Hi folks

There’s sorta a meme out there amongst my LJ about typing with your eyes closed without hitting delete, so I’m giving that a shot. For this entire post.

I’ve gotten some great expressions from friends and family when they aske (stupid e) me a question while typing and I look up to chat at them while my fingers do the walking. *smirk*

But that wasn’t really what I was going to post about. It’s about that time, late at night, when one reviews one’s life and the present state of afairs. Lucy spent the weekend with me and is off to her next rotation. I spent time with friends this week. I sang with gusto. I’ve done some crazy-hard work at the office, which will continue into this week, while also doing part of my former boss’ job since he’s on vacation.

Once in awhile, when I’m feeling exceptionally grateful for where my life has been and where it is going, I think of a song from my early teen years (when things weren’t hot at all). I threw together a bunch of photos, ears ago, just to put faces to the felings.

I’ll come back to edit this post with the video, if it is still on the interwebs. Clearly I should make a new one sometime with all the fabulous friends I’ve made since then.

Anyway, how’d I do with my blind typing?

PS It’s the same one, naturally, that I’ve posted three or four times before, but I like to remind myself from time to time.

~ by Skennedy on July 13, 2009.

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8 Responses to “Hi folks”

  1. Photo stories from the video:

    • My 2005 graduation from Madonna University, with my mom.
    • Meeting my sister (for the second time?) and my first time meeting my grandmother Kennedy.
    • Grandmother Recca, from when my mom and I surprised our family in Philly on Christmas Eve
    • My cousins Terry, Jenny and Mike – this is behind our aunt P.A.’s house, when she still lived in MI
    • My uncle Johnny and his daughter Jackie, also from that Christmas
    • Aunt Sue!
    • Aunt PA and my cousin Mike, all growed up
    • The cousins again, this time with grandma Recca’s partner Lois
    • Ren Fest with K.T., Jen, Gwen and my ex Rachel
    • My self-adopted sister Heather, who has moved to Florida and who I miss terribly
    • Eli, a sweet friend who I’ve known through good times and, well, crazy times
    • Jana, who I first came to know on IRC 13 years ago, and who I don’t see enough
    • Katrina’s kissing my tiki god, if you know what I mean
    • Jen and Jason, part of my extended “Lansing” family
    • Jeska, brilliant and beaming
    • The quintessential Joy here, nest to Jeff. I try to always imagine her with this nose.
    • Karinny, Desire and Amy ride again during our yearly camp-out
    • Two of my oldest friends, Sydney and Katrina, came to see my movie premiere in 2001. I was so happy to have them there with me.
    • Krystyn! Part of my beekeeper posse.
    • K.T. and her tiny puppy, Gracie. Go say hi to Gracie these days.
    • Melanie’s daughter Leah during a trip to see them in FL
    • Benniferus, Leslie and myself at Luna
    • Leslie’s moved to CA where she kicks ass in genetics
    • My dearest Lucy, myself and a Llama. Who is who?
    • Halloween at 603 with, among many others, Jason and Scott
    • I love this picture so much, I made an icon. Camping with Sam, Alex, Amy and Scott
    • Keira has us wrapped up in a giant hug with Maypole ribbon. Hot.

    atdt1991 said this on July 13, 2009 at 7:05 am

    • Lucy at the maypole
    • Lucy and her family puppy, Rhea.
    • Melinda, about 40 minutes before a horrendous sunburn. ;)
    • Rikki and M!nk at – DA DUM! Food Lion
    • Dancing at ConFusion with Nancypants, Amy and Alex
    • Ani – we shall be fierce together. rar!
    • Rennie at con!
    • Believe it or not, SarahKate and I were pissed at each other in this shot. *grin* I’m glad we aren’t any more.
    • Benny and Rob (the funniest man alive) ride the rollercoaster for Melanie at my movie premiere
    • Trase and George next to the ancient projecter they procured for me
    • Aaamy, one of my very favorite canadians
    • Al and I at our first meeting – an outdoor Shakespeare Festival
    • Alex shows me the ropes
    • Two of the sweetest women ever, Lucy and Amy
    • T-Rex time!
    • I made Rachel stand out in the snow while I photographed her puppy-dog face
    • My favorite picture of Ann
    • I love strong, outgoing, happy, loving people.
    • Anne – a summer picnic with friends
    • The Lansing crew sing The Mekong Song, as we do at the end of every party
    • Ari, SarahKate and Sam look smokin’ at RenFest
    • Summer somehow found herself in the closet at SoaPmeet. Who knew?
    • Ben, Benny, her brother and I jumped out of a perfectly good plane together this one time
    • Mr Karl has always had a skewed perspective
    • Another one of my oldest friends, Mr Wil portrays a man of color
    • Lucy and the fabulously coiffed Brendan
    • Carrie-tron, the karaoke queen and toughgirl extraordinare
    • My favorite ninja, wee or otherwise, Cheryl

    atdt1991 said this on July 13, 2009 at 7:20 am

    • Christie!
    • Chuck, just after his roasting at Con
    • Colleen, my closest college friend, on St Patrick’s Day (what, you thought Christmas maybe?)
    • Dan and his sister – the king of the Spoem and phishy philosophy
    • Dean and Amy, with a little peak from Alex
    • Deonna immediately following her polar swim. Also my favorite photo
    • Debra and Missy, her little blue sportscar.
    • Diana, Benny and Skippy
    • DEMF with Diana and Katester
    • Diana at Li’l Chef in Brighton.

    People who, past or present, I hope never to take for granted.

    atdt1991 said this on July 13, 2009 at 7:27 am

  4. I often wondered about the few people or places that I didn’t recognize in here! So glad you shared this with us, (again) sweety. It still brings a smile to my face ever time, and a warmth to my heart. :hugs:

    silver_bits said this on July 13, 2009 at 8:25 am

  5. I watch it every time you post it and just love that video more and more..

    raencloud said this on July 13, 2009 at 4:50 pm

  6. I’m pretty certain that I can type all day long with my eyes closed. I have a solid grasp of the keyboard. Started in 12th grade, when I took a touch typing class. Did most of it with a sheet of paper over my hands. But if I screw up, I won’t notice it. My biggest concern is that the laptop keyboard is mushier than I like, so I’m possibly missing some of the keypresses that I think I’m hitting.

    Feck, that was it, how is it?

    (now I can look, right? I don’t know how to get to the ‘post comment’ button from the keyboard.) Hey! I did pretty good. Wait… Yeah, I triple-space between a couple of sentences. Ah well.

    rbradakis said this on July 14, 2009 at 1:55 am

    • It was about the same for me, except my touch typing class with the sheet of paper was in 9th grade, and my first real computer (not including the commodore 64 at 9) was at 12.

      atdt1991 said this on July 14, 2009 at 2:44 am

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