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Crazy Love, writing, and walking
Oct. 20th, 2009 09:13 amSo, I downloaded Michael Buble's Crazy Love and OMG! SO SO SO SO GOOD!!! Did I mention I have a thing for swing/big band? Well, I do and this album so fills my need for swing/band! Also, I have to say, I heard Michael Buble on Tavis Smiley's radio show last night and he sounds like the most adorable man! Just sweet and humble and I think he has a new fan. :D
Btw, he's singing Georgia on My Mind right now, and did you know one of the co-writers of this song, Hoagy Carmichael, was born in the same city as I? Hoosiers for the win! \O/
I was listening to the Diane Rehm show yesterday and she had this guy named John Freeman on and he's written a book wanting people to not e-mail so much and to write more letters. I agree with some of what he said, but not all of it. One thing he said, that I didn't agree with, was that, in essance, writing a letter is more meaningful then writing an e-mail. I use to write letters, and it was never, ever the medium of communication that provided the meaning; it was the person writing the letter, and the person responding to it that gave the letters meaning. The same with e-mail. I'm a crap letter writer. I'm not a very good communicator with e-mail either. And that's all on me. My command of the language, what I'm trying to convey, and all the other stuff that goes in to any form of writing, all is on me, not the fact I use a pen and paper or a form of electronic communication. So it just bites my butt when I hear people say it's the technology.
Btw, he's singing Georgia on My Mind right now, and did you know one of the co-writers of this song, Hoagy Carmichael, was born in the same city as I? Hoosiers for the win! \O/
I was listening to the Diane Rehm show yesterday and she had this guy named John Freeman on and he's written a book wanting people to not e-mail so much and to write more letters. I agree with some of what he said, but not all of it. One thing he said, that I didn't agree with, was that, in essance, writing a letter is more meaningful then writing an e-mail. I use to write letters, and it was never, ever the medium of communication that provided the meaning; it was the person writing the letter, and the person responding to it that gave the letters meaning. The same with e-mail. I'm a crap letter writer. I'm not a very good communicator with e-mail either. And that's all on me. My command of the language, what I'm trying to convey, and all the other stuff that goes in to any form of writing, all is on me, not the fact I use a pen and paper or a form of electronic communication. So it just bites my butt when I hear people say it's the technology.
On a separate note, I did agree with him when he said we get a lot of junk e-mails and sometimes we respond with e-mails when we don't need to. I also agreed with him that getting something in the mail is thrilling. However, I don't agree that you can't communicate meaningfully with another person only by pen and paper.
Now that I've had my morning omellette, think I'll go get ready to take my walk. I've been bad at documenting my steps lately but I have been walking. Hoo! OH OH OH! Btw, I weighed myself the other day and since last year, when I started my walking program, I've lost about 20 lbs! \O/
