So David officially left for the desert last night. I survived the weekend and have only burst into tears at my desk a couple of times today. I am trying to keep in mind that no matter how awful he sounded yesterday, once he arrives there will be a lot of excitement about his new [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Not Too Depressing
Posted in Deployment, Movies on August 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Forward
Posted in Life in general on August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am listening to Devendra Banhart. I only have 10 of his songs , which is a shame because I really really like his mix of spanish and english and pure mellow and not completely melancholy but not exactly happy either. So I looked on his website to see what he’s up to now. [...]
Light
Posted in Life in general on August 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As a reminder, the this blog is called Anodyne for a reason.
–noun
1.
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
2.
anything that relieves distress or pain..
–adjective
3.
relieving pain.
4.
soothing to the mind or feelings.
I like the last definition the best. Soothing to the mind or feelings. I am reading the book Julia recommended, [...]
All Consuming Emptiness
Posted in Life in general on August 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I said goodbye to David last night. I feel like I have been swallowed by a black hole. I sleep. I wish I could sleep for a year. But as I have promised my wonderful, loving and patient friends and family I keep putting one foot in from of the other. Posting just to say [...]
Pimpin’
Posted in Friends on August 3, 2007 | 5 Comments »
My good friend Justin has started yet another blog. if you don’t already read his online comic The Corduroy Ninja you are missing out. You don’t even have to be a geek to like CN. Now Justin started a WordPress (yay) blog to publish the emails he gets from his Dad.
It’s awesome that Justin [...]
17 days
Posted in Deployment on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
David deploys in 17 days. The day before his birthday. Here’s to making the next two weeks count!
Be Yourself — Only More and Bigger
Posted in Confessions on August 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Here’s a thing I am really touchy about: being told I’m loud. It happens from time to time. It happened on Monday, this guy at work said I was being loud. To be fair he had just told me a story that literally shocked me. I know that my wish to [...]