January 2004
January 2004
January 29, 2004
You standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in
Holding you close
~the cure
Well folks, it was quite a week.....Captain Kangaroo passed away, John Kerry won the New Hampshire Primary, James Brown was arrested for domestic violence, and I spent the majority of it "taking cover" under my desk in full on Chem Warfare gear. I can't tell you how glad I am that it's all over, for now. I've got a big fat three day weekend coming up, the sun is shining, and I plan on sleeping a LOT! On that note, I would like to share with you all a couple cool new shopping websites, (for bedding and other stuff too...)
www.comfortchannel.com
www.cuddledown.com
www.adealingerie.com
www.customglamgirl.com
"stacky-stack" going...(so far 14 1/2 inches of office supplies) My eyes are fiery little balls in my head and nun-zilla keeps on trying to attack me....
What a night folks....the night shift has finally made me flippin' NUTS! AAAh me.... but I'm trying to prove this quote wrong..."Web pages are like babies -- creation involves a level of enthusiasm that does not necessarily carry over into maintenance."-- Joe Chew Come on...I try to maintain this website...and I think I do better than I do maintaining other things in my life. Like my plants...they die a lot. :) Oh well....I miss the sun.
NO SUN AND LOLLICUP MAKE ERIN....SOMETHING SOMETHING....go crazy????DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~e
January 24, 2004
These people round here wear beaten down eyes
Sunk in smoke dried faces
They're so resigned to what their fate is
~dexy's midnight runners
In case anyone has noticed I havent' been updating mainly because I'm working night shift (6 to 6) and then sleeping all day...haven't had too much going on besides work and that's always boring... I updated the photo galleries, kind've changed the layout a bit and if i get to it I may add some more photos...but until this exercise is over (probably next wednesday) things are gonna be pretty slow around here...
peace, (cause that's what we're fightin' for....at least i think that's it...) ;)
~e
January 20, 2004
All the days that begin
before the sun's awake
Fall together in a pile
of days I wish didn't exist
paper flying down from the sky
like thin, white kamikaze
somebody keeps closing the blinds
trying to hide the darkness
but the warm glow
from my machine
lights up my early morning dreams
~erin
Hello all,Coming off a nice relaxing weekend and Tuesday is here, yelling like an angry neighbor after your dog shit on her lawn. This week is going to be INSANE. Luckily, I have the Flaming Lips to keep me mellow. I've been so busy lately that when I got time to relax this weekend, I had a hard time slowing my brain down. I spent Sunday thinking about everyone that I miss right now. Echo, I know you read this sometimes....I sure miss you and I hope you're doing well... Jessie, We went to Gov's Park on Saturday night, it just wasn't the same without you. I hope we get to see you again soon. I went and saw Big Fish this weekend. It is such an amazing movie, everyone should go see it. I hereby order you. :) I want some Lollicup so bad right now. mmmm.....boba. *sigh* On that note, I got to get to work,talk soon,
~e
January 17, 2004
if there's a god up theresomething above
god shine your light down here
shine on the love
love of the loveless~Eels
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I apologize for the lack of updates, I've been working my tushie off these last couple days. Lot of things have been been going on work wise, but I can't really tell any of you about it or I'd have to kill you. :) Instead I wanted to tell you about something that really traumatized me and made me angry... I was watching bits of Oprah yesterday at work and I saw this piece that she did on a Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. I'm going to warn you that the story is pretty traumatic, so don't read on if you don't think you can handle it. One out of every twelve women in Africa dies in childbirth. and many more find their lives destroyed by childbirth injuries, mostly untreated obstructed labor. This is a direct result of girls, who have only just started puberty, being impregnated and their little bodies are unable to handle the trauma. They will sometimes be in labor, unassisted for 6 days.In western countries, obstructed childbirth is almost always successfully overcome with proper medical assistance and caesarean section. However, in many developing countries, people live in remote areas, and access to these procedures is nearly impossible.
In such countries, including Ethiopia, a woman with a small or malformed pelvis or a badly positioned child may be in labor for five days or even longer. Long after the child has died, the pressure of the baby's head on the mother's bony pelvis causes loss of blood supply and death of tissue. The result is an actual hole, or fistula, caused by a loss of tissue from the vagina into the bladder and/or into the rectum.
