Archive for September, 2007

Oh my GAWD do we have the most amazing friends!

Today, alone, I got several text messages, voice mails, phone calls, and IMs. All just wanted to share good vibes with me. During a week like this one, I can certainly use it.

I love you ALL!

kisses!

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KEOS Volunteer Jam

Sunday, September 30th

12noon-10pm

Hullabaloo’s Diner

$10

all proceeds benefit KEOS 89.1 FM

Happy Birthday to our little white one!

IPod touch. wow.

it’s so preeeeettttttyyy!

Ok, on Monday, we learned that two folks associated with one of our local hangouts were hospitilized.

1) Stroke…seemingly a bit severe for the moment. We have the best of hopes that the paralysis is temporary.
2) Out-of-state motorbike accident of some sort…requiring amputation of the “good” leg (the other is still recovering from an ACL surgery)

and then, today, we learned that there was a third.

3) Over an incident of a honk (!!!), road rage ensued. The attacker got out of his car and beat the victim. The victim is now in ICU!!!

what the…?

I don’t think we’ll be hanging out there in the near future. Something is wrong with their karma!

You know, I should read my Word of the Day (WotD) more often. It’s in my Bloglines. It’s easy to do. Somehow, I never make it that far down on the list.

But really, there isn’t much better Internet humor than some of these words!

Here is the link to today’s WotD.

I’ll buy a drink for anyone who can tell a real story of someone (un-coached, mind you) using this word in a conversation!

Our language is too limiting. We like co-workers and acquaintances (sometimes!). We love our family (most of the time!). And, some Christians believe that agape is highest form of love a human can have, a love of God. What’s in between? How do we describe the emotional bond between good friends?

Once upon a time, I had another word for all this: snow (taken from the idea that the Eskimo language has so very many words for snow, yet English only has “like” words and “love” words.). But the person I snowed no longer snows me back, so using that word just makes me sad.

Without a better word, we, in our circle of friends, have been using the word love. And, we do love our friends. It’s not in the same way we love our partners or our family, but still, it’s a kind of love. As an only child, I’ll argue that we love our siblings in a similar manner, and, depending on the relationship, may occasionally love our friends more. I’ve certainly witnessed strong bonds as well as extreme dislike between siblings.

Then, yesterday was a hard day for a friend of ours. (One of her friends had a stroke. Another had to have an amputation. And, all this was on top of a rough week.) She called just to say, “I love you. I care about you. I’m glad you’re my friend.”

Here is a make-shift spectrum on these types of emotions.

——
hate
extreme dislike
dislike
tolerate
_in different_
“small doses”
like
love for things/stuff/foods
love for friends & family
love for partner
——

So, while we search for the perfect word, we love you all.