"for last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice." - t.s. eliot.
i don't usually make new year's resolutions, mostly because i tend to not stick with things for all that long. it's not that i don't want to, i just lose interest and i'm convinced that i have the attention span of a small fly.
instead i'm making new year's suggestions. i'm going to make an honest effort to do certain things and if i mess up, that's ok, because i'll just get back on that horse and try it again! (hopefully.)
so for posterity's sake, my "2010 (holy geez, can you believe it's 2010?!) new year's suggestions":
-eat healthy. this include cutting back significantly on my snacking tendencies and cutting out the majority of sweets. my sweet tooth is going to be taking a major hit.
-get more physically fit. i'm not going to set a weight goal or dress size, because that might just lead to a disappointment if i don't make the "goal." instead, i'm aiming to get toned and stay fit...and get my money's worth out of my gym membership.
-maintain a more positive attitude. let's just say i'm a bit of a negative nelly, but i'm going to work on it.
-go on more fun trips..this includes road tripping to chicago.
-meet a lot of new people. i want to branch out!
-pick up a new hobby. as great as it is, surfing the web late at night when i can't sleep and watching old episodes of friends (which will always be one of my fave tv shows. ever.) do not count as hobbies. i need to pick up something new and find a creative outlet or something like that.
i'm sure there's a million and a half other things i could add, and maybe i will throughout the year, but i'm ready for a new year to happen. i'm ready for change and new adventures and i feel like 2010 is gonna be a good year.
12.28.2009
12.21.2009
december?!
hello blogworld! it's been awhile, but i've returned to you, my little blog!
i feel like a lot of things have been happening lately, but i can't point out anything in particular. it just feels like things are changing, which is probably a good thing!
it's most definitely beginning to look a lot like christmas in these here parts. our tree is very beautiful and twinkly and a fresh dusting of snow is falling as i write this. i'm not sure how i feel about said snow, but right now i'm all warm and snuggly under a blanket, so i suppose i'm ok with it. when i leave for work tomorrow that will change, i can promise that much.
work this holiday season has been much less overwhelming, which is a little refreshing. i think i've even had more polite, friendly customers than normal. usually i see all of the scrooges and ba-humbugs of the season bitterly bringing their groceries through my line, but lately people have been extra cheery. and let me tell you, i welcome the change! i think it's helping me get more into the spirit of it all.
i really wish i had more thoughts, but right now my mind feels pretty empty and my eyelids are feeling rather droopy.
i feel like a lot of things have been happening lately, but i can't point out anything in particular. it just feels like things are changing, which is probably a good thing!
it's most definitely beginning to look a lot like christmas in these here parts. our tree is very beautiful and twinkly and a fresh dusting of snow is falling as i write this. i'm not sure how i feel about said snow, but right now i'm all warm and snuggly under a blanket, so i suppose i'm ok with it. when i leave for work tomorrow that will change, i can promise that much.
work this holiday season has been much less overwhelming, which is a little refreshing. i think i've even had more polite, friendly customers than normal. usually i see all of the scrooges and ba-humbugs of the season bitterly bringing their groceries through my line, but lately people have been extra cheery. and let me tell you, i welcome the change! i think it's helping me get more into the spirit of it all.
i really wish i had more thoughts, but right now my mind feels pretty empty and my eyelids are feeling rather droopy.
11.18.2009
swedish fish and pretty woman.
..my kind of wednesday night.
i declared my major on monday. finally. it feels like an immense weight has been lifted off my shoulders and i'm not even sure why. having a major doesn't really change much, except that i'll be (hopefully) taking more specific classes soon. i guess it's just refreshing to know i'm actually working toward something now..not just floating around the, a collegiate lost soul.
in other news, i made a delicious meal tonight and i'm really starting to love cooking. that in and of itself is strange, because i used to always hate cooking. with a passion. i'm an impatient person and so cooking would just make me hungry and then annoyed that i had to wait so long for my meal. not to mention i had a little problem with my yummy meals turning out not so yummy at all..try as i might, i just couldn't get things right! but it seems lately the cooking winds they are a'changin and i'm getting some mad skills. i mean, it's in my blood..and the help of a certain rachael ray and other lovely, tasty food network shows. oh, how i love food network! and i'm telling ya, if i could make cakes like those ace of cakes guys, how awesome would that be?!
and now it's night and i, of course, am not tired. because why should i be like all those other people that actually sleep, i mean how overrated is that?
if i could, i would. so instead i'm watching pretty woman, which i must say is one of my all time fave movies. how could it not be though? old-school julia roberts, gorgeous richard gere, and the unconvential love story of street girl turned good goal oriented woman.
i'm so motivated, i'm even attempting to clean and organize my room. yeah, attempting...we'll see how that goes!
i declared my major on monday. finally. it feels like an immense weight has been lifted off my shoulders and i'm not even sure why. having a major doesn't really change much, except that i'll be (hopefully) taking more specific classes soon. i guess it's just refreshing to know i'm actually working toward something now..not just floating around the, a collegiate lost soul.
in other news, i made a delicious meal tonight and i'm really starting to love cooking. that in and of itself is strange, because i used to always hate cooking. with a passion. i'm an impatient person and so cooking would just make me hungry and then annoyed that i had to wait so long for my meal. not to mention i had a little problem with my yummy meals turning out not so yummy at all..try as i might, i just couldn't get things right! but it seems lately the cooking winds they are a'changin and i'm getting some mad skills. i mean, it's in my blood..and the help of a certain rachael ray and other lovely, tasty food network shows. oh, how i love food network! and i'm telling ya, if i could make cakes like those ace of cakes guys, how awesome would that be?!
and now it's night and i, of course, am not tired. because why should i be like all those other people that actually sleep, i mean how overrated is that?
if i could, i would. so instead i'm watching pretty woman, which i must say is one of my all time fave movies. how could it not be though? old-school julia roberts, gorgeous richard gere, and the unconvential love story of street girl turned good goal oriented woman.
i'm so motivated, i'm even attempting to clean and organize my room. yeah, attempting...we'll see how that goes!
