gobble gobble giddyup let's go...

just look at the snow....which hasn't really come upon us yet, but I'm waiting! I actually got a nice dose of sun this past week. The first half of the week in the city was nice--got to go watch Die Zauberflote with my girls...and then I got to go to woodbury...and then I got to hang out with my nephew!!!



















UWS to the Pacific... we saw dolphins that day, feeding by the shore, and I must say it was rather fascinating...nature's a pretty darn cool thing. I have to say there was a lot that I began to realize, to look forward to in my coming years, and here they are:

these little Californian boys, with their sunkissed hair and skin, all surfer/boarder boys in the making, screamed and yelled with glee as they spotted the pack of dolphins feeding and playing close to shore, while their mothers exercised up and down the ramp.


Fathers and sons are really a weak point for me. I constantly look at my brother and my nephew, but when I saw this father and son tumbling together, son trying to tackle his father by taking him out at the legs...my heart melted. I know this might be a little creepy but I just really love seeing these moments between parents and kids. what can I say, I hope I can have just as many moments with my own family, and don't have to steal away too many more of these...

But anyway, there's more that has been surfing around my mind--just in terms of the way my life is, and I have to say that this Thanksgiving, I've hopefully grown up a little more, and become more thankful and more responsible for the way life goes. Seeing my nephew, my brother and his family, and just the way that life is happening around me, it hits me that in some ways, my life changes, but I don't...externally, I've been able to do adapt to my surroundings, be a cooperative colleague, and make new friends, but internally, I'm not sure what has changed. And I think I've begun more and more to consider how I have prioritized things in my life. ah, deep thoughts, but I am okay where I am and readily working through it all.

this is, perhaps, what keeps me going:






and I think now, you all must think I'm wigged out and desperate to have a family. keke.

anywho. I hope the turkey time and the family time, and the tummy time were all good for you.

Be well.

ps. anyone have any tips on Wii games to buy? I'm debating. super mario galaxy or super paper mario? there are more options...the olympics one, super mario strikers charged, bust a move, guitar hero,....

We Are E-X-E-T-E-R!

So today was a big day. I woke up this morning in a nervous state...the same kind of feeling when you know you're about to sit through the SATs or the APs, when you know you're gonna hear about college/grad school decisions, when you have to make that career decision about the offer that stands. Only, today was E/A day. And only two months and change into school today was a day that makes up for any of the adversities that I have ever felt about coming here.

so here's to my volleyball coach, and to the teams that have ever come so close to peaking with their potential. these girls made me one proud coach today, and I can't wait to feel the same way about my own children in their accomplishments!

this is orson, and other thoughts of an insomniac

running through my mind at this moment.
all that I need to get done by tomorrow, which is today.
finding that when I feel I've finally managed to work out the scale of checks and balances, something happens to tip it one way or another.
i've been thinking about the risks of taking risks; the consequences and measures of how much you choose to indulge, or just close your eyes and jump.

but this is orson. orson jr.

it's hard to know where my life is going. I constantly look back to the pictures of my nephew, who would love orson, by the way, and I think about how quickly even he is growing--he will be walking and talking, thinking about all the different ways that he will become even more of lucas. i also wonder if anyone might understand what i go through...yeah, boarding school schmoarding school. but I find myself in a position with very little leverage and lots of privilege. Is this how it ultimately becomes? to work and do my job, but then be penned into a situation where you can't really help, but you are privy to information that you don't want to ever have to hear. the lives of kids are hard these days. and while many of you may never stop to think that kids who have lived lives of privilege, don't know how good they have it, you have no idea what these kids go through, have to deal with, or are subjected to...in some way...the grass will always be greener.

que sera sera. they say. but I'm not sure I want it to be just what it's supposed to be.

Calm Down...

that's right folks, this little tyke's moving up in the world, and tomorrow, she's getting a new piece of technology: the digicam, not just any digicam, but a bigboy digicam. no it's not a digiSLR. and YES, I have been technologically and media-handicap for the past few years. so I'm old-fashioned..big deal. but here's the thing, if you are tae eung, or renee, I need a blogspot URL so I can link you up and see your pages! and chrissy, how many do you have goodness gracious!?

anywho. it's a freezerbox up here in New England. and daylight savings is kicking my butt. it feels like 10pm and its only 6p--so...I hope that all is well in blog land. a lot feels like its been going on...but I don't know where i've put all those thoughts...

EA Day is four days away... Exeter Andover. whoo boy. if michigan/osu wasn't a rival, this one is ferocious....I get scowls for owning navy blue sweats. one day, I might just drive to andover and get a sweatshirt...haha.

anywho.non sibi peops.
peace.