Today, an estimated three million women throughout the developing world continue to suffer from these injuries. The problem persists partly because of the sense of shame attached to the condition, the lack of decision-making power available to women in developing countries and absence of knowledge in these countries of a surgical cure.
Yet the procedure for repairing these injuries dates back to the 1850s when South Carolina-born James Marion Sims developed the procedures, implements and suturing that inspired all subsequent fistula repairs. After demonstrating his operation to surgeons in New York, he set up the first woman's hospital to deal specifically with the problem. In 1861, he traveled to Europe, demonstrating his operation in Edinburgh, London, Paris, Brussels and Dublin. His work earned him the designation “father of modern gynecology.”
Thanks to improved medical technology and transportation infrastructure in the United States, obstetric fistula ceased to be a problem. The hospital's doors were closed in 1895, more than a quarter of a century before Reginald Hamlin and Catherine Nicholson were born.
Natives of Australia, the couple met at the Crown Street Hospital in Sydney where Reg was a medical superintendent and Catherine was an intern. In 1959, Reginald accepted a position as gynecologist of the Princess Tsahai Hospital in Addis Ababa, and the young couple moved to Ethopia.
Originally expecting to set up a training program for midwives, the couple soon came upon their first fistula patient. They found the problem to be so common that they perfected a surgical technique to mend fistula patients, and sought a grant to build a 40-bed hospital to serve them. In 1974, Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital opened its doors.
Since that time, the hospital has served over 25 thousand women, and has become a major teaching institution for surgeons all over Ethiopia and the developing world. A new operating theater, additional wards and hostel space were completed in 1999, and a rural village was recently completed which is allowing women whose fistulas cannot be repaired to live out their lives in self-sufficiency and dignity.
Since the death of Reg in 1993, Catherine has continued their work. “Never for a moment have I felt like retiring or wanted to change my life or my work,” Catherine wrote in her book, The Hospital by the River, a best-seller in her native Australia. “The joy I receive from working for these patients is something for which I thank God every day.” For her efforts, she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, awarded the ANZAC Peace Prize and the coveted Gold Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In October, 2003, she visited the United States to be inducted as an honorary fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
While somewhat refined by the Hamlin's, the surgery is performed in much the same way as it was taught by Dr. Sims. It is a relatively simple surgery with a very high success rate. The major challenges are to provide facilities and equipment, to educate third-world physicians in the procedure, and to increase awareness of the procedure among women in outlying, rural areas of the country. The Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa is actively engaged in all of these activities.
The story that you read here is not as graphic as the one I saw on television. The little girls are subjected to a constant stream of urine and the shame and stench cause them to be outcast by their husbands and their families. There is much more information about this story at fistulahospital.org. I encourage you to check it out and donate if you can. The hospital performs these operations for free and although they have donors, they are always in need of funds.
Think about it,
~e
January 14, 2003
Spring sweet rhythm dance in my head
Slip into my lover's hands
Kiss me oh won't you kiss me now
And sleep I would inside your mouth
~DMB
Hey all,Feelin' pretty chill today...maybe it's cause I'm sleepy. Or maybe cause I've been rockin' the Miles Davis, Some Kind of Blue all morning. I was poking around online today and got this pop-up for the movie "50 First Dates". Now normally, I never click on those things but I was kinda bored, so I did and watched the trailer...the premise is that this guy falls in love with this girl who has short term memory loss. So everyday he wakes up and has to win her over and try to make her remember him...Now as Tiffany was quick to point out, most guys in real life wouldn't want a relationship that was so high maintenance. And although I agree with her, I really like the idea of trying to make someone fall in love with you every day. Think about that one... :)
My next point is that although I HATE cooked peas, I love these raw sugar snap peas, I ate half a bag of them for lunch. That can't be healthy. :) but they are so sweet and crunchy. mmmm. I also wanted to share a poem with you. It was written by my friend Daniel who is stationed in San Diego as a Public Affairs reporter although I'm sure it's his main job, he spends most of his time sending me funny e-mails and generally keeping me entertained all day long. So enjoy a little random tid-bit from Daniel. (he wrote this about his boss one day...)
if we were camping
if we were camping, I would
send you out for kindling.
when you found your first stick,
I would be hiding in the brush
throwing pebbles at you.
if I had a pellet gun
I would shoot you in your ass.
you are not a very good person.
now go! !
go get kindling.
