i like ...

my sister and wildflowers

my sister and in n out

the first outing of the year for my dusty purcells :)

had a lovely time in flagstaff this past weekend with my sister ... photos to come soon. now i've fallen into a deep depression in which i daydream about living with my family in a made up city called temecuflagdc ... we are all just a one-hour drive apart and happy as clams.

brain allergies

what could my friend be talking about?

DUDE,

u would HATE IT

it feels like u are on a merry go round

and u just want to eat a bunchof cheetos

and then u pass out

and u wake up 4 hours later and your brain feels like it has crazy allergies

gold granny shoes

how do you feel about my gold granny shoes?

p.s. notice the nifty little photo zoom function on the blog? fun, right? kudos to Chris for that one.

epiphany

last week, after a nice long fight to two squash victories (and one loss, but let's not talk about that), i had an epiphany. Chris and I were waiting for the bus talking about work and random stuff when Chris asked me, What is your dream job? And I blurted out: To replace Terry Gross as the host of Fresh Air after she retires!

suddenly the storm clouds parted and it was as if Wisdom herself was shining down on me. 

hahaha. just kidding.

This doesn't mean that I am gunning for Terry's job (as if! she is the master), or that I am going to make a switch to radio broadcasting, but it reinforced for me three things:

1. How much I love and admire Terry Gross. I've renewed my commitment to listening to her every day. She is one of the best interviewers out there (Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley are also tops).

2. My commitment to good, powerful, effective story telling

3. How lucky I am to get to do what I love!

for the truly sublime, check out the fresh air interview with Tracy Morgan. how she maintains her composure and continues to probe Tracy with insightful questions in the midst of his jokes, tears, and run on sentences is beyond me. one winning line from that interview:

"That little 17-year-old boy — he's grown up. He's a man now. And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly."

cilantro = win!

yes i am that crazy person who grows cilantro in her office windowsill

spring and cycling

yesterday chris and i went for a bike ride. the air still had that spring chill and the streets of mt. pleasant were nice and quiet. just perfect.

in other news, i see my sister in less than two weeks. watch out flagstaff ... the sisters choi are about to hit your town.

yes, rayban, yes

so fun.



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