Taste of TED

Here is one of the TED videos we all watched last week. Elizabeth Gilbert on creativity. If you haven't seen it check it out. About 20 minutes.

All We Need Now Are Snugglies

On those family makeover shows like Trading Spouses and Super Nanny, whenever people are on the internet, it's very antisocial. Everyone's off on their own, holing up by themselves.

Not here. For us it's very cozy. I spend a lot of time on the internet but usually my kids are right here with me. If they are done with homework, one will play video games and the other will play or watch and I'll play music and read articles or we'll watch YouTube. They help me improve my writing. If I make up a joke that is too crude for me to use I give it to my 15yo. Comedy writer and rock star is still on the list of things they could be when they grow up. I need to hurry and capture my malaise and confusion and write some Emo songs for their upcoming band. : ) Too late!

Wait... What?

Wait, my problem is what? I'm being underappreciated? I think I need girl lessons.

If that's all there really is for this long it must be hella good, LOL!

Thar She Blows

Okay, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was cool*. But Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is just silly. amazon

*Unless you're susceptible and then you might get all Victorian and ultra-concerned with propriety and zombie killing for a while. Just saying.

No Show

Every September for sixteen years my guitarist friend has called to check my status. Didn't call this year. He must be happy. Good for him!

Maslowbotomy

You know I'm weird, right? Does this surprise anybody? Yeah, I'm a genius idiot, total wuss with a sick sense of humor and a prude with a dirty mind. A loving bitch, self-centered yet generous. Hardworking and burnt out, living in an Alanis Morisette song.

Just feeling a little cynical. Everybody wants basic things like food shelter money and good sex. So... wouldn't that be the lowest common denominator to base anything on? If that's all there was, wouldn't that make relationships interchangeable?

Just want to get off ground level to some spirituality and intellectualism and be of service to the world and maybe even have some hobbies. Just want to get higher and not get cut down.

In the vacuum, I built my own little thing. Now, under examination, it's all stupid and weird. But it's not. But I can't really justify anything. We don't like weird... Um, why me then, exactly?

Who dissects a living thing?

But you know, a lot of people are lonely.

Not TED Yet

I made it there! And home again! I had a blast! I should really be posting about TEDxDetroit because it was an awesome time. There was just so much to process that I am waiting for the videos to be posted so I can really share with you! Oh heck, here are some quotes without context:

"A door should not need a user manual."

"When was the last time your floor was made of lava?"