ay carumba! not a very auspicious start to the blogging year, is it? let’s just chalk it up to being far too busy taking care of things in the physical world in preparation of a brand new year full of band new experiences. my new year started off the way i mean it to continue, including all the cleaning, tidying and purging i’ve been doing for the last two days.
i just wish it would stop being so fucking cold and snowy.
resolutions? year in review? seems they’re both in heavy rotation around the interweb this week. does anyone really care what i thought about 2003 or what i mean to change in 2004? too bad, i’m telling you regardless.
twenty-oh-three was a crazy year for this girl. found a boy, lost a boy, found a boy, lost a boy, found a boy, lost a boy, possibly found a boy. i suppose that means i can’t say i’m yucky and nobody will ever want me anymore. i spent a lot of time doing (or worrying about doing) homework, and officially registered for accreditation once i’m finished with all the homework in, um, eighteen months time. i took a plane ride for the first time in three or so years. saw family members i haven’t seen in as many as twenty-five years. broke a heart. had my heart broken. started a savings account. started buying dvds. started carrying a purse. finally succumbed to windows xp. broke my vow to never own a cell phone. discovered i look good in brown.
all in all, it was a pretty good year for me. i know it’s been really shitty for a lot of folks around, but, honestly, i think it’s been one of the better ones. historically, i tend to do better in odd-numbered years. here’s to hoping i break that trend for this twelve-month coming up.
for twenty-oh-four, i’m resolving to eat to live, not live to eat, walk more, take more photographs and be less shy about people seeing me take photographs, spend more time with people i like to spend time with, go outside more, stop goofing off at work, procrastinate less, stop worrying about what i did and care more about what i’m doing, talk to my parents every two weeks, get a haircut, get a one bedroom apartment, watch less tv, learn to increase/decrease stitches, floss every day and remember to say “thank you” more often.
i’ve also made a list of fifty-two movies i want to see this year, the goal being to see one of them every week and hopefully post a short review of each of them here. i’m not sure how that’ll work, but here’s to positive thinking!
Where was that picture taken? Kind of neat. Btw, I thought you may like this recipe I discovered in one of Jamie Oliver’s books. I posted it on my site in my little recipe section. My god, it was *so good*. Everyone who loves chicken should give this a try. It’s easy enough, and more delicious than anything I’ve ever tasted in a restaurant! By the way, I was hoping to get some tips on your great photo-taking. I got a film camera for Christmas, and it’s got tons of options. I can’t wait to start taking great pictures. :-)
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who’s shy about people watching me take pictures. Kind of a rough character flaw for a scrapbooker!
that’s a beautiful photo.
hey, great site, just popping by, love the photos, better than mine, what kind of camera you use?
You seem like a cool girl, more power to ya!
the photo above was taken this morning from my seat at the computer in my apartment (looking north-west) with my fuji finepix 2800 digital camera. as for asking me for tips for good photos, i’m really the wrong person to ask. if i do anything right, it’s purely by accident.
ah no.. I sell cameras so I always like to see what image was produced with what so I can make recommendations. I’m never been all that impressed with the Fujis but your pics look great.
Get me a copy of the chicken recipe too, please AND thank-you!!