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Also excited for yoga. In 14 minutes. Out the door.
So, I am driving to Target this afternoon. And for some reason I was thinking about my planner. It is a real thick leather one that looks a lot like a bible. It has one page for each day. It has lines for each half hour of the day, from 8am - 8pm. I love it. It keeps me on track.
Anyway. I realized how horrified I would be if someone read it. If someone looked through it. If someone saw the activities that I jot down and the stuff I cross out. And then I thought about how odd that is. I have no problem typing up my flaws and fears and awkward moments and publishing them on the internet. But my daily activities? The mundane stuff on my to-do lists? That seems much to personal to share.
Today's writings are exactly this:
Sharing because it should not be so embarrassing. Still feel like it is though. Still feels like such an invasion to have someone read your planner. So weird.
Got cool emails yesterday.
Links to stuff that people thought I would be interested in.
Sony Bravia Commercial -- So cool. Love when advertising becomes art.
Hooking Up Cards -- Mildly inappropriate, but hilariously funny. For so long I wanted to create my own versions of these cards and sell them to the Row. There is a demand for these cards. You just have to know your audience. Funny.
Also heard about Target Couture. Apparently the Bulls-eye logo is going extremely high end. Not sure how I feel about that. Interesting though.
And on the topic of cool: I have cool friends. Fun friends. Good times at BJ's last night. Enjoying it.
Just completed my internet routine.
Check email. Send the Gap.com and the Nordstrom.com and the Coach.com and the UrbanOutfitters.com emails to the trash. Read the good emails. The ones from the girls first. Reply where needed. Open the junk email that actually is of interest to me (i.e. scrapbooking websites). Open the email from Facebook that reads "Erin Hanohano has made a comment about your photo." Spend a moment or two on facebook. Comment on Erin's Wall. Review my profile to be sure I still come across as a normal and more importantly, not-awkward human being.
Open the email that has been sitting in my inbox since May 9. From: Me. Subject: Websites. Inside are links to the blogs that I read. The blogs that inspire me. Click on the blogs. Get angry when they do not update. Get excited (almost giddy) when there are updates. When I get a glimpse at the lives of people that I hardly know. People that I am connected to only by the sharing of ideas. Of thoughts.
Come to typepad. Check the comments. Laugh when I remember that people do not like to leave comments. Make mental note to comment on the blogs that I read. And start to type. Start to share my own ideas. Become thankful for this internet that connects me with the world. That allows me to communicate. That allows me to grow.
Thankful for this internet that provides me with entertainment as I enjoy my post-yoga-snack of toast and raspberry jelly. Oh, so thankful.
My name is Elise Blaha Cripe. I live in San Diego, California with my husband and our two young daughters.
I make stuff like it's my job.
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