January 13, 2004
And you learnt it all when you were five
Holding your breaths to stay alive
Escape from the heat under the fire
Learning to love your Uncle Sam
~Mark Geary
Well, that's it folks. They've done it now. The Air Force, in anticipation of an upcoming inspection, have decided that I now will be working 6 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday. *sigh* I did the math, and according to these new hours, I am now making $8.50 an hour. That's just sad. It's like they know that we had a great time during the holidays and now we are being punished for it. :) good times, good times. At least I'm digging on some Moby right now....Speaking of Moby I've been reading some of his online journal and I recommend everyone take a little time and do so, he's really funny, but has a lot of insight too...check it out. I'm adding a new clip to Sheila's site today along with a new show. I love you all,
~e
January 12, 2004
I'm ready to embrace this, I'm ready for repair
I've got so many layers left by amateur painters who covered
over what was there
I stuffed myself sick on your memory and the beautiful mess we'd made
But I'm so tired of being inspired only when things slip away
They told me time would strip it all free and leave me bone dry
~Matt Nathanson
OK, well hello and goodbye. I'm just getting ready to leave for the day and go get my run on, out on our new running track. It's my chance to commune with nature, but not have to worry about being run over or abducted by psychos. And plus, I've heard that running is good for you. :) I just wanted to tell everyone that I'm enrolling in classes next month, and since I work full time, and am planning to go to school, and have a boyfriend, and a few plants, I'm going to be really busy, so don't get your feelers hurt if I'm more lax on writing and calling than I usually am. I still love you, but I gotta focus on school. So that brings me to the fact that I am going to have to stop doing any free lance design/web work. I just can't manage to fit it in with all the other things I've got going on right now. I will continue to update my weblog often, I'm sure I'll have lots to tell, plus, I can't let myself get rusty on my web skills...I mean that's the whole point of me going to school. So, um...I love you all, wish me luck...
~e
January 9, 2004
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You’re barely waking
And I’m tangled up in you
~Howie Day
Things are slowing down to mellow around here. I went to my education appointment yesterday and I have to CLEP my Speech test and my English test before the end of the month....but the good news is that after that, I'm only 3 classes away from my CCAF degree. (My associate) So then, after I finish my math, science and history and get my portfolio together, then I can enroll in the Art Institute of Colorado. I'm so excited. I'm going to learn all kinds of new stuff....and then when I finally get my Bachelors, I'll be able to say that I have a degree and 8 years of graphic design experience. I can't believe I waited so long to go...
I'm diggin' on some Howie Day right now, my good friend Dane Strom went and found the recording of the concert we went to back in October. I think I can hear my voice screaming on there. Howie Day is so rad. :-) Anyway, other than that, just grinding away today. I spent yesterday afternoon finishing up the "SheaSoiree 2004" website for our family reunion. I'm so excited, it's going to be great to get all my aunts and uncle and cousins all together, we haven't seen each other in so long...
I also wanted to bring up the Elections. I'm kind of wondering where everybody stands on all the candidates. Any comments or information would be appreciated and posted. I'll also be doing some research of my own so stay tuned for that. I've also got some new reviews I'm working on. Those should be out by the end of next week.peace,
~e
January 6, 2004
Among men and women,
those in love do not always announce themselves
with declarations and vows.
But they are the ones who weep when you're gone.
Who miss you every single night,
especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful,
and the ground so very cold.
