(dc -> LA)

dc -> LA

(dc) let go

Drink up baby down
Are you in or are you out?
Leave your things behind
'Cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me too busy you're writing your tragedy
These mishaps
You bubble-wrap
When you've no idea what you're like

So, let go,let go
Jump in
Oh well, what you waiting for?
It's all right
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So, let go, l-let go
Just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's all right
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown

It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow?
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later
Now you can't await
your own arrival
you've twenty seconds to comply

So, let go, so let go
Jump in
Oh well, what you waiting for?
It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So, let go, yeah let go
Just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's all right
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown

(dc) psst

i see you... reading this. go to sleep.

(dc) soup and yogurt

there's a saying i once heard - perhaps it is a persian saying? - that always comes to my mind at times like these: 'burned by the soup, blow on the yogurt'. i'm the yogurt.

(dc) withholding praise

i woke up this morning thinking about how, in the Ruhi institute course on teaching children, withholding praise is taught as a form of punishment or discipline. showering the kids at all times with sincere and true love and praising them for all good deeds makes the absence of praise noteworthy enough to make them think.

(*la -> dc) no door

i must say, dulles is far away, but it's worth the drive for a nonstop to/from LA. when i got off the plane today, i really had to pee. i was toward the back of the plane, so by the time i got to the bathroom, all the stalls were full. i really wanted to get going and didn't want to wait. the first stall was empty, but it didn't have a door. i decided to use it anyway. i was wearing a long coat and had my suitcase in front of me, and besides, pee privacy is not a very big deal to me. as i was sitting there, minding my own business, peeing, i noticed that everyone walking by would politely avert their eyes. everyone, that is, except the woman who was cleaning the bathroom. she came over to the stall, looked at me without expression, and said, "no door." i looked back at her and repeated, "no door." she gave me a confused look and walked away. i guess she just wanted to make sure i realized there was no door on my stall.

i wonder if this is the first time i've talked to a stranger as they watched me pee. this happens all the time for guys, but almost never for girls. or maybe i'm just sheltered.

happy Ridvan, everybody!

(*la) passions and pampering

my horoscope from the inflight magazine on the way here:

"Leo / Passions run high these days with little letup in sight. In the ideal world, any travel done the latter half of the month should include serious pampering and downtime. Reminisce as you make peace with the past before going forward."

(*la) something must be said

someting must be said this morning, but i just don't know where to start. suffice it to say that it's a New Day in the life of kelly snook. thank-you, God. no really, THANK-YOU.

happy earth day.

(*dc -> la) smooth

i just have to log, for the record and for all to see, the complete and utter picture-perfect smoothness of today's preparation and departure for LA out of dulles. you see, there are some who believe that every flight departure of mine is fraught with drama - last minute packing, arriving at airport minutes before flight closure, running to gates, etc. well, it's just not that way. there are as many smooth departures as rushed ones - it's just that they never get any attention. so, here's some attention paid to today's perfectly executed packing/prep/departure. no fuss, no muss. arrival was equally as smooth, despite my bellyaching about having to stand in line for a few minutes at budget.

(*dc) kelly snook, super sleuth

i finally got to the bottom of the problems with my "efficient" italian all-in-one washer dryer. i will amend with story/pictures in a couple of days. please hold on to the edges of your seats.

(dc) something's in the air

i dunno what it is, but it's good.

(dc) pizza

yesterday i brought two friends of mine, ages 7 and 9, to nasa for a visit. the first stop was the cafeteria, where we bought them whatever food they wanted. nia got a hamburger, french fries, a candy bar, and a root beer. jasmine got pizza, fruit salad, onion rings, and a candy bar. the girls were fascinated with the whole cafeteria thing. at one point nia pointed to my drink and said, "what'd you get, kelly?" i said, "diet coke."

"are you on a diet?"
"yeah."
"is that diet pizza, too?"

d'oh!

kids. you can't slip anything past them.

(dc) i thought of war

It occurred to me that we simply need to realize to participate in acts of aggression. Why am I talking about War, you may ask? I share all I know, which is not little. Sometime around last year I was totally into music. Well well, you may say. As I was saying... But something felt awkward. Nothing like a purple bird. This is special, because...


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