Very Cool Blog! The Angel of Orange-Powdery Goodness

I love reading the magazine Artful Blogging and yesterday I found this blog which for some reason made me stop dead in my tracks and just be still. I had to catch my breath because this was such a wonderful blog. I had to close the magazine because tears blurred my vision. I added her blog on the sidebar so that I will remember to visit it. It is full of wonderful, colorful pictures and similar writing to mine. Plus, her blog has a statement on it that says "I create therefore I am" which is similar to a Prince song called "I rock therefore I am" so she definitely rocks! This is what caught my heart...... Enjoy

The Angel of Orange-Powdery Goodness
July 31, 2006

I met God today. She was sipping nectar from the loveliest and sweetest of marigold flowers. Her mottled daiquiri-jeweled eyes unblinking as she stared through the camera and into my soul. She's a wisp of a thing ~ a strangely beautiful creature. We spoke for a moment or two and I asked if I could, for just a few moments, hold her.

"Hold me?" she inquired spinning her proboscis. "Why, of all the choices you have in the universe, you would choose to contain the uncontainable?" her eyes dissolving into the most magnificent of gooseberry greens tinged with flecks of radishy reds. A breeze shivered across the scales of her wings, blowing orange-colored pixie dust onto the lens.

"If you hold me, what will be next?" she coyly stared, "A jar? A chemical cotton ball? A pin? A prize? A trophy of God on your wall?"

"I just..."

"You just wanted to save me? From whom?"

"Well, not from whom... I wanted to save you for myself!"

"Silly girl," said the angel of orange-powdery goodness, "look inside your fear, take your wonder and the fiery flame in your loins. Wield your creativity and SAVE YOURSELF."

"Save myself?" but.. you're god!"

"Am I? She laughed, "I am in you ~ your are in me. You are the spark!"

Still Alive - Barely!

Well, I am battling a stomach bug of some kind. I have had this thing since Friday night and I feel lousy. When I am sick, I dream strange dreams. I had a dream that it was Easter and Jessi got arrested by a cop who said she had a DUI she didn't pay and proceeded to handcuff her to take her to jail and I sat there crying! First, Where Easter came in to the picture I have no idea. Why a cop would arrest Jessi in cuffs and finally why would I be crying hysterically. Dreams are funny things. Mine get bizarre when my body chemistry is off. Second, I find things very difficult and I can cry at the drop of a hat for no real reason. I am not a overly emotional person but when I am sick the stupidest things make me cry. I was playing Pogo (Online Game Central) and I was working for a badge in Spades. It was 2 games of 1000 points. I had 996 points and went to 700 in less than 2 minutes. I cried like the world was ending. The animals thought I was off my rocker and just stared at me quizzically. The strange thing was I KNEW it was no big deal but cried anyway. I have been living on Campbell's chicken noodle soup and crackers. I felt the worst yesterday. Today I managed a shower and held up fairly well at work. Yesterday I sat in my office and didn't move. (Except for the bathroom runs- pun most definitely intended!) I have nothing left in my system to donate! No chills today, but fatigued and dehydrated. This too shall pass but til it does, I feel awful and being sick really sucks.

I figure, no one reads this blog but me because I have not one comment on this thing! I continue anyway. I did post a picture of me which is actually a first. I took the photo in the car while waiting for Brendan at the Post Office to go to the fair. I love having my photo taken, but when I see how old I am and how my double chins look like my accessory choice of the day, I find I really don't like the way I look. Or rather what MY INNER VISION of myself is. Not sure exactly what it is, but not the old chick in the photo! I am practical about what I look like - it doesn't come out on film that way. So any hoo, I posted a picture that I could put up with. My self portrait. I have good lips and my eyes aren't bad. What the hell, its me!

Dirt Track Date

This years fair theme

I totally forgot to tell you about my once a year tradition of being a 'white trash' dirt track date.

The Ventura County Fair opened this year on my birthday! We go the first two nights to see the race cars. There are VRA Sprints and Dwarf Cars plus IMCA Modifieds (I have no idea what all means other than cars that race around the track! I'm a blonde - that's my excuse and I am sticking to it!

VRA Sprint Cars

IMCA Modified

Dwarf kids race

Dwarf cars!

Demolition Derby - the REAL reason I go! Whoo Hoo!!

The first day is dollar day! Everyone and their cousin is there because before 3 PM you get in for a buck. We checked out the Gem and Mineral Exhibit, Photography and Cultural Arts. Managed to check out the Giant Kaleidoscopes in the Kids Hall and checked out the vendors and the junk they are trying to sell. Same stuff every year. Stupid me wore tennis shoes and because we had to walk a ways I got a blister so the second stop was to first aid for a band aid. I tried to be a good sport but it hurt! I ended up buying a pair of flip flops from one of the outside vendors. I didn't care what they cost and it was worth the $10 I spent for them! Ah relief! We headed for the raceway and waited to get in. The first night the kids race so the families and friends of the drivers are there and if you don't get there and get a seat you don't get in. They told us the second night after giving us wristbands that they had 3000 seats for almost 6000 people!

The reason I like to go both nights is to see which cars in the demolition derby are able to limp home, get re hammered out and return to try again the next night. Also the bigger cars are out on a 1/5 of a mile track. They had over 40 cars competing! They also had $1000 for the DD each night so it was an all out smash em crash em night! There were side bets from the drivers as 3 of the top points leaders put themselves in the back of the lineup and the one who made it the furthest to the front of the pack won the pot of $500. If they won the race another $100 was thrown in. These guys went all out. It was probably the best 2 nights of racing I have seen at the fair.

I did get the announcer to play the song "Dirt Track Date" by Southern Culture on the Skids. A complete white trash country tune about going to the racetrack. That is Brendan and my inside joke about me being a dirt track date. Ate the fair food - corn, cinnamon roll, nachos, pretzels YUM! Fireworks are at 10 PM and they are awesome!

So there is the story of my birthday and my being a dirt track date - both only happen once a year! LOL

Tag - I'm it!

First, I got a our old computer upgraded so I am in the process of getting my photos up and running. Til then, I will do another "get to know me" exercise so that I will have blogged without too much time passing! LOL

Two names I go by:

Kitty
Chrissie

Two things I am wearing right now:
Flip Flops
Transititon Lenses - it sucks!

Two of my favorite things to do:
Wade in the ocean
Listen to music

Two things I want very badly at the moment:
A raise
To be beautiful and thin

Two favorite pets I have had or have now:
Murray
Max

Two things I did last night
Ate Ameci's pizza
Watched season 3 episodes of Lost

Two things I ate today:
Pepsi
Grapes

Two things I am doing, or have done today:
Reluctantly got out of bed
Attempting to stay awake

The longest car rides:
Family vacation from California to Connecticut and back - think original movie "Vacation"
Moorpark to Vegas

Two favorite holidays:
Fourth of July
My Birthday

Two favorite beverages:
Pepsi
Lemon Tea Snapple

Two favorite colors:
Red
Purple

That is it for now, will do more later...........