~Alice Hoffman
Today is just as busy as yesterday, but my feelings of optimism have been slightly squashed by everyone’s Tuesday morning sourface. Luckily, I have Big Head Todd & The Monsters to cheer me up. Oh and the fact that I got a bunch of great Christmas presents from my friend Jessica, who I miss sooooo much….(click here for photos of Tiffany and I modeling our gifts). Also, our old flight Commander, Capt. Lewis is on his mid-tour furlough from Korea. It was great to see him and chat a bit… Oh, and I got a call from Jonathan Flanagan. He’s transferring back out here with his new job. All that talk about old friends has made me kinda sad…I miss Stacia. *sniff sniff*On that note, please check out the main page, I’m now taking song, poetry and art submissions. I’d like to liven up my front page with art and creativity, so if you have anything you’d like to share, e-mail it to me. (make sure the files are relatively small, 600X600 @ 72 dpi)Love to you all,
~erin
Ps~ check out this real-life peter pan dude. He’s um….interesting.
January 5, 2004
Well, I’m finally back kids! What a wonderful vacation…. I got so used to sitting around on my ass, it’s kind of hard for me to be here at work. :) Anyway, after a lot of reflection on the last year, I’ve come to a decision. I’m going to get out of the military. My last day is December 25, 2005. So, I’ve taken inventory of my credit hours (I’ve got 59 already…) and I’m going to school, time to get my degree and try my hand at the real world. Hopefully, I won’t fall flat on my face. I had a great time at home in Oregon. My family has grown up so much. We spent a lot of time just talking and catching up. Jackson showed me all his Karate moves. (He’s studying for his orange belt right now…) Also, while I was home I got to witness my sister Emily’s first date. The kid was really nice, really nervous, and just perfect for her. :) My Mom & Dad are both turning 45 years young this month…it’s so hard to believe. I don’t know if they’ll stay in Salem forever, the ideas seem to change a lot. We did make it over to the coast one day when we were there, it was cold and rainy and windy, but when we got to the beach, the sun had come out. We took a few pictures and then went to a restaurant on the beach and had fresh halibut while I sampled the local brew. The morning that I left for the Airport it snowed about 5 inches, which is exceptional for Salem…I was a little sad to go, but very ready to come home. New Years was a blast. I, very uncharacteristically, forgot to bring a camera, so I have no pictures… :( Tim and I went to a big party at Neal’s house and had a great time. But now…it’s back to the grindstone. I have some shows and things to add, but I’ll have to get to those tomorrow…Love and peace,
~e
January 29, 2004
You standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in
Holding you close
~the cure
Well folks, it was quite a week.....Captain Kangaroo passed away, John Kerry won the New Hampshire Primary, James Brown was arrested for domestic violence, and I spent the majority of it "taking cover" under my desk in full on Chem Warfare gear. I can't tell you how glad I am that it's all over, for now. I've got a big fat three day weekend coming up, the sun is shining, and I plan on sleeping a LOT! On that note, I would like to share with you all a couple cool new shopping websites, (for bedding and other stuff too...)
www.comfortchannel.com
www.cuddledown.com
www.adealingerie.com
www.customglamgirl.com
"stacky-stack" going...(so far 14 1/2 inches of office supplies) My eyes are fiery little balls in my head and nun-zilla keeps on trying to attack me....
What a night folks....the night shift has finally made me flippin' NUTS! AAAh me.... but I'm trying to prove this quote wrong..."Web pages are like babies -- creation involves a level of enthusiasm that does not necessarily carry over into maintenance."-- Joe Chew Come on...I try to maintain this website...and I think I do better than I do maintaining other things in my life. Like my plants...they die a lot. :) Oh well....I miss the sun.
NO SUN AND LOLLICUP MAKE ERIN....SOMETHING SOMETHING....go crazy????DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~e
January 24, 2004
These people round here wear beaten down eyes
Sunk in smoke dried faces
They're so resigned to what their fate is
~dexy's midnight runners
In case anyone has noticed I havent' been updating mainly because I'm working night shift (6 to 6) and then sleeping all day...haven't had too much going on besides work and that's always boring... I updated the photo galleries, kind've changed the layout a bit and if i get to it I may add some more photos...but until this exercise is over (probably next wednesday) things are gonna be pretty slow around here...
