Monday, April 25, 2011

and a giant swing

last saturday marked my 1 year anniversary of leaving my super stressful job.
today i got an offer for a new salaried FT job.
still hesitant on some moving and social aspects... but otherwise, hooray! =)
next month is going to be super busy.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

variety of stuff

latest happenings and thoughts x10
1. new laptop! nice and light and thin and plays sc2 with no annoying flashy lines.
2. warmer weather wholly welcomed. until it got cold and snowed again
3. general laziness shows up around the waist quickly. it makes me sad
4. went to the mall of america recently. interestingly, my money went mostly to candy and meals than clothing
5. i baked mojito and grapefruit yogurt cupcakes for a bake sale. both quite delicious. and yes, that does fulfill some of my 30 before 30...
6. and on that note, i've added more photos for spring
7. the controversy surrounding JCrew's pink nail polish on a young boy is dumb and ridiculous
8. just wow
9. the internet tends to drain all my short attention span nowadays
10. i hate having to make a decision where, either way i go, i will be sad about something

Monday, April 11, 2011

four ones day

today is 4/11/11, and time for some link jots

toy photography - very inspirational! toys are fun
lego photography - inspirational
could use a few pointers on how to quit the internet
the classic extroverts versus introverts discussion
this internet revenge made me smile a bit

still an ISTJ, though when i first haphazardly took the test i was an ISFJ. (take test)
E/I score E = 0 I = 10
S/N score S = 14 N = 6
T/F score T = 11 F = 9
J/P score J = 14 P = 6

and on a random note... new laptop to play with!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

30 before 30

i'm about to complete some items in my 30 before 30 list, so i figured i'd post them to make the list official.

1. start a 365 photos project
2. move to a new city
3. learn another foreign language
4. travel to europe
5. ride a hot air balloon
6. read 2-3 more books in the song of ice and fire series
7. visit austin
8. make mojito cupcakes
9. acquire a navy blue coat
10. acquire a touchscreen device (ex. tablet, smartphone...)
11. finish writing my list of 100 things to do before i die (currently at 77)
12. replace my dying dell laptop
13. create a new website/blog of some form
14. go sky diving
15. figure out my favorite kind of wine
16. buy a hat at sacred feather (one of madison's longest standing stores on state street)
17. acquire a new camera
18. bake for a bake sale
19. consolidate burned media into 1-3 TB hard drives
20. (related to above) organize my music files
21. sell some of my crafts
22. build a small board game collection
23. organize/display my vinyl toys
24. win money at a casino poker table
25. finish making 1000 cranes
26. attend an anime convention
27. finish epic mickey
28. pick up a new physical activity (ex. team sports, martial arts...)
29. memorize the chinese pinyin system
30. paint my ansem figurine

ready, set, go!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

decisions

it's april now. i have some big decisions to make within the next few weeks. guess i've been putting them off for too too long. also i'm being super ambitious and too stubborn to concede to smaller goals. wish i had a clear path to go towards. i never know what i want.