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Life Goal No. 14


2010
02.18

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It’s a life goal of mine to see the Olympics. I’m not picky. Any Olympic event will do. Any place in the world will do. Every few years I revisit this goal when the games come on TV.

The Olympics are some of the coolest events in the world because originally they were created to honor the Greek gods, all sorts of amazing athletes show up and it’s one of the few times the world comes together to celebrate something positive.

My best girlfriend from Norway will watch her friends compete in downhill skiing events in Vancouver today. How insanely awesome is that?!? She asked me to go, but I told her I just couldn’t swing it.

What she doesn’t know is that her friend is picking me up at the airport on their way out of Seattle (she thinks her friend is picking up some clients) before they drive to Vancouver. Today. At 3pm.

Oh. My. God. I can’t tell you how impossible of a secret this was to keep. Fulfilling a life goal, traveling to a new city AND surprising my best friend I haven’t seen in three months? AHHHH!!! I am so excited and I just want to share it with everyone! Life is good!

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Life’s a roadtrip: Pay attention to the signs.


2010
02.05

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Finding out a musician I just started getting into wrote a lot of the trashy pop songs I love

A week of sunshine when every forecaster saw rain

Blogging to pay the bills

Meeting a man who loves cookies as much as I do

May everyone be as blessed with happy accidents as I have been.

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Among other things, I’m thankful for my toothbrush


2009
11.26

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My girlfriend from Norway has been lamenting the fact that she isn’t able to enjoy American Thanksgiving this year. My friend Iain from Wales said I am the first person he has ever wished a happy Thanksgiving to.

Eating dinner at our house are four people from California, two people from the East Coast and one sweet midwestern girl. (Guess who that is? Yes, I made casserole and lefse. I thought you would never ask.)

Although Thanksgiving is truly an American holiday, it brings up something that everyone can relate to, regardless of their background: Gratitude. What are we thankful for? I like to think that I spend every day giving thanks for what I have, but I’m sure there are things I take for granted.

In the newspaper industry, we were encouraged to think of new and different ways to cover the same things that happen year after year. And I have thought about writing something different, but really, isn’t Thanksgiving about revisiting what you’re grateful for? So without further ado, here is my list (in no real particular order):

Love, Sun, Luna, Earth, Dreams, Clean running water, Electricity, Fuel for cooking, Food in/and my refrigerator, Pilates, My room, My 6 senses, Moving to California, the Pacific, Trees, Books, Cooking, Wine and beer (Oh who are we kidding? Hard alcohol too.), Sex, The Universe, My blog, Traveling, Truth, Health, Floss, Indoor Plumbing, My bicycle, The beach, Rain, Shooting stars, Music, Internet, My closet, Margarita Meetings and My job
And while all of those things are great, they wouldn’t mean too much without these people:

Sante, Johanna, Bryan, Iain, Kangbao, Nicole, Jennifer, Jean, Sophia, Okon, Justine, and Julie. Oh, and my mom. Duh.
Last year on Thanksgiving. I love these women!

Happy Thanksgiving! May your belly be full, your weekend seem long, and your football team win.

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I counted 21 blessings in less than an hour


2009
08.13

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On Tuesday my girlfriend called me excitedly to tell me about the meteor shower that was happening that evening. She knew I was having a rough day (what’s with Tuesday’s anyway?) and thought This would definitely make her Tuesday. She was right.

Unfortunately for me, my new locale tends to haze up in the evenings. I looked out at the sky in vain; the clouds had rolled in. I tried to be optimistic: I can still feel the good energy raining down on me from the Universe. But oh how I wished I could see the magnificent display!
Wednesday night my roommate had had enough of looking at a screen, so we opted to sit outside and drink some beer instead of watching a movie. What a great idea. I saw 21 shooting stars. He saw 25. We were comparing: was No. 18 as good as No. 15? It was a beautiful evening.
I saw on the news today that the meteor shower can be witnessed for the entire week. This was after I decided to just be happy with the energy passing my way, not be sad about not seeing it, and got an unexpected surprise.
Life is like that a lot. Many times we give up on something or become negative about life because it’s not handed to us exactly the way we thought it should be or expected it. But so many of life’s blessings are not given to us wrapped up the pretty paper we want them to be.
There are so many cliches that encourage us to see how beautiful life is. Carpe diem! Live life to the fullest! Live every day like it’s your last! Being a journalist, I tend to avoid these. But I think there’s a reason they are cliches: They’re true, and the people that believe them really believe in them.
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No news is good news?


2008
06.27

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Last week I read about a man with autism who was missing in the woods for a week . My heart ached for the family while they were looking for him. Their hope was beginning to wane and I began to expect the worst as I’m sure they were trying not to. (I’m the kind of person that can’t look at a missing pet poster or I might burst into tears.) Then came the news. They found him. He is alive.

And it was on the front page of our newspaper in Minneapolis. And I rejoiced. I can’t imagine the feeling it must have invoked in his family.

Read the article here:
http://www.startribune.com/local/east/20727164.html?location_refer=$urlTrackSectionName

How often is good news like that on the front page? I’ve spent my life wrestling with the choice of being informed or being jaded. It seems like the two have become impossible to separate. At least in my mind.

I’m looking for the good news in the newspaper. I might be hiding but I can’t believe it’s not there. And it might just be something amusing, like the state of North Carolina issuing thousands of license plates beginning the letters WTF. Now that’s something to make you smile.

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