peace, (cause that's what we're fightin' for....at least i think that's it...) ;)
~e
January 20, 2004
All the days that begin
before the sun's awake
Fall together in a pile
of days I wish didn't exist
paper flying down from the sky
like thin, white kamikaze
somebody keeps closing the blinds
trying to hide the darkness
but the warm glow
from my machine
lights up my early morning dreams
~erin
Hello all,Coming off a nice relaxing weekend and Tuesday is here, yelling like an angry neighbor after your dog shit on her lawn. This week is going to be INSANE. Luckily, I have the Flaming Lips to keep me mellow. I've been so busy lately that when I got time to relax this weekend, I had a hard time slowing my brain down. I spent Sunday thinking about everyone that I miss right now. Echo, I know you read this sometimes....I sure miss you and I hope you're doing well... Jessie, We went to Gov's Park on Saturday night, it just wasn't the same without you. I hope we get to see you again soon. I went and saw Big Fish this weekend. It is such an amazing movie, everyone should go see it. I hereby order you. :) I want some Lollicup so bad right now. mmmm.....boba. *sigh* On that note, I got to get to work,talk soon,
~e
January 17, 2004
if there's a god up theresomething above
god shine your light down here
shine on the love
love of the loveless~Eels
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I apologize for the lack of updates, I've been working my tushie off these last couple days. Lot of things have been been going on work wise, but I can't really tell any of you about it or I'd have to kill you. :) Instead I wanted to tell you about something that really traumatized me and made me angry... I was watching bits of Oprah yesterday at work and I saw this piece that she did on a Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. I'm going to warn you that the story is pretty traumatic, so don't read on if you don't think you can handle it. One out of every twelve women in Africa dies in childbirth. and many more find their lives destroyed by childbirth injuries, mostly untreated obstructed labor. This is a direct result of girls, who have only just started puberty, being impregnated and their little bodies are unable to handle the trauma. They will sometimes be in labor, unassisted for 6 days.In western countries, obstructed childbirth is almost always successfully overcome with proper medical assistance and caesarean section. However, in many developing countries, people live in remote areas, and access to these procedures is nearly impossible.
In such countries, including Ethiopia, a woman with a small or malformed pelvis or a badly positioned child may be in labor for five days or even longer. Long after the child has died, the pressure of the baby's head on the mother's bony pelvis causes loss of blood supply and death of tissue. The result is an actual hole, or fistula, caused by a loss of tissue from the vagina into the bladder and/or into the rectum.
Today, an estimated three million women throughout the developing world continue to suffer from these injuries. The problem persists partly because of the sense of shame attached to the condition, the lack of decision-making power available to women in developing countries and absence of knowledge in these countries of a surgical cure.
Yet the procedure for repairing these injuries dates back to the 1850s when South Carolina-born James Marion Sims developed the procedures, implements and suturing that inspired all subsequent fistula repairs. After demonstrating his operation to surgeons in New York, he set up the first woman's hospital to deal specifically with the problem. In 1861, he traveled to Europe, demonstrating his operation in Edinburgh, London, Paris, Brussels and Dublin. His work earned him the designation “father of modern gynecology.”
Thanks to improved medical technology and transportation infrastructure in the United States, obstetric fistula ceased to be a problem. The hospital's doors were closed in 1895, more than a quarter of a century before Reginald Hamlin and Catherine Nicholson were born.
Natives of Australia, the couple met at the Crown Street Hospital in Sydney where Reg was a medical superintendent and Catherine was an intern. In 1959, Reginald accepted a position as gynecologist of the Princess Tsahai Hospital in Addis Ababa, and the young couple moved to Ethopia.
Originally expecting to set up a training program for midwives, the couple soon came upon their first fistula patient. They found the problem to be so common that they perfected a surgical technique to mend fistula patients, and sought a grant to build a 40-bed hospital to serve them. In 1974, Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital opened its doors.
Since that time, the hospital has served over 25 thousand women, and has become a major teaching institution for surgeons all over Ethiopia and the developing world. A new operating theater, additional wards and hostel space were completed in 1999, and a rural village was recently completed which is allowing women whose fistulas cannot be repaired to live out their lives in self-sufficiency and dignity.
