For anyone who cares, I’m working on a 2011 mix, a short text piece that explains why such a project is worthless, and a list of books I read and liked (or not) in 2011. These things probably won’t appear until next week since I’ll be traveling to Tennessee this weekend.
I say just write about the books you really liked. Or hated.
I got accepted to grad schools.
I quit one of my jobs.
I saw U2 in concert, years after I was a huge fan. I’m still a huge fan of what they used to do. The concert was pretty stupendous.
My contract ended for my other job.
I started volunteering at the library.
My grandpa died after a long, drawn-out period of deterioration.
I made soap for the first time.
I moved closer to DC. I also got a new roommate.
I started grad school.
I reunited with my great aunt (my grandpa’s sister) in Florida.
Learned about lots of fun library-related sources and things.
I made a ridiculous resolution last year to “be more awesome” this year. Sadly, right now is not the time of year when I am typically awesome (winter). S.A.D. is fun like that. My thinking is very unsubtle and I am generally unmotivated.
Making soap could qualify as awesome, but I did that back in the summer. General awesomeness should be a little more consistent than once a year to be valid, IMO. Writing more and better this year would be a plus. Getting the easel out of its box that I got as a present a couple of years ago might also be next year’s project. And maybe I’ll memorize a few poems so as to delight people at parties.
Slowly, slowly beginning to favor coffee over tea in the morning. December is a terrible month.
Go home, knick knacks!
I don’t believe this hunger strike in DC is getting nearly enough press. These five have been fasting for more than a week now, and they’re demanding that Congress pass H.R. 266 (which grants DC a voting House rep and 2 voting senators) before they will stop. The Tea Party’s got nothing on these guys.
burndownthedisco replied to your post: burndownthedisco replied to your post: Tomorrow my…
i kind of had bad feelings about pruning folks i know in real life, who always let their twitter account languish. but i pruned them good this time.
Yeah, I pruned people a while back who clearly never use Twitter. I doubt they’ll even notice. The real problem is the 100+ who update frequently, all of whom have interesting or relevant links or things to say. They are making my brain explode.
I just had an unnecessarily gleeful, Nelson Muntz-filled five minutes realizing that I was a better writer than this other person who is a writer and editor in NY. Back to Earth now.
burndownthedisco replied to your post: Tomorrow
my twitter feed often gets out of hand.
We need to join forces and have a pruning party. *snip snip*
