Green Chiles and Protein

Weeks you say? 

No, it feels like months. It actually has only been a few weeks since I wandered from my Los Angeles stronghold. Here in The Lone Star State there are no mountainous walls surrounding the city and, my word, is it HOT!

Most days it is as though rain is stagnate in the air and we all have to walk through it. Ok, maybe not quite that humid but sometimes I swear I can drink the air. 

It is amazing what 1378.9 miles can do to a culture. Its all In-n-Out in LA but here it is all breakfast tacos and Whataburger. They don't even like In-n-Out out here! Blasphemy! 

No matter that this is a hipster town that loves art and stuff I still feel out of place. look at it this way, I am a Double Double Protein style burger at In-n-out. Texans are the Green Chile Double burger from Whataburger. So lets look at the contrasts. 

In-n-Out's Double Double Protein Style Vs.
Whataburger's Green Chile Double: 

Protein style has no bun which equals less calories. The Green Chile burgers all have a kick to them. Applying this too human comparison means I am a wimp and Texans are all much more kick-ass then me. Yes, its true. 

Conversation proof of Texans hard-core-ness:

Jane: "Look, that girl is feeding a squirrel."
Me: "Its so cute! Probably really dirty."
Jane: "Yeah, my friend Josh would probably shoot it."
Me: "Thats horrible!"
Jane: "Oh come Tallis, we were raised in Texas. All small rodents are only for food or sport."

Jane is a sweet smily sorority girl but just the fact she was born here gives her the upper hand at surviving the zombie apocalypse. It dose not matter that we both have two burger pattys, the Texan will always come out victorious.  

Their green chile spiciness always keeps you guessing. The protein style has no risk to it except getting messy. At least in Austin, every type of human possible is condensed into one area. The protein style is separated by patties and lettuce and other burger-y things. LA has al types of people but they seem to stick to their own parts of town. Its weird. 

One thing Green Chiles and Proteins have in common is we are both green, not the normal color for burgers. People in Austin are so hipster! I am not saying I am a hipster, its just I seem to have found the few hipsters in LA to hang with so I feel comfortable around these friendly green people. 

So I am the bread-less burger come to live in the land of gun hoe burger lovers. So far its going fine. Who knows? Maybe I'll bring  LA some more kick-ass-ness when I go back. 
Or maybe I'm just to wrapped in lettuce. 


All my hungry enthusiasm, The Bursty Blogger

Those Photo Quote Things

The other day my friend was over at my house. I was showing him some pictures I had taken on my lap top and he happened to see a picture I had found on a blog I follow. It was one of those little saying pictures that say things like, "your my favorite" or "This too shall pass."

My friend goes, "Don't tell me your on of those girls who likes those."

Well, I have something to tell you. I am one of those girls. 

How on earth am I not supposed to like something that tells me I have a great smile?

 

Or has really great ideas about life like this?

(I know I am not old yet but I did run a lot more when I was younger)

I mean, is it really that terrible that I like these sorts of photos? I don't think so. 

Dear friend-who-does-think-so, I like these photo-ish things because they are sweet and fun. Also my mind would come up with these cheesy sayings anyway so whats the big deal? 

Actually, reading all the saying covered photos I have amassed would tell you a lot about my insecurities and life wishes. You could diagnose me with an abundance of psychosis's if you were a head therapist. In fact, my best friend could probably become a therapist by studying me. 

Sincerely, Your darling cheesy slightly crazy friend.

Now indulge me as I show you some more photo quote things, hee hee!

All my cheesiest enthusiasm, The Bursty Blogger

Freedom Dragon

Today I awoke to the sounds of airplanes. A huge carrier airplane came diving low over our house making rumblings and growlings that should have belonged to the belly of a great beast. In fact, I don't think it was an airplane but a great dark green dragon.

Today is Memorial Day. 

I come from a family that has many veterans. My grandfather, his father, and my great uncle all served in the wars of their generations. We have their flags folded in triangles on our wall.  