Since the death of Reg in 1993, Catherine has continued their work. “Never for a moment have I felt like retiring or wanted to change my life or my work,” Catherine wrote in her book, The Hospital by the River, a best-seller in her native Australia. “The joy I receive from working for these patients is something for which I thank God every day.” For her efforts, she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, awarded the ANZAC Peace Prize and the coveted Gold Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In October, 2003, she visited the United States to be inducted as an honorary fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
While somewhat refined by the Hamlin's, the surgery is performed in much the same way as it was taught by Dr. Sims. It is a relatively simple surgery with a very high success rate. The major challenges are to provide facilities and equipment, to educate third-world physicians in the procedure, and to increase awareness of the procedure among women in outlying, rural areas of the country. The Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa is actively engaged in all of these activities.
The story that you read here is not as graphic as the one I saw on television. The little girls are subjected to a constant stream of urine and the shame and stench cause them to be outcast by their husbands and their families. There is much more information about this story at fistulahospital.org. I encourage you to check it out and donate if you can. The hospital performs these operations for free and although they have donors, they are always in need of funds.
Think about it,
~e
January 14, 2003
Spring sweet rhythm dance in my head
Slip into my lover's hands
Kiss me oh won't you kiss me now
And sleep I would inside your mouth
~DMB
Hey all,Feelin' pretty chill today...maybe it's cause I'm sleepy. Or maybe cause I've been rockin' the Miles Davis, Some Kind of Blue all morning. I was poking around online today and got this pop-up for the movie "50 First Dates". Now normally, I never click on those things but I was kinda bored, so I did and watched the trailer...the premise is that this guy falls in love with this girl who has short term memory loss. So everyday he wakes up and has to win her over and try to make her remember him...Now as Tiffany was quick to point out, most guys in real life wouldn't want a relationship that was so high maintenance. And although I agree with her, I really like the idea of trying to make someone fall in love with you every day. Think about that one... :)
My next point is that although I HATE cooked peas, I love these raw sugar snap peas, I ate half a bag of them for lunch. That can't be healthy. :) but they are so sweet and crunchy. mmmm. I also wanted to share a poem with you. It was written by my friend Daniel who is stationed in San Diego as a Public Affairs reporter although I'm sure it's his main job, he spends most of his time sending me funny e-mails and generally keeping me entertained all day long. So enjoy a little random tid-bit from Daniel. (he wrote this about his boss one day...)
if we were camping
if we were camping, I would
send you out for kindling.
when you found your first stick,
I would be hiding in the brush
throwing pebbles at you.
if I had a pellet gun
I would shoot you in your ass.
you are not a very good person.
now go! !
go get kindling.
January 13, 2004
And you learnt it all when you were five
Holding your breaths to stay alive
Escape from the heat under the fire
Learning to love your Uncle Sam
~Mark Geary
Well, that's it folks. They've done it now. The Air Force, in anticipation of an upcoming inspection, have decided that I now will be working 6 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday. *sigh* I did the math, and according to these new hours, I am now making $8.50 an hour. That's just sad. It's like they know that we had a great time during the holidays and now we are being punished for it. :) good times, good times. At least I'm digging on some Moby right now....Speaking of Moby I've been reading some of his online journal and I recommend everyone take a little time and do so, he's really funny, but has a lot of insight too...check it out. I'm adding a new clip to Sheila's site today along with a new show. I love you all,
~e
January 12, 2004
I'm ready to embrace this, I'm ready for repair
I've got so many layers left by amateur painters who covered
over what was there
I stuffed myself sick on your memory and the beautiful mess we'd made
But I'm so tired of being inspired only when things slip away
They told me time would strip it all free and leave me bone dry
~Matt Nathanson
OK, well hello and goodbye. I'm just getting ready to leave for the day and go get my run on, out on our new running track. It's my chance to commune with nature, but not have to worry about being run over or abducted by psychos. And plus, I've heard that running is good for you. :) I just wanted to tell everyone that I'm enrolling in classes next month, and since I work full time, and am planning to go to school, and have a boyfriend, and a few plants, I'm going to be really busy, so don't get your feelers hurt if I'm more lax on writing and calling than I usually am. I still love you, but I gotta focus on school. So that brings me to the fact that I am going to have to stop doing any free lance design/web work. I just can't manage to fit it in with all the other things I've got going on right now. I will continue to update my weblog often, I'm sure I'll have lots to tell, plus, I can't let myself get rusty on my web skills...I mean that's the whole point of me going to school. So, um...I love you all, wish me luck...
