Miscellaneous Terms

I found this list of 'terms' flipping through a weekly publication called 'The Big Nickle'. I thought they were a hoot, maybe you will too...

Arbitrator \ ar'-bi-tray-ter\: A cook that leves Arby's to work at McDonalds
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Avoidable \uh-voy'-duh-buhl\: What a bullfighter tries to do
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Baloney \buh-lo'-nee\: Where some hemlines fall
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Bernadette \burn'-a-det\: The act of torching a mortgage
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Burglarize \bur'-gler-ize\: What a crook sees with
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Counterfeiters \kown-ter-fit-ers\: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets
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Eclipse \e-klips'\: What an English barber does for a living
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Eyedropper \i'-drop-ur\: A clumsy ophthalmologist
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Heroes \hee'-rhos\: What a guy in a boat does.
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Left Bank \left' bangk'\: What the robber did when his bag was full of loot
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Misty \mis'-tee\: How golfers create divots
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Paradox \par'-uh-doks\: Two physicians
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Parasites \par'-uh-sites\: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower
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Pharmacist \farm'-uh-sist\: A helper on the farm
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Polarize \po'-lur-ize\: What penguins see with
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:P heheheee....

Love at First Sight...

We do wacky things when we're 'in love'... you may have to click on the jpeg to get what I'm being so sappy about... (great-big-cheesy grin!) =)

Sabbath Ps, Please

Today's topic at church: Patience.
(Seems we're going through the P's of the gospel principles this January, as we started off 2006, with some excellent, thought provoking talks on the universal sin of 'Pride')
TODAY: The 1st speaker, on Patience, was a member of my youth Sunday school class. He did a fantastic job for one so young, I was very impressed with his composure, eye contact and easy delivery. He pointed out something in our doctrine and covenants, that also impressed me on the topic, a revelation from the Lord to the saints: "Verily I say unto you my friends, fear not. Let your hearts be comforted; yea, rejoice evermore, and in everything give thanks: Waiting patiently on the Lord. For your prayers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Saboath, and are recorded with his seal and testament - the Lord hath sworn and decreed that they shall be granted. Therefore, He giveth this promise unto you, with an immutable covenant that they shall be fulfilled; and all things where with your have been afflicted shall work together for your good, and to my name's glory, saith the Lord." (end quote.)
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Last week's (Youth Sunday School) lesson title was "The Creation". I had variant degrees of attention given to me and the subject by my students. Heh. At the very end of the class-time I felt inspired to asign homework. I directed them all to "create something & bring it". :P Today's class was much more paticipatory, shall we say. You can see some of their impromptu art work, I've borrowed to blog about, here. A bunch of impromptu. Yes, as always, some remember, some forget, and those that had, remind those that had not... so along with the food-toons, the hanging squid, little yella banana, Fuzzy, Flower and the Paper Sackman puppet, we had some other, fantastic, creations there - which I could not borrow to bring home to scan. There was an oragami paper you could blow up into a box, we had 2 paper aeroplanes and yes, I had them fly 'em, right there in class! We had a very, very nice model of a (hot rod!) car, and a personal favorite - due to simplicity - a scotchtape wad/ball. We talked about what main catalyst of thought preceeded the creations and it came down to "What can I do?" I explained to them that, living gospel principles they'll be asking that question of themselves quite a bit. I know I do. Something, or someone, someplace, some situation will capture my attention and I'll ask myself, "What can I do?" It might come in service to an employer. I might inspect my yard, or house and think to myself, what can I do and come up with a pleasing decor or landscaping project. Perhaps in the garden I'll have those prompting thoughts that get the creative juices flowing. No money? Invited to a baby shower for someone you adore....? :) Stuff, GOOD stuff, begins to happen. Most especially when you've been dilligently feasting upon positive things, like the words of Christ. Even if the situation is dire. People often take affirmative action, in answering that little question to themselves, and then pouring out that resulting, positive energy back into the world. Today's lesson title was, "Because of my transgression, my eyes are opened". Lots of good participation today from all the youth - and when it came down to the close, boy howdy, could I bare testimony on the subject at hand. Experience, they say, has a way of making one question why it has that reputation of being the best teacher. Why not follow after those things in life, which we all know and can recognize as inheriently good, and to be extremely wary of those things which we can all know and recognize as inheriently bad? Still, bad things happen to good people... that's why it's so important to exercise and strengthen your individual FAITH. Many people out in the world 'believing' in a lot of things. I have a sure testimony, born in the trials of truths, in which I can honestly say, I KNOW. Not just "I believe", but "I know". My afflictions ultimately working together for my good. heh.
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The last meeting of the day was on Preparedness. I was handed the following quote by James E. Faust and asked to read it when called upon: "It is my testimony that we are facing difficult times. We must be courageously obedient. (I liked that - 'Courageously obedient'!) My witness is that we will be called upon to prove our spiritual stamina, for the days ahead will be filled with affliction and difficulty. But with the assuring comfort of a personal relationship with the Savior, we will be given a calming courage." (end quote.)
Turning to John 14:27 we read the familiar words of encouragement from Christ, "Peace I leave you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
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...in closing my post today, I'm feeling impressed to quote, (again!), words from the current President of the Church. In his discourses, President Hinckley has said: "You are loved by your Father in Heaven, of whose divine nature you have partaken... There is something of divinity within each of you... Every one of you was endowed by your Father in Heaven with a tremendous capacity to do good in the world... cultivate the light you have wihtin you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others... Cultivate whatever talents you have, and they will grow and refine and become an expression of your true self appreciated by others. (end quote.)
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There's my active, directive for the year, "Cultivate" & "Shine and gleam", in all things - "Shine and gleam".... (my cautionary it seems would be, "Beware of Pride"... gonna need a whole bunch of elbow grease to git r done up right!
Have a bright week everyone!
D. ~

