...And in 16 days, I'll be getting it back.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
SO. CLOSE.
Danielle, our final conspirator, posted this to Facebook earlier tonight:
...And in 16 days, I'll be getting it back.
...And in 16 days, I'll be getting it back.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sometimes I'm a little slow...
..but I always get around to it!
I know, my most recent update on the book is WAY late. It has been sent, via UPS to the last conspirator.
I talked with Mia through google chat about my notebook insecurities - and I was getting more and more nervous the closer it got to me. Then it arrived. I just happened to need to go by my parent's house and brought the notebook with me. Mom was awake, so I read it to her, and she let me take this picture. Now, in the picture, she's not smiling - because she had to have her teeth removed - it makes her self-conscious - but lemme tell you she had a grip on that book!
I put out a call for awesomeness on my facebook page. I thought.. the goal here is to decrease world suck. Let's move it beyond the conspirators on the list. I didn't get nearly as many responses as I thought I would - but I did get some good ones. I can't wait till you guys get a chance to read them. I have just re-friended Tara, since there's no more need for secrecy.
Having the book was amazing, and honestly very humbling. All of YOU are inspiring. I am pretty proud just to have been a part of this little thing. Thank you.
I know, my most recent update on the book is WAY late. It has been sent, via UPS to the last conspirator.
I talked with Mia through google chat about my notebook insecurities - and I was getting more and more nervous the closer it got to me. Then it arrived. I just happened to need to go by my parent's house and brought the notebook with me. Mom was awake, so I read it to her, and she let me take this picture. Now, in the picture, she's not smiling - because she had to have her teeth removed - it makes her self-conscious - but lemme tell you she had a grip on that book!
I put out a call for awesomeness on my facebook page. I thought.. the goal here is to decrease world suck. Let's move it beyond the conspirators on the list. I didn't get nearly as many responses as I thought I would - but I did get some good ones. I can't wait till you guys get a chance to read them. I have just re-friended Tara, since there's no more need for secrecy.
Having the book was amazing, and honestly very humbling. All of YOU are inspiring. I am pretty proud just to have been a part of this little thing. Thank you.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
I could never be Amish
Sometimes, Facebook annoys the hell out of me, but you know why I stick around? Dani.
Dani moved to the small village in southeastern New York where I grew up the summer before seventh grade. Her family only stayed for that year, and then they moved to Georgia. We wrote letters. We hung out one day the summer after high school when she was up visiting her grandparents. We emailed a little after that, but eventually lost touch. Shortly after my mom died, Dani and I connected again on Facebook.*
During the hardest period of my life, she was there in ways people who had known me longer and better and lived closer weren't.
She told me about her life, about her sisters (it still freaks me out that they are all grown up -- I picture them as the small people they were when they lived around the corner 20 years ago). She told me about her mom's MS. (I didn't know Dani's mom all that well when they lived nearby, but she always reminded me of my mom -- the kind of lady that didn't take crap from anyone.)
Just a few minutes ago, Dani texted me a picture of her mom with the red notebook. (This is probably because Dani temporarily unfriended and blocked me from Facebook last night so that I can't see any of the things she's doing with the notebook. The suspense is kind of killing me. The picture text was a nice reprieve from the suspense, and it definitely made me a little teary.)
I have no idea what else Dani is doing with the notebook, how she's planning to create awesome, but that picture was a bit of awesome for me, just a couple weeks after my mom's third deathiversary.
*About a year later, a similar thing happened with another childhood friend who turned out to live IN THE SAME STATE as me. That's reason enough to stay on Facebook.
Dani moved to the small village in southeastern New York where I grew up the summer before seventh grade. Her family only stayed for that year, and then they moved to Georgia. We wrote letters. We hung out one day the summer after high school when she was up visiting her grandparents. We emailed a little after that, but eventually lost touch. Shortly after my mom died, Dani and I connected again on Facebook.*
During the hardest period of my life, she was there in ways people who had known me longer and better and lived closer weren't.
She told me about her life, about her sisters (it still freaks me out that they are all grown up -- I picture them as the small people they were when they lived around the corner 20 years ago). She told me about her mom's MS. (I didn't know Dani's mom all that well when they lived nearby, but she always reminded me of my mom -- the kind of lady that didn't take crap from anyone.)
