So today I'm all grown up- again.
Yup, its my Birthday today. I always feel kind of melancholy on my birthday- another facet of my over-analytical mind. I tend to look back at the last year and wonder what I could have done better and what will happen in the coming year. This year has brought many changes with it, some good, some bad. But I think I do too much taking stock of my life. To quote Minnie Driver in Grosse Point Blank, "Leave your livestock alone- and then, get out of town." I think thats what I really need- a vacation. To get out of this blasted sameness that I've been stuck in for too long. I haven't even been to say, Grand Rapids in far too long. I think I need to take the Lisa tactic of taking a few days off, even if I don't go anywhere major- just go to the beach or something. Everyone's been telling em that I need a vacation. What I kind of want to do it go someplace where no one knows me and meet a bunch of new people. I guess school will accomplish that though- I've signed up for 3 night classes now, in addition to my CDA stuff. I'd like to join a writer's group, but I'd want it to be a Christian one, and the only one I've found around gives assignments in order to motivate people to actually write- aren't yoou supposed to write because it is your calling- your life's desire, not because you are supposed to write about firworks for the month of July? I guess I'm more melancholy than usual today because recently I found something I wrote way back in the day when I was 12, all about what I'd be doing in 10 years. I thought that when I was 22, I'd be married with kids, a published author, a botanist, marine biologist, in the army, peace corps and involved in various philanthropic endeavors. Even though my dreams were truly outrageous, I would have liked to achieve at least one of the many goals I set for myelf. Oh well, the year is young, and so am I- though a little less so than yesterday. Do you have to remind yourself on your birthday and several days after that you are a year older? I kept saying to myself- "I'm 22, I'm 22." But it still hasn't sunk in. Now I'm in the boring part of my adulthood- nothing big until 25- when I'll be a quarter of a century old.
I forgot to mention what I got for my B- Day-
I got my climbing shoes!!! I'm so excited- now I have to go out and do me some climbing. I think they're exactly th same type as ang and lisa and annie, but I knwo that I like those and can climb well in them, so It's cool. I also got a gift certificate to gander mountain from my bro. since he never knows what to get me. My mom's also giving me a shopping trip this monday to kohl's since she gets this one day something percent off cupon. This is good since my clothes are looking alittle raggedy, and funds are lacking, but she asked me what I needed and I thought of one thing, and then another and another came to mind- I'll have to think on it a bit before we go.
We also went to see Bourne Supremacy tonight. I had loved the first one and its usual a let down to go to a sequel because its never as good- as was the case here. It seems like they always try to do things bigger instead of sticking with what worked from the first one. Not that it was a horrible movie, it was just predictable. and what I guessed happened from the trailer did happen. Maybe I should just read the books. They're usually better anyways.
Yup, its my Birthday today. I always feel kind of melancholy on my birthday- another facet of my over-analytical mind. I tend to look back at the last year and wonder what I could have done better and what will happen in the coming year. This year has brought many changes with it, some good, some bad. But I think I do too much taking stock of my life. To quote Minnie Driver in Grosse Point Blank, "Leave your livestock alone- and then, get out of town." I think thats what I really need- a vacation. To get out of this blasted sameness that I've been stuck in for too long. I haven't even been to say, Grand Rapids in far too long. I think I need to take the Lisa tactic of taking a few days off, even if I don't go anywhere major- just go to the beach or something. Everyone's been telling em that I need a vacation. What I kind of want to do it go someplace where no one knows me and meet a bunch of new people. I guess school will accomplish that though- I've signed up for 3 night classes now, in addition to my CDA stuff. I'd like to join a writer's group, but I'd want it to be a Christian one, and the only one I've found around gives assignments in order to motivate people to actually write- aren't yoou supposed to write because it is your calling- your life's desire, not because you are supposed to write about firworks for the month of July? I guess I'm more melancholy than usual today because recently I found something I wrote way back in the day when I was 12, all about what I'd be doing in 10 years. I thought that when I was 22, I'd be married with kids, a published author, a botanist, marine biologist, in the army, peace corps and involved in various philanthropic endeavors. Even though my dreams were truly outrageous, I would have liked to achieve at least one of the many goals I set for myelf. Oh well, the year is young, and so am I- though a little less so than yesterday. Do you have to remind yourself on your birthday and several days after that you are a year older? I kept saying to myself- "I'm 22, I'm 22." But it still hasn't sunk in. Now I'm in the boring part of my adulthood- nothing big until 25- when I'll be a quarter of a century old.
I forgot to mention what I got for my B- Day-
I got my climbing shoes!!! I'm so excited- now I have to go out and do me some climbing. I think they're exactly th same type as ang and lisa and annie, but I knwo that I like those and can climb well in them, so It's cool. I also got a gift certificate to gander mountain from my bro. since he never knows what to get me. My mom's also giving me a shopping trip this monday to kohl's since she gets this one day something percent off cupon. This is good since my clothes are looking alittle raggedy, and funds are lacking, but she asked me what I needed and I thought of one thing, and then another and another came to mind- I'll have to think on it a bit before we go.
We also went to see Bourne Supremacy tonight. I had loved the first one and its usual a let down to go to a sequel because its never as good- as was the case here. It seems like they always try to do things bigger instead of sticking with what worked from the first one. Not that it was a horrible movie, it was just predictable. and what I guessed happened from the trailer did happen. Maybe I should just read the books. They're usually better anyways.
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