Well, hello there!
After what has been a long, LONG lapse in writing...I have decided to try and re-start my blogging.
I may switch to a blogger account, because I feel as though I've outgrown livejournal to some extent...but that feeling might just come from the fact that when I go back and read old entries...I am reading the 20-23 year old period of my life.
Alas...I don't feel that young anymore. I still feel young, but I'm in perhaps one of those "quarter-life crisis" modes that so many people I know have mentioned.
The rapid passage of time is getting to me.
But then, so is happiness...happiness is getting to me in a good way. As I sit here, listening to my wonderful partner and her best friend laughing...and thinking about two of my best friends who have recently gotten engaged...I feel a sense of contentedness that I haven't had in a while.
Maybe it's because Christmas is around the corner, and I always love this period of the year...where there is a more heightened awareness of the desire to be decent, kind and optimistic. Funnily enough, "Away in a Manger" just came on in my random iTunes player.
Work is typical blargh...but I love the company I am keeping there. There is an exciting near-future prospect that I'm hoping won't just be another let down...a chance to have a change of scenery. And boy do I need that in my work life.
Also...despite my annoying television habit as of late (and by habit I mean watching it incessantly when I'm at home)...I have found much more of a desire to do creative things. Write, draw, paint, dance...sitting like a drone will do that to you.
I love dancing. I'm of the mindset right now, where if I were to just dance 24 hours a day - I'd be good. Dancing to me has become something more than it was when I was young...not a mere shuffle to a vapid beat in a trendy bar. It's this feeling of complete rapture. Of really knowing something. I'm loving it.
I've also taken to reading again. That thing that I once could not live without had sadly been all but lost on me for much of my late teens and very early 20s. Side note: I say very early because, afterall, I am only 24 and therefore in my mind, still categorized as being in my early 20s.
But yes...I've been reading. Fiction, non-fiction, newspapers, websites, essays...anything I can get my hands on. I love this trend. I've breezed through several books in the past few weeks alone (and considering how slow I read...is a remarkable thing). I've read the latest Nick Hornby, a man I love for his ability to weave great tales out of usually average people. I'm currently reading "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe" by Fannie Flag...a suggestion by my book smart gf who insisted that it was an important part of queer literature. I agree so far.
I also have plans to read so much more...and anyone with suggestions...I'm open to them.
I look forward to the holidays, as I do every year, but this year with even more excitement. I think it is because I have had a year of great adventure, emotion, loss and friendship - and to me this time of year is when all of these things culminate. It is what I love most about it...the actual time for family and friends.
Well...I think with my current love of music and dancing...I want to list some of my favourite songs as of late. Then I will cease to blather for the night :) But...I'm already liking this again...so I think it might be here to stay.
Currently, these are some of my favourite songs...
"Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon
"Explode" by Uh Huh Her
"Joanna" from the Sweeney Todd OST
"42," "Yes," and "Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay
and "Mr. Hurricane" by Beast
Until next time...
~Renée
I may switch to a blogger account, because I feel as though I've outgrown livejournal to some extent...but that feeling might just come from the fact that when I go back and read old entries...I am reading the 20-23 year old period of my life.
Alas...I don't feel that young anymore. I still feel young, but I'm in perhaps one of those "quarter-life crisis" modes that so many people I know have mentioned.
The rapid passage of time is getting to me.
But then, so is happiness...happiness is getting to me in a good way. As I sit here, listening to my wonderful partner and her best friend laughing...and thinking about two of my best friends who have recently gotten engaged...I feel a sense of contentedness that I haven't had in a while.
Maybe it's because Christmas is around the corner, and I always love this period of the year...where there is a more heightened awareness of the desire to be decent, kind and optimistic. Funnily enough, "Away in a Manger" just came on in my random iTunes player.
Work is typical blargh...but I love the company I am keeping there. There is an exciting near-future prospect that I'm hoping won't just be another let down...a chance to have a change of scenery. And boy do I need that in my work life.
Also...despite my annoying television habit as of late (and by habit I mean watching it incessantly when I'm at home)...I have found much more of a desire to do creative things. Write, draw, paint, dance...sitting like a drone will do that to you.
I love dancing. I'm of the mindset right now, where if I were to just dance 24 hours a day - I'd be good. Dancing to me has become something more than it was when I was young...not a mere shuffle to a vapid beat in a trendy bar. It's this feeling of complete rapture. Of really knowing something. I'm loving it.
I've also taken to reading again. That thing that I once could not live without had sadly been all but lost on me for much of my late teens and very early 20s. Side note: I say very early because, afterall, I am only 24 and therefore in my mind, still categorized as being in my early 20s.
But yes...I've been reading. Fiction, non-fiction, newspapers, websites, essays...anything I can get my hands on. I love this trend. I've breezed through several books in the past few weeks alone (and considering how slow I read...is a remarkable thing). I've read the latest Nick Hornby, a man I love for his ability to weave great tales out of usually average people. I'm currently reading "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe" by Fannie Flag...a suggestion by my book smart gf who insisted that it was an important part of queer literature. I agree so far.
I also have plans to read so much more...and anyone with suggestions...I'm open to them.
I look forward to the holidays, as I do every year, but this year with even more excitement. I think it is because I have had a year of great adventure, emotion, loss and friendship - and to me this time of year is when all of these things culminate. It is what I love most about it...the actual time for family and friends.
Well...I think with my current love of music and dancing...I want to list some of my favourite songs as of late. Then I will cease to blather for the night :) But...I'm already liking this again...so I think it might be here to stay.
Currently, these are some of my favourite songs...
"Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon
"Explode" by Uh Huh Her
"Joanna" from the Sweeney Todd OST
"42," "Yes," and "Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay
and "Mr. Hurricane" by Beast
Until next time...
~Renée