Just a few minutes ago, Dani texted me a picture of her mom with the red notebook. (This is probably because Dani temporarily unfriended and blocked me from Facebook last night so that I can't see any of the things she's doing with the notebook. The suspense is kind of killing me. The picture text was a nice reprieve from the suspense, and it definitely made me a little teary.)
I have no idea what else Dani is doing with the notebook, how she's planning to create awesome, but that picture was a bit of awesome for me, just a couple weeks after my mom's third deathiversary.
*About a year later, a similar thing happened with another childhood friend who turned out to live IN THE SAME STATE as me. That's reason enough to stay on Facebook.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Dani has the Red Notebook!
Hi! I'm Dani - I just got the notebook. I mean I literally JUST got home, picked up my mail - opened the package with absolute glee - and forced my roommate to take this picture. Please excuse the freshly washed face and bum bandana. :)
I haven't read anything yet. I haven't added anything yet. I know already though, that this could quite possibly be that ONE thing that I have a part of that really makes me proud. Seriously. I can't wait. I'm nervous. I am afraid that it will be so awesome and amazing that I won't be able to make it even more awesome and amazing. But you know what? I'm going to do it anyway. For you guys, and for Tara - and to absolutely DECREASE WORLD SUCK!
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
When the Notebook was in NC...
(Yes, I'm changing the posting date. I'm writing this on 10/23, but for my own OCD-related reasons, I want this to show up before Dani announces she has it. Because I'm anal like that. True story.)
I promised Graceless that I would update the blog, but things have been utterly crazy in my world. So... better late than never, ja? Here we go...
The Red Notebook arrived sometime while I was on vacation in Florida. But when I returned on October 1st, it was in the mailbox waiting for me. As soon as I saw the package, I knew exactly what it was, and was beyond excited. I decided to forgo unpacking, and read the notebook instead.
I had told Graceless I would try to keep the turnover rate to a week. I've had months and months to think about everything. So I was ready to go! But as I started working my way through the notebook, and soaking up the awesomeness within, I realized I couldn't be done with it in merely a week! That was impossible!
At one point, I was going to send it to her. But then it told me it wasn't ready to leave yet. There was a touch bit more awesomeness to add. So I listened, and I did.
I kept it for two weeks before sending it along to Dani.
I followed some of the missions. And I want to post all about my experiences and such. But I can't. Mostly because I don't want to leave any spoilers. I DO plan on a larger update, after the notebook is back with Graceless. Then I won't feel bad about sharing, because the surprise won't be ruined.
On a bit of a side note... I'm completely bewildered over something that may or may not have happened. I could have sworn that on my first day with the notebook I had read a cookie recipe, and had planned on following the instructions attached. But when I went back - TWICE! - to find the recipe so I could go along with it, I couldn't find it again. Did I hallucinate it being there in the first place? Or did I really manage to overlook it several times over again?
PS - I wanted to take pictures of my cats with the notebook, too. But they opted to shy away from it.
I promised Graceless that I would update the blog, but things have been utterly crazy in my world. So... better late than never, ja? Here we go...
The Red Notebook arrived sometime while I was on vacation in Florida. But when I returned on October 1st, it was in the mailbox waiting for me. As soon as I saw the package, I knew exactly what it was, and was beyond excited. I decided to forgo unpacking, and read the notebook instead.
I had told Graceless I would try to keep the turnover rate to a week. I've had months and months to think about everything. So I was ready to go! But as I started working my way through the notebook, and soaking up the awesomeness within, I realized I couldn't be done with it in merely a week! That was impossible!
At one point, I was going to send it to her. But then it told me it wasn't ready to leave yet. There was a touch bit more awesomeness to add. So I listened, and I did.
I kept it for two weeks before sending it along to Dani.
I followed some of the missions. And I want to post all about my experiences and such. But I can't. Mostly because I don't want to leave any spoilers. I DO plan on a larger update, after the notebook is back with Graceless. Then I won't feel bad about sharing, because the surprise won't be ruined.
On a bit of a side note... I'm completely bewildered over something that may or may not have happened. I could have sworn that on my first day with the notebook I had read a cookie recipe, and had planned on following the instructions attached. But when I went back - TWICE! - to find the recipe so I could go along with it, I couldn't find it again. Did I hallucinate it being there in the first place? Or did I really manage to overlook it several times over again?
PS - I wanted to take pictures of my cats with the notebook, too. But they opted to shy away from it.
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