloved mine, I His,
My beloved mine, I His,

His precious blood was spilled,
His precious blood was spilled,
His precious blood was spilled,
My beloved mine, I His,

He raised my life up from the dead,
He raised my life up from the dead,
He raised my life up from the dead,
My beloved mine, I His,

When my eyes shall see His face,
When my eyes shall see His face,
When my eyes shall see His face,
My beloved mine, I His,

Mighty God, Faithful One,
My Beloved, my Beloved,
You're the Lamb of God,
You're the Holy One,
My Beloved, my Beloved, my Beloved,

My Beloved mine, I His,
My Beloved mine, I His,
My Beloved mine, I His

what He's done

Come and Listen
David Crowder

Come and listen, come to the water's edge, all you who know and fear the Lord.
Come and listen, come to the water's edge all you who are thirsty, come.

Let me tell you what He has done for me.
Let me tell you what He has done for me,
He has done for you,
He has done for us.

Come and listen,
come and listen to what He's done.
Come and listen,
come and listen to what He's done.

Praise our God for He is good.
Praise our God for He is good.
Praise our God for He is good.
Praise our God for He is good.

He has done for me,
He has done for you,
He has done for us.

Come and listen,
come and listen to what He's done.
Come and listen,
come and listen to what He's done.