Hello Again

Hello All,

So its been a while...and I keep promising it won't be but as they say...'life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.' Anyway...I'll try and make it more regular but no promises.

So an update...I am finally completed unpacking at my house and I will have a guest room together as of this weekend. It is in use this weekend and the beginning of next week but after that you're free to stop by. If you haven't been by you should because I normally have a stocked fridge with beverages of your choice, a pool table, a hot tub and the usual tv, nintendo, etc. So all and all I'm ready to entertain. And as a bonus...lots of parking on the side.

A few more updates...I love my job it was almost a year ago at this time that my work decided to make me full time. They still hadn't quite figured out my job as it is today but we were on our way. The beauty of writing your own job description is you can make it fluid enough to work for you. I am constantly expanding my job as well as my responsibilities to better fit where the job needs to go.

And on a personal front I am dating...I won't go into detail here to protect the innocent but things are going well and looking good.

On weekends I'm busy with going out with friends, sorority things, church, etc. It is nice to be busy. Of course some of my friends have returned from college and we need to hang out more often. So I'm working on that.

So basically life is good. I hope yours is too.

Remember...

Work like you don't need the money...
Dance like nobody's watching...
Love like you've never been hurt...

Take care kids,
Meg

Sometimes you get lucky...

Ok so I am a firm believer in karma...refer to earlier posts...and I am whole heartedly convinced that my brother has either the best karma/luck or the worst...my brother was in the part of Egypt that got bombed today a few days ago. Now he was also in Egypt right before the attacks a few years ago. And he was in London when the bombings occured...all of these times he has survived without being anywhere near the attacks. I think he is the luckiest man alive.

take care and keep the Egyptians in your prayers they need them.

Love ya,
Meg

Sometimes they let them out...

Ok so I believe we all have the right to speak our opinions and we all have a right to do that whenever we want. The whole freedom of speech concept is not lost on me...but...yes isn't there always a but...when you are speaking against something due to ignorance I think we should ducktape your mouth shut.

Last night at CNU there was a Take Back the Night rally and march.

A quote from the Daily Press...
"Nearly 200 people gather at Christopher Newport University to raise awareness of sexual assault and to show support for victims."

So when I read that I do not hear anything about all men being bad...evil...rapists...etc...however one lone man protested this rally/march saying...

Along with nearly 200 supporters, the event also drew one protester: 38-year-old Winston Smith. The Newport News computer programmer stood along the fringe of the crowd Tuesday evening, quietly clutching a banana and a cardboard sign that read, in part, "Stop Feminist Hate."

He said he felt compelled to protest the rally because it displayed an "anti-male" theme and to demonstrate that "I am not a rapist because I am a male."

Nothing about the Take Back the Night March says if you are male you are a rapist...it is to support victims of sexual assault. The idea of Take Back the Night is to educate and support so that sexual assalt is less likely to happen. And the march encourages women to be aware of themselves, those around them, and their surroundings. So that maybe some day we won't have the rising rate of sexual assault. In other words not all men are rapists nor do we preach that with take back the night. So before you protest something. Make sure you get all the facts....For more information about Take Back the Night check out this link.

Longer...more personal post coming later...

Love ya,
Meg

Take care of each other

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. ~ Wear Sunscreen - Mary Schimch

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. ~ Kahlil Gibran

That's how men are!
Ungrateful and never satisfied.
When you don't have them,
They hate you because you won't.
And when you do have them,
They hate you again, for some reason.
Or for no reason at all,
Except that they are discontented children,
And can't be satisfied whatever they get,
Let a woman do what she may.

D.H.Lawrence

For we lose not only by death,
But also by leaving and being left,
By changing and letting go and moving on.

Judith Viorst

To love someone means to see him as God intended him

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Emily Dickinson

When you love someone,
And you love them with your heart,
It never disappears
When you're apart.
And when you love someone
And you've done all you can do,
You set them free,
And if that love was true....
When you love someone
It will all come back to you

Forget Paris (movie)

Having a rough week...I'll be fine. Just need to work it through...

Love ya,
Meg

An Addendum....

Hello Again,

This is an addendum to yesterday's post...boys (and girls) if this is your first Valentine's or you are in a young relationship less than a couple years do something nice for your significant other...he or she will remember it. I can still tell you about the horrible experience I had on my first Valentine's Day with my high school boyfriend or the Valentine's fiasco I hadwith my ex-husband on our second Valentine's Day. Women in particular have very good memories.

Take care,
Meg

Happy Valentine's Day All!!!