Phooey.

I just spent the last 45 minutes looking for a picture of the dear lady who passed away last week and ... well... phooey. Can't seem to find the one I was looking for. She was young, vibrant in purple, standing around down at the horse corrals, her youngest daughter all decked out in riding regalia... I found some of those photos... but not THE one. Hrumph!? I couldn't have invented it could I? I mean I'm too young for alzheimers... ok. maybe I am suffering from half-heimers.... Looks like I need to organize my photos too. dang.
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New project on the drawing board. I started it just the other day, waiting at Wrightstone for Dr. Rick. (He was out to lunch) I have decided to finish it up today... or at least get fairly close to being done. I'll post what I have so far after church today. Right now I got to read over the Doctrine lesson & review those scriptures.
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L-8-R! =)

Reasons Why I Can't be Your GF Right NOW...

1. After 9 months of 'courtship' you have not disclosed your true marital status to me, (despite my frequent requests which became boarderline begging, for you to do so) for all I know you could still be married to your 3rd wife! Are you? Still married 'on paper' to no. 3? (It's a mute question, of course - and one of the last I'll ever ask, because your non-answer IS my answer to this question - it's not likely that I'll be looking to you for any 'other answers', to any other thing in my life, henceforth...) I think that what you really need is a gf who doesn't care - I'm sure there's plenty who'll turn themselves out - there for you.

2. I'm trying to lead a drug free life for as long as I possibly can. You just told me that going a day with out any alcohol scares you silly. You seem to have totally forgotten that just the opposite - being with someone who's alcohol dependant - TERRIFIES me. I understand that you need to be heavily medicated due to your disabilities. I don't think you understand, that, to the 'sober' partner, a relationship with an addict, is sometimes like being seated at the tea party with the mad hatter and the March hare - nothing makes sense & this goes on and on until things get downright scary because you begin to loose sight of any possible means of escaping the insanity. How vibrant and viable is the life when you get to questioning what is really good and true and what isn't... how much of what is exchanged - is the substance influencing? I mean, even Alice was allowed to leave wonderland and come up for some 'reality air' - after a time.

3. You've not lived up to your own promises to me. Most especially the promise to communicate with me. I began this relationship with you because you outlined 4 specific principles to serve as our guideline which happened to be exactly what I've been looking for in a mutually exclusive, and loving relationship with a man - he doesn't have to be perfect but 'my man' does have to try to live up to his own ideals and his agreements with me.

You said:

• God will be at the head of 'us'
• we will love each other
• we will talk openly and honestly about any and all problems between us
• and lastly, we will not cheat - which, we further defined, as maintaining some respect and a certain gentil loyalty to each other, "even if" we should ever decide to go separate ways.

4. I am at risk for being guilty of this myself, but, I must say here: We both have a way of 'Fault Finding' that I believe will be ruinous (to us both) in a long term relationship. To make it work we'd have to unwaveringly adhere to that 'communication promise' and I just don't see that happening with either one of us!

