Woo!

Well the very sweet Ari over at The Happy Cactus nominated me for the beautiful blogger award!

Which I have to say is pretty awesome. Being back into the blogging world for such a short time as I have been.

It's super sweet of you Ari! Thanks a bunch! And a ton! Also a carton of strawberries!

The rules for the above badge-y award are as such! (For there are always rules.)

1. Thank the person that nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the award and place it in your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4. Tell us 7 interesting things about yourself.

5. Nominate 7 bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs that are nominated.

1-3 done! Wahoo! 5 and 6.. Hmm. I know not many bloggers to nominate.. I shall have to dig around.

My interesting facts! Ish.

1. I drink coffee. As in.. Massive amounts. As a matter of fact when I finish typing this sentence, I'm going to get up and get another cup. And apparently set up the pot for the morning.. :) I can't help it, I drink to wake up and to go to sleep. Call me weird. I love it.

2. I sleep with my teddy bear from when I was little when I'm alone. Don't judge me. - Ari Yeah, keeping that one.. Why? Because I do that. His name is Curly. Got him when I was 10. Before that I had a glow in the dark stuffie named Fluffy. She's purple and the stars covering her body glow. I got her when I was two. Still have her too.

3. I own over 250 books.

4. My daughter and I dressed up as Coraline and the Other Mother for Halloween '09. I dyed her hair blue and everything.

5. At my current age of 22, I just now have a full time job. First ever.

6. At a daycare. Which is an odd choice for me, as I've always said I hated kids. That fact was pointed out to me today, and followed with "I don't believe it. At all.". So, I thought about it, and I do like kids. Love kids. I just don't like them when they get in large groups and start going crazy. I never acted the way kids do today.. Oy. That makes me sound old.. Moving on.

7. I find Spongebob amusing. Really, I do. My younger brother and I will walk past the t.v. with it on and quote it. Or point out favorite episodes. The bubble lesson one. ;)

Now for my nominations. I don't actually follow many. So I'm just going to do two. Cause I'm a rebel.

1. A Simple Mind, Complex Thoughts , My friend Kevin, who is in Iraq.

2. The Anvil Tree, I've read her blog for years. Amazing woman.

Aaaand she's good..

See, I was in a bad mood. Horrible really..

Nothing has changed. Everything is still poo. But my pity party is over. Why? I went on a mission. For pretty. To make me happy. At least for a moment.

And this is what I found.

Please to enjoy.. ;)

I.. Would have his babies. Like, now.

Oh Clive.. You make everything better..

Now, I'm not an RPatz fangirl.. But this? Is my favorite picture of him. Ever.

Nice, huh?

Yay.

I love seeing friends.

My friend Emily is in town for a few days. Down from NYC. She is pretty awesome. I have no doubt in her ability to be successful in her chosen field. Acting!

We got coffee at Barnes and Noble. Just sat and talked for a few hours. So nice. Planned a trip to go visit her in the summer! She lives in a community house in Brooklyn, and they have a "hospitality room" for people to come and go. Soo... Yeah, I jumped all over that.

It's cool being able to do that. Just deciding, "Hey, I think I'll come up and see you in June." and being able to do it. I don't have to ask anyone. I don't have to check with anyone. All I have to do, is set aside the money. That's it. Travel is important to me. So I make it a priority. And I get to.

I love it.

Sticking to the resolutions!

Not the man.

For my resolutions are not the man.

But I'm trying to stick to them...

...

Anyway! I walked downstairs all prepared to post and.. BAM! I completely forgot what I was intending to say. Nice. Not even 5 posts in and I have bloggers block.. Eh. Oh well!

The thing is, I love to write. Adore it. One of my dear friends moved recently, and in preparation of that I bought a ton of stationary. Lots. I have other friends that I intend to write to.. I just wanted an excuse to buy it! So if I love to write, it shouldn't be a problem right?

Wrong. I get stuck. Or I think of something that I probably shouldn't post about yet. (Getting divorced.) Or things that I just plain don't want to write about. Why can I never remember the topics that are safe? Arg.

On that note. I lost the game. Oh? You don't know about the game? Here, let me (and wikipedia) help you!

   There are three rules to The Game:

1. Everyone in the world is playing The Game. (Sometimes narrowed to: "Everybody in the world who knows about The Game is playing The Game", or alternatively, "You are always playing The Game.")
2. Whenever one thinks about The Game, one loses.
3. Losses must be announced to at least one person (either by using a statement such as "I lost The Game" or by alternative means).

Some players allow a grace period of 30 seconds to half an hour after someone has lost, during which a player cannot lose The Game again, or is not obliged to announce a loss This is done in order to prevent a perpetual loss of the game. Under a literal interpretation, one has to announce every loss of the game. However, announcing the game amounts to thinking about it, which constitutes a loss and another announcement. Such a chain continues indefinitely. The common rules do not contain a win condition, nor do they define a point at which The Game ends. However, one reported variation states that The Game ends when the British Prime Minister announces "The Game is up" on television.

There. Now you are playing the game. And you have just lost it. :) The way I play, is with a 30 minute grace period. That is sufficient time to forget the game. The thing about the Prime Minister though? Didn't know that. It would be so awesome if that happened.

New Beginnings

May it be a new beginning for both of us.

That's what he said to me, at 11:58 last night.

Thus far into the day. This new year of 2010. It appears to be holding true. A new beginning. In ways I hadn't even considered. That I also don't feel like elaborating on right now. Suffice to say, I'm in for a doozy.

And I love it.

Onto the resolutions! I've been thinking about this for weeks now. Actually writing down some resolutions for the new year. I generally never do it. Ever. Once or twice, my mom would sit us down on New Year's Eve, give us a questionnaire about the year. What was our favorite day? What song best described the year for us? What was the worst thing we did?

But never resolutions. I never questioned it. Not even now. Maybe she thought we were to young to care or even to try to stick with something. Maybe it was nothing like that. Maybe it was just the she wanted to do something different. Either way. I'm doing it now!

So.. My list!

• Write in this here blog. At least twice a week. Minimum. (MINIMUM!) I want to get better at writing and gathering my thoughts. I'm a bit scatterbrained.. :)
• Write in my journal proper, at the three times a week. You know, for those secrets to dirty to tell. ;)
• Learn to knit. Because there is to much that I want to make not to! Also, I've been saying this one for years now..
• Learn about myself. More on this to come. It's quite a long(ish) tale.
  
• Be self sufficient. I've never been. In my life. I think it's time to put on my big girl panties.

There it is. I think I can handle that.