comfort food.

comfort food: food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking.

i wonder what it is about comfort food that makes it so... comforting.

for example, sometimes when i'm stressed, i just "need" a big greasy bacon cheeseburger and fries.

even just looking at it makes my mouth water a little bit. i could care less how many carbs, or calories, and fat is in it. i just LOVE it.

i wonder what your comfort food is...

circus love!

now some of you may know this about me, but when i was little i was obsessed with the circus. i kid you not. in my mind, if i could somehow convince my family to join a traveling circus and spend the rest of my life traveling and performing, i would have been the happiest kid in the world!

my favorite tv show as a child was "dumbo's circus". for a flashback, go here.

i incessantly searched for a kids circus camp i could attend, to no success.

i dreamed of the circus convoy unexpectedly rolling into town and setting up their tents for a show full of animals, entertainers, "freaks", acrobats, and girls in sequins standing on elephants and waving at me. 

but alas, my circus dreams never quite came to be.

HOWEVER... today i discovered hollywood aerial arts!!! i can take trapeze classes! i think i'm gonna get a group together and set up a class for one saturday next month.

maybe my circus dreams haven't died after all... :)

update from the bell.

well i'm pretty much settled into my simple little life here in bellingham, wa. so far i haven't worked much, well one day total. but it's looking like i'll be working much more the second half of the month, so i'm enjoying getting paid to just sit around for the time being.

my days consist of continental breakfast, quiet time, the gym, and then lots of free time. which i've been spending either watching tv shows online, working on my book, or reading. it's been extremely relaxing. i wish i had remembered to bring my paints so i could do that, but c'est la vie!

one of my best friends ashley is up here visiting me right now, and we've been having a lovely time. she's always been my kindred spirit. so obviously this morning we decided to watch anne of green gables/anne of avonlea. LOVE anne. she inspires me. anne that is, but ashley too. :)

"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?"

i do miss LA though. surprisingly more than i thought i would. sometimes i guess you have to get away to realize how much you actually appreciate the things you have. i'll be excited to be back!