The state of the me...
Dec. 30th, 2008 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, my people, my readers, my friends... We come to the close of another year and, of course, I like everyone else get a little introspective. It seems silly that I get introspective at an arbitrarily set line in the ephemeral sand that is time but, what the hell. It isn't like I limit myself to getting introspective once a year. (Or even one a day, for that matter.)
I find that 2008 was something of a slow motion cluster for the first half and the second half spent itself attempting to and generally failing to redeem itself from that point. I achieved a whole bunch of things this year and there are a few of them I'm specifically proud of.
I started going to the gym regularly in May and have kept to that. I haven't lost the weight but I need to increase my number of visits a week in order to do that. I know I need to do that in order to lose weight. What I have accomplished, however, is to improve my general health in that period of time. Comic Con did not kill me. PAX did not kill me and I know in past years being on my feet that long for either of those events would have kicked my ass.
I was a delegate for Obama. And yes, I still believe in him, even with the things that are happening now. The man is still a politician and he's still human. I'm certain I will be angry with him any number of times over the next four years but I cannot forget what the last eight have been like at those moments, nor can I stop pushing for what I feel is correct and needful in this country. That's the beauty of the process - everyone gets a say, no matter if they agree with me or not. It is frustrating and it does mean that sometimes we have to make compromises we don't like but eventually things tend to work out.
I marched against Prop. 8 along with a lot of other people here in Seattle. I'm looking forward to being at the marriage equality rally in Olympia in March and maybe even in DC when that time comes. I still have a hard time understanding why people are afraid. I can understand it but I can't hold onto that understanding since I inherently reject it. Boston Legal did a great job of summing it up toward the end of the show.
I volunteered in a number of ways. I volunteered at the Emerald City Comic Con and PAX, both of which ended up being a lot more fun than I was expected. I'm looking forward to doing that again and hopefully dragging more people a long with me. There are a lot of cool people to meet. I just have to get better at staying in touch with them. I'm still looking into further ways to volunteer, I'm uncertain if I will branch out into more mundane venues or not at this point.
I am hitting a patch where I am dissatisfied with my life. It usually happens right now, during the dark time of the year, where I'm having to balance my desire to go and travel and experience new things with my seemingly inherent need to stop, sleep and not do anything for awhile because it is winter outside. There are cool things happening out there with cool people and am I not currently a part of them! It leads to me being grumpy (not hurt by work taking up my entire head space) and somewhat anti-social until some time in late February. I do want to hang out guys, it just takes a little more effort right now.
Current plans for the new year:
- Take Japanese classes with
seanb.
- Start going to the gym 3 times a week after CES. Look toward 4 times after Kris' birthday.
- Find another activity other than the gym. I need to stop wussing out about the swimming thing or commit to something else. Yoga? Pilates? Karate? Arg.
- Get another tattoo. Maybe this.
- Go visit my parents.
- Commit to continuing to trying this dating thing, though the results have been generally unimpressive thus far. I think I'm totally doing it wrong. I could be a macro, I'm sure.
- Emerald City Comic Con - April 4th & 5th
- NorWesCon April 9-12th - Though right after ECCC.... I don't know. I would like to get a Family room again, since that was awesome. Should decide soon.
- SDCC July 23–26 - 40th year for the Con
- PAX September 4, 5, 6 - Though I admit that I'm truly tempted by DragonCon and those attempting to lure me down there.
- Save money for a trip to Europe in 2010.
I find that 2008 was something of a slow motion cluster for the first half and the second half spent itself attempting to and generally failing to redeem itself from that point. I achieved a whole bunch of things this year and there are a few of them I'm specifically proud of.
I started going to the gym regularly in May and have kept to that. I haven't lost the weight but I need to increase my number of visits a week in order to do that. I know I need to do that in order to lose weight. What I have accomplished, however, is to improve my general health in that period of time. Comic Con did not kill me. PAX did not kill me and I know in past years being on my feet that long for either of those events would have kicked my ass.
I was a delegate for Obama. And yes, I still believe in him, even with the things that are happening now. The man is still a politician and he's still human. I'm certain I will be angry with him any number of times over the next four years but I cannot forget what the last eight have been like at those moments, nor can I stop pushing for what I feel is correct and needful in this country. That's the beauty of the process - everyone gets a say, no matter if they agree with me or not. It is frustrating and it does mean that sometimes we have to make compromises we don't like but eventually things tend to work out.
I marched against Prop. 8 along with a lot of other people here in Seattle. I'm looking forward to being at the marriage equality rally in Olympia in March and maybