Unheralded Success July 26, 2010

Today was an unheralded success! 

1. We tried out a new recipe:  Lemon Bars! which received rave reviews and
2. We overcame a huge obstacle: No lemonade pitchers! by using up all our  Santa Cruz Organic Lemonade.  I know, we cheated a bit.  Thankfully, the pitchers made it home this evening and tomorrow we'll be back to old schoolin' it with frozen lemonade, just like Mrs. Brady made.

One interaction we had yesterday was with a woman who related the story of her friend in college who collected secrets from prison inmates and sorority girls and then combined them on a bulletin board.  People couldn't identify which secret came from what source.   Are people surprised that sorority girls and prison inmates share some of the same darkest thoughts and fleeting compromised behaviors?  I think it was a brilliant project and the question I'm left with is how is it that some of us can make epic mistakes and turn around to lead productive lives and others never have that chance?  What stops them, who stops them?  The obvious culprits are socioeconomics and luck...but there's so much more to think about, to question.  I think we don't talk about the nature of secrets within the dominant paradigm because we are threatened by admitting to the fallacy of the lines that define us that shame and stigma reinforce.

I have much, MUCH more to say, but I deleted it from this post because we were losing people in less than 2 minutes to my verbosity.  If you want to read what chased other people away, look in the DAILY COMMENTARY DIGEST.

UNHERALDED SUCCESS JULY 26, 2010

1. I pretend to have a conversation with people (after I already have) changing what I should have said.
2. I cheated on a college paper
3. I am secretly in love with Alana De La Garza on "Law and Order" (I am also in love with my wife)
4. I am an anarchist from Massachusetts.  My secret is that may or not be true.
5. I have a secret hidden desire to kiss my boss.
6. I actually like my job!
7. I borrowed my sister's shirt and never gave it back!
8. I judge other people too much, and I care too much about how others judge me. 
9. I WANT A REALLY EXPENSIVE BIKE 
10. I like to have 7 children.
11. You can understand what the birds are saying if you listen long enough 
12. I SECRETLY WANT TO QUIT MY JOB, LEAVE MY BILLS, AND take my family to Spain.
13. As a young teen, I pinched 2 girls' bottoms in a water theme park.
14. I am in love with lady gaga
15. I skip school occasionally and fake sickness.
16. I'm still in love with my two most recent ex-girlfriends and fear that the hurt of those losses will forever scar me.
17. Sometimes I "borrow" my sister's clothes and never give them back!
18. The name of the guy on the Alaska Airlines Airplane is Chester.
19. I used to be in love with my highschool teacher!

Remember to vote for your favorite secret of the day