Author: lizardek

10
May
2005

OUT OF THE CLOSET

Holy untame lions, Aslan. I just watched the trailer for the upcoming The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. *chills* It looks, as with a very few books-to-film, that they might have gotten it right. There aren’t very many films of books that really get it right, although it does seem like filmmakers are getting better at it. Anne of Green Gables was one. Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were both the work of genius in bringing books to life, although I actually felt that the first Harry Potter film did almost TOO good a job. It was...

09
May
2005

DOING THE MATH

I’m tired so often, especially in the spring and summer. It’s not just work. It’s not just the full calendar. In fact, I think I’ve figured out what the problem is…this is a typical weeknight and each one of these things wakes me up a little bit more. 2:00 a.m. Anders finally comes to bed 3:30 a.m. Karin comes shuffling in, curls up on the floor/bench/end of the bed 4:00 a.m. Sun brightens up, birds start their early morning calisthenics 5:15 a.m. Have to pee 6:00 a.m. Anders’ alarm goes off 6:45 a.m. MY alarm goes off but I haven’t...

08
May
2005

SUBLIME SUNDAY

The sky is blue with voluminous, roly-poly clouds meandering slowly by. Dandelions stretch up, reaching for their big sister’s comfort, their wide, bright eyes glowing. The air is warming, though still cool with a slight breeze. Spirea is flinging out its arms garlanded with white lace. The starry leaves of lupines gather on the plushy hillsides. A chestnut horse with black withers frolics around a pasture, trying to entice an older mare to play. He’s kicking up his heels, wheeling back and forth, but she’s having none of him. All of the neighbors are out in their yards, mowing, sowing,...

07
May
2005

ROUGH LIFE

Now I remember why I don’t like memes so much…I get no comments. Or maybe it’s because it was a Friday evening and the rest of the world was out doing something fun or cozy or exciting. I thought for sure someone would comment on my dictator of a small country line. 😛 My Friday night, you ask? I was editing photos. It’s tough having such a rock-n-roll lifestyle. I’m actually nearing the end of my year-long procrastination on updating our family website. I had a stated goal of March, but that blew past like a lion. Anyway, all the...

06
May
2005

CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF POPULAR DEMAND

I’ve been tagged and you’re next! Tracey tagged me with a meme and even though I don’t often do memes, I like Tracey, and playing variations of tag in our yard (TV tag! Fox & Hens! Blindman’s Bluff!) as a child holds fond memories, so I’m playing along. The idea is to pick five of these following options, and finish the sentences however I see fit. I can add more sentence starters if I want. Then I tag three people to carry it forward. Here goes:

05
May
2005

OF COURSE, OF COURSE

I used to be all about the being busy. I thrived on it, it was a buzz; oil in my motor. Then, just to carry a motor metaphor to an utterly complete crashing halt since what I know about motors would fitbetweenthesewords, I ran the engine on no gas and parts started smoking. Friction! Gears grinding to a halt, crunch, squeak, squeeeeeeeeeeal. But my job keeps me buzzing, so I’m having to learn how to slow down around and outside of it. Even when I don’t have any scheduled plans, however, like today, it still seems to be my modus...

04
May
2005

YOU DON’T DROWN BY FALLING IN THE WATER

Today was a half day of work, but I ended up staying until 2 because I was trying to get as much done as possible due to having tomorrow OFF. woot! Sleeping in, here I come! Anders took Friday off, but I have so much to do still (with no end in sight 🙂 that I didn’t feel it was an option. Tomorrow is “Christ Flew Up to Heaven Day” as literally translated from the Swedish Kristihimmelfärdsdagen.* One of the reasons that I sometimes think about dropping out of choir, aside from the fact that it’s a weekly-plus commitment is...

03
May
2005

SPOUT

It seems like just yesterday the fields were barely blushing, flushed with the beginnings of green. Suddenly, today, after a week of rain and drizzle, it’s so LUSH. Our lawn is full of clover and the grass is a cushiony carpet. All the greens of spring are unfolding faster than thought. You look away and suddenly the chestnut leaves are little dancing skirts. You look back and the forsythia is on fire. Bird cherries are already white clouds floating among the greenery. Every year, it’s the same, and yet every year it’s all so NEW. *** What is sacred? How...

02
May
2005

HACK ATTACK

I was supposed to have no plans tonight but… I thought I’d update my journal header and that led to… my playing around with the new layout a nice person gave me ages ago and that meant… hours of doodling and tweaking code on LJ which has left me with… not much left of the evening and a half-assed finished journal layout. Happy Birthday Wishes to albatrossity!

01
May
2005

O JOY! THAT IN OUR EMBERS IS SOMETHING THAT DOTH LIVE

Yesterday, I was sitting on the sofa for a few moments, reading a chapter in a new and, so far, excellent book, when something caught my eye outside in the yard. At first I thought it was a dog, but it was a hare, a gigantic rabbit, much bigger than a cat, that went lolloping by, its ears perched forward and its impossibly long feet flashing white. We’ve seen him before; he uses our yards, both front and back, as regular shortcuts on his daily bunny commute. Later, driving to Mats’ and Annelott’s home for the yearly Walpurgis Eve bonfire...

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