5. Everytime I've prayed about this relationship - Everytime I've prayed about you and me, about me leaving everything I have (which is what you've basically asked me to do) to be with you, God has told me, "No."

Which, confusses the heck out of me, because for some reason I can't explain, I still feel strongly that I need, that our Heavenly Father wants me to maintain a loving and postitive contact with you, I strongly believe, even now, that HE has put us 'together' - for His own purposes... whatever those might be... (God help me, this "No" should have been the first thing and only thing I've paid attention to - have I made a collossal mistake, in allowing myself to get too emotionally embedded with you...? I know, that if I do not pay very close attention to the whisperings and the promptings of the good spirit here, that there'll be hell to pay someday... I am sorry, darlin', I can't be something I'm not for you - ! I can't leaving everything I've worked so very hard for - just to move closer to you, to take care of you - when you won't conclusively define that you are open, legally - never mind 'otherwise' - to having a close, personal relationship & I can not, I will not, be one of your on-line whores!)

Grieving...

Alekx from Nitrogen Narcosis and Burfica from Don't Eat the Tomatoes have lost their Mother.
I am grieving the loss with them as I was very, very, very fond of their Mom. She was of great help to me, as a young woman, when I got it into my head that a move, out of the blue, to Arizona would be a grand idea. This woman showed me many kindnesses and much love, and in many ways served as a maternal, mentoring figure to one so young and foolish and so far removed from her own.
Rest peacefully dear lady.
You did a lot of good here.
Much love, appreciation and good cheer will be a part of your legacy all ways and always.
D. ~

Drawing II

I know.
I was "pokey" this Friday and never got an original Art Piece downloaded...
Here's a very old one, of Stevie Nicks, (from a newspaper clipping).
I was a teenager and Fleetwood Mac was hot, hot, hot - when I did this.
I never did finished it.
I haven't done much by way of portraitures.
I would like to change that.
Kinda wish I could have taken Drawing II this semester, because that's where they were going - straight to Portraits!
Hrumph.
Have to do the best I can at my own speed for now I guess.
Hope everyone has a Rockin' good week!
Cheerios2U all!
D. ~

Artist Gone too far!?

That's right! Some Artist can just go too far! Here, I got this e-mail today - YOU decide...

Classes

Maybe posting them here will help me keep on track...? lol
I got to Business Math class this morning and found out I'd already skipped it once!
Apparently the class is on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I just penciled it into my 'day to day' calender as Thursdays. *sheesh* Dang rosters! the course catalog abbreviates that scheduling as 'T R' ....so.... you can see where one might be thrown off course. (Ha-ha) Funny thing is that I got it right last semester. This week that little tid-bit of info just never did come to mind. See? I said when I started this Blog that the nick-name Dorko, covers a multitude of 'sins'. =)
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Mondays: Business and Technical Presentations
Tuesdays: Business Math; Typography; Illustration
Wednesdays: Business and Technical Presentations; Desktop Publishing
Thursdays: Business Math
Fridays: Business and Technical Presentations
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Then I'll be going to a Work/Study, serving in whatever capasity they can use me at the dorm caffeteria - doing everything from dishes to monitoring the students' meal card scans. I'll be busy there, Monday through Saturday with Tuesdays off. Tuesday's full, with a 12 hour schedule of time, spaning from my 1st to last class of that day. I plan to use the time inbetween classes to work on project in the Mac Lab. Meanwhile hoping that plan pays off!
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Time for lunch, now and afterwards, to consider what to throw up for a Friday Art Work... ???
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Looking forward to the weekend, aren't you?

What is life?

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.



It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. ....................................~ Crowfoot

2005-NPR's memerable moments

Loved this web page... lots of interesting stories.
I like NPR, because you can click the 'listen to' button while you whislte away at other work.
Some I heard when they were coming up during the year.
I haven't listen to them all.
One I missed that held some facination for me was the one on the quilt made out of KKK robe/material. (seeMrs Parmeter's Klan Quilt - under the hidden treasures sidebar)
Bit of a mystery in that one... which, of course, invites one's imagination to 'fill in the blanks'.
Interesting that someone made a cover up, out of meterials used by a secretive society, for covering up their horrific, mis-deeds!

Hummingbird Art...

Yes. More guest art.
This one is the most energized of my nieces and nephews.
I refer to her as my little Hummingbird because she is so quick and beautiful.
She's half way to 7.
She started reading at 6 5.
She helped me put butterfly decals up on a wall a couple weeks ago and talked me out of one or two to take home with her, in the process. =)
Love that kid...
Here's her orginal and then a copy that I played photoshop on.
You can almost see the creature running - can't you???
Have a galloping good weekend everyone!
D. ~

Musings....

