exodus!

the world is really in a disarray right now. i mean, people are fighting in georgia and sarah palin can see them from her back porch. my 401k lost a boatload, and it makes me weep. my dog barfs on the bedroom floor at least once a month during sleeping hours. people are losing their jobs, etc.

silly as it may be, i sometimes take a phrase from a song i'm listening to and make it my motto for a while. i think bob marley applies in time of crisis. (i mean, disregarding the "no woman, no cry" bit that is...) seriously, he says things like "everything's gonna be alright" and "fear is my only carriage, but i've got to push on through", and "get up stand up, stand up for your right". i think we have an exciting new time ahead. like i said before, i don't do politics. but that doesn't mean i'm not excited for someone new to be in the whitehouse. i'm one of the lucky... i still have my job, my health, and a pittance in my 401k.

at weight watchers fat camp, our leader David always asks at the beginning of every meeting "are we living the good life?" (to which we're always supposed to reply "yes", I think...) and then he proceeds to give a different definition of what the "good life" can be. each week its different. i mean, bob and david are trying to tell us, be thankful for what we still have. its our only life, our one life, we have to live with what we've got now and be happy. (i think bob's form of happiness also includes marajuana... which is okay if that's your thing). i'm fairly certain david is not a pot smoker. not that it matters and i digress.

the moral is... if you shot the sheriff, at least you didn't shoot the deputy.

here's a new page i did for purple onion: (as if that wasn't a sloppy transition...shooting to scrapbooking, at least they start with the samy consonant, eh?)