Back in May I purchased some Parisian themed note cards which I sent to random people, for random reasons. One of those cards went to the President of the United States. I had no hopes for a response, I mean, it's the President! He is probably not even going to read my note. It probably will get tossed in the trash anyway, because it has glitter and a picture of the Eiffel Tower on it. After they test the glitter to make sure it is safe to dispose of it, of course.
Donnie and I are preparing for bed. It is 11:53pm and I have to be up early to work my second job. We have just turned out the lights when mon frere (my brother), Chris, knocks on the door.
"Come in," I say.
"So, when did you start corresponding with the White House?" says Chris.
I am thinking that Chris is playing some kind of joke and I am really tired.
"What are you talking about?" I ask.
"You have an official letter from the White House." He replies.
I sit up and tell him to turn on the light. As soon as the light is on he hands me the envelope and I see the words "The White House Washington, DC 20500" on the envelope, along with my name and address. I am addressed as "Ms."
I quickly open the envelope and read the following letter:
"Dear Sarai,
"Thank you for your kind note. Your thoughtful words join a chorus of millions of Americans who are eager to lead our Nation towards a brighter tomorrow.
"Each day, I am inspired by the encouraging messages of hope and determination I have received from people across the country. With the magnitude of challenges we face, we will only overcome them if our imagination is joined to common purpose.
"The future we leave to our children and grandchildren will be determined by our willingness to shoulder each other's burdens, take great risks, and move forward as one people and one Nation. With your help, we will build on what we have already achieved and lay a new foundation for real and lasting progress.
"Sincerely,
"Barack Obama"
I almost died! I received a letter back from Barack Obama, President of the United States! The only thing that could've been better would have been a phone call or meeting him in person, but I will settle for a letter!
Now, I just feel like I'm dreaming it all, except that I still have this white envelope addressed from the White House, with a watermarked sheet of paper with my name and the President's signature. I'm thinking I need to find a cool picture frame for this pronto!
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Past Living
The idea of Reincarnation and Past lives is not knew in this world of crazy ideas. And, to be fair, out of all the crazy ideas it certainly isn't the craziest. Several high-profile religions follow the belief that we are reincarnated after death, including Hinduism and Buddhism. Even some Christians believe in Reincarnation, though the Bible clearly states: "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" (Hebrews 9:27)
I like the idea of reincarnation because in some small way it is a piece of me living on. I like that idea, like anyone else I'm sure. We all want to live forever in some shape or form. So why not as another person or an animal? Or even as plants? I would love to be a weeping willow tree, I think. Or a red maple. They are both very beautiful trees. Or maybe a rose? I would want to be a white rose.
Going back to past lives though, many people believe that they were someone else in a past life. However, according to an article I read on MSNBC's website this is due to memory errors which creates "false memories". This is also attributed to a sense of deja vu, or the feeling of having been somewhere before. Also, it pointed out that most people only claim to have been famous people once. Past lives are never boring.
To be fair, who wants to say "I was a child who died of *insert any disease here* during the 1800's" (which was very common) or "I was a housewife who had three children and lived to the ripe old age of 82 before passing away in my sleep" or "I was a total nobody who never did anything exciting and died a boring/normal death" or even "I was a greyhound bus who couldn't go below 50mph (miles per hour) or I would blow up, along with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock". Oh wait, that last one might be too exciting for a past life.
It is much more exciting to say "I was Sarah Winchester and I was so haunted by spirits that I built an ever changing house to escape and confuse them" or "I was Catherine de Medici and I was madly in love with my husband who never actually loved me back" or "I was Anne Boleyn and I didn't sleep with my brother, but lost my damn head anyway" or "I was the Eiffel Tower".
Personally, I can understand why people would want to be somebody famous in a past life. Everyone wants some kind of adventure. Why not say they were adventurous in a past life? Personally, I think it would have been nice to just be a young Jewish girl who got married to someone I truly loved and then had a few children who grew up and had children of their own. Doesn't that sound ideal to anyone else? No? Just me? Okay, well then, moving on.
