What the…?

Dear JJ.

I love loved your shit. Lost, Alias, MI3, I would have followed you anywhere. Except, apparently, Cloverfield.

I’m not sure what the hell that was… but it wasn’t even the tiniest bit close to the JJ Abrams mind-fuck I was expecting or craving..

Man vs. Monster? Could have been a totally kick-ass movie.

A mind-fuck WTF ending after being entertained for 93 minutes? I’d have bought it.

Unsympathetic characters, a completely absent frame of reference, and random violence without understanding the impact on the world, the characters or why or where they came from? You Lost me.

I’m so over you.

Laurie.

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Come on, you know you wanna

Even though I’m notoriously bad at blogging, I’m still seeing a bunch of repeat visitors. So I’m jumping on the bandwagon and playing along with Delurker Day, which I discovered thanks to Kalisah over at I Am Not My Hair.

So delurk, leave me a comment and tell me who you are. If ya do… I have some news. I’m introducing a new feature of this blog tomorrow…  but you’ll have to come back and see what it is.

I know I’m a huge lurker, especially since I read all my blogs on my Google Reader. I love that everything comes right to me and I don’t have to try to remember all the URLs and I’ve discovered a pile more by clicking on links, but I’ve realized that I’m missing out on seeing everyone’s cool designs and their blogrolls, which I used to haunt. I guess this means instead of just working on blogging more, I also need to work on commenting more. Hee.

So, go on. Comment. You know you wanna….

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So, it's a new year…

I know last year I had this big plan for SMART goals and all that stuff for my resolutions. I kept, uh, none of them. Actually, since I never specifically set any, I didn’t actually fail. Or, at least, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

The fact of the matter is if you had told me last January where I’d be today, I never would have believed you. For me, 2007 was the year of much change in my life. After being laid off my FT job in March, I went looking for a class at the local college just for fun. I was thinking something along the lines of making your own jewellery. Instead, on a whim, I ended up doing a certificate program as a webmaster.

Turns out, it was a really smart decision. I found a new passion. I graduated with high honours (yay, me! ) And, right after graduation, I joined the teaching staff of that very same program as a TA. And, if that wasn’t enough, I opened a web design company.

Editing-wise, I also accomplished a lot. I edited and released 20 books. I read 120 submissions and bought 10 books. And I created over 1000 news packages for the RY! site. I also judged three contests and was asked to be the final judge for a fourth.

But I think the biggest thing I realized this past year is that I’ve been working myself way too hard.

So, 2008 is the year I take care of me.

It means instead of getting on the laptop as soon as I get up and staying on it until bedtime, I work in some exercise… I’m thinking yoga and tai chi, which will help me relax as well as get in better shape.

It means eating better. I love to cook, but rarely do it when it’s just me, which has seen entirely too many of my meals come out of a drive-thru window. I’m worth spending the time to cook for.

It means making time for friends, family, and the bf… I “found” so many former classmates on Facebook this year, instead of keeping them virtual, I’d like to do a real-life get together or two. And that goes the same for the friends I seem to only email even though we live less than a half-hour apart.

It means going farther away than a cross-border trip to Buffalo. Not that I don’t love a good shopping trip, but I want to get out and see more of the world. I already have plans for San Fran in late July for RWA Nationals, but I’d like to do some kind of non-working trip too.

It means finally making a go of the writing thing that I’ve only been talking about doing for too long. This year, not only am I going to actually finish something, I’m going to have it ready to send out. (And, you know, actually send it out. )

And, sure there’s the whole lose weight, get my house organized, blah, blah, blah, and those’d be nice, but I don’t need a date on the calendar to get started. I just need a few days off.

So, what does 2008 mean for you?

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