Jan 6, 2010

Cleaning/Organizing: Part II

I'm finally all done! Well, I was hours and hours ago, but I'm just finding time to post about it now before I head to sleep for the night. You can't really tell a huge difference from this picture, but it is more organized than it's ever been! I really am bad for leaving things in random places, but I hope I can keep everything organized from now on. It feels so much better in here, and a lot easier to concentrate on things when everything is in it's own area.
Of course, the majority of the real change is from the closet. It was jam packed full of boxes, mostly random house stuff from when I lived in Grande Prairie, and now it's looking pretty empty...and kinda sad. But on the plus side, a lot less things to move next time I move! Boo-yah!



Jan 5, 2010

Discoveries & Memories

I would be lying if I said right now I wasn't totally pissed off. I love blogger, it's so much easier and faster than many other places I've tried. But when I lose 2 long posts within 24 hours, it does make me a bit angry. You see, I was scrolling down an entry in compose mode, just about to finish it up, and suddenly the page reloads to a picture that I had in the post. Damnit! I quickly press the back button on my browser, hoping that everything will still be there...and no, it's only got the first paragraph. Damnit! I know it's my own fault, I must have clicked it without really noticing or something like that. But still, I'm really pissed off about it. Typing something over again isn't as great as it is the first time, I always leave something out and it just feels...incomplete. Anyhow, onto what I meant to post about!

I mentioned yesterday that I'd found some interesting things while I've been cleaning/organizing my bedroom and tossing out junk that I'll never really use/need. Maybe this is why I have so much stuff in my room, but anything that has even the slightest bit of sentimental value, I just can't bring myself to throw out (Hell, or anything cute, or anything that just might come in handy somewhere down the road). Such as a movie ticket from the first Harry Potter movie (I was SO excited, you have no clue. I still get that way each time I line up to see each of the new movies), a penguin notepad, old school binders...

Jan 4, 2010

Looking Back

No thoughtful post today like I'd intended. I've spent the last 3 hours adding older entries to blogger from my old diary at Diaryland. It is a lot of work, but I'm also not adding every entry either. There are some that aren't really worth the effort, like something with no title, and all the entry says is "Idk anymore." And of course, I've added so many posts today that now I have to do the word verification, and that starts to get hard when you're getting really tired. Things start to look different if you look at them too much.

As for the rest of today, I'm disappointed in myself to be honest. I'd meant to head over to H&R Block and get some papers for income taxes for the last few years I haven't filed. I even put a post-it note on my monitor, a bright pink one! However, I just noticed before I started this post that it fell off my monitor and is lying face down on my desk. Greaaat. I did however find some neat things in my closet, which I'll post about tomorrow when I'm wide awake and my eyelids aren't being dragged down by anvils...

Jan 3, 2010

Cleaning/Organizing: Part I



So, today was a short day at work, and since I still had a lot of energy left once work was done I decided to tackle my bedroom. I know I have a lot of stuff, and a lot of things I don't use, or will never use. I just never get around to throwing things out, or taking them to the salvation army and such. Each time I've tidied my room for the last few years, I've made piles of stuff to take to the salvation army...but we never end up going and I forget and the stuff eventually gets added back to my other normal stuff.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! So anyhow, I'm going through boxes, my closet, my old clothes, old books, old everything and getting rid of things. The above picture is from after I started pulling stuff out of my closet...yikes. This really does feel like an impossible task. I find it really hard to throw things away, especially something that might be useful later. I'm not as bad as the people they show on tv, who throw out nothing at all, but I always feel like my room is a big unorganized mess, even after I clean it.

So far, I've got one bag full of garbage, and a bag full of things to take the salvation army, and a lot of things that I'm not really sure if I should toss or not. An old telephone, lots of cords for computers/video games, lots of little things like notepads/notebooks/post-its, and leftover decorations from my sisters bridal shower that never ended up being used. They're just dollar store stuff, but they haven't even been opened. So I'm not sure if I should hold onto them or what. Blah...

Jan 2, 2010

Inspired

Lately I don't feel as creative, or inspired as I used to. Maybe it's just the silly winter depression thing bogging me down, but I haven't felt like doing anything, from writing to origami, scrapbooking, web design...it all feels very meh. So lately I've been doing a whole lot of nothing. I've played so much RollerCoaster Tycoon II this last month that it isn't funny. What's worse is that I usually ending up failing the objectives, so I'm not even really winning (can you really win at RollerCoaster Tycoon? Lol.).

 Anyhow, I watched the movie that I got for Christmas, Julie & Julia, and I was oddly inspired by it. It almost made me want to cook or bake, and to be honest, I really can't stand cooking or baking most of the time. But instead of cooking, I decided that I should do something else to help me through this annoying winter depression. I'd start a blog, and write one entry each day for a year. But about what...? Games? Anime? Music? Penguins...?
It took me a while to come up with an idea, but I decided that I'd write a post each day about something that I love, no matter what it is. Tv shows, a favourite movie, a good anime, anything that really makes me happy, laugh, or excited.

Jan 1, 2010

My Favourite Things

"My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. I'm sure everyone has at least heard of the musical, if not the song itself. Well, being a bit bored I decided to see if I could make my own version, just adding in my own favourite things. It took a bit of doing, but here it is in all it's glory!


My Version of "My Favourite Things"
Penguins with top hats and ice cream with sprinkles
Wrath of the Lich King and clothes without wrinkles
Asian dramas from MySoju dot com
These are a few of my favourite things.

Cute cuddly puppies and candy cane donuts
Wrapping nice presents and cookies with no nuts
Making up jokes about Dragon Ball Z
These are a few of my favourite things.

Dec 31, 2009

Happy New Years!


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Originally uploaded by zeropro

Well, 10 minutes to go until it is officially the year 2010 (can you belive it? It feels like it was just 2000 yesterday! ...I'm starting to feel so old now!) in Dawson Creek, BC! Soon everyone will be switching to their new calendars for 2010 (once they wake up from their hangovers!) and continuing on with their lives after this great holiday season. Hopefully everyone has got all their relaxing done, because there aren't any good holidays coming up for a while now! Well, at least not the kind where you get more than a day off of work!

To be honest, I'm very happy to see the end of 2009. This year seems as though it's more downs than ups, and the downs this year have been a lot worse than they've ever been before. So here's hoping that the year 2010 will be a much calmer and happier year, not only for myself, but for my friends and family as well!

HAPPY NEW YEARS everyone and I hope you all have an amazing year!


Quick Resolutions for 2010:
  1. Get my GED!
  2. Finish getting ID and healthcare!
  3. See Nate! <3  

 

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