1. I know, I missed Tuesday. Honestly, Monday felt like Tuesday. I've been working my 8-5 and then going to church for Bible school until 9 or later. 2. We spent Saturday setting up, then began VBS on Sunday morning during 10:30 worship; were back at 4pm for our 5:00pm Sunday night start, and have been going every night since. So by Monday, we were through three sets.
3. I'm a drama actor and music leader. Which basically means I get to dress funny and talk silly. I love it!
4. My character is obnoxious- a know-it-all with a high pitched voice who is very concerned about her appearance. Kinda a Valley-Girl meets Cheerleader type. She's a hoot!
5. You know it is bad when your own voice begins to annoy you. I think it was about Monday night that I came off stage and said "I know know if I can handle hearing myself much longer." This was right after I (my character) pitched a major hissy fit!
6. One more night to go! Tomorrow is fun night- bouncy things, water slides, dunking booths (I get my 15 minutes in there- I'm sure they're all aiming for me!), hot dogs, ice cream, and just plain fun. Then sleep.
7. But not for long, because we leave on a mission trip to Cherokee on Saturday morning. I'm the leader again, so I'll spend a good part of Friday at church packing things, counting, going over lists, etc. But I'm excited about it.
8. This year, we partnered with Samaritan's Feet to take shoes to the children there. I'm really excited about this- they do a foot washing and talk to each child for a few minutes. Office Depot also donated backpacks and school supplies for them.
9. My brain just stopped. I'm so sleepy tired, but can't go to sleep. Ever been like that?
10. At least I had time to type a blog- finally! I told Kat the other day that I missed her posting that day when I haven't written anything in a long time! Feels a little hypocritical!
Sounds like you've been pretty busy.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have been so tired you cant sleep, it sucks.
Just?
ReplyDeleteYeah, it does that... more often, it seems, as I get older!
ReplyDeleteLOL -- mine too. Have a great time in Cherokee!
ReplyDeletesounds like a very fun week! =)
ReplyDeleteIn short, it's kinky! Do you wear leather thigh high boots too? ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow! You're extremely busy! I'd love to join you and help out.
ReplyDeleteNope, men's swim trunks and a t-shirt. Along with pig tails!
ReplyDeleteThat would make it even more fun!
ReplyDeleteIt has been fun. The kids are having so much fun that it looked like a rock concert last night!
ReplyDeleteI am seriously in need of some fun, too!
ReplyDelete#9 happens to me QUITE frequently. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteRECORD THE VOICE FOR US!
#4... I know some people who could fill that role and they wouldn't be acting!! haha
ReplyDeletesounds great to me
ReplyDeleteYep, happens to me fairly often. Or I'll get an hour or so of sleep then Oliver Sudden, I'll be wide awake and can't sleep for hours, if at all, til the next night. Insomnia sucks!
ReplyDeleteWell.....instead of Ten-Thought Tuesday.....you could start a Twelve-Thought Thursday...or a Two-Thought Thursday (which is about all the thinking my brain can handle today, lol) Cheers!
I haven't been in Multiply (or FaceBook) for several days......
Janeen I don't know how you keep up your pace. So this morning you're off again to Cherokee. How far is that from where you live ?
ReplyDeleteMe Tony? You're the one who works himself silly! I just did too much this one week! (And maybe next week, too...) Cherokee takes a little less than 3 hours to drive. It is 150 miles or so.
ReplyDeleteA bit further than from Kathmandu to Pokhara but that takes anything from 6 to 9 hours, depending on what happens on the way. Today I have free time. That's a big rarity these days. So I am going to do some catching up in Multiply. Wouldn't mind seeing what Cherokee looks like because the name is so intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI'll take lots of pictures!
ReplyDeleteHere are the ones from last year:
ReplyDeletehttp://mommadish.multiply.com/photos/album/38/Cherokee_2010
That's good Janeen. I will be looking forward to seeing them. I have a rough idea only. I heard that people still live in wigwams to preserve their culture. Or is that only a small minority ?
ReplyDeleteLove your thoughts! I don't write enough blogs anymore either, I better get with it myself. Sounds like you're having a lot of fun with your character! (-:
ReplyDeleteI don't know about in Cherokee, but there are large numbers of people living in the USA, in various states, that have chosen to live in a traditional manner. Either they grew up on a reservation and still live there, or they left and came back, or they live on property outside the reservations, but still choose to live traditionally.
ReplyDelete"There were many different types of American Indian houses in North America. Each tribe needed a kind of housing that would fit their lifestyle and their climate. Since North America is such a big continent, different tribes had very different weather to contend with. In the Arizona deserts, temperatures can hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and in the Alaskan tundra, -50 is not unusual. Naturally, Native Americans developed different types of dwellings to survive in these different environments. Also, different American Indian tribes had different traditional lifestyles. Some tribes were agricultural-- they lived in settled villages and farmed the land for corn and vegetables. They wanted houses that would last a long time. Other tribes were more nomadic, moving frequently from place to place as they hunted and gathered food and resources. They needed houses that were portable or easy to build."
