Tuesday, January 19, 2010

EXTRA EXTRA

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I'm going to be an extra in a movie that's filming here in Nashville. I have no idea what this really entails or what I'll be doing. But it falls under the category of "new things to do," which was a pre-req for this year's activities.

I am excited but also filled with this startling, freaky piece of self-awareness: I will have to lose ten pounds in the next five weeks in order to look on-screen the way that I look right now! Ha ha. Leave it to me to freak out about such things. It'll probably be that my elbow is the only thing that makes it into the frame.

In other news... I got a haircut, I had a girls' movie night that turned into a girls' domino night. I watched District 9, which did not disappoint.

And. I love my dog. I've started leaving him out of his kennel when I'm gone. So far (two weeks' far), he has done beautifully. It is so much better knowing that he can stretch out on the couch during the day (or evening) if he so chooses than of thinking of him anxiously shivering in his cage, desperately awaiting my return and his freedom.

Now that's what I call: Progerse*.

*I'm currently reading the Sirens Of Titan. That Vonnegut, he really knows how to string some words together. Just the right words, I'd say.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

So...

I'd write more if I had a laptop. What with the straddling the two jobs it's been difficult to find spare time (at work - where my only internet access comes from) to write. I'm putting laptop (or netbook, as I've been informed I should invest in that direction) on the top of the list for my tax return. It's about time I had a computer and internet access at home and raised my techonological age to about ten (almost pubescent!). I really love that word, "pubescent."
So, yes. I'm transitioning into the new position nicely. Finally started actually doing stuff pertaining to the new job, instead of interim/sort-of-but-not-really work. And I'm glad for that.
My holidays were good. Some parts of it even great, I'd say. I spent a lot of time with people that I love, that love me, that have a positive influence in my life.
I have goals for this year that pretty much involve that - doing new things, meeting new people, cultivating new relationships, making time for those who are already important to me, and no longer sweating those who aren't. It sounds easy. We'll see, I suppose.
Anyway. Today was a good day. Today I felt better than I have in a while. A little bit of sunshine. A ray of hope through the 10 degree clouds we've been having. I don't know where this optimism has come from (maybe the pounds I've gained over the aforementioned holidays?), but I'm grateful for it (the optimism, anyway).

Monday, January 4, 2010

2009 Blew

Big time.

I am ready for a different sort of year altogether.

I can only hope that my life a year from now will be as drastically different as today's life is from a year ago. And in a good way, rather than a shit way.