Dreaming is free

Up to 6 deer. Passing mt shasta.

Still in oregon and have seen 4 deers on the side of the road. One had some big birds on it.

On our way home.

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/07/a-mean-trick-to.html

(00:02) Wait for it ...
(00:05) Wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-it for it ...
(00:08) Al-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-lmost time ...
(00:10) WAKE UP!!  IT'S COLONEL SANDERS!!

(00:11) "Wha-huh?!"

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/07/going-postal-on.html

The BunMaster 3000® can open junk mail at lightening speeds. Set on Super-Fast Nomming, you can throw out that donation request from your alma mater faster than ever before.

Say 'Return to Sendah' in an Elvis voice, Donna B.!

I realize I kinda live like a vagrant here.

No bed really feels like my own. Even the bed I sleep on in Davis isn't actually mine. I'm in and out of San Jose all the time...especially now that Brad's parents have gotten used to me and love me. (YAY!) When I'm not there, I'm at Mike's parents place. I sleep on an air-mattress on his floor, hehe.

Starting tomorrow I'll be spending another week at the dogsitting job. There I sleep on his daughter's bed, surrounded by dog.

It's weird when I think about it, considering what I was used to before..but don't feel bad for me. I love it! I suppose this sounds lame, but I have a really adventurous spirit.

In other news...

I'm finally facing my childhood fears and getting my ears pierced.

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/07/at-the-jedi-ass.html

"A sitz bath, HAH!  Adult diapers, FEH!  A Jedi craves not these things.  And why was there no tapioca with dinner?  Promised it, I was." (incoherent mumbling)

Try to remember him when, Barbara H.

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http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2008/07/sunday-secrets.html

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people
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-----Email Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 12:07 AM

It's interesting - though you tagged this photograph as "I'm ready to love everything" and to me it looks like "I'm ready to lose everything," I wonder if in fact these vastly different phrases would still translate to the same meaning...




-----Email Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:52 AM

I just showed this to my husband and he said "Thank God." It took us 6 months and we felt like failures.






-----Email Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:51 PM
Subject: stat counter

I look forward to reading people's secrets every week and it makes me feel less lonely. Especially when I get to the bottom of the page and refresh and re-read stat counter to find that over 2400 people spent the last 4 minutes with ME!

...(152,903,926 - 152,906,332)




















-----Email Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:15 AM

When I walk by a black person I'm afraid they will think I am racist if I do OR if I don't look at them.



-----Email Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 12:36 PM

for the record, we minorities don't notice whether you look at us on the street or not. we're thinking about politics, the weather, and what to make for dinner - just like you.





-----Email Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:09 AM

Hi Frank,

At 26, my first wrinkles have just started appearing on my forehead. At first I was upset, but then I realized it was due to the expression I make when I am interested or curious.

Now, I hope they only get deeper, because I would hate to loose that sense of wonder. Thanks for posting it so that I could remember how important it is to love something more than my appearance.



-----Email Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:35 AM

Being an EMT made me question my faith in god, but my coworkers gave me faith in humanity.





-----Email Message-----
To: Frank Warren

I was reading PostSecret today and I happened to scroll down to the end of the page, and saw a photo of Kristin - a childhood friend that lived around the block from me in Florida. I did hear when she died, but I was very surprised to see the suicide hotline with Kristin's picture on it.

After researching how the Kristin Brooks Hope Center was founded I had to pass along to Kristin's husband, Reese, that the love he has for her is overwhelming. His devotion to her memory is remarkable, and I just wanted him to know that a friend who knew Kristin a long time ago was proud that she married someone like him. Their child is blessed to have parents like Kristin and Reese.

Thank you for all you do to help people in dark places find their light.





-----Email Message-----
From: Reese Butler [Founder, Kristin Brooks Hope Center]

The ability and opportunity to connect with one of Kristin's childhood friends was a miracle and a gift from the PostSecret community.

After Kristin's death I desperately tried to reach out to all the people she grew up with. It was important to me that people who did know her learned what happened to her and how they can prevent others from falling to the same fate.

For over 3 years the PostSecret community has helped people learn that they share some of the deepest and darkest secrets and are not alone

Thanks for this miracle.



-----Email Message-----
From: Frank Warren
Subject: Struggling to meet a July 9th deadline

The Kristin Brooks Hope Center needs your help today.

Become a member of the 99 CLUB. Call Reese directly to arrange for a larger donation 202-669-8500 (yes, that is Reese's direct phone number, please be respectful). You can also make a quick and easy PayPal donation.

All donations are fully tax deductible and 100% of your donation will go directly to HopeLine.





-----Email Message-----
From: Reese Butler [mailto:reese@hopeline.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:49 AM
Subject: the campaign is working!

Dear Frank,

Over $10,000 in 8 hours and we have over 500 new donors. You must read some of the comments from the PostSecret Community donors. We also have 55 [update: 60] members of the 99 CLUB. That represents a pledge of $275,000(!) [update: $300,000]. I will keep you posted as we make more progress.

Best always,
Reese

( THEME : Uncommon. Because everything today was uncommon. DITL of a pregnant SAHM to four boys - on a day I move my family from Seattle to Phoenix. I didn't take as many pictures as I wish I had. Needless to say, I was busy. )

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/07/linux-h4x0rs-in.html

Check this out, Linux Source magazine is getting its cute on with the July 2008 cover. Whoa! [Say in Keanu Reeves voice]

C.O.X.L.M.C.U.:  Whooooaa!  [say in Mike Myers voice]

Obligatory triumphant h4x0r:

Scott N., thanks for the scr33n c4pp4g3!

[Here's the CO post shown on that cover, by the way.  Well spotted, Erin! - Ed.]

I was so excited to see a DITL that fell on my birthday! As birthdays go, it wasn't my most exciting, but there is cake!

This post is rated PG-13 for language.

( Is it lucky when your birthday digits match? I'm 33. )

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/07/paw-clenching-a.html

[Looking around the table for who ordered this fine dish] Who ordered the Rule #29 (clenching paws in the air repeatedly)? Be careful, the plate is very hot.

This song is almost tolerable now, Ragnhild K.!

( A fruity Tuesday )

I changed careers and became a third-grade teacher, which obviously is not well-suited to lots of photography, so I haven't done a DITL in many many moons. School just got out, though, so I tried again. I'm rusty!

( My first DITL in a looong time. )

Sitting at pioneer square waiting for a train that isn't over capacity. Probably gonna be awhile.

Punks are throwing smoke bombs into the crowd.

At the blues festival on the portland waterfront. It's quite packed but nice.

Day in the life of a 22 year old student who works from home! Warning: LAUNDRY AND DISHES. AND UNDERWEAR.