a walking adventure

yesterday, i took a walk during my lunch break. it was a good walk to the boundary of my office complex. exercise and exposure to sun were desperately needed. but, because that wasn't enough of an adventure, i decided today to walk past the office complex. i like adventures, and i think you do, too, if you're reading this. i i'll tell about about my amazing lunchtime walking adventure.

when walking to the end of the office complex, i noticed again (i had noticed it yesterday, too) the train track that runs up a little hill, parallel to the office buildings. so i walked up onto the tracks to see what i could see. and what did i see but a path! a paved path that ran through a little wooded area behind some huge houses. so, of course, i followed it. houses in wayne are HUGE. and at least a few of them have dogs. the fun part was imagining that i was walking into narnia or some other magical world. or imagining the fun conversations i could have with the people who live in these huge houses.

about 15 minutes after finding the path, the alarm on my phone went off, telling me that it was time to turn around and get ready to rejoin reality. of course, as my phone started ringing, i came upon a sign on my path that said that it was a restricted area or no trespassing or something like that. so i had to turn back. but now i'm really interested to find out what lies beyond that sign!

by request, an update

because i love my sister, and because i can't resist a requested update, a few fun quotes from the last week or so:

"we need to know how, where, how and when."

"we have some backpaid bills that has not yet been paid by you guys."

"it's a whole bunch of numbers followed by the letter six."

"So, you know, it does get taken out on a basis."


"All of the notes we have are kept."


"They’re on the west side of the coast.”


and my favorite recent quote:


"Generally, that's impossible, but..."

BAIL

aaand i'm back!

and i'm in a whole new state of mind called simplicity. i've been reading blogs such as Becoming Minimalist, Small Notebook, SimpleOrganic, and Zen Habits (and, of course, all of the other similarly-minded blogs branching off from those listed). so i've changed the look of this blog back to its minimalistic state (let's see how long this lasts), and i'm moving into a more purposeful stage of life -- one where i don't get bogged down in the stress of things that don't matter. anxiety is so 2010. it's a new year!

and i've discovered a new favorite website. similar to MLIA, but better! HERE it is!

and i just saw Inception for the first time last night. so well done! and here is my favorite DBPB.com post so far:

Dear Martin Luther King, Jr.,

I have a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream... Now what?

Sincerely,

Leonardo DiCaprio

NaNoWriMo!

today is november 1. november is National Novel Writing Month. this year, i am finally taking the plunge to participate in writing my very own 50,000-word novel. i only decided this about 4 days ago, so i'm really flying by the seat of my pants here. i have a vague idea about plot. i'm writing from the first person because that's what i'm comfortable doing (feels more natural, if you can believe it), and i'm taking my inspiration from this blog, The Office, Outsourced, notalwaysright.com, and mylifeisaverage.com. i think this is going to be fun. i got a decent start this morning (887 words) before work, and i'm really, really antsy to finish up the day with about 850 more (daily goal to get 50,000 words in 30 days is 1,667).

"Today, I was in my car and we passed a hobo with a sign that said "WILL EAT FOR FOOD!". I was hopelessly confused. MLIA"