Funny photo

I though you might like this photo. I found it on someone elses blog. It is so great!! I couldn't stop laughing! :)

crazy dream

I have to share with you really quickly a crazy dream that I had resently. Basically there was a family that had a pet chimp, but they were telling everyone that it was a dog so that they wouldn't get in trouble for having it. You know how some people think that there is a hidden deeper meaning behind every dream you have? Well if you can tell me what this dream means that would be great cuz I sure don't know!!

A job of my own

This summer I've got an internship working with an environmental organization called the Sierra Club. (I am still amused at how many people have never heard of it. It has only been around for over 100 yrs) I went into this internship with the idea that I would see if I would want to start a career working for a non-profit environmental org. It turns out (as I hoped and expected) that I have taken from it so far a little bit more. I have learned that I loose a lot of motivation in my work when I feel like the project is not my own, but rather the "baby" of someone else. On July 7th I had an assignment to get 20 to 25 people to show up at a restaurant/bar to learn more about a forest preserve in the area (Spring Creek). That went well. We had about 27 people show, and I was so into the night that I almost lost my voice.
My next assignment was to then try and get the people who showed up at the restaurant to show up and volunteer at the next event: an annual BBQ held by the local Sierra Club branch, as well as get new people to simply show. This is when I learned more about myself. I realized, because I wasn't the main organizer of the BBQ I lost all motivation to work. In both assignments I have had to make about 300 phone calls and the weird part is that when I did it for MY event it seemed fun, but now that I'm doing it for someone else's, I'm bored senseless. Is that normal?

Moral of the story??: I need to be my own boss, or at least be able to make my own decisions when I'm working. I have been thinking about starting my own non-profit for the environment. An organization that would network between grassroots orgs and the larger ones in an effort to be more productive. Maybe call it the Green Earth Network or GEN for short? We shall see how that works out.

A Crazy Email

Just to lighten the mood a bit, I thought I would share a funny email that I wrote to my friend Miranda. You might have to know me to think it's funny, but I thought you might like it. Enjoy!

Miranda! You are so silly. I haven't called you because...
1) My big toe on my right foot is caught in a pickle jar.
2) My pet Llama ate my grey poupon so it's hard to read the numbers on the phone.
3) It rained on my parade (the one with the singing monkeys, not the other one. Please, try to follow me, ok?)
4) Tomorrow is the international three-legged carrot and ketchup eating race. (I should win since I'm the only one running it. Cross your fingers!)
5) Next week is a holiday (something like celabration of the flying pineapples day, or soemthing like that) so it will be impossiable to get through. You understand.
6) The sound of a dial tone causes me to dance around like a chicken on the forth of July (I don't know how THAT happened)
7) My cell phone battery is dead
8) I have never eaten a cooked sock in a nice clam sause before
9) I don't like phones...they smell. OR
10) Time flies by like a dog on training wheels

You pick which one, ok? Besides, I'm sure you have plenty of other friends callin'. Don't forget I will be seeing you in 2.5 weeks! YEAH, WOOHOO! Allrighty then. See you soon!!

Is medicine God sent??

Well, I'm starting out my post with a slightly controversial topic, but maybe it will get the juices flowing. All of my future post will be a representation of my current understanding, hopefully getting me closer to reality. But feel free to contribute your beliefs and correct me if need be, and maybe it will help to get me closer to the Truth.

Q:Is medicine a gift/blessing given to us from God?
A:? I believe that our biggest mistake is assuming that Jesus is some sort of ominous unique being that we can never duplicate ourselves. Why we feel the need to use drugs to heal when Jesus did not is beyond me. Everyone says that God gave us the knowledge to heal with drugs so it would be a sin to not use it. If it is such a blessing, then why didn't Jesus prescribe drugs to heal? You would think out of all people, Jesus would have known the knowledge of current day medicine. Have we moved so far away from the Truth and reality that even the strong thinkers can't make sense of it? Jesus speaks the Truth so clearly and we seem to be ignoring what he spent his life demonstrating and trying to teach us. What a waste!! And here we are fooled into thinking that we are on the right track. What Would Jesus Do? I know he wouldn't prescribe a pill to a sick person. I challenge you to find the Truth.

Welcome

We will see how often I write in this blog, but basically I will be writing whenever I feel like it when I'm around a computer. That might be a rare occurrence though. We shall see. Stay tuned! To enjoy my writing you have to be as opinionated as I am, think OUTSIDE the box, try not to be too critical, and have fun!