Seriously though, I have thought about this quite a bit. I firmly believe in the supernatural so I guess it comes naturally (ha, pun) to believe in reincarnation or ghosts or that life goes on after we are gone. I mean, we all want to believe in something right? That is why we have heroes and gods/goddesses. So we have something we can turn to when times are rough. Reincarnation/Past Lives are kind of the same thing I guess.
If you were to have lived a past life who/what would you want to be? Would you want to be someone famous and exciting? As for me, I think I will stick to being a Weeping Willow or the Eiffel Tower.
I like the idea of reincarnation because in some small way it is a piece of me living on. I like that idea, like anyone else I'm sure. We all want to live forever in some shape or form. So why not as another person or an animal? Or even as plants? I would love to be a weeping willow tree, I think. Or a red maple. They are both very beautiful trees. Or maybe a rose? I would want to be a white rose.
Going back to past lives though, many people believe that they were someone else in a past life. However, according to an article I read on MSNBC's website this is due to memory errors which creates "false memories". This is also attributed to a sense of deja vu, or the feeling of having been somewhere before. Also, it pointed out that most people only claim to have been famous people once. Past lives are never boring.
To be fair, who wants to say "I was a child who died of *insert any disease here* during the 1800's" (which was very common) or "I was a housewife who had three children and lived to the ripe old age of 82 before passing away in my sleep" or "I was a total nobody who never did anything exciting and died a boring/normal death" or even "I was a greyhound bus who couldn't go below 50mph (miles per hour) or I would blow up, along with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock". Oh wait, that last one might be too exciting for a past life.
It is much more exciting to say "I was Sarah Winchester and I was so haunted by spirits that I built an ever changing house to escape and confuse them" or "I was Catherine de Medici and I was madly in love with my husband who never actually loved me back" or "I was Anne Boleyn and I didn't sleep with my brother, but lost my damn head anyway" or "I was the Eiffel Tower".
Personally, I can understand why people would want to be somebody famous in a past life. Everyone wants some kind of adventure. Why not say they were adventurous in a past life? Personally, I think it would have been nice to just be a young Jewish girl who got married to someone I truly loved and then had a few children who grew up and had children of their own. Doesn't that sound ideal to anyone else? No? Just me? Okay, well then, moving on.
Seriously though, I have thought about this quite a bit. I firmly believe in the supernatural so I guess it comes naturally (ha, pun) to believe in reincarnation or ghosts or that life goes on after we are gone. I mean, we all want to believe in something right? That is why we have heroes and gods/goddesses. So we have something we can turn to when times are rough. Reincarnation/Past Lives are kind of the same thing I guess.
If you were to have lived a past life who/what would you want to be? Would you want to be someone famous and exciting? As for me, I think I will stick to being a Weeping Willow or the Eiffel Tower.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
My Bucket List
Hello Everyone!!
Today I have decided to post part (a long part) of my (so far) uncompleted Bucket List. Most of the stuff on here is fanciful, because I am a dreamer at heart, but some of it I could actually do at some point. I would love to read some bucket lists by others as well, maybe we have similar ideas! So, if you feel like sharing post a comment or send me an e-mail with your bucket list!
Now, in no particular order, My Bucket List.
- Listen to music by The Beatles with Ringo Starr.
- Visit a major city in 10 different countries. (Side note: I picked 10 as a standard number, it may vary later, but for now you will see the number 10 a lot)
- Record myself singing an a capella version of "I Need You" by George Harrison and send it to someone random as a gift.
- Swim with Dolphins.
- Visit 10 "haunted" places in Europe.
- Visit 10 "haunted" places in the United States.
- See the Pyramids and the Sphinx.
- Visit the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and The Little Mermaid.
- Publish a book.
- Interview Wentworth Miller, Gackt and Morgan Freeman.
- Act in a movie with Anthony Hopkins.
