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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Lifehacker Saved my Life Today

Okay, so not really... But ever since I added Lifehacker.com to my Bloglines RSS feed, I've been learning a LOT.
Today is no exception.
"If you've been putting off doing a good spring cleaning, today's the day to bite the bullet: March 19th marks the start of "Discardia," the time of year for you to clean out the old to make room for the new. This five-year-old holiday occurs between the Solistices and Equinoxes (today till April 5th this year) and its creator describes it thusly:
Discardia is celebrated by getting rid of stuff and ideas you no longer need. It's about letting go, abdicating from obligation and guilt, being true to the self you are now. Discardia is the time to get rid of things that no longer add value to your life, shed bad habits, let go of emotional baggage and generally lighten your load."

I decided to post to my other journal about this, too. However, I don't really anticipate a lot of response about this particular entry. My other journal is more of a fun place, where I can complain and have crazy ideas and talk about little things. I think Xanga's a little more important than that.
I'm honestly going to give Discardia a try. I think it's a good idea and awesome for me because I have so much stuff.... Be it personal baggage or books that I need to read or stuff I need to get rid of... It could be anything. And it doesn't have to be anything. I guess this is just a formal name for Spring Cleaning, and I DEFINITELY need to do that, LOL.
Anywho, that's my update for now. If anyone wants a free 2 year subscription to readymade magazine, startsampling.com is offering it. You have to sign up for their site (it's free), but you get 12 issues of an awesome magazine for free. My BF actually used to love the magazine when we got it.
Take care, everyone!

BTW, you can totally see that what I'm totally reading means I've come out of the closet as a Star Wars nerd. This new series isn't bad, and I have someone in my local bookgroup who I can pass the books off to, which makes it nice. This is the 8th of 9 books, and I think the next one is going to be just as good. Eeeek! I just said a Star Wars book was good... And I'm going to a Comic Convention at the end of next month... Dude, I'm a nerd!

Currently Reading
Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8)
By Karen Traviss
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Sick Day

After the RCBP meeting last night, the BF bought me a wendy's spicy chicken combo... It didn't taste right, something was off to me...

And so in the middle of the night I woke up and got sick... And then I took a few sips of water at 7 and dry heaved... So I think I officially have food poisoning. I called in for a personal day today, and I hope I can make up a few hours by skipping lunch this week and probably going in a bit earlier for the remainder of this week...

Something cool (besides the meeting last night) that happened was that my little bro (Napolean D GothamLad) called and asked about what his schedule should be year. He's got 6 classes over the year and wondered what he should take. He scheduled some kind of high math (he has an aptitude, weird), American Government, English and Humanities. He was wondering if he should take advanced bio, but I told him that he should probably just work on maintaining his GPA and his sanity by taking Art (which I did) in his senior year and Sociology. Those are probably classes he won't have a hard time with. He definitely is on the college track, and I don't know if they have the AP classes they had when I was there, but, he doesn't know what he wants to do and I told him that was cool. He'd like to take archeology (who can blame him,really?), but it disinhearted to learn that there isn't a lot of practical application in the field, so I asked him to take a look at bio classes or anthropology--he can always minor in archeology and then figure out if he wants to go the primitive human route or the animal route... I told him though, that I am by no means an expert, but to talk with a counselor if possible...

I feel sick again, so I'm probably going to go lay down... Outie!

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Hocking Hills Trip

This is a slideshow of pictures I took during our Hocking Hills trip. Hocking Hills is a beautiful area in Southern Ohio (about 1/2 hour south of Columbus).. This is my first slideshow, so please be kind. LOL.
Do you think living with your significant other before marriage is a good idea? Why or why not?

I think this actually depends on the person. For me, I live with my boyfriend and have for a few years. I think it's good because it got me out of my parent's house and made me a little less selfish and more apt to compromise. I also learn on a daily basis more about who he is and what he's about.
For me, I don't know if marriage is in the cards. It's a huge commitment and I'm just not sure that, at this time, I could do it. My parents got married just before I was born, and their marriage broke up pretty easily. I can't help but think that I was the reason for their marriage, and that didn't work out very well.

I know there are some people out there who don't think that living with an S/O before marriage is a good idea, and I can understand where you're coming from, but I also think that in my situation, it was the best solution and continues to be. It is truly a test of character, with some really great rewards. I learn more about myself each day as well...

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