1. FOOD - I had a Turkey sandwich on whole, honey wheat, washed down with a tall glass of chilled apple cider. I ate this as a late night supper last night. What a flavor combination. If I was a restauranture (sp?) I'd offer that, along with a portion of my 7-8-9 layer salad as a meal deal. BTW, my last layer salad was simply YUM! and had the following:

Washed, torn and spun romaine leaves
chopped thinly (1/4" or so) celery
thawed (formerly fresh-frozen) green peas
2 green onions - chopped
crumpled, dehydrated homegrown and vine-ripened tomatoes
a handful or 2 of dehydrated wild cherries
shredded carrot
cooked, crumpled bacon
chopped boiled eggs
shredded mixed cheese - cheddars, colbys, Monterey jack
I left the dressing choice upto the individual as I took this as my contribution to a dinner held elsewhere.

I call it my 7-8-9 layer salad because it always varies depending upon what I happen to have on hand when I make it up. This one had a flavor combination which really popped. I had about 4 servings of it as left overs from the dinner. I gave a portion or 2 to an elderly friend and happily saved the remainder for myself. The flavors were even better the day after! So I thought I'd make a note of this one.
I don't know where I'll get wild cherries this summer, the one's I had came to my by way of a friend from Trayer, KS - one I don't see much of these days since we're working at other places and endeavors now. I do know that I'll be having tomatoes in a garden this coming season. If for no other reason than to rebuild my supply of the stock I've dehydrated and kept in the fridge.

2. I'm starting a new e-journal on the machine today for all the daily hum-drums that I don't/won't post here. I noticed that I have folders marked 2001, 2004, 2005. I got this computer in 2000 - a day after Thanksgiving 'Special' at the local Wal-Mart store. I figured it was a must have with my desires to go back to school. I returned to my 'Hometown' of McCook in the summer of 2001. This machine remained packed away until I settled into the home that I'm in now and that move happened in December of 2004.
(I will neeeeeeeeeeeeeever, EVER, move my household between Thanksgiving and Christmas again! EVER! Most people would think weather to be the reason why not, BUT - as I live and breathe people, I tell you it's the stress that's over the top! Now, it didn't help any that my Mother, living 2 1/2 hours away from where I was at the time, was hospitalized 3 days before the big move with reports indicating 'spots' on her lungs. I Thank God that she's still 'Doctoring' and still with us and that she, too returned to McCook, last spring. I thank God for the un-seasonably mild weekend he provided for that last move of mine, He gave us 70 degree days! His Grace is truly Amazing! And - I Thank God for His Providence in this home, which was my Grandmother's home. It holds so many wonderful memories for me. It's big enough for all my 'stuff', lol, I am typing away on the machine, here in what used to be her sewing room. I've adapted it for a small office/study area.)

3. The Journal Jar. I am back to it. Shortly after I started this blog I mentioned my journal jar. Still, I have not kept up with the journal jar ideal. I am making a fresh attempt at it this year. You all can play along if you'd like. The idea is this jar is stocked with colorful slips of paper containing all sorts of thought provoking questions and directives. They are to jog your memories and get you telling or writing down your personal stories.
I will be drawing a slip of paper out of the jar and making my personal notes in response to the idea, question, or directive, on that piece of journal jar paper.
I heard, some people use this as breakfast / dinner conversation with their children.
I've trotted it out on Thanksgiving Holiday once when we had a large gathering to dig out some good stories from relatives and in-laws... the results were hilarious, and sweet - laughter, laughter, laughter & that feeling of togetherness amid family that is a true treasure of more value than anything else I can think of in the world today.

Today's journal jar directive:
"DESCRIBE YOUR FIRST HOME/APARTMENT AS A YOUNG COUPLE."

Oy! I've been 'coupled' before but never married... so I've got to think about how I want to go with this... do I describe my first home/apartment I had of my very own - sans other family members? ...or do I describe my first home/apartment I had in co-habitation with a love?

Food for thoughts indeed!
I'll chew on it and get that review down here tomorrow.

May we all enjoy good flavors throughout this week.
D. ~

The Future...

The Future lies before you,
like paths of pure white snow.
Be careful how you tread it,
for every step will show.
...............Author Unknown ~