Swede Musings

absentee blogger

2005-12-25T10:32:00.000-06:00

I was in vancouver...

I have had the hardest time making this blogging thing a steady and continual habit. I don't have internet at my apartment so I have to squeeze in some time to do my internet business early in the morning at work before I start working or while I'm visiting others who have the internet but how rude is that..."I stopped by to say hello, can I use your internet!" So I'm in a quandry.

But let me tell you about another spot I have online. Heard of MySpace? Well, under intense peer pressure again, I signed up because everyone was raving about it. Then I started finding all these old friends from all over the country and it got kind of exciting. You should go to my site: www.myspace.com/kristenjanderson It doesn't look at cool as blogger but you meet lots of people!

A thousand apologies to all my millions of blogging friends who eagerly await my musings!!
Yeah right, who are we kidding!? I'll do my best to stay on top of this, possibly a New Year's resolution!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS my friends!!!

thankfulness

2005-11-23T15:36:00.000-06:00

thankful: conscious of benefit received

how many benefits do we receive that we're not even conscious of?

food for thought...along with the food we will eat tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

man in black, part ii

2005-11-16T12:47:00.000-06:00

truly inspired by my friend in the east, I have decided to tag along on the tribute to Johnny this week. I haven't found any takers to go with me to the movie yet. I asked my sister last night if she would go and she said, Don't you have a friend out east that is crazy about Johnny Cash? I said yeah, but she is out east so obviously she can't go with me!! I'll go by myself if I have to!

Quote for the day
"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."

starbucks cheer

2005-11-10T09:10:00.000-06:00

so i stopped by 'the bucks' on the way to work this morning the get my regular vanilla latte. i try to keep the stops to a once a week visit but if its a bad week, well, that discipline goes out the window. but anyway, i was just following the regular routine and then the nice young gentlemen hands me my cup and much to my surprise it was the festive holiday cup! Yep, the red cups are out again.

it honestly made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. i got so excited. my eyes lit up and I smiled really big and said, "Holiday Cups are here!!!" And even the guy got excited with me. I drove away with such a happy feeling as I thought of the next three months to come and all the red cup cheer that will be spread!

Go to Starbucks, it will make you smile today!

road trip season

2005-11-07T11:37:00.000-06:00

So i drove to Minneapolis this weekend to visit an old friend, Alicia. I've known her since I was three. Old friends never get too old do they!? It was a grand time. I came to the realization that i really am an adult now. I don't always feel like it but i still am very much an adult. friends are getting married, buying houses, starting families, making real grown up decisions. Its great!

I went to some concerts while in the cities. One was a band that my friends are in which was incredible. Best show I've seen them do yet! Sunday night I went to see a band called LoveDrug. there were other bands there playing, nothing but loud crazy music and screaming vocals. lovedrug was amazing, they are a rock band but the the lead singer plays the piano, it was awesome. but as I watched these random bands playing and saw how they tried to express themselves I began to notice it in every person I looked at for the rest of that evening, as I was walking down the streets in the city. Everyone is trying to express themselves somehow. Some do it through screaming out their thoughts into a mike while pulling there hair and falling on the ground, other walk around half dressed on their way to a club, maybe because that's how they feel inside - halfdressed. Just watch people, we are all trying to express ourselves somehow. It made me wonder what I'm expressing?

Just a thought...

virgin blogger

2005-10-27T08:17:00.000-05:00

I will admit that I'm feeling a bit of anxiety as I write my first blog posting. I have these two friends who have pulled me in by their persuasive forces. I have a feeling this could be an addictive habit, much like my addiction to Starbucks! But who said addictions were bad for anyone!!

Given the fact that its early in the morning and also that I'm just so dang nervous cause this is my first time, I don't have much else to speak of profoundly that would make this posting one complete thought. So with that being said, I'm going to post this now just to get the first time out of the way and I know that each time, it'll get a little easier! Here's to blogging...