daily bling.

a little lovin. just for you.

hey friend.

you should hear this more often.

so open up your love vestibule and let it flow on in.

prepare yourself for encouragement explosion, in 3. 2. 1.

blastoff.

you are loved.

exactly the way you are.

right this second.

whatever you are thinking and feeling.

whether it be ugly,

selfish,

and hateful,

despressed,

self-conscious,

ignored,

exhausted,

rejected,

stressed,

mourning,

overhelmed,

ashamed,

frustrated,

bored,

afraid,

hurting,

helpless,

alone.

or

beautiful,

hopeful,

apreciated,

joyful,

alive,

happy,

confident,

generous,

content,

free,

and genuinely good.

whether you've had another yesterday over again, a great day, or the worst.

your contribution to today is uniquely different from anyone else's.

you are significant and beautiful.

so smile and know the awesome fantasticness of complete, full, unconditional love.

plymouth rock. or bust.

so.

i guess there's only one correct way to make iced tea.

heat up the water.

chuck in the tea bag.

let it sit for awhile.

add ice.

voila.

iced tea.

but me being typical me.

i decided to try coloring outside these tea- making lines.

enter my brain.

welcome. enjoy your stay.

dude.
i want some iced tea.
well okay.
how do we make it?
hot water and the whole deal.
lame.
too much effort.

hmmmm.

iced water.
add a tea bag?
a tea bag in water... flavors that water no matter what temperature it is.

right?

that would make logical sense i think.

wow.

why hasnt anyone thought of this idea before?
i must be like a tea genius or tea pioneer or something.

sweet.
lets do it.

so.

after that exhilarating conversation in my head.

i was pumped and ready to execute the plan.

step one.

gather the materials.

tea bag. check.
huge mug. check.
water. check.
ice cubes. check.

step two.

combine.

step three.

wait.

...5 minutes later.

enter brother stage right.

(inspects experiment)

i dont think that's working.

you have to heat up the water first. loser.

exit brother.

shaking fist.
it'll work. you'll thank me someday...

observe progress.

clear water. floating ice. floating tea bag.

taste test.

water.

dangit.

what am i supposed to do now.

discouraged, i am faced with a tough decision.

continue on my iced tea exploration expedition with no guarantee of success in sight.
or.
quench my mango munchies.

dang.

heat water up separately in a bowl.
put tea bag in.
let sit for 4 minutes.
pour into previously iced water in huge mug.

dangit.

problem numero uno...too much water.

dump.

problem numero dos...ice and hot tea=melting ice:but no room in mug for more ice.

dump.

whew. finally.

5 cups of wasted water later.

iced tea.

holler.

uh oh.

the tea bag's still in there.

no prob.

let's just pull it out.

wrong.

the tea bag is stuck to an ice cube.

its the whole warm tongue sticking to the cold pole thing.

okay. no prob.

let's just gently nudge the bag off the cube.

wrong again.

this tea bag hates me.

i probabaly would hate me too.

dunk.
ice water.
dunk.
burning water.
dunk.
ice water again.

but this.

this was a little harsh.

it decides that it would be cool to just rip and explode its mango love grains.

tight. tea bag. tight.

defeat never tasted so mango crunchtastic.

dang.

i guess there's still only one way to make iced tea.

it never hurts to try though, right?

right.

but.

this.

this was definately an exploration failure.

just call me christopher columbus.

but at least his mistake looks good in the history books.