- Kiss Gackt.
- Witness the birth of a baby.
- Kiss Keira Knightley.
- Produce a play.
- Sing a duet with Imogen Heap or Emmy Rossum.
- Read all the books on my "Must Read" list.
- Beat Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man.
- Try 10 different ethnic foods from around the world.
- Be a vegetarian for a year.
- Live in New York for a year.
- Design a Wedding Dress.
- Learn a foreign language.
- Visit the graves of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
- Be on the cover a magazine.
- Meet Barack Obama.
- See Paris in Autumn.
- Weigh 130lbs.
- Sing for the King and Queen of a foreign country.
- Practice six different world religions for a year each.
- Be Scarlett O'Hara in a "Gone with the Wind" re-make.
- Star in a Movie.
- Make a touchdown.
- Be in a musical on Broadway.
- See a Broadway play.
- Kiss the Blarney Stone.
- Name a pet cat Amadeus.
- Meet the Dalai Lama.
- Have my picture taken by Leonard Nimoy.
- Go to the Salvador Dali museum.
- Meet Kermit the Frog.
- Pet a Shark.
- Make and sell a piece of jewelry.
- Name a pet snake Shakespeare.
- Visit the Winchester Mansion.
- Ride horses with Viggo Mortensen.
- Bake Cookies for the Russian Ambassador.
- Explore Africa.
- Have Moroccan tea with Judes (my Platonic Soul Mate).
- Go Mushroom Hunting (I have never actually been).
- Be on a day time talk show (e.g. Live with Regis and Kelly).
- Be on an episode of House M.D.
- Have lunch with a president.
- Make zombie cupcakes.
Today I have decided to post part (a long part) of my (so far) uncompleted Bucket List. Most of the stuff on here is fanciful, because I am a dreamer at heart, but some of it I could actually do at some point. I would love to read some bucket lists by others as well, maybe we have similar ideas! So, if you feel like sharing post a comment or send me an e-mail with your bucket list!
Now, in no particular order, My Bucket List.
- Listen to music by The Beatles with Ringo Starr.
- Visit a major city in 10 different countries. (Side note: I picked 10 as a standard number, it may vary later, but for now you will see the number 10 a lot)
- Record myself singing an a capella version of "I Need You" by George Harrison and send it to someone random as a gift.
- Swim with Dolphins.
- Visit 10 "haunted" places in Europe.
- Visit 10 "haunted" places in the United States.
- See the Pyramids and the Sphinx.
- Visit the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and The Little Mermaid.
- Publish a book.
- Interview Wentworth Miller, Gackt and Morgan Freeman.
- Act in a movie with Anthony Hopkins.
- Kiss Gackt.
- Witness the birth of a baby.
- Kiss Keira Knightley.
- Produce a play.
- Sing a duet with Imogen Heap or Emmy Rossum.
- Read all the books on my "Must Read" list.
- Beat Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man.
- Try 10 different ethnic foods from around the world.
- Be a vegetarian for a year.
- Live in New York for a year.
- Design a Wedding Dress.
- Learn a foreign language.
- Visit the graves of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
- Be on the cover a magazine.
- Meet Barack Obama.
- See Paris in Autumn.
- Weigh 130lbs.
- Sing for the King and Queen of a foreign country.
- Practice six different world religions for a year each.
- Be Scarlett O'Hara in a "Gone with the Wind" re-make.
- Star in a Movie.
- Make a touchdown.
- Be in a musical on Broadway.
- See a Broadway play.
- Kiss the Blarney Stone.
- Name a pet cat Amadeus.
- Meet the Dalai Lama.
- Have my picture taken by Leonard Nimoy.
- Go to the Salvador Dali museum.
- Meet Kermit the Frog.
- Pet a Shark.
- Make and sell a piece of jewelry.
- Name a pet snake Shakespeare.
- Visit the Winchester Mansion.
- Ride horses with Viggo Mortensen.
