Now that thats done, today (being 12/31 because today 1/1 is barely started) I went to B&N bought the second book in the series I read over the TX portion of my vacation. I forget if I've mentioned what it was it was Bitten, it was in my Nerd Block Horror Block Grab Block... I vaguely knew of the Syfy show since it was after Haven but never really watched it. Honestly werewolves and vampires arent typically my genre, well the recent variety. Buffyverse era stuff is perfectly acceptable as is the Underworld Series & Blade. OK anyway.... I picked it up for the trip basically because there wasnt anything else in physical book form to take with. Now I have an e-reader app, both varieties with ebooks at the ready, I just prefer while travelling to have a physical book in hand. I may have said it before but I prefer the book book to the ebook 9/10 times. Ebooks are okay, and they're convenient but I still read both The Stand and Under the Dome in the physical versions, though the e-versions would have way better portability.. ok where was I? Oh today, so I get that, picked up Dalek Sec on the way out and the new Dilbert Desk calendar, i'm hoping its better than the 2011 one that was kinda eh, and was the last year I got one.... Also Giant Eagle to use the gc, did this all since they're next to each other and I loathe the Giant Eagle thats up at Settlers Ridge, its huge, its unweildy and yes it has some great stuff but its less than practical and i just i dont like it. Also went to Arby's on the way back, felt like curly fries its been a long while, they were cold by the time i got home...
So I got home, ate than took a nap. A NAP!! I haven't napped in a few weeks, or 2 or 1 or I dont know yet i think 2... i'd check but i'm lazy... anyway i also slept 8 hours last night. The nap and the sleeping were undoubtedly assisted by the fact that I didnt hook up the cpap when I got home so the sleep was likely less than adequate despite the length..
Woke up... dicked around online and watched some tv i'd recorded that i hadnt gotten to yet, i vaguely paid any attention...
Then I made dinner and caught up on some SA stuff, I really do admire him, its weird only beacuse I admire him more like Kevin Williams than some random person I dont actually know. Kevin if I hadnt mentioned it was my neighbor and I'd classify as peripheral friend, our sisters were close. Anyway he and another guy from HS and the music dept crowd are doing well for themselves in LA, they're musicians and have worked with JT. I say this because I think i posted about it I'm really happy for them, like I bought the 20/20 just because they were a part of it. I liked enjoying in and participating in my small way to their success. This will totally make sense I think. Anyway, this is how i feel about SA, like I bought S 1-3 of Arrow on DVD in the same way I got 20/20. I've watched them, I dont *need* them but its a bigger game there, small contribution yes but a contribution nonetheless. Something I'd have done had I made the discovery earlier with any of the campaigns he's run, but more likely sinceriously. So there's that, also I stumbled upon his blog, which I enjoyed. He's not changed from the beginnings insofar that he's got an exceptional capacity for being generous with his fans. Its really refreshing, kind of refreshing like working at TFS where they treat you like an adult and not a dependent who needs constant supervision.
No idea how much sense I'm acutally making... I'm also killing time because I have an hour til the west coast new year is here to wish it to those friends, really Aubrey.
In addition; after reading said blog I do find it had some sage advice peppered throughout. The overriding theory was be comfortable with who you are, in your skin; truth is always better than bullshit and unless you push yourself you wont succeed. I particularly liked this quote
There’s only one thing that can actually stand between you and what will make you truly happy within your profession. Everybody knows what it is; some people just don’t want to face up to it.
I would submit that that same something can stand between you and living your life.
So at the risk of actually having a new years resolution which i *never* do, I think I'm going to try. I don't try, because its safer to not try. Like at work, I dont try, as much as I'd like to say I did I dont. I know I dont, its like when mom asked me last week who taught me all the computer stuff I know. The answer is nobody, I taught myself. But That even felt kind of like a lie, I dont really know, I didnt formalize any education in anything I work at. My formalized educational experience is still immortalized in the 1998 entries I added here. And really that wasnt fun, especially because I like learning.
What I'm going to try at shall remain unnamed, so this isnt really a resolution but more of a idea... right?
