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| hello everyone...
i'm moving to wordpress so i'll start blogging over there now.
http://emifitz.wordpress.com
it's been a good run with xanga, but i'm moving on to greener pastures.
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| Derek Webb - A New Law (vs. 1)
don’t teach me about politics and government
just tell me who to vote for
don’t teach me about truth and beauty
just label my music
don’t teach me how to live like a free man
just give me a new law
(pre-chorus)
i don’t wanna know if the answers aren’t easy
so just bring it down from the mountain to me
(chorus)
i want a new law
i want a new law
gimme that new law
(vs. 2)
don’t teach me about moderation and liberty
i prefer a shot of grape juice
don’t teach me about loving my enemies
don’t teach me how to listen to the Spirit
just give me a new law
(pre-chorus/chorus)
(bridge)
what’s the use in trading a law you can never keep
for one you can that cannot get you anything
do not be afraid
do not be afraid
do not be afraid ** I've heard this song before, but I kinda feel like I'm in a similar boat as Derek here...I can reallly identify. Sometimes it really makes you wonder if Jesus would have been accepted in churches today living the life he lived. I'll leave it at that.
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| so I recently saw what I'll call "signs of the single girl's apocalypse." the apocalypse I guess is doomed spinsterhood, knitting with tons of cats, etc. I'm deathly allergic to cats so this is especially scary! so here's what i saw: A church I've gone to a couple times sends out their weekly bulletin with announcements, etc. This week they're advertising a new married couples class! It's for people ages 18-24!!! This isn't listed as a "newlyweds" class, but for married couples. Being that I just turned 25, all I could think of was, "Wow. I'm officially too old to be in a married couples Sunday School class." Fabulous! of course this is all tongue and cheek, but the single girl's apocalype is furiously blazing. | | |
| the trip to california was GREAT. still tiring, but there was something very refreshing about driving on the verrrrry open road. for mari is was literally showing her how far from home she was moving, but i think once we got there and she saw how freakin' awesome is California... it was fine. 
it's funny though. we had a couple "welcome to california" type moments. a woman slides into the booth and in'n out burger (literally the first place we went after arriving in orange co., we were so stoked) then she got mad when mari told her she couldn't sit there b/cs I was! it was quite awkward. then we got mean looks from other ppl in the restaurant, etc.
so there were a couple other things where at first it just seemed like we were so foreign. we were in H&M at the mall (which was great!) and there were several moms and daughters speaking other languages, sifting thru stuff, etc. So it got me thinking If they committed a faux paus they would probably be a little more off the hook. after all, they are fantastic, cosmopolitan women out in whimsical california. they just spoke another language.
but we were speaking another language. felt like foreigners in this new place, not in the touristy area, and don't have southern accents to say, "it's ok they aren't from here."
i mean, we were overwhelmed and after a while got more used to it, but it's interesting learning to speak the language of a new place, even if it's still english, in the usa, etc.
hopefully that little thought made sense. it was swirling in my head a little.
yesterday was my birthday too. went to pete's piano bar with some of the girls. SO FUN!! i'm a quarter-century old which is weird. i feel older strangely enough, but i guess it's just part of life. | | |
| the past few days have been a complete whirlwind!
on friday i spent most of the day getting ready for a birthday party i threw with a friend for our friend marisa. it went really well, but having fun can be tiring too!
then saturday (my usual day off) i worked all day and most of the night at a basketball tournament. getting interviews, trying to sound happy and intelligent, etc. about 10 hrs worth. i did do the color commentary for one of the games for the first time! it wasn't espn quality but so fun!
then worked sunday...
then worked during the day monday, out at a massive grassfire (200 acres scorched...it was nuts!) then to run back, write the story really fast and anchor the 5pm.
i get off at 7:30ish, go home, lay down for a few hrs, but i just couldn't sleep. i usually go to bed 1-2amish...but this morning i had to be at work at 3:30am!! so i got up, wide awake, celebrated the new years with some fun peeps and just never really went to bed.
so then, i produced/anchored a 1.5 hr show @ 5:30am. produced a noon show, and did some news cut-ins in between. all on about 2ish hours of "sleep." concealer became my best friend!
but, my friends it's all worth it.
tomorrow mari and i are driving out to orange county. i hope i don't get too sentimental softy on her, but it should be really fun too.
driving thru the desert may be monotonous but i sort of looking forward to the wide expanse. a refreshing breather from the craziness that has been life lately. (and not just at work!)
it's kind of strange though. even though the work schedules can be nuts, i'm running around like a madwoman but having to still look pretty thru it, i honestly can't think of anything else i'd rather do. the craziness when balanced i think is part of what drives me. | | |
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