seriously, ben gibbard said it best "so this is the new year, and i don't feel any different. so this is the new year, and i have no resolutions, for self assigned penance, for problems with easy solutions". i feel exactly the same, ben. (we talk about the new year together, obviously) as i noted in an earlier post, i don't really make any "new year's resolutions" i think they are silly and making one would just make me more apt to break it so i will continue to just try to do things better. i've added to my list since my post about it. i've added on: be less lazy and be more responsible. two things i could definitely be better at. so far, they're going alright (besides the day i spent watching 'ancient aliens' on the history channel from about 2pm until 7pm... oops (and seriously i may be convinced that there are aliens now. sweet, unemployed and crazy.))
i spent the holidays in florida. it was pretty great, nice to get away from the blizzards in michigan and spend some time by the ocean with my family and my second family (my best friend and her fam). ate some delicious seafood, hung out on the beach, got to see my sisters who live down south, went to the wizarding world of harry potter to embrace my inner nerd. good times were had by all.
firstly i'd like to give a little shout out to my friends meg and jordan. meg will be moving to la after she graduates in may, to do baller hollywood-ish things. jordan just got accepted into the peace corps and will be in africa, making the world a better place for 27 months. i'm gonna miss em. but for now i'll just cherish this picture of us tailgating, because let's be honest, those were the best of times.
my good friend blair and i have been buds since we were little, like really little. we used to hang out because our grandparents are friends, cute, i know. blair was a little bit rambunctious compared to me. he compared the two of us like this: "you were such a pleasant little child, playing in the water and building sand castles, i was swearing, burning ants and stealing gum from the gas station on my tricycle." hey, at least my friends are entertaining and drama free, but hopefully we'll just stay away from the juice filled gum when we stop in to fill up on gas.
another good friend of mine, from college, took a little road trip over the holiday to good ol' pasadena, california. you guessed it, rose bowl. my friend andy, wisconsin native, lover of america's dairy land gave me all the highlights of the road trip. my favorite was his leg through liberal, kansas, home of the liberal bee jay's baseball team. if that team isn't the butt of many jokes, it is now... don't worry i already checked out their website, they currently are sold out of merchandise, but you better believe i'll be checking back with them. popular team, i tell ya. on andy's much sadder return trip he called me while driving solo back to good ol valparaiso, indiana. "i've got four cases of beer and a block of cheese in my trunk." on wisconsin.
in other news new year news; i've made some solid gym observations. the first of the year always sparks interest for people to finally get into shape. for my gym, there are lots of characters who have been around since the new year began.
exhibit a) lady who wears nice sweaters, big 80's style scrunchies and knit leggings, at least she remembered her gym shoes. flashdance?
exhibit b) older guy who thinks he's super studly that has a barbwire tattoo from his wrist all the way to just below his armpit... whatya protecting up there with that barbed wire, brahhh?
exhibit c) numerous people who have obviously never set foot in a gym, i give it a month, happy new year, thanks for coming out, better luck next year.
in some totally unrelated news, i started writing occasionally for a music company (veoba.com), if you enjoy my taste in music/my writing style you should check it out. it's a really cool company so maybe you can find something you like on there.
also, i updated a bio page, located in the right hand corner of my page "halbs in a nutshell" check it out, it has all sorts of useful/not useful information.
ta ta for now.
