This song is totally doing it for me this morning, so I thought I would share. Weezer + Sara Barreilles = great combination!
5.11.2010
3.22.2010
And if all of this wasn't good enough news for you, my brother went and got himself engaged!
Welcome to our family, Chamonix! Love you lady!
PS: Good choice, Cam. We're kind of excited for you... !
Welcome to our family, Chamonix! Love you lady!
PS: Good choice, Cam. We're kind of excited for you... !
3.17.2010
Erin go Bragh!
Today I interrupt your regularly scheduled St. Patrick's day festivities to bring you glad tidings of great joy which shall be to all Ericksons.
1. For unto us was sent this week an email, which sayeth:
2. And it came to pass that the Tyndall National Institute was located in a city called Cork in the country of Ireland. And lo, when these things were made known, the queen of the land was freakingeth out, and her husband the king also.
3. And, behold, there was much rejoicing in the land, for the people had long hoped for such an opportunity, their faith being strong that their cries unto heaven might be heard. For they had cried mightily all the day long for the space of many days.
4. Nevertheless, it came to pass that the people were much surprised that this thing had come about and they pondered these things in their hearts.
5. But lo, the heart of the queen was much honored that the king should be offered such a position, but neither did she desire that the king should go away and leave her for the space of many days, even unto two months and a half. And the king did desire that she should be happy, but he also desireth that this thing should be accomplished.
6. And it came to pass that this opportunity was too good for the people to pass up and they did rejoice exceedingly and did accept the offer which had been given them.
7. And so it came to pass that the people did begin to make preparations for this marvelous journey to the city of Cork in the country of Ireland. And they did praise the heavens all the day long that such a thing should come to pass.
1. For unto us was sent this week an email, which sayeth:
"Dear Preston,
We are delighted to offer you a place on the Tyndall National Institute
FASTNET UREKA Site for Summer 2010, ...from Monday 14 June to Friday 27
August."
2. And it came to pass that the Tyndall National Institute was located in a city called Cork in the country of Ireland. And lo, when these things were made known, the queen of the land was freakingeth out, and her husband the king also.
3. And, behold, there was much rejoicing in the land, for the people had long hoped for such an opportunity, their faith being strong that their cries unto heaven might be heard. For they had cried mightily all the day long for the space of many days.
4. Nevertheless, it came to pass that the people were much surprised that this thing had come about and they pondered these things in their hearts.
5. But lo, the heart of the queen was much honored that the king should be offered such a position, but neither did she desire that the king should go away and leave her for the space of many days, even unto two months and a half. And the king did desire that she should be happy, but he also desireth that this thing should be accomplished.
6. And it came to pass that this opportunity was too good for the people to pass up and they did rejoice exceedingly and did accept the offer which had been given them.
7. And so it came to pass that the people did begin to make preparations for this marvelous journey to the city of Cork in the country of Ireland. And they did praise the heavens all the day long that such a thing should come to pass.
3.05.2010
Hot and Cold
Do you ever get in the shower and find that the water is too hot or cold, and then can't remember which way to turn the handles so you can fix the problem?
Oh good. Me too.
I think this comes from my growing-up years.
From the age of 11, I lived in a beautiful 100-year-old farm house which needed a fair bit of TLC. My parents are do-it-yourself-ers to the extreme, so they were equal to the task, and they have spent the years since they bought the house ripping out walls and rewiring and painting and plastering. (The house really looks amazing! Seriously!)
At one point, my Dad had re-installed the kitchen plumbing himself, and he switched the hot and cold on our kitchen faucet. I'm not really sure why we didn't bother to correct this problem right away, but it remained that way for quite a while. I was in a state of constant confusion about how to get what temperature I needed from kitchen sinks.
I can't tell you how many glasses of water I have filled only to dump them out and try again because I had run warm (or hot!) water instead of cold. I could often be found asking friends which way was cold if I was at their house, or even my own, because then I would know to do the opposite.
I'm not really sure that I had a point in writing this, but I just KNOW that my confusion in the shower has its roots in my kitchen sink growing up, and I marvel at how deeply entrenched little things like that can become.
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