October 28, 2002

• Lost Entry

  
  

  I spent some considerable time this morning writing a thoughtful answer to Exmortis' question of last Friday ... "I've just never understood why technology and spirituality seem mutually exclusive in so many people's minds."  Then when I hit the submit button, it turned out that I had been bumped offline and the post was lost.

  
  

  I've been trying to find time to write a second version, but it's been a busy day.   I usually only get one shot at writing early in the morning, then it's time to do school and household stuff and the next thing I know, it's 4:00 in the afternoon. 

  
  

  If I could save time in a bottle,
  the first thing that I'd like to do,
  is crawl down inside
  for the length of the ride,
  and then stick my tongue out at you.  ...

  
  

  Okay, I'm cracking up now, I just got the mental image of the lamp in Aladdin with the geni's tongue sticking out the wick hole. 

  
  

  So what would I be doing in my bottle, I'd have a modem hookup next to my bathtub so I could surf the net while soaking in bubbles.  I'd have a dreamy workroom with all my quilting and sewing equipment permanently set up so I don't have to use the kitchen table.  And of course, I'd have my library.  I'd come out occassionally to kiss my husband and hug my kids, then I'd go right back to being selfishly self-absorbed.  ... Wait a sec! ... If all the time in the world was in there with me, I wouldn't be missed out here in Real Life, because no time would pass in my absence - well there goes the last smidgen of guilt I was entertaining for that fantasy. 

  
  

  We really had a good weekend.  Quiet, family activities.  The kids played a LOT of games of GO FISH.  Tim was in a baking mood, so he made rye bread, beer bread, cookies and cajun cornbread.  Yum.  I made apple butter, but I didn' put in enough sugar and it turned out like syrup.  I did find a website with fixes for jam problems, so I'll try again tonight and see if I can save it.  I'm usualy a good cook, but sometimes I just can't believe that the directions in the book could possibly be right.  I mean this apple butter recipe called for 3/4 again as much sugar as I had apple pulp.  That would have been a whole five pound bag!  It just didn't seem reasonable. 

  
  

  I watched Double Jeopardy last night.  It was kind of fun being the only one awake, that doesn't happen to me often since I'm the original early to bed Mom.  I like Tommy Lee Jones in almost anything, and I'm coming to appreciate Ashley Judd more and more.  I was glad that in the end she didn't torture and kill her weasle husband (although he deserved it).  She didn't deserve to have to carry that guilt, and it was pretty clear at that point that she wasn't the kind of person who could nonchalantly walk away from an act of violent revenge.  Did anyone else watch it?  I wondered if it had been edited for television or if they showed it complete.

  
  

  Well, maybe I'll catch a few minutes tonight after CSI Miami and I can reconstruct my brilliant essay of this morning - or at least make a reasonable stab at the topic. 

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