{"id":2247,"date":"2005-07-04T20:53:31","date_gmt":"2005-07-04T20:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2005-07-04T20:53:31","modified_gmt":"2005-07-04T20:53:31","slug":"state_of_the_he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/state_of_the_he\/","title":{"rendered":"state of the heather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/digicam\/0461-33.jpg\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"0461-33.jpg\" title=\"33 on the 1\/3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>oh dear god&#8230; i&#8217;m 33!  i&#8217;m officially in my thirties now.  there&#8217;s really no saying otherwise at this point.  i could pull out the ol&#8217; 29 with four year&#8217;s experience, but that kind of thing mostly annoys me.<br \/>\nthe last year brought me lots of stuff:  a new apartment, a new job, a new camera, a new bed, a new computer.  i had a short affair which left me cold.  i had a near-breakdown which left me philosophic.  i dated!  i made new friends and lost old ones.  i discovered pho and salmon sashimi.  i finally met my jeremy after knowing him for over eight years.  i also met long-time blog friends jim, jodi, julie and andrea in person;  spent time with my favourite aussie, Adrian; and, i can&#8217;t forget meeting the (in)famous dooce.  i asked for help and didn&#8217;t die from shame.  i discovered flickr.  i became a part-time camwhore.<br \/>\ni&#8217;m on my third full-time job, my second apartment, my fifth computer, my first car (still), my third edmonton-boy crush, my second desk, and my first kickass officemate.  i still don&#8217;t know what i want to be when i grow up, but i think i might be getting closer.  i&#8217;m on the financial mend (even with that annoying mastercard hiccough).  i&#8217;m still too hard on myself, but i&#8217;m getting better.  i&#8217;ve learned that if i don&#8217;t open up i&#8217;ll never have anyone know the real me and if that doesn&#8217;t happen then i only have myself to blame for ending up lonely.<br \/>\nthis year i&#8217;m dedicating to self-improvement:  better nutrition, better physical condition, more me time, more creative expressions, more friends, more adventure, more honesty, more spontaneity, more love (even for myself), better hair, less tv, more music, more books, more outside, less futon, exfoliating, moisturizing, flossing, trying new foods, talking to strangers, taking more photos, using my words, thinking of others first, living in the <em>now<\/em> and not for the weekend, more &#8220;thank you&#8221;s.<br \/>\nit&#8217;s a tall order, but i&#8217;ve three hundred-some days to try it all on for size.  i may not be perfect, but i&#8217;m a pretty good person with pretty good intentions most of the time.  i could do a lot worse, but i could be doing a <em>lot<\/em> better, too.<br \/>\nhappy thirty-three to me!  i&#8217;m going to work on enjoying the process this year.  i hope you&#8217;re all along for the ride, because it&#8217;s sure to be an adventure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>oh dear god&#8230; i&#8217;m 33! i&#8217;m officially in my thirties now. there&#8217;s really no saying otherwise at this point. i could pull out the ol&#8217; 29 with four year&#8217;s experience, but that kind of thing mostly annoys me. the last year brought me lots of stuff: a new apartment, a new job, a new camera, <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/state_of_the_he\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}