I'm "Just Not That Into" This Philosophy

TeresaJusino — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:19:01 -0800

Back in 2004, when Sex and the City was in its heyday and anything said to be like or inspired by it flew off the shelves, a book called He's Just Not That Into You hit stores and became an instant smash. (Not so coincidentally one of the book's authors, Greg Behrendt, was a consultant on Sex and the City, and took inspiration from the episode "Pick-A-Little, ...

Day One

TeresaJusino — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:29:21 -0800

It is Day One of a new world. A more hopeful world. A more giving world. There have already been glimmers of it earlier in the week. People took Obama's challenge to serve....seriously. All over the country people were seeking out ways to volunteer on Monday....helping in their communities, or traveling to places like New Orleans or Kenya to help communities other than their own. We ...

Metadream

TeresaJusino — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:21:21 -0800

I was in a place that felt like a Northeast college town, but in my head I knew I was in California. I was walking down a quaint, brick paved street with a girl who was my roommate. Blond, thin, pretty. I was walking Scarlett. Much of it was just me walking Scarlett - keeping her away from passing cars, stopping her from picking things up off the ground. We walked past a suburban ...

Baggage

TeresaJusino — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:40:20 -0800

Bag lady, you gon' miss your busYou can't hurry up 'Cause you got too much stuffWhen they see you cominNiggas take off runnin'From you, it's true, oh yes they doOne day, he gon' say you crowdin' my spaceOne day, he gon' say you crowdin' my spaceI said one day, he gon' say you crowdin' my spaceOne day, he gon' say you crowdin' my space So pack light...- Bag Lady, Erykah BaduEveryone has baggage. ...

Happy New Year

TeresaJusino — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:32:08 -0800

In years past, I've done "Year In Review" entries on my blog. For a stroll down memory lane, feel free to visit 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004. I'd thought about doing something similar for this year, but it seems unnecessary to be quite so elaborate about it. One thing I will say about 2008 is that, for the first time, the year ended much, much better than it started. Some ...

Love and Rainbows

TeresaJusino — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:35:40 -0800

Someday we'll find it,the rainbow connection,the lovers, the dreamers, and me...- Kermit the Frog, The Muppet Movie I have a favorite scarf. It's a rainbow scarf that belonged to my mother, who received it from a friend who bought it while on vacation in South America. It's a long, thick, comfy scarf that I remember being in the house since I was ...

Yes We Will

TeresaJusino — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:55:24 -0800

Amaze me, AmericaSave me from ArmageddonHigh road to Heaven... - "Amaze Me" by Girlyman President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama. It has a lovely, regal ring. Every syllable of that phrase contains a hope and a promise that my generation never dared to expect. Yet here we are at a poignant moment in history, at the dawn of a new, ...

Strange Country

TeresaJusino — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:25:47 -0700

The world was going around me...I don't know how to explain it...Feeling? Great. I feel great because I feel like I'm in control. A bit weird but like I'm in control...I felt at one time if I pushed it too much I would suffer the consequence but a push and a shove it was me against without my protection but I'm coming out on top...Things seem to be normalizing slowly....I'm at home. I've been ...

Synecdoche

TeresaJusino — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:14:03 -0700

syn·ec·do·che (sĭ-něk'də-kē) n. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). I recently saw an advanced screening of ...

Almost Lovers

TeresaJusino — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:51:32 -0700

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. This cliche implies that loving means getting, having. What of those that give, but don't get love to lose in the first place?I've had nothing to lose my entire life. I've loved, and loved hard. I've loved people not in spite of their flaws, but because of them, seeing them in full and loving everything that makes that ...

A New Leaf

TeresaJusino — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:08:05 -0700

A few days ago, some friends and I were discussing my new job in terms of the sweet, vinyl-y smell of new school supplies.Remember the feeling of back to school? Regardless of how you felt about school for the rest of the year, that first day was always full of excitement and hope. The anticipation began weeks earlier when you received the letter detailing what school supplies would be needed in ...