emily’s rules of the road
With fear and my hand clutching the GPS, I began driving the seven hours home to Nebraska from school. I am a junior and my last trip home was the first time I didn’t take my GPS, but I survived. A lot of people think seven hours is a lot to drive but it is not too bad. For about four hours, I fall completely in love with myself, my wit, my intelligence, my singing voice. I have to ask myself “Do people realize how great I truly am?” The last three hours kind of drag.
I recently started listening to books on tape while I drive. I feel like the dumber the better. They would be classified as chick books. The top two adverbs are incredulously and surreptitiously. When I go home, I always mention how I am listening to books while I drive to relatives. Of course they always ask what they are about. Shamefully, I admit, “Well this girl just married this gay man so he could stay in the country with his lover and now 10 years later she is engaged and never got a divorce or it starts with this girl sleeping with her best friend’s finace on her 30th birthday.” Even worse while I getting my ticket through the toll. My speakers rejoiced loudly in front of the toll lady with “Then we made love slowly, switching positions.”
When I get really bored, I make up stories with names on the signs. Segdwick the elephant, and his friend Mulvane. Calling people is always nice too. After a long conversation I think, “Was I driving that whole time? Because I don’t remember anything.”
Some quick things, QT’s are the best place to stop. I prefer paper towels to hand dryers, except for the Xclelerater which I imagine if you put your face under it, it is like astronaut training.
a minute with my family
I recorded this for my brother John, who is in London and missed Thanksgiving. It has all the elements of a moment with my family.
1. Clothing missing
2. A fight with mom
3. Someone being called a Nazi
4. The bird
5. My dad singing
Scotty forgot to look at himself in the mirror on the way down the stairs but he is only half us.
Anyway miss you, John!
love. love. love.
I watched Moonstruck on Hulu when I got my wisdom teeth taken away from me. Cher is in it, if you didn’t know. Anyway, I liked this quote.
Ronny Cammareri: Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn’t know this either, but love don’t make things nice – it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren’t here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts…
own it.
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions 
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears however measured or far away.”
-henry david thoreau
if you’re into this kind of thing
I recently came upon a book that I read last year. For awhile I have searched for a chastity book that is worthwhile. I know everyone doesn’t always agree on it, but I’d like to give it a try. I have read ones that I have had to put down because I don’t think they were written by people who are human. Some are just a little unrealistic for me and sometimes just a tad brainwashy. But if anyone is interested at all, I would recommend The Thrill of the Chaste by 
Dawn Eden. It is written by a woman who is nonjudgmental and who has actually been there. Dawn Eden was a rock journalist in NYC. The book is filled with personal experiences from Dawn’s life in the New York singles scene. It was very fun, hip and easy to read and not preachy. Even if you aren’t religious, I would recommend the book just to offer another perspective.
The author had a blog http://dawneden.blogspot.com/ but has gone on permanent hiatus.
I have a copy if you want to borrow.
Guadalajara
Everything is almost set! I am getting my plane ticket very soon. I can’t believe that I am going to be gone for five months. I am excited but very nervous. Everyone keeps telling me that I am going to love it there. There’s apparently only one other OU student going who I haven’t met. Today there was a long pre-departure meeting. They told us that we need to prepare ourselves to feel uncomfortable. Perfect! I feel uncomfortable all the time!
oh i wrote this…
Here is the link to check out all my pieces published on BlogCritics.
pretty voice
i like the beginning lyrics. the others i wish i felt.
Michael Scott’s wisdom
This line from last week’s The Office struck me. Michael on dating an older woman:
“Honestly, for a long time I thought I was going to grow old with Holly, and then I met Helene, and she is great, and she already knows and has done everything that I have ever wanted to do and can tell me about it, but I think I want to do those things myself.”
