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Indulgences: hours of tetris, extravagant in n out order, sleeping in, skipping classes, not studying, real/personal talks: "i'm a freaking walking cliche.", too much gaming (n64 style), grabbing a bunch load of stuff from scottys, not exercising(even though i told myself i would), playing with paperclips(making them into rings), WONG FU VISIT, hiking to the c, intense egg hunt, looking at tumblrs, listening to learning-french cds

Desire: the motivation to study more, inspiration, productivity, for my laziness to disappear, diligence, new shoes, creativity/designing eye, to do similar weird projects/activities like wreckless, to do more(concerting, art gallerying, cooking, adventuring,...anything),

Listening to: You & me- diamond rings

Love: love letters[read the explanation] (:, design of all sorts (interior, product, fashion.), traveling/ foreign places, the romance about things european, deep thinking, fake sad/pouty faces, those moments/conversations that make you laugh so hard that you can hardly breathe, the simpler things in life, belongings [click on object, read, click next, click picture, read.] (:, Pratt,

So I was thinking about ideas...

And I realized that once someone has an idea, he/she usually tends to get overly caught up in it.

Whether it be while having a conversation: one person is talking, but the other person is so incredibly caught up in their idea/what he's going to say that he doesn't pay attention to what the other person is saying.

or if someone has an idea they created and gets so excited about it, that they don't really think about the idea thoroughly, to realize that MAYBE it's not THAT great of an idea.

or someone liking a person for the idea of them. either someone liking the person just because he/she's there. or liking a person for who he/she THINKS they are.

all examples of how getting too caught up in an idea is harmful.

funny, huh? I would think: an idea. plain and simple: getting ideas are great!

But, sometimes, that's not just it, it's how you use that idea and how you consider it that makes it positive or negative.

...if that makes any sense.

So, the other day I was getting my car washed at a gas station with my pops. Ya know, the typical--pay and you drive into the big machine-- one and it spits out soap, water, and the works for ya. ...yeah?

So, while we're in the car wash, we see this guy peeping his head into the car wash facility and my dad goes "oh, that guy probably wants to make some money". And at first, my first instinct is.. "oh, okay another person begging for money... probably not gna look at him and drive away". But, my dad hands me a dollar and says "after we're done, drive up and give this to him, at least he's working and trying to make an honest living". It didn't even occur to me that the man wanted to dry the cars that passed through the machine to earn some change.

So, my car is just about to be done, and i realize that i screwed up with the driving-through-the-air-dryer part. (the entire back side of my car is pretty much wet). So I figure, hey, I might as well have the man dry my car. So the man tells us to pull over and he starts drying my car. To my amazement, not only does he dry my car; he cleans the little gutter part under the window and windexes my windows and rear view mirrors too. I'm watching this guy clean my car, and for some reason, i'm incredibly touched. I'm amazed at his diligence of taking little details into account. I mean, I would've been fine with giving him some money if he just slapped a towel around my car to wipe it down...But this man was taking his care and massive amount of time(as other potential customers drove past), to clean my car. Even to the point of using his fingernails to scratch off the little specks that remained on my front window. As he's cleaning my car, my dad hands me another dollar, and i contribute my own dollar. A total of 3 dollars.

I wanted to give him as much as 10, but I didn't have any more money. I have incredible admiration for this man who worked so hard for 3 measly dollars.

What touched me even more, was that when I drove up, he didn't attack my car or anything, to trick me into paying him; he kindly asked and directed me to the side. Also, when I gave him the money, he didn't even so much as glance at his hand to see how much he made. He simply looked me in the eyes and said thank you so much, please come back to this gas station to let me dry your car again.

Sometimes admiration can be found in high positioned people or the powerful...but sometimes, it can be found in the honest, hardworking man struggling for money at the gas station.

that's it for now.

au revoir,

Heather.

picture: i love wong fu productions. ted's my fave. I really enjoyed their panel, actually. it gave you insight on how their minds worked. And I was pleasantly surprised.