Listen.. cause you can

SO .. Ive thought of things to blog about nearly 20 times a day, my problem is that a few moments after i think them, I forget them .. most of them..

I will write about two things that did stick with me...

1. Has anyone ever watched cash cab? I love this show, the concept.. so cool.. the host.. so cute.. but the questions.. soooo hard.. I watch this show as an educated woman.. and a teacher no less.. and I am going to be honest.. I think/know that I might strike out and be left to walk.before the 50 dollar questions were even over.. and I am FORSURE that on my street shout out.. I would be stick in some horrible neighborhood where a crack head would be my only option to ask for help.. and for my phone shout out.. I bet everyone I wanted to call would not answer or assume it was a prank call and say some choice words and hang up..
Anyway... If I visit NYC again one day.. I will ride cabs all day .. hoping that when the door closes.. the lights will come on.. and I will have my 5 min of fame.. A girl can dream.. cant she??

2. I am officially hooked.. I love blogs and I love photographers.... I have found some favorites and I spend countless hours looking at posts done by them showing their amazing art.. side story.. if I was asked.. what do you want to be when you grow up.. .. my answer would be a photographer.. so this is where the love comes from..
sooo.. as most of you.. or all of you know.. I am a special education teacher.. by choice yes.. by calling.. yes... i believe I was called to work with these kids... So understandably so.. I have a soft . huge soft spot for people with disabilities.. I understand them, I am sensitive to them, and I amazingly have the patience of a saint for them.. so when I "fell" upon this story.. I was nothing short of swimming in my own tears.. http://www.bobbiandmike.com/blog/index.php/kristindonald/

This bride and groom are both deaf.. their pictures are amazing.. but the story of their wedding is even more amazing.. for any of you that have been around people who are hearing impared.. and seen ASL in action know how cool this language is.. I WISH WISH WISH I could communicate in this language.. but back to the story.. the photographers captured some great moments.. and what really touched my heart was in the dialog after the pictures, where the photographers write about what their favorite moments were and so on.. .. so they were talking about the dances and the music.. and how people with hearing are called hearies... but people without the ability to hear need someone to sign the words to the songs they dance to.. I never knew this.. but after thinking about it.. I thought DUHH sara.. so at this wedding.. the bride and her father danced to I loved her first.. and someone was signing the words the whole time.. and the photographers mentioned howwatching the deaf people react to the words was priceless.. .. I imangine it was..
I guess ive just been thinking about this .. and thinking about how I take for granted my abilities sometimes... and being a special education teacher you would think that I would be a little more aware than the average joe.. about this.. but even I fall short.. haha yes I do..
so I leave myself and all of you with this question..

Is listening about hearing the music or recieving the message?

Im up late.. super late.. looking at my blogs.. and thinking and writing.. alot of my favorite things to do..
oh and update... 4 days into 30.. and I feel good.. bones not aching yet.. memory still not that good.. but thats not always a bad thing.. but one thing I am reminded of daily.. is that I am lucky.... got a good family.. great friends.. and hell If its a new day.. its means I woke up.. so shit.. im up.. might as well be thankful :P
ahhhhhhhhhh writing feels so good.. time to pop in you've got mail.. and call it a night....

21 min in to year 30

IM 30!!!

I sit here 21 min. into my 30th birthday..

I was thinking... back during the days of Myspace.. I wrote a lot.. and people seemed to enjoy it.. but since those days are gone.. I decided a blog is more age appropriate and fun.. so here I am, and I must admit im excited to be back to writing.. something I love to do.

I look forward to this year, I promised myself I would approach this year with a positive attitude not looking at it as something negative, but to look at it as something new.

Shit when I turned 20 I had nothing figured out, at that point in my life I think I was attending summer school against my will because of my bad grades and was given a 17 year old roommate who walked into the room with a suitcase and a keyboard. The 10 years since have been filled with so much, I could sit here and fill pages with stories and memories, but to keep it short I will say that my 20's were amazing ... I became a college graduate twice, a teacher, a sister -in- law, an Aunt twice, a girlfriend, and ex- girlfriend, a best friend, a grandpa-less girl, and idiot, a genius, and a smarter, sexier, more confident version of the 20 year old I still feel I am .. Im ready for what is to come.. Im thankful for everyone who's been in my life for all of it or moments of it.. Im a lucky girl.. I know it, Im thankful for it, and I am humbled by it.

oh yeah.. 30's the new 20... :)