11.13.2009
tidbits.
i really enjoy blogging...i have no real reason for liking it. it's just nice to put all these random thoughts and opinions and ideas of mine out into the big open internet with the tiniest chance that someone will stuble unpon it and be entertained.
lately, though, i've had some trouble with bloggage inspiration. nothing too exciting is happening lately.
my days are spent mostly going to school, going to work, doing homework or procrastinating about doing homework. there's the occasional movie, nap or hang out with my friends, of course. it just seems that the winter blues has hit me early this year, i just need to get out of here! i need me some excitement!
in light of that impending winter gloom, there were some nice bright spots on this chilly thursday.
-i finally got my magazine in the mail that i've been expecting for over a week now. apparently things go out on the newstands BEFORE they're mailed to subscribers. stupid? oh, i agree. whenever i get my mag in the mail, i immediately crack it open and read it from front to back, it's so grand.
-tonight's episode of grey's anatomy was really good and i was very glad to finally see izzie back in the cast. for someone who hates hospitals and doctors and germs, i'm oddly fascinated by hospital related dramas.
-we had chinese for dinner and it was so good. i've been wanting chinese for weeks now, it's just one of those foods you only want every now and then but it sounds so great.
-i didn't feel sickly and nauseous today, which is how i spent almost all of yesterday, so i'd say that was a definite upside.
tomorrow is friday. i'm sure i'll spend most of the afternoon on homework, followed by an evening working at the food world. despite that, i plan on having a great weeked!
lately, though, i've had some trouble with bloggage inspiration. nothing too exciting is happening lately.
my days are spent mostly going to school, going to work, doing homework or procrastinating about doing homework. there's the occasional movie, nap or hang out with my friends, of course. it just seems that the winter blues has hit me early this year, i just need to get out of here! i need me some excitement!
in light of that impending winter gloom, there were some nice bright spots on this chilly thursday.
-i finally got my magazine in the mail that i've been expecting for over a week now. apparently things go out on the newstands BEFORE they're mailed to subscribers. stupid? oh, i agree. whenever i get my mag in the mail, i immediately crack it open and read it from front to back, it's so grand.
-tonight's episode of grey's anatomy was really good and i was very glad to finally see izzie back in the cast. for someone who hates hospitals and doctors and germs, i'm oddly fascinated by hospital related dramas.
-we had chinese for dinner and it was so good. i've been wanting chinese for weeks now, it's just one of those foods you only want every now and then but it sounds so great.
-i didn't feel sickly and nauseous today, which is how i spent almost all of yesterday, so i'd say that was a definite upside.
tomorrow is friday. i'm sure i'll spend most of the afternoon on homework, followed by an evening working at the food world. despite that, i plan on having a great weeked!
11.05.2009
the waiting game.
i am not a patient person, nor have i ever claimed to be.
in fact, impatience is one of my more negative qualitites. but oh, can you blame me? we live in a world of instant gratification..we want something, therefore we find a way to get it. now. asap. right this minute.
so it's not hard to see why i hate and despise waiting. i hate waiting in lines, at the doctor's office (although my very unhealthy fear of medical professionals may be more to blame here), for the commercials to be over, for dinner to be ready. the real kicker is waiting for the big things.
meeting the love of my life; i know he's out there, but can he just find me a teeny bit sooner?! deciding on a career; i may have finally picked a major, but that doesn't mean i have any idea what kind of career i'll have someday. i know i won't be slaving my days away at the grocery store forever, but it would be nice to have a little more insight into what i'll be doing someday. waiting to live somewhere that isn't here; i'm ready to move out. i've lived at home long enough, trust me. i need to branch out and i know it will happen soon, but it's the waiting that's just so aggravating! oh that wait.
i know that someday these things will seem trivial and tiny, and well, just plain dumb. but right now they feel big. right now i would like things to happen just a little bit faster. or at least the knowledge of things could come a little faster.ok, i'm working on waiting. patiently. i'm learning to conceal my childish impatience a little more, but it's still there! and it's all about the waiting game. life is really just full of games..you just have to know which ones to quit, which ones to play, and which ones to just enjoy!
in fact, impatience is one of my more negative qualitites. but oh, can you blame me? we live in a world of instant gratification..we want something, therefore we find a way to get it. now. asap. right this minute.
so it's not hard to see why i hate and despise waiting. i hate waiting in lines, at the doctor's office (although my very unhealthy fear of medical professionals may be more to blame here), for the commercials to be over, for dinner to be ready. the real kicker is waiting for the big things.
meeting the love of my life; i know he's out there, but can he just find me a teeny bit sooner?! deciding on a career; i may have finally picked a major, but that doesn't mean i have any idea what kind of career i'll have someday. i know i won't be slaving my days away at the grocery store forever, but it would be nice to have a little more insight into what i'll be doing someday. waiting to live somewhere that isn't here; i'm ready to move out. i've lived at home long enough, trust me. i need to branch out and i know it will happen soon, but it's the waiting that's just so aggravating! oh that wait.
i know that someday these things will seem trivial and tiny, and well, just plain dumb. but right now they feel big. right now i would like things to happen just a little bit faster. or at least the knowledge of things could come a little faster.ok, i'm working on waiting. patiently. i'm learning to conceal my childish impatience a little more, but it's still there! and it's all about the waiting game. life is really just full of games..you just have to know which ones to quit, which ones to play, and which ones to just enjoy!
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