-4 half-marathons and only ONE NYC marathon. Believe me, it was enough.
-Amateur meditator. I’m told this is the way to be…”beginner’s mind” and all. Sometimes I feel all spiritual and crazy, but most of the time just bored and frustrated that my foot is asleep. I mean, come on! Did Buddha’s feet fall asleep?!
-One of six crazy, but good half-black/half-irish bi-racial. Still wrestling with how to handle my hair.
Well my dear daughter, you have done a nice job with your blog. I hope you are able to keep it up to date because that is very important. What an amazing world we live in. The Internet has really leveled the playing field for all of us. I need to get more serious about making use of my many talents for fun and profit. I hope I have not waited too long. Your example is a big help to me.
THE DADSTER
Wow! Sarah… Way to go !! I love your blogs, I wish I could write like that. Your mind must be on overload, no wonder Zen is needed to bring you back to ‘reality’. Where do you get all these whacky ideas from? I love the way the layout looks, too. Terrific job in creating a webpage. Keep it up, Dadster is right, keep it up. Most of all stay healthy, all those cookies might ruin your smile, so don’t forget to brush each night, no matter the hour. All the best from the Cape.
Hans
Sarah,
I can’t believe how much you have done since our first LWL get together- you are both inspiring and funny. I can’t wait to make your brownies and cookies. I wish you the best of luck and millions of hits.
Very impressive my dear sister. I love you and i shall return.
Just wanted to let you know that my internet travels brought me to your site this AM and put a smile on this strangers face.
We actually have quite a bit in common- I once had to speak in Spanish in front of an entire packed church for a special event - I’m Puerto Rican (but I don’t speak spanish….shhhhh…don’t tell anybody) 20+ years later I’m still referred to as the little girl who threw up on the Bishop….
Maybe someday we can have cyber-cocktails (an extra cold extra dirrrrty gin martini for me!!) and work out a manifesto for Maximum Comfort.
-Mari
currently in a ratty NYU Alum sweatshirt and red fuzzy socks….
Mari,
1) I am so jealous of your outfit right now, I can’t stand it.
2) Did anyone think that perhaps we were secretly savant-like geniuses with our second language abilities…or rather, the ability to make a language UP?
3) thank you thank you THANK YOU for reading!
-Sarah
Hey, I just Stumbled Upon your blog (if you don’t know Stumble, find it!!! I’d say it qualifies as a Maximum Comfort item, if you’re into lazily meandering around the ‘net in bed with a laptop for hours on end, looking for nothing but random entertainment) and I think you’re a kindred soul. In fact, I’m bookmarking your blog — it’s like therapy to me, someone similar (but not too — I cannot deal with running, for example) going through a lot of things I am and giving advice cleverly disguised as personal experience.
Love from Minneapolis,
Kristina
Yep, so you do need to do The Opposite and let some woman in India you’ve never met paint your portrait while you spill your dreams in New York!
(Did I mention I also trained for the Marathon? And I dream about running?)
Cheers!
Kim
Kristina,
Thanks to you, I am now busily trying to unlock the mystery that is StumbleUpon. It’s a little complicated, but I am certain that if can provide me with another outlet to exercise Maximum Comfort, it is well worth it!
Thank you so much for reading!
Sarah
Sarah…you are the funniest person I know…seriously…this blog is hilarious…
Thought I’d pop in over here - reading you on Savor made me hungry for more!
As a fellow 1/2 black and 1/2 white Irish girl - I too must say that at almost 30, I’m still struggling with what to do with my hair too! Let me know if you ever figure it out!!!
Love the blog - keep it coming!
Hey Andrea…
Thanks so much for stopping by, totally appreciate it.
Perhaps there needs to be a whole line of hair products for the bi-racial woman?! Ahhh, I can dream right?
-Sarah
Haha, but Buddha had a tree to lean against, didn’t he? Where is the tree for the new meditators? At the most they give you a cushion. I was doing zen meditation for awhile (at a “zen center”) but eventually gave up on it when I was stressing myself out trying to be present in the present, haha. Now I do yoga and pretend that it is pefectly normal to lie with my neck on the ground while holding my ass in the air. How is the meditation working out for you?
Excellent blog, Sarah! Very entertaining and extremely well written. Keep writing - I’ll come by again soon to see your latest posts.
Chad,
Meditation…umm, it’s goin!
It’s so strange. Somedays I feel like some Buddhist rockstar, but most days I just feel like a really quiet nerd in the city. But that’s the point I think…proving to yourself daily that everything changes, but you can sit in the middle of it all.
Yeah, Zen is no joke. If you’re interested in some good Mediation 101, definitely check out any of the writers I reference in my blogs under the Buddhism category. I highly recommend Susan Piver. Very cool, thoughtful, funny meditation instructor in the Shambhala Tibetan tradition. You can find her link on my blogroll.
Best,
Sarah