Hello All,

That annual holiday of flowers, candy, cards, lovey dovey stuff, etc is coming up on Tuesday. Now I for one have always loved Valentine's Day...I don't know maybe it goes back to elementary school when we got the little corny Valentine's from our classmates. Maybe it goes back to the crushes I had and those that had crushes on me. Maybe it is because I am after all the hell I've been through a hopeless romantic. I believe the guy will get the girl...I believe the girl and the guy will live happily ever after....I believe there is someone for each of us....I believe in soul mates...I believe that love will ultimately triumph over all...I believe that past wrongs should be forgiven and forgotten....and I believe that every man, woman and child deserves to know that people love them unconditionally no strings attached.

I know Valentine's Day is criticized as an overly commercialized holiday designed by women to get men to spend a lot of money on them. The truth of the matter is it is a day to tell those you love that you love them. The truth of the matter is that it shouldn't take a day to get us to do that. But if that is what it takes that is what it takes. And you should tell those around you how much they mean to you. Women buy your men a gift...a video game, a cd, a dinner, a bag of his favorite chips...spend time with him....you get the point. Men buy your women something special...flowers, chocolates, jewelry, make her dinner, whatever you know will make her happy.

Children wish your parents a very happy Valentine's Day! They need to know you love them too. In other words use Tuesday to remind those you love that you love them.

I wish all of you a happy Valentine's Day!!! I love each of you in your own special way!!

Take care,
Meg

PS For those of you who watch Grey's Anatomy....all I have to say is damn.

A Profit in Orange Glasses...who knew...

In case you don't know who I'm referring to...I'll give you a hint...he is the lead singer in one of Ireland's best known bands...he has been criticized, and still continues to rock and be an advocate.

I'm talking about Bono of U2. Now I know some people are tired of seeing U2 and I admit they are around a lot but I for one say preach on Bono. He was asked to speak at the National Prayer Breakfast. A strange choice I suppose...and yet he made some really good points. I will highlight some here but I encourage you to read his whole speech. He has an authority because people are willing to listen to him...now it may be a bad thing that we'll listen to a rock star and not some of our world leaders. But honestly does it matter what makes us listen? I don't think so...if a rock star can get world leaders and citizens to stop and listen more power to him.

Let me repeat that: It's not about charity, it's about justice.

And that's too bad.

Because you're good at charity. Americans, like the Irish, are good at it. We like to give, and we give a lot, even those who can't afford it.
But justice is a higher standard. Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice; it makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties, it doubts our concern, it questions our commitment.

6,500 Africans are still dying every day of a preventable, treatable disease, for lack of drugs we can buy at any drug store. This is not about charity, this is about Justice and Equality.

Because there's no way we can look at what's happening in Africa and, if we're honest, conclude that deep down, we really accept that Africans are equal to us. Anywhere else in the world, we wouldn't accept it. Look at what happened in South East Asia with the Tsunami. 150, 000 lives lost to that misnomer of all misnomers, "mother nature." In Africa, 150,000 lives are lost every month. A tsunami every month. And it's a completely avoidable catastrophe.

It's annoying but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.

You know, think of those Jewish sheep-herders going to meet the Pharaoh, mud on their shoes, and the Pharaoh says, "Equal?" A preposterous idea: rich and poor are equal? And they say, "Yeah, 'equal,' that's what it says here in this book. We're all made in the image of God."

And eventually the Pharaoh says, "OK, I can accept that. I can accept the Jews--but not the blacks."

"Not the women. Not the gays. Not the Irish. No way, man."

So on we go with our journey of equality.

On we go in the pursuit of justice.

We hear that call in the ONE Campaign, a growing movement of more than two million Americans... left and right together...united in the belief that where you live should no longer determine whether you live.

He makes a valid point...many Americans today aren't really too worried about the AIDS crisis in Africa because it isn't on our soil, it isn't our people...but does it matter? As Christians we are called to live at a higher standard...we are called to care for the least of them...we are called to care for all God's people. It isn't easy...nor should it be...the call to be like Christ is the toughest call we will experience.

Now I'm not saying go that you personally have to go to Africa and work to save these people...you can and I would support you any way I could. What I am saying is learn about what is going on over there if you don't know, share with others what is going on, contact the people in charge who can make a difference, pray for a continent that is plagued, pray for the leaders making the decision, get involved, and fight the fight.

And I'll close with a final quote from my man Bono...

And this wise man said: stop.

He said, stop asking God to bless what you're doing.

Get involved in what God is doing--because it's already blessed.

Well, God, as I said, is with the poor. That, I believe, is what God is doing.

And that is what He's calling us to do.

Check out www.one.org on how you can make a difference. And yes you as one person can make a difference.

It's nice to be back...

Sorry for the long dry spell...I assure you I will be posting on a more regular basis...I have a number of things rolling around in my head...(besides the boos) and I am going to share them here. Be prepared some are personal, some are challenging, some are abstract, and some are just plain crazy. But it will be interesting....I think.

So to quote one of my favorite Simpson's characters...'thank you come again.'