Thank you for not being perky

Every once in a while i stop by the superhero journal to see how she is doing. Andrea makes lovely jewelry that she sells here, takes great pictures, seems very sweet and smart and has a super duper cute-ass little baby. Two of the posts on her front page really fit in with lots of things I am thinking about right now.

The first is where she talks about doing a media cleanse. I’ve been thinking about doing this same thing. Try out a week with nothing but the bare minimum of internet/talk radio/dvd/tv usage. We don’t have a TV so we don’t have the whole TV dominating the room problem. I remember when I first came over to Vim’s house I was impressed by this lack of TV and then I realized that he instead had a massive roll down projection system. Hhahah. Still it’s not a TV one can like, accidentally watch Oprah on and once you’ve gotten to watch your DVDs on a big projection system while sitting on your own couch you will never go back…

So, I am actually a bit scared to to a full on media cleanse. A news fast, yes, I’ve done and survived that before. But no blogs for a whole week!!? I might try it the week I am back from my parents house. There is no debating that I would get more done, sketching or sewing would be a good option.
Last week on NPR I was listening to an interview with a woman who was maybe writing books on different religions, I turned it on in the middle of the interview. She had met the dali lama and one thing he said to her was that he often urged people from western cultures NOT to take up Buddhism but to find things from their own culture that make sense to them.

I admit to be woefully ignorant about religion and certainly I know nothing about Buddhism. But in my head I often equate Buddhism with “living in the now”. And I’ve been thinking about”living in the now” lately. Partly I think because I have been violently letting go of the past while I throw away most of the trappings of it, keeping only the tiny reminders that I need to help me remember. A few pictures, a few letters, a few drawings, a matchbook here and there. So I can’t let go of the past completely. It’s true tho, while looking through things I felt a bit useless as tho the past was a waste. Even so, I like the past, even the crappy stupid parts of it where I was a total idiot.
I thought that was really interesting and that fits with this passage from Superhero’s post:

“One was a story that Elizabeth Gilbert paraphrased from a book she had read recently. The question posed was about living in the now and this writer responded that living in the now is overrated and unless you’re a yogi or a monk, pretty much impossible for us regular folk. He said that possibly, the key to a happy life is about having great memories to look back on and great things to look forward to. So take lots of pictures and make lots of plans!”

“Take lots of picture, make lots of plans” really puts into words exactly what I strive to do. To me, making pleasant memories and documenting them to look over later and making plans is the ideal way of life. Vim and I look at our photos together all the time and it makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Here’s a cute picture of Vim and Jack from this weekend. Never mind that I was being a huge ass and was all stressed and pissy… Aren’t they cute?!

Right now, in this moment, I am grateful for all the exciting plans coming up this summer. Hawaii! Maker Faire! Sitting on the porch! Mini adventures! Baby that can walk! Possibly camping! In the desert!

Pictures to follow.

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