- Bake Cookies for the Russian Ambassador.
- Explore Africa.
- Have Moroccan tea with Judes (my Platonic Soul Mate).
- Go Mushroom Hunting (I have never actually been).
- Be on a day time talk show (e.g. Live with Regis and Kelly).
- Be on an episode of House M.D.
- Have lunch with a president.
- Make zombie cupcakes.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
I thought Love was a Myth
Okay so this is crazy because I am going to post randomly. I'm not posting any pictures or recipes or videos or news. Just Sarai. You need a pure dose of Sarai every now then when it isn't intertwined with news, pictures, recipes or videos to stay alive. Bet you didn't know that.
So I am completely insane. You probably figured that out by now. And I have nothing interesting to relate, because I am ENTIRELY TOO BORED with the internet and the world right now.
I dream about seeing the Eiffel Tower in the Autumn. Starry red and gold leaves cascading to the ground and the scent of a café. I want to stand underneath it while it rains and watching the people running for safety.
I think about our world, how it is deteriorating and all the wildlife that is slowly disappearing into the oblivion of legend. It isn't fair.
I hate how people disregard history, how they forget and ignore it. I hate how we just let historical sites fall into disrepair and then it has to be demolished.
I have fallen in love with a dying man, as we are all dying of the human condition. I am dying, you are dying. The world is ending. But I don't think it will end in 2012, just so you know.
I believe in mermaids and unicorns and ghosts. I believe in the stars as they dance above me, I wish they could hear me.
Do the ones we love look down on us after they are gone? Are we re-incarnated or do we just fade out, like a candle at the end of its wick? I hope I am re-incarnated as a flower. An unobtrusive and beautiful flower like a tiny calla lily hidden by stones near a quiet stream. Doesn't that sound perfect?
I want to see the ocean under a violent sky.
I love it when it snows, but I wish it was warmer. I miss the flowers, like the sun misses them in winter. Beauty is cold, you know? It is you know.
I love giraffes. I have an affinity for strange and awkward animals. Like porcupines and platypi and narwhals and giraffes and penguins. Admittedly, who doesn't love a cute little penguin?
Well I'm getting ready to head out of here. Have to go eat with my friend. So I hope you have enjoyed just me. I am going to write more eventually about more interesting things than what I have been rambling about here.
Sarai
So I am completely insane. You probably figured that out by now. And I have nothing interesting to relate, because I am ENTIRELY TOO BORED with the internet and the world right now.
I dream about seeing the Eiffel Tower in the Autumn. Starry red and gold leaves cascading to the ground and the scent of a café. I want to stand underneath it while it rains and watching the people running for safety.
I think about our world, how it is deteriorating and all the wildlife that is slowly disappearing into the oblivion of legend. It isn't fair.
I hate how people disregard history, how they forget and ignore it. I hate how we just let historical sites fall into disrepair and then it has to be demolished.
I have fallen in love with a dying man, as we are all dying of the human condition. I am dying, you are dying. The world is ending. But I don't think it will end in 2012, just so you know.
I believe in mermaids and unicorns and ghosts. I believe in the stars as they dance above me, I wish they could hear me.
Do the ones we love look down on us after they are gone? Are we re-incarnated or do we just fade out, like a candle at the end of its wick? I hope I am re-incarnated as a flower. An unobtrusive and beautiful flower like a tiny calla lily hidden by stones near a quiet stream. Doesn't that sound perfect?
I want to see the ocean under a violent sky.
I love it when it snows, but I wish it was warmer. I miss the flowers, like the sun misses them in winter. Beauty is cold, you know? It is you know.
I love giraffes. I have an affinity for strange and awkward animals. Like porcupines and platypi and narwhals and giraffes and penguins. Admittedly, who doesn't love a cute little penguin?
Well I'm getting ready to head out of here. Have to go eat with my friend. So I hope you have enjoyed just me. I am going to write more eventually about more interesting things than what I have been rambling about here.
Sarai
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