"Wigwams are Native American houses used by Algonquian Indians in the woodland regions. Wigwam is the word for "house" in the Abenaki tribe. [these are my ancestors, a sub-tribe of the Abenaki called Mi'kmaq (aka: MicMac).] Sometimes they are also known as birchbark houses. Wigwams are small houses, usually 8-10 feet tall. Wigwams are made of wooden frames which are covered with woven mats and sheets of birchbark. The frame can be shaped like a dome, like a cone, or like a rectangle with an arched roof. Once the birchbark is in place, ropes or strips of wood are wrapped around the wigwam to hold the bark in place."
Hope this gives some insight, although it probably won't help with information about the area where Janeen is going, lol, but she can tell you, and show pictures of that area.
Many thanks for that Blue. Have you ever watched the film with Kevin Costner called 'Dances with Wolves' ? That's one of my all time greats.
ReplyDeleteYou're most welcome, Dai. Yes I have seen the movie, a long time ago when it first came out. Two of my favorite "Indian" movies are "Smoke Signals", and "Thunderheart".
ReplyDeleteThunderheart's plot-line: "An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage. Slowly he rejects the intimidating tactics of his fellow FBI agents, who are not so interested in solving the crime as covering up an incriminating situation with the locals, and as he becomes more tuned to his heritage, the locals begin trusting him. Based on actual Reservation occurrences of the '70s."
Smoke Signal's plot-line: "Young Indian man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family (and his tough son Victor), and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains, but only if Thomas will also go with him. Thomas and Victor hit the road."
Both great, and very different-style stories. And both are about finding your truth, finding out who you really are at the heart of things, and things are not always as they might seem.
Dai- no wigwams here. The Cherokee lived in log huts, similar to wigwams, though I have not seen any still in use. Maybe way back in the hills, who knows?
ReplyDeleteTwo other movies that are wonderful for understanding the culture of the Native Americans are Hidalgo (which was filmed on the Blackfeet reservation in northern Montana, where we went in 2007) and I Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee.
I thought you might be interested in this link explaining (and with pictures) the different types of Native American (in USA & Canada) housing. There's lots of other information on this site too, which might interest you. Cheers!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.native-languages.org/houses.htm#wigwam
I've seen the movie "Hidalgo". It was well filmed, with good photography and an interesting story-line, albeit with a few factual faults, plus there's been much debate about whether (most) of the story was actually true at all. Like the "Ocean of Fire" race, which is the main storyline of the movie. A lot of it seems to have been proven to be just tales that Frank T. Hopkins made up about himself.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to some info about that: http://www.slate.com/id/2096671/
The other movie is called "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". I have read the book, by American writer Dee Brown, (several times), although I haven't seen the movie. HBO Films produced a film version – by the same title – of the book for the HBO television network. The film covers only the last two chapters of Brown’s book, I understand.
About the book: It is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century, and their displacement and slaughter by the United States federal government. Wounded Knee, (a village on a reservation in South Dakota) was the location of last major confrontation between the U.S. Army and American Indians. Known formally as The Battle of Wounded Knee, where more than 150, largely unarmed, Sioux men, women, and children were massacred.
"First published in 1970, this extraordinary book changed the way Americans think about the original inhabitants of their country. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos in 1860 and ending 30 years later with the massacre of Sioux men, women, and children at Wounded Knee in South Dakota, it tells how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. During these three decades, America's population doubled from 31 million to 62 million. Again and again, promises made to the Indians fell victim to the ruthlessness and greed of settlers pushing westward to make new lives. The Indians were herded off their ancestral lands into ever-shrinking reservations, and were starved and killed if they resisted. It is a truism that "history is written by the victors"; for the first time, this book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. Accustomed to stereotypes of Indians as red savages, white Americans were shocked to read the reasoned eloquence of Indian leaders and learn of the bravery with which they and their peoples endured suffering. With meticulous research and in measured language overlaying brutal narrative, Dee Brown focused attention on a national disgrace."
Yes I have heard of both of these Janeen. My aunty in Tampa had the book 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' and raved about it. If ever I see it in a bookshop, I will buy it and read it. Have you been to Wounded Knee Jan ? The Indians had such a colourful culture I think. Great names too. Dances with Wolves, Wind in Her Hair.
ReplyDeleteHidalgo. Okay so I will be on the lookout for that too Blue. I have heard the name but had no idea what it was about. Don't know how it is in Denver and Hawaii this morning but here it's dark and raining at 5:55 am and much cooler than of late. I've an idea of the time in Denver but no idea what time it is in Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteI know what I forgot to mention, my brain also just stops sometimes too. Seems like I'm not the only one getting old here.
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