Baby Feet

So cute and adorable, you just want to gobble them up. Those little pink toes are so tempting to tickle. Sweet little baby feet toddling around the house, learning balance and grace. Oh how they look so innocent and sweet.

How is it that they can be so punishing in the middle of the night when they kick you in the head and chest as they spin around in circles as though attached to a Whirling Dervish.

Maybe it's time for baby to have her own bed...

The Karmapa Hits The Big Time!

The 17th Karmapa has come to America for the first time and is making big news. How amazing is that? Who woulda thunk it. I have been practicing Tibetan Buddhism since the early 90's and I am so happy that such prominent teachers within my tradition are making such an impact on the western world. Maybe our karma is changing and the seeds that have been planted are finally flourishing.

Here are two stories that have made the news since the Karmapa's arrival:

NY Times: Young Spiritual Leader Arrives in New York Ready to Teach and Be Taught

Time magazine: The World's Next Top Lama

Boy that Time magazine article title is a bit too trash-tv for my taste.

Perks of the Job

So while my last post was a bit of a whiny bitch rant about an irritating part of my job, I really can't complain too much because of days like today.

Once a week my department, which consists of 5 women - one is currently on maternity leave, has a standing meeting in the afternoon. Typically we have that meeting in one of the meeting rooms, but every so often we have an "off-site" meeting and go somewhere like Trophy Cupcakes and Party as we did today.

I had the triple chocolate cupcake and I have to say that it was better than Cupcake Royale. Not sure if I am changing my allegiance, because Cupcake Royale makes some damn good coffee, but strictly on cupcake alone - Trophy Cupcakes would win in a cupcake competition.

Websites & Their Owners

I have been working at my company since the middle of February. My job is to help the one other web designer in developing websites for a number of enterprises that our company owns in order to get their info off of the main site in hopes that it will result in better SEO and to redesign the websites that already have independent sites (because they are horrendous in design!).

We have timelines, but no one involved in the enterprises seem to understand that. There is no sense of urgency with these people! Only one website has been launched since I started and that was almost done when I started. Two sites so far should have been launched months ago and only one is in the process of being launched today.

I am trying to keep a new website project on target but it's like pulling teeth trying to get approvals by the deadline! I suppose this is normal? I feel like I am getting behind, but it's not my fault!

The one nice thing is that hopefully I will have two sites launched this week that have been severely delayed due to other's slow approvals +other things out of my control!

Have you seen the price of gas?

I don't usually like ranting about this kind of thing because honestly, I think we are the most spoilt nation on the planet but I am really getting fed up with the price of gas. Regular, the cheapest option, is now almost $4/gallon. The $200 a month that is coming out of my children's mouths is going into the oil company's record profits. This is wrong - plain and simple.

Do we not have a conscience anymore? It seems as though the divide is growing and our children are the ones who suffer it. The rich seem to be so checked-out living in their cushy plastic bubble that they can't truly see how us ordinary folk struggle just to get by.

I don't need a 5 bedroom house looking over the Puget Sound (though it would be nice), a simple 2 bedroom cottage would suffice. I don't need a slick sports car or a super SUV, just feeling like I can actually afford the scheduled maintenance on the used car I do have would suffice. Why shouldn't I be able to feed my family fresh organic food so we can be healthy instead of the cheap prepackaged meals that are full of hydrogenated oils, fructose corn syrup and enriched flour that make our kids obese.

I thought our government was supposed to speak for the people but I guess I am wrong. Let's hope that we make the right choice in November and begin to see a real change for the better.

A Little BSG Geekdom

Every once in a while I reveal my true geeky nature...

BSG: Join The Fight

Pizza...

Pizza round,
sauce with cheese

Pepperoni if you please

Ham and pineapple,
that's my favorite

Tasty yum isn't it

Burnt my mouth
happens every time

Now that skin hangs as I whine

I knew this would happen,
the things that i do.

And don't think you're better,
I'm as stupid as you.

We eat our pizza pie,
Burn our mouths and cry.

A society of lemmings,
Repeating these things.

It's all happened before, and will happen again.
We burn our 'ickle mouths, and make boys out of men.