Nostalgia... Or Something Like It

Again with the best of intentions I fall flat.

My plan had been to write like a mad woman last year. Write until my fingers fell off. Write until all of my thoughts were outside my brain so I could think of new thoughts and keep writing.

Alas.

It's now been over a year and while I have written quite a bit in the last 13 months, I did not write anything here.

So what did I write you ask?

I don't so much know what to call it. I participated in NaNoWriMo last year and wrote 16,250 words which I believe is the highest number of words I have written on my own in 30 days. And truly I only wrote for 20 days because then I got distracted and I ended up just letting the whole project fall to the wayside.

I'm not so much happy with the writing I did, I think looking back on it, it was sloppy and jumbled and not very well put together. However! I am VERY proud that I even attempted the project AND I'm pretty excited to try again this year. (With a week of vacation scheduled during the month of November I should have plenty of time to write!)

So while reflecting on the past year of non-writing I started thinking about the writing I used to do. Remember Myspace? Yea... me neither... Ok just kidding. But really I hadn't logged onto Myspace in AGES and I wondered if all my blogs had disappeared into the great abyss that is the interwebs. There's a good two years of my life documented there for all the world to see!

So I started looking... it took me awhile to find them but I'm happy (and slightly embarrassed by the content) to say I've found them! And I'm posting a link to them which seems like a good thing to do, just in case anyone has feelings of nostalgia like I did and just wants to remember a simpler time...

We've come to the part of the blog were I share with you my new commitments. (Although I'm tempted not to share them in hopes that keeping them secret will make me follow through with them more.)

• Starting now I am committed to updating this blog once a month with new content. 

• In August my plan is to participate in BEDA, however I'm not completely committed to this one... I'm about 94.3% sure it's happening.

• This April I will be participating in VEDA, and will be posting a new video each day to my YouTube Channel. I'm pretty excited about it because I've missed vlogging in my 3 month hiatus since my last video on January 31st.

• November as I've already said will mark my 2nd attempt at NaNoWriMo.

• June I will be traveling to Portland, OR for LeakyCon for the 2nd year in a row and vlogging the trip.

There's a few other things I'm pretty excited about this year, but they will have to wait until another day because I've got places to go and promises to keep.

Much love to you,**MUAH**

Oh yea... Here's the link to my Myspace Blog in case you truly do want to relive my life from 2006-2008.

Good Intentions... No Follow Through

Man do I stink at follow through when it comes to this here blog...

I feel like I was going to do more.  More what you ask?  Well that I'm not so sure.  Just more.

Well here's some ramblings.....

I have to say that while I'm not following through on the written aspect of my new years resolutions however my YouTube Channel has been going spectacularly well.  I have 11 subscribers... like really?  11 people care enough about my channel to subscribe.  It's a little daunting and very humbling.

So I became a vegetarian this year and I never realized how much meat is in everything... also I didn't think my dietary choices would effect others, but apparently it's weirding people out... who would have thought?  HA!

I've still only read 1 book..... yikes.... Only 24 more to go!

I honestly am not sure of the point of this blog is... probably just to blow off some steam.

TAX SEASON!
So it's tax season and I always do my own taxes through turbotax... apparently I'm not very good at following directions and I screwed up my taxes in 2010.  BOO!  I met with a tax consultant this week and it's a simple fix, but dang!  That was pretty silly of me!  At least I caught it and didn't screw up this years :)

Alright... I think I'm gonna stop the ramblings for now... next time, more substance...

DFTBA!

2012 Year of the Nerd

Oh man... so I apparently am not very good at keeping up with my blog.  I had such high hopes as well!  HAHA

Anywho, I have decided that 2012 will be my "Year of the Nerd" which I mean really is just phenomenal if you think about it.

So why have I made this declaration?  Great question!
Too often I shy away from things because I'm afraid I will look like a nerd.  Well this year, I don't care!  HAHA

I'm going to Leaky Con 2012 in August.  I started a YouTube Channel.  I stopped apologizing for the music I like and the hobbies I enjoy.  I guess that last one doesn't make me a nerd, except it was always the nerdy things I was apologizing about!  HAHA

This year I made some resolutions and so far I've stuck to a fair few of them!
One - Create a YouTube channel and post videos regularly. (So far, so good!) My Channel
Two - Use my blog. (Not so successful, but this is an improvement.)
Three - Read 25 books.  (Yes this may seem like a low number to those of you that know me, but it's the end of January and I've only read one book... so I'm already playing catch up.)
Four - Be healthier. I've made the choice to become a vegetarian, and I've joined a gym. (So far, so good.)

I guess that's all I've got for now.

DFTBA!