Goodbye, Brown!

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This month was not an easy month and I'm glad it's finally over. I've talked about a lot of things this month and so I'm going to focus on the stuff that was left out.

Oh Brown. It was (mostly) easy wearing brown. After the bright yellow and with the down turn this month took for me, brown was a little respite. I really blended in with brown. Most of my brown clothes were very casual so I did have a bit of a hard time when it came to dressing up for things like interviews and going out. Now that I've reached the end of the month, I'm glad to be down with it. I look forward to getting back to something delicious and green will be perfect.

Some brown things I loved this month: all the beautiful brown leaves, meggy's brown shoes, a brown beaver at the zoo, max's brown striped sweater, the rich brown color of the piano in our living room.

Moving on......(i'm a bit exhausted this evening).......
Did you know we went to the zoo not once but twice this month? It's true and it was LOVELY. We love the zoo. A lot. Particularly Max. It was nice because the second time we went he remembered the experience from before and knew exactly what we were doing and was very excited about it. Max has a great love of animals and really enjoyed them all. However his most favorite Zoo things are the Train, the carousal and the Bronze Ape Statues the simulate the sounds they make. My favorite animals? Always, Always, Always the Warthog and the Hippo.

I've mentioned before that Max is having a problem audibly and verbally distinguishing B,C,D & E. I think they all sound the same to him. He gets them about 50% of the time. He does know square really well and the color brown. He's got 2 down pretty well and has been know to count the steps he walks down up to the number 10 (He's brilliant, I know!)

We did a terrible, terrible job at making the beds. We failed so miserably that I'm sad to say that we probably only made the beds a handful of times. Although, to be fair , this month was kind of rough and getting out of bed each day was considered a small miracle.

Finally, I've wrote so much about the classical music, I will say little more. Except to say, a month gave me just enough time to barely scratch the surface of this lovely genre and I look forward to revisting it when I can.

Now.....on to green.....

Explanation - E!

So, today I started a new job. Is it a dream job? No. Is it a job that matches my current skills and experience? No. Is it a job in my field? Yes. Am I incredibly grateful for ANY job? Yes.

This job requires me to dress all in black. (No, I will not be working in a Funeral Home. ) As mentioned, any paid gig allows me to deviate from the color of the month. This is definitely a paid gig. Will I wear brown (almost green) before work? Yes. Will I wear Brown (almost green) after work? Yes.

Moving on to E!

Every elite endeavor exacts extraordinary energy.

"EEEK!", exclaimed Eva.

Early each evening, Edgar eats eggs.

Enormous elephant ears escaped Ethiopia's evil.

Envious Emily Examined Ella's Exquisite Earrings.

Enough.

Still Processing....

By Inches -Maya Stein

You want it here and now, a remedy for everything
gone wrong. A magic wand, perhaps, alighted
on your shoulders. An angel whispering
sweet nothings while you sleep so you wake benighted
with certainty that you are whole once again. You realize
your patience is diminishing, and yet what's required is the reverse.
This will not be some biblical miracle before your eyes,
a transformation of movie star proportions. No, healing is a slow nurse,
pausing bedside with drips of water, a hot cloth, a murmur of a touch.
By inches, a change sneaks into you, even if it doesn’t look like much.

More Twos: "You and Me" Edition

Things that come in twos:

Socks
Mittens
Shoes
Turtledoves
Chopsticks
Earrings
Peanutbutter Cups
Twins
Boobs
Twinkies
Spectacles
Peanutbutter and Jelly
Salt and Pepper
The animals on Noah's Ark
Tom and Jerry
Testicles
Arms
Legs
Eyes
Batman and Robin
Handcuffs
Skiis
Headphones
Scissors
Lungs
Knitting Needles

You and Me

And Now Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming: Is it really Hip to be Square?

We all know (or should know) that a square is composed up of 4 right (or 90 degree) angles.  That's important but not as interesting as the slang that as evolved from the term "square".


What's a square you say?


Well are you asking for a square?  If so, you're likely asking for a cigarette.


How about saying: "Lemme give you the $20.  I owe you.  Now we're all square" .  You would be using "square" to say that we're even.  


Also, commonly used - I won that hat fair and square! Which has an element of honesty to it.


Now here's a little spiel taken from Wikipedia: 


In the parlance of jazz, a square was a person who failed to appreciate the medium, more broadly someone who was out of date or out of touch, hence the saying "be there or be square". In the counterculture movements that started in the 1940s and took momentum in the 1960s a "square" referred to someone who clung to repressive, traditional, stereotypical, one-sided, or "in the box" ways of thinking. The term was used by hipsters in the 1940s, beatniks in the 1950s, hippies in the 1960s, yippies in the 1970s, and other individuals who took part in the movements which emerged to contest the more conservative national, political, religious, philosophical, musical and social trends


Then there was the Huey Lewis video in the 80s "Hip to be Square".    This song was also used in American Psycho which portrayed the scariest square guy in the history of man.





Do I think it's "hip to be square"?  Well, I would have to say that although I do not seem very square at all, deep down inside I do have some old fashioned tendencies.  I also tend to really rather like "square" people.  (ie: Meg and her strict adherence to rules.).  However, I never really think of myself as a square.  I'm more of an octagon but we won't talk about THAT until February!

Barns burnt down. Now I can see the moon.

I've cried. I've wallowed.  I've asked "Why?".  I've been angry.  I've laid in bed too much.

I think it's o.k. to "be where I am at".  I think it's important that I processed what was happening to my body both physically and emotionally.  I'm not over it but I'm ready to move on.

Which is great because you and I? We have a lot to talk about!

Such as:

Our trip to the zoo
Brown (with pictures!)
Clay Adventures
Square
E

With two short weeks left of this month, you can guarantee in the next few days I will definitely be picking up the blogging pace!

In fact, there MAY (hint, hint) even be a day or two of double postings!  Double Postings?!?!?!? Yes, Indeed.

(P.S. Remember that fancy little gallery job I mentioned?! Totally got it!  I'm definitely starting to see that moon!)