Archive for February, 2004

5 inanimate things I love:
vanilla chai tea
my 300+ count bed sheets
my books
my computer
my music

last 10 CDs I bought:
Sheryl Crow
Dixie Chicks
Cyndi Lauper
Pearl JAm
Sarah McLaughlin
John Mayer
Ella Fitzgerald
No Doubt
Billie Holiday
Van Morrison

5 books everyone MUST read:
Warrior Marks – Alice Walker
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
The Lovely Bones -  Alice Sebold
The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston

5 Books I want to read:
The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
The Five People You Meet in Heaven -  by Mitch Albom
The English Roses – Madonna
Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
The Amateur Marriage – Anne Tyler

Inanimate thing I MOST wish for at this moment:
Clear vision (not physical, more of an understanding)

5 favorite American presidents:
Jimmy Carter
Abraham Lincoln
FDR
Thomas Jerfferson
Theodore Roosevelt

5 things I wish I’d done more of:
listened
watched
learned
appreciated
relaxed

5 things I wish I’d done less of:
drugs
searched far and wide for something right in front of me
cried
followed silly paths
ignored my instincts

5 things I aim to do before I die:
get my PhD
love and love some more
Have something published and on a shelf somewhere besides my own
be a recognized artist/writer
decorate my house in a style that is interesting

5 traits I admire – in order:
the ability to love unconditionally
intelligence
the ability to encourage people wholeheartedly
an adventurous nature
motivation

5 things I cook best:
salmon
chocolate chip cookies
strawberry shortcake
potato salad
macaroni & cheese (homemade)

5 things I don’t do very well at all:
correspondence
dance
understand people
play office politics
physical labor

Well, I was right in not feeling comfortable posting some things here because they are being read.  In fact, this is what was sent to me:

BTW while I was there today I did read your drama post about being watched and not being able to post your true feelings because I might see them….I could really care less (my name).

This is the thing. If people really don’t care, why do they go back?  Why do they then have to say that they don’t care?  Why can’t breakups just “be” instead of people having to attack one another and say mean things.

I tried to be honest about my feelings about posting.  I wasn’t trying to create drama.  I”m not even sure that it was drama.

So, this is the thing…I was the person that set up a Xanga account for him.  I did all of the work and design of the site.  He never posted in there.  So, I closed it down.  I took down the graphics, cleaned out the posts, and changed the password.  I did it so that I could be done with that part of my life.  He sent me that e-mail above after he came back to use the account…not to make a post on his own site, I’m sure…since it hadn’t been touched in a year and a half.

Maybe me cleaning out the account wasn’t the nicest thing but I needed to move on.

Anyway…I guess I can just post and deal with the messages because I enjoy and respect the feedback I get here from my regular readers.  Y’all are the best.