ROGER FEDERER IS BEATEN AT THE U.S. OPEN!!!!!

I haven't been going out much lately. However, I'm SO glad that I went to First Draft last night. Rachel McKibbens is great. Period. She blew me away at last year's Nats; so I had to take advantage of the opportunity of hearing her again.

I'd like to say that Rachel McKibbens' feature inspired me to write. That's not the case, though. And, really, if you don't have a seed of inspiration within you to begin with, there's nothing someone else can do. I just don't feel like I have anything to say in a way that it hasn't already been said. This isn't a judgement thing. I don't know what to call it. Poems still come to me (like when I'm driving down the street). By the time I try to write the words down, though, they're gone. Or I seem to forget the "best" lines, the ones that excited me most when I was in the car.

It's frustrating.

In fact, it just sucks sometimes.

It's my favorite font!

Campaign to ban Comic Sans

So, I lost my house keys on Friday. I have NO IDEA where they are. They've got to be in the house, though. JP and I have torn the place apart with no luck. And I LOVED my Eiffel Tower keychain, too. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

On a good note, Banana Republic had a CRAZY sale over the weekend. Buy a suit jacket, get the pants for free. Say what?!!! I won't know what to do once the economy improves and everything is full price again.

MEME: Using only song titles from one artist, cleverly answer these questions.

Artist: Jamiroquai

1. Are you male or female: Cosmic Girl
2. Describe yourself: Canned Heat
3. How do you feel about yourself: Supersonic
4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Half the Man
5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: You Are My Love
6. Describe your current location: Planet Home
7. Describe where you want to be: Drifting Along
8. Your best friend is: Alright
9. Your favorite color is: Morning Glory
10. You know that: If I Like It, I Do It
11. What’s the weather like: Destitute Illusion
12. If your life were a television show what would it be called? Music of the Mind
13. What is life to you: Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop
14. What is the best advice you have to give: Blow Your Mind
15. If you could change your name what would you change it to: Didjerama

I really need to start opening my emails from Borders. I had no idea about the Open-Door Poetry series.

P.S. Is the streaming choppy for you?

For the first time in over ten years, my sister has hearing aids again. It is so weird watching her hear things. We just had a conversation in which she was at the top of the stairs and I was down in the living room. About 30 seconds later, I ran upstairs and met her coming out her bedroom door. We were both rushing to each other to say that it had just occurred to us that we were talking from separate rooms and she could understand me!! It's so amazing. She's discovering that almost everything makes a sound. "My car beeps? I didn't know that. Do all cars do that?" "I can hear myself yawn!" "The light switch makes a sound!"

It's just so amazing. It makes me want to cry.

I hope this doesn't give you a heart attack.

Most of you know that I volunteer at South Mifflin Elementary once a week through Big Brother Big Sister's Project Mentor program. Next week, we're going to be creating origami and writing haiku. I've decided to write some new haiku to share with the children. If anyone else would like to post some original haiku for kids aged 8-11, I'd love to share your work with them.

On Monday, I'll post about how everything went. Thanks!

I forgot to set the DVR to record the Inauguration. So, I left work at 11:30 to get home in order to watch and record the event. I am so glad I decided to do that. What a moment.

Hmmm...the Inaugural Poem just started. I'm not impressed.

Edit: No one even knew the poem was over!