I always thought 'resolution' was too aggressive a word to force on yourself. It almost suggests you're doing these things unwillingly. Vague and generalized ambitions are more helpful, I think.
Your brother is never nervous and my brother is never embarrassed. They'd make a good super hero duo.
I don't know. I think most years are good years, or at least diverting. (Yeah, that's exactly what you hope to tell people about your life, "Oh, it's very diverting.") If you had stayed in bed every day and refused to participate, then people would have noticed, and your responsibilities and obligations would have crumbled without you, and there would be a Nicole shaped hole in the world. But none of that happened because you were yourself and got up every morning and meshed gears with everyone. It's sort of nice.
I agree. I'm not very good at sticking to plans, anyway.
ha! The Ambiguously Sociopathic Duo!
(That is what I would say if my life was a coffee table book! Yes, it's very diverting. You can read a few pages whenever you want. You can even flip through it while you're bored in the bathroom, if you don't have a phone with games on it.) That's a lovely way to look at things, and it cheered me up. There's just an incessant, pessimistic part of me that thinks maybe someone else would replace the cat litter, or give my Grandpa cash for Christmas because my aunt never lets him have his own money, or remember that a certain mountain is in Jerusalem (for that particularly difficult quiz question), or be silly and ironic all the time. The only thing I know for sure is that if I weren't around, my sister would be pop culturally stunted and have no sense of humor. That would be a tragedy.
But do you really trust other people to take care of all that stuff? I don't. (That's where I'm pessimistic.) Even if I end up not having children, I still want to leave my grubby little fingerprints on the world.
It would be neat to be remembered forever by one little niche group. Like maybe if you collect stamps, you're the guy who ends up figuring out a brilliant new way to sort them. Then for as long as stamps exist, stamp collectors everywhere will talk about the Montiel system. Nobody else in the world would know or care about it, but you'd be a legend to that close group.
There you go, taking my idea and making it better. I read this whole post greedily, since lack of things (like regular updates from friends; even though we talk almost every day) tends to make me greedy.
This was my favorite, I think: "This year I spent 8 weeks dating and 4 weeks breaking up with a guy named Julian." So your voice. Also this, "This semester I didn't have to write a paper called "Is There A God?" but I know what I would've said and I'm beginning to understand how much it hurts to say it", which sounds darkly cryptic even though I was there when it happened.
I get the same feeling when I do my taxes every year and see the small fortune I made on paper, compared to what I have to get me through to my next paycheck at the moment. But that was the 2010 me! The 2011 me is going to be BETTER.
Your mom is adorable, and your family looks very happy.
I notice updating more isn't one of your resolutions. I'm glad you can be realistic in your goals.
Smalls, I text you every time I notice a light on in my house. What more do you want from me? My life only gets more boring from there.
Well what do you do when you suddenly lose your attraction to a person? You keep dating them until you can justify not doing so. Lol I figure I can afford to be pretty cryptic because I'm about 95% writing entries for you and you already know this stuff.
2011 you should just rob a bank.
Thanks. Everybody's happy when they're drunk. That's why the kid is faking that smile.
You're a riot! And you speak the truth. Like J said about, 'resolution' has a negative connotation. If I resolve to update more often, I'll likely just update four times a week for three weeks or so then not for another year. Instead I have a vague idea in my head of maybe showing up around here more often.
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Your brother is never nervous and my brother is never embarrassed. They'd make a good super hero duo.
I don't know. I think most years are good years, or at least diverting. (Yeah, that's exactly what you hope to tell people about your life, "Oh, it's very diverting.") If you had stayed in bed every day and refused to participate, then people would have noticed, and your responsibilities and obligations would have crumbled without you, and there would be a Nicole shaped hole in the world. But none of that happened because you were yourself and got up every morning and meshed gears with everyone. It's sort of nice.
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ha! The Ambiguously Sociopathic Duo!
(That is what I would say if my life was a coffee table book! Yes, it's very diverting. You can read a few pages whenever you want. You can even flip through it while you're bored in the bathroom, if you don't have a phone with games on it.) That's a lovely way to look at things, and it cheered me up. There's just an incessant, pessimistic part of me that thinks maybe someone else would replace the cat litter, or give my Grandpa cash for Christmas because my aunt never lets him have his own money, or remember that a certain mountain is in Jerusalem (for that particularly difficult quiz question), or be silly and ironic all the time. The only thing I know for sure is that if I weren't around, my sister would be pop culturally stunted and have no sense of humor. That would be a tragedy.
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This was my favorite, I think: "This year I spent 8 weeks dating and 4 weeks breaking up with a guy named Julian." So your voice. Also this, "This semester I didn't have to write a paper called "Is There A God?" but I know what I would've said and I'm beginning to understand how much it hurts to say it", which sounds darkly cryptic even though I was there when it happened.
I get the same feeling when I do my taxes every year and see the small fortune I made on paper, compared to what I have to get me through to my next paycheck at the moment. But that was the 2010 me! The 2011 me is going to be BETTER.
Your mom is adorable, and your family looks very happy.
I notice updating more isn't one of your resolutions. I'm glad you can be realistic in your goals.
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Well what do you do when you suddenly lose your attraction to a person? You keep dating them until you can justify not doing so. Lol I figure I can afford to be pretty cryptic because I'm about 95% writing entries for you and you already know this stuff.
2011 you should just rob a bank.
Thanks. Everybody's happy when they're drunk. That's why the kid is faking that smile.
You're a riot! And you speak the truth. Like J said about, 'resolution' has a negative connotation. If I resolve to update more often, I'll likely just update four times a week for three weeks or so then not for another year. Instead I have a vague idea in my head of maybe showing up around here more often.
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