~e
January 9, 2004
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You’re barely waking
And I’m tangled up in you
~Howie Day
Things are slowing down to mellow around here. I went to my education appointment yesterday and I have to CLEP my Speech test and my English test before the end of the month....but the good news is that after that, I'm only 3 classes away from my CCAF degree. (My associate) So then, after I finish my math, science and history and get my portfolio together, then I can enroll in the Art Institute of Colorado. I'm so excited. I'm going to learn all kinds of new stuff....and then when I finally get my Bachelors, I'll be able to say that I have a degree and 8 years of graphic design experience. I can't believe I waited so long to go...
I'm diggin' on some Howie Day right now, my good friend Dane Strom went and found the recording of the concert we went to back in October. I think I can hear my voice screaming on there. Howie Day is so rad. :-) Anyway, other than that, just grinding away today. I spent yesterday afternoon finishing up the "SheaSoiree 2004" website for our family reunion. I'm so excited, it's going to be great to get all my aunts and uncle and cousins all together, we haven't seen each other in so long...
I also wanted to bring up the Elections. I'm kind of wondering where everybody stands on all the candidates. Any comments or information would be appreciated and posted. I'll also be doing some research of my own so stay tuned for that. I've also got some new reviews I'm working on. Those should be out by the end of next week.peace,
~e
January 6, 2004
Among men and women,
those in love do not always announce themselves
with declarations and vows.
But they are the ones who weep when you're gone.
Who miss you every single night,
especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful,
and the ground so very cold.
~Alice Hoffman
Today is just as busy as yesterday, but my feelings of optimism have been slightly squashed by everyone’s Tuesday morning sourface. Luckily, I have Big Head Todd & The Monsters to cheer me up. Oh and the fact that I got a bunch of great Christmas presents from my friend Jessica, who I miss sooooo much….(click here for photos of Tiffany and I modeling our gifts). Also, our old flight Commander, Capt. Lewis is on his mid-tour furlough from Korea. It was great to see him and chat a bit… Oh, and I got a call from Jonathan Flanagan. He’s transferring back out here with his new job. All that talk about old friends has made me kinda sad…I miss Stacia. *sniff sniff*On that note, please check out the main page, I’m now taking song, poetry and art submissions. I’d like to liven up my front page with art and creativity, so if you have anything you’d like to share, e-mail it to me. (make sure the files are relatively small, 600X600 @ 72 dpi)Love to you all,
~erin
Ps~ check out this real-life peter pan dude. He’s um….interesting.
January 5, 2004
Well, I’m finally back kids! What a wonderful vacation…. I got so used to sitting around on my ass, it’s kind of hard for me to be here at work. :) Anyway, after a lot of reflection on the last year, I’ve come to a decision. I’m going to get out of the military. My last day is December 25, 2005. So, I’ve taken inventory of my credit hours (I’ve got 59 already…) and I’m going to school, time to get my degree and try my hand at the real world. Hopefully, I won’t fall flat on my face. I had a great time at home in Oregon. My family has grown up so much. We spent a lot of time just talking and catching up. Jackson showed me all his Karate moves. (He’s studying for his orange belt right now…) Also, while I was home I got to witness my sister Emily’s first date. The kid was really nice, really nervous, and just perfect for her. :) My Mom & Dad are both turning 45 years young this month…it’s so hard to believe. I don’t know if they’ll stay in Salem forever, the ideas seem to change a lot. We did make it over to the coast one day when we were there, it was cold and rainy and windy, but when we got to the beach, the sun had come out. We took a few pictures and then went to a restaurant on the beach and had fresh halibut while I sampled the local brew. The morning that I left for the Airport it snowed about 5 inches, which is exceptional for Salem…I was a little sad to go, but very ready to come home. New Years was a blast. I, very uncharacteristically, forgot to bring a camera, so I have no pictures… :( Tim and I went to a big party at Neal’s house and had a great time. But now…it’s back to the grindstone. I have some shows and things to add, but I’ll have to get to those tomorrow…Love and peace,
~e
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1/30/2004 05:58:00 PM
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