I am so thankful that we were blessed with their service and the service of thousands other brave men and women. They gave all for their country and we are free because of them. 

"But the freedom that they fought for, 

and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye." 

-Thomas Dunn English

Thank you, Veterans. You are my heros. May God bless and keep you safe. 

All my respectful and thankful enthusiasm, The Bursty Blogger. 

Boil and Bubble

Such a happy feeling has come over me. I am no longer bound by the chains of the crowded degradation that is high school! 

WOOOOO! I am a Graduate! 

So long you, sorry freshmen. I need to abandon you to your four year sentence because I am going to college land. Granted when I get to college-land I will be in new four year commitment and I will probably be crying a lot from loneliness but it will be cool. I'll be fine. 

You wanna know why I'll be fine? 

Because of this amazing graduation gift!! 

Yes, folks, it is a beautiful magical electric kettle that will spill out it's healing waters to keep me in denial about how much sleep I actually need. This baby will give me tea, oatmeal, those instant cup'o'noodly things, and more tea. Yay! 

Also from Mariel Evens was this beautiful handmade bracelet. 

I love my friends!

All my grateful enthusiasm, The Bursty Blogger.

Amelie and The Darling French

There was once a girl named Amelie. She and her story lived inside a green cased DVD on the shelf in my living room. I had heard of her but never stopped and got to know her. 

Last month I did, and we hit it off right away!

J'adore le film Amelie! C'est tres belle!


The movie Amelie is absolutely wonderful! 

Set in Paris, it tells the story of Amelie. She is an odd little thing with huge brown eyes and a love for the unusual. Having grown up with no friends she is solitary and is scared of talking to people. So when she sets out to bring happiness to the people around her she does it secretly and effectively. 
Stealing garden gnomes, terrorizing a mean boss, and describing the world to a blind man are all things she does to help people. All the while falling in love with a man equally as cooky as she.


The movie is vibrant. The colors feed your eyes gloriously, all the while making you feel completely french just by watching it. 

I want to be adventurous like Amelie. 


All my parisian enthusiasm, the Bursty Blogger.

The Problem With Books

Books rock my world!

One of my favorite things ever is secondhand book stores. Having walls of books around me is so comforting. When books are near, you are never truly alone.  

Writing takes creativity and imagination. Both those things are as much a part of you as your nose or your left eyeball, so writing a book is like taking your left eyeball and putting it on a shelf.. to... sell... thats gross. 
Can I re-do that?

 Thanks.

What I mean is that you put a bit of yourself onto the pages when you write a book, so bookstores are like huge social events. You are in a crowd of silent people until you choose someone to talk to. Thats why books are so glorious, reading them is like talking to someone. But they don't interrupt. They simply tell and stop when you want to think. 


The problem with books is that what is inside them is the imagination part of the author. No matter how wonderful and adventurous the story is you have to assume that life is not really like what the words say. Reading now has 'rules'. 


Don't believe that love is like that.
Love at first sight doesn't exsist. 
 Things like that don't happen in real life.
Fairies are imaginary.


Here is what I think:
Screw the rules. 

Books are magic. They transport you to another world, another mind, another way of life. Who says in that world fairies are not truth? Or in that mind love at first sight can't be real? Or in that life journeys and heros are not normal?
You can go anywhere with a book.

"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become."

-C.S. Lewis

We just have to trust Mr. Lewis when it comes to books. 

All my literature obsessed enthusiasm, The Bursty Blogger

Wild Thing

"You were once wild here, don't let them tame you."

-Isadora Duncan

What a wonderful notion. Never being tamed.

I feel as though everyone tries to tame everyone else to how they think or feel or do things.  Maybe in making someone else like you your mistakes don't feel so bad because someone else is making them too. Maybe it is simply because nobody wants to be alone. Maybe everyone wants to be right. 

In my short seventeen year experience, I have found the greatest joy in being with people who are not tamed by me and who do not try to tame me. We just live around one another comparing our words and deeds like precious papers. 

Thats what my friendships look like. 

All my untamed enthusiasm, The Bursty Blogger