New Year, New Motto

So Museum Man and I came up with a new slogan for 41 and for 2008.

"Be Better, Not Bitter"

So that's my new plan. Try try not to complain, or be bitter, just to figure out a way to be better. A better person, a better friend, a better human. Sounds like a good goal.

Went to see The Golden Compass tonight with Superlawyer. It was good. And while I don't think it over overly anti-religious, I can sort of see how some people might be upset. But get over it already people, it's just a movie. If you want to get upset about something, there are enough things wrong with this world and this country for you to get all spun up about.

Oh, great line from the movie: "You mustn't deny me this one little thing, you really mustn't."

Oh, and I really loved Nicole Kidman in this movie. She plays the cold heartless bitch so well.

Happy Birthday To Me!

My horoscope:

"As usual today, your ability to roll with the punches is going to save you a lot of grief. Adaptation is your saving grace. While others run around like chickens with their heads cut off, you will be able to stay cool, calm and collected. You know how to let go of worrying about what other people think about you, let go of expectations you have put upon yourself, and most importantly -- you know how to let go of trying to keep everything the way it has always been."

So the first part I buy. I can deal with stressful situations pretty well. I can adapt, come up with new plans on the fly. I'm good at that.

Letting go of worrying about what other people thing about me? Letting go of my own expectations? Not so much.

Oh well, it's just a horoscope.

T Minus 30 and Counting . . . . . .

Yep, there are just 30 days till I turn Forty. The big 4-OH. Or the big 4-Over the Hill. And I'm not sure how I feel about it all. Should I be worried, depressed, upset, happy? What is the correct emotion I should be feeling right now?

I've been trying to think about what I'm doing with my life. Well I would start to think about it, and then think of something else since I'm sure I don't want to really think about it.

My horoscope from MetroWeekly is eerily prescient: Sagittarius: You've climbed every mountain and forded every stream, and now you don't know where to go because the path of most resistance seems to have disappeared without a trace. Take your time. Enjoy being a little lost and at loose ends. Resolution comes suddenly.

I have felt lost for awhile. Just sort of plodding along. And it doesn't feel good. It feels like I'm missing something, so great opportunity just waltzed by while I was wandering aimlessly. I hope the resolution comes suddenly, but not painfully.

I think I'm going to start working on some new life goals. A new list to work off of. I want to learn a foreign language, I want to travel some more, I want to get a tatoo, I want to write a novel. Some of it I think will probably be beyond me, but maybe it's good to have some goals that are just too far out there, just so you can push yourself to see if you can reach that far.

One of my goals for this year was to lose some weight. And I didn't succeed. I've lifted, and I've done cardio, but my eating habits suck. And so I'm pretty much where I've been all year. Not really fat, not skinny by any stretch of the imagination, just sort of thick and stocky. But in a good way I tell myself. I'm really good at lying to myself.

Well I didn't want this to be a debbie downer post, becuase that would be so typical. And I really aspire for more. T Minus 30 and counting . . . . . .