Gets me everytime
Don’t you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy...you know the Queen of Hearts is your best bet.
It gets me everytime.
A friend of mine sings it every week at Karaoke for me. He’s started referring to it as “my song”.
Good times.
Don Draper's Letter to Betty
11/03/10 11:16
The letter from the season 2 finale of Mad Men, taking place during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Everyone thinks the world is going to end, and Don and Betty’s marriage is dissolving.
Here is the text of the letter:
Here is the text of the letter:
Dear Betty, I'm sitting in the Roosevelt looking at the backs of Bobby and Sally's heads as they watch TV. I'm not letting them change the channel because watching the news makes me sick and they can see it. I think about you and how I behaved and my regret. I know it's my fault that you are not here right now. I think about tomorrow where you'll be and the day after that as well. I understand why you feel it's better to go on without me and I know that you won't be alone for very long but without you I'll be alone forever. I love you. Don
My Character Sketch
09/03/10 16:26 Filed in: Personal
This is a re-start.
I’ve weathered a terrible storm, and while I stand in the eye of the hurricane, I look around at all the destruction and do my best to take it all in stride.
One of the buddhist mentors I’ve read suggests that at the start of each day, while gazing upon yourself in the mirror, ask yourself the question, “Who am I?”
This blurb will attempt to answer that. It will fail, as all humans instinctually conceal our truest motivations and intentions, but this post, and all those that follow, will be an effort in letting pulling back the curtain--revealing that I am not the wizard I’m believed to be and try to show me for what I am. Me.
I am in transition. The next six months of my life will revolve around planning, searching, and executing. On top of it all, I’m going to try to have as much fun as possible with those lucky enough to share their life with me. Trips. Concerts. Late night 4am phone calls from San Francisco best friends helping me keep it all together.
I’m trying to do something I cannot imagine. I am trying to create for myself a life where I am happier than I was on December 12th, 2009. I have little idea on how to do this, but even the longest journey begins with a single footstep. Here is where I will chronicle mine..
So to answer the question who am i...
This me. Old me and New me, one and the same -- but different. Where I go from here, who I become, what I do -- that’s all part of the story. It’s a work in progress. And this spot, this weblog, will be where you can find the highlights.
I’ve weathered a terrible storm, and while I stand in the eye of the hurricane, I look around at all the destruction and do my best to take it all in stride.
One of the buddhist mentors I’ve read suggests that at the start of each day, while gazing upon yourself in the mirror, ask yourself the question, “Who am I?”
This blurb will attempt to answer that. It will fail, as all humans instinctually conceal our truest motivations and intentions, but this post, and all those that follow, will be an effort in letting pulling back the curtain--revealing that I am not the wizard I’m believed to be and try to show me for what I am. Me.
I am in transition. The next six months of my life will revolve around planning, searching, and executing. On top of it all, I’m going to try to have as much fun as possible with those lucky enough to share their life with me. Trips. Concerts. Late night 4am phone calls from San Francisco best friends helping me keep it all together.
I’m trying to do something I cannot imagine. I am trying to create for myself a life where I am happier than I was on December 12th, 2009. I have little idea on how to do this, but even the longest journey begins with a single footstep. Here is where I will chronicle mine..
So to answer the question who am i...
- I’m messy.
- I’m witty after coffee.
- I’m considered remarkably smart. I hate hearing how “intellectual” I am.
- I work with computers, sometimes I love it, sometimes I dread it.
- I’m a published amateur poet
- I love swing dance, I’m learning latin dance, and I even want to try my hand at ballroom dance.
- I’m somewhat of a low-grade amateur adrenaline junkie. I snowboard, I plan on sky diving, and I can see a motorcycle not too far off in my future.
- I’m a born-and-raised atheist who had a spiritual awakening August 2009, and I’m studying Zen Buddhism in my free time.
- I’m a romantic/idealist at heart
- I love to read and love others who share the same passion.
- I can’t sing to save my life, but you’ll find me caterwauling on Karaoke night.
- Sketch Comedy is one of my favorite forms of Comedy, even more than Stand Up Comedy.
- I drink socially.
- I’m quitting smoking.
- I believe in saying you’re sorry.
- I believe in second chances.
- I hate people who flake.
- I hate those who self-sabotage.
- I despite small-minded or selfish people.
- I pity those who skirt by on their looks.
- I aim to be mindful of others.
- I have a big heart, but its guarded.
- I can talk politics with you all night if you’ve got the time to waste.
This me. Old me and New me, one and the same -- but different. Where I go from here, who I become, what I do -- that’s all part of the story. It’s a work in progress. And this spot, this weblog, will be where you can find the highlights.