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What is Love?

Love. It's a word that is thrown around. A feeling that is sought. An emotion that is expressed.

We all "know" what it means, but do we know what it really is?

Can I allow myself to be loved? I wonder at times, but I'm fairly sure that I am to the point where I can say "yes." Have I ever truly been in love in the past? I believe so. But then again, maybe it wasn't true, deep passionate love. Maybe it was just infatuation.

Right now I can say that I have the seed of love in my heart. There is THAT person out there. She has my heart, my thoughts, everything. I just hope that this time I don't chase her away as I have to the others in the past.

Patience they say. Don't move too fast. Yet there is another part of the spectrum that reminds us to get a move on it and let the other person know our true feelings. What to do? Who do I listen to?

I know who I'll listen to: ME!

I've spent my life trying to please those around me. Now it is time to ensure that my happiness is maintained as well. It may sound selfish, but if you neglect yourself, in the end, you cannot truly love. For you cannot give if you have nothing to give.

BYU male dancers defy gender stereotypes - Features

BYU male dancers defy gender stereotypes - Features

Happy New Year

I wish each and everyone of you a very happy new year and a successful 2008. Blessings be upon you and your family.

Evolution. It does exist!

The following came in an email to me today. I had to share it with you. I am not the author, nor do I know who the original author is to give him/her the proper recognition.If you know who the author is, please let me know. Merci.

For those that don't know a lot about history...Here is a condensed version...

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery.

That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girlie-men or wussies. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth; the elephant

Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

A few modern liberals like Mexican light beer (with lime added), but most prefer a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc,with passion fruit and kiwi aromas which are marked by grassy notes, then rounded out on the midpalate by peach flavors. Crisp and refreshing, with a hint of chalky minerality on the finish; or Perrier bottled water. They eat raw fish but dislike beef. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, Ivy League professors, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated-hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink Sam Adams, Harpoon IPA or Yuengling Lager. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively.

Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it. A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.

Alone in the crowded cyber world

It isn’t everyday that you find yourself sitting alone, pondering the multiple facets of your life. Or is it!
As of late, the fact that one is alone has slowly but surely made itself much more apparent. The myriad of friends that one would talk to face to face have disappeared and morphed into “online buddies.” Regular conversations no longer exist. They have regressed to short statements and emoticons. One no longer states whether they are happy, sad, upset, excited or any other emotion. Society simply relies upon a colon, dash and one parenthesis to decide if the interlocutor is content or down on his/her luck. A true verbal expression of feelings is never conveyed.
So, now I find myself here. Alone. I am attempting to converse with you, but there is no flow back from you. Will the future entail relationships with people we have never met and never hope to meet? Will people continue to fall in love online? Has everything become virtual? Will we ever have true contact? Or are we doomed to a fate of acquaintances, friendships and love via a flickering screen of colors devoid of emotional warmth and the soft human touch?

Gender Bender

Funny story of the week. We went to breakfast yesterday to celebrate all the November birthdays. I arrived a bit after the others with another co-worker and therefore had not given my drink order. The waitress looks at the other guy and says, "Sir, what would you like to drink?" and he gives her his order. She turns to me and says, you guessed it, "Ma'am, what would you like?". Of course the table erupted in laughter and she was quite embarrased when she heard me speak (the fact that I was a tad sick and had a deeper than usual voice did help in that regard). I had previously told my co-workers that I had been called "Ma'am" on four other occasions (three times during the Olympics and once in Atlanta), but they hadn't believed me. This was proof positive. The lady's excuse was that from my profile, I have a "pretty face." Lol. It is interesting to note that four of the five people who have mistaken me for a woman have been black. I wonder if I'm just one ugly, flat-chested woman or an enigma vis-a-vis gender. This just adds to my confusion. Some of you may remember that I was asked by a young black boy if I was black during my mission. Who knows, maybe I am a white female. (Scary. Makes me think of Michael Jackson lol).