New Year Disolutions

Well, it is that time of year again where everyone on the planet above the age of 10 will be asked, "so, what are your new year's resolutions?". There was a time in my life when I did not make them. I was a pretty wise teenager who knew that most of those vows were forgotten by the end of Febuary and therefore were ineffective and simply a waste of time, thought, and energy. Fast forward to today where I have decided to make a few resolutions. They are things I need to do anyway so I may as well get started as soon as possible.

I only have 3 New Year Resolutions and I really hope that I can stick them out. As most resolutions, these will greatly improve my life.

Resolution #1: Let Go of My Vice (i.e. quite smoking)
This is quite an embarrassing admission. I am a closet smoker. I have been since the summer. Only 2 people on earth know that I smoke. I never smoke when people I know are around me or can potentially see me. I make sure that I never smell like smoke either. I don't smoke traditional American cigarettes. I smoke Indian cigarettes which I have discovered contain nicotine as well. They look just like regular cigarettes too. And I am kinda hooked. I always told myself not to smoke cigarettes but these seemed so much different. However, my body has told me otherwise. I have not smoked in two weeks and I am straight for now. I know exactly why I started and I know my triggers. Actually, this is going to be a tough one to break.

Resolution #2: Stop Being Pressed To Be In a Relationship
Another embarrassing admission...I hate to admit it but for a while I have been pressed for a relationship [gasp]. Due to a situation I totally let myself get into, I became fixated on the idea of being a couple [sigh]. It hasn't worked out so I need to move on! No more obsessing over the past. Time to move on into the future. So, my resolution is to get to a place of contentment. I need to be satisfied being single and learn to have fun as a singleton. In that vein, I also deleted that stupid Yahoo Personal Ad that I made and posted yesterday. I am NOT going to try to create or manipulate something. I am going to CHILL and let love come to ME in its time. :)

Resolution #3: Laugh More
My absolutely favorite thing to do is LAUGH and honestly I cannot remember when I had a really good belly-aching, red-faced, cheek-tighten laugh. Actually, I had one last week but before then I don't recall. Lately, I have had to force the laugh. I need to figure this one out. Maybe I just haven't been as happy as I'd like or maybe I am not around funny people. Anyway, I commit myself to one good laugh a day in the New Year.

So, those are the resolutions for 2006. Good luck with yours...

I'm Baaack!

YO, I am back. Sorry that it has been so long. Life had me in a head lock so to speak. There was too much going on. I decided to take a starving artist approach to my life and so I wait tables part-time and intern with a city planning department part-time. The restaurant pays some bills and the internship is giving me much needed work experience. Hopefully, this balancing act will pay off with a full-time urban planning gig early next year.

In light of the holiday season, I submit my "12 Highlights of the Holiday Season" so you can be caught up with your favorite character caught in the 20s. They are:

1) Arguing everyday with my sister/roommate over mail, gloves, or purses left on the dining room table.
2) Going to bars and getting mildly intoxicated with aforementioned sister/roommate and laughing at Virginia's fashion statements (I think I hear it saying 'ewww'), and ignoring wierd men.
3) Waiting tables at a fine dining restaurant part-time. The time I dropped a tray of coffee and water on that old couple was especially dramatic.
4) Goofing off at my urban planning internship to set up a Yahoo Profile full of random information as a emotional payback to X-Factor.
5) Watching hours of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' as it reminds me of X-Factor.
6) Being extra red in the face when a guy trys to holla at me while I am in the pharmacy line trying to purchase some personal products. I give him my number just to make him go away before the cashier asks to ring up my item. He wasn't even cute. Who would holla at someone while they are in the drugstore pharmacy line anyway? It is just rude and an invasion of privacy.
7) Getting lots of Christmas gifts (can you believe it?). Maybe complaining to everyone in my family about not getting gifts last year did the trick.
8) Having a random arguement with my mother on Christmas night, leaving the house pissed, and laughing it off at the movies watching "Fun With Dick and Jane". (hilarious movie; I think am in love with Jim Carrey. I'd go out with him in a heartbeat)
9) Being incredulous that aforementioned mother is super excited about automatic toilets and faucets at a rest stop. I inform mother that she must get out more. The hood is just not big enough.
10) Purchasing lots of presents for loved ones. I love surprising people and at Christmas you have the perfect chance.
11) Having tons of fun with X-Factor during Thanksgiving festivities (including a conversation full of his loving devotion to me and plans to marry me) only to be in the midst of a disagreement during Christmas. Since he is mad at me I didn't get a Christmas gift on Christmas. It was delivered to my apartment last night! This dude is major drama but of the "OC" type. I can't even discuss why he is mad at me. It would blow your mind at his selfishness.
12) Telling a crazy stalker very bad dude (that is also an X) that I would call the police if he didn't stop contacting me and leaving messages on my phone; including him playing Musiq's song "half crazy" on my voicemail. He is "LifeTime" Channel Drama.

Well, that's enough for now. Random co-workers are stopping by my office (I'm at my internship) to have equally random conversations about the holidays, the virus they caught, and their crazy family members. Like I care. I wish they could read my mind. I think they'd hear "leave me alone I am trying to blog".