Um, hi
Oh my gosh do I love LJ. It's good to be back. Hopefully I'll stay back this time.
Out of curiosity, I checked my last actual entry: 2014 resolutions. How did I do?
*Move from creepy house DONE. Moved into apartment, and now a different apartment. This is a better apartment, as evidenced by the BUILT-IN BOOKCASE.
*Visit one new restaurant a month. Chains are fair game, as long as I've never been to any of their locations before. Groupon/Living Social/deal-inspired visits are also fair. Pretty sure I failed, but it lives on in spirit. I make an effort to try new places--there are a lot of small middle eastern (?) places around. I also finally visited this tiny taco place I'd been driving past for like 7 years. Still not brave enough to try any of their organ meats, though.
*Stand up to doctor when she orders more blood tests because they're stupid expensive, nothing's going to change, and it's not important. ...No clue. I've just kinda avoided the doctor. In other news, I don't have a strong need for ADHD meds right now, which is great.
*Do not complain about being a bridesmaid to the bride, who is really being considerate. Remember that my problems are more with the ideas behind the wedding industry as a whole. DONE. Actually my bridesmaid duties mostly involved 1) buying and wearing a dress and shoes, 2) helping set up for the small wedding, 3) hanging out with the bride. She was great and set a good example if I ever get married.
*Watch the U.S. men's team lose badly in the World Cup They actually didn't lose too badly. AND IN 2015 THE WOMEN WON WHICH IS MORE EXCITING.
*Do something art-ish. Anything. A comic, quilled paper, sketching, anything. I haven't done anything since graduating. FAIL. Still working on this. Bought a calendar where I have to color each month's picture, and bought one of those swanky new adult coloring books (drawn by my art professor! Heroines of the Old Testament!), so moving in that direction.
*Find better way to track finances. I don't know what I was doing before. I still don't put receipts to use, but I keep track via my bank's app, so...done?
*Give away prom dresses on Freecycle or something to make some other girl happy My orange princess dress disappeared at some point in 2014, so I assume this happened.
*Transfer all junk from old computer to new. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN. THIS STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AUGH.
Resolutions I Would Like To Make But Won't Set In Stone Because There's a Very Good Chance They Are Unrealistic
*Re-join actively Livejournal/add Dreamwidth into the mix. (Reason Why Unrealistic: I fail and life/internet balance. Or, more accurately, I fail at work/sleep/remembering to eat balance, and everything past those three is just one more thing I have difficulty with. Actually, make than everything past work and sleep. I forget to eat sometimes, too.)
*Watch the U.S. men's team win something or not lose badly. (Reason Why Unrealistic: U.S. men's soccer team on a world stage. Duh.) OBVIOUS FAIL
*Renovate and restart blog. (Reason Why Unrealistic: I fail at work/sleep/everything balance, and the...effort, I guess?...required to keep myself organized or on task or work or something apparently sucks out any creativity. I mean, I stopped reading for approximately 3.5 months when work got busy, and I'm an hourly employee, so it's not like I didn't have time. I was just so drained I couldn't do anything but exist.) DEFINITE FAIL
*Make new icons for LJ (Reason Why Unrealistic: See above.) FAILURE OF FAILNESS
Out of curiosity, I checked my last actual entry: 2014 resolutions. How did I do?
*Move from creepy house DONE. Moved into apartment, and now a different apartment. This is a better apartment, as evidenced by the BUILT-IN BOOKCASE.
*Visit one new restaurant a month. Chains are fair game, as long as I've never been to any of their locations before. Groupon/Living Social/deal-inspired visits are also fair. Pretty sure I failed, but it lives on in spirit. I make an effort to try new places--there are a lot of small middle eastern (?) places around. I also finally visited this tiny taco place I'd been driving past for like 7 years. Still not brave enough to try any of their organ meats, though.
*Stand up to doctor when she orders more blood tests because they're stupid expensive, nothing's going to change, and it's not important. ...No clue. I've just kinda avoided the doctor. In other news, I don't have a strong need for ADHD meds right now, which is great.
*Do not complain about being a bridesmaid to the bride, who is really being considerate. Remember that my problems are more with the ideas behind the wedding industry as a whole. DONE. Actually my bridesmaid duties mostly involved 1) buying and wearing a dress and shoes, 2) helping set up for the small wedding, 3) hanging out with the bride. She was great and set a good example if I ever get married.
*Watch the U.S. men's team lose badly in the World Cup They actually didn't lose too badly. AND IN 2015 THE WOMEN WON WHICH IS MORE EXCITING.
*Do something art-ish. Anything. A comic, quilled paper, sketching, anything. I haven't done anything since graduating. FAIL. Still working on this. Bought a calendar where I have to color each month's picture, and bought one of those swanky new adult coloring books (drawn by my art professor! Heroines of the Old Testament!), so moving in that direction.
*Find better way to track finances. I don't know what I was doing before. I still don't put receipts to use, but I keep track via my bank's app, so...done?
*Give away prom dresses on Freecycle or something to make some other girl happy My orange princess dress disappeared at some point in 2014, so I assume this happened.
*Transfer all junk from old computer to new. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN. THIS STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AUGH.
Resolutions I Would Like To Make But Won't Set In Stone Because There's a Very Good Chance They Are Unrealistic
*Re-join actively Livejournal/add Dreamwidth into the mix. (Reason Why Unrealistic: I fail and life/internet balance. Or, more accurately, I fail at work/sleep/remembering to eat balance, and everything past those three is just one more thing I have difficulty with. Actually, make than everything past work and sleep. I forget to eat sometimes, too.)
*Watch the U.S. men's team win something or not lose badly. (Reason Why Unrealistic: U.S. men's soccer team on a world stage. Duh.) OBVIOUS FAIL
*Renovate and restart blog. (Reason Why Unrealistic: I fail at work/sleep/everything balance, and the...effort, I guess?...required to keep myself organized or on task or work or something apparently sucks out any creativity. I mean, I stopped reading for approximately 3.5 months when work got busy, and I'm an hourly employee, so it's not like I didn't have time. I was just so drained I couldn't do anything but exist.) DEFINITE FAIL
*Make new icons for LJ (Reason Why Unrealistic: See above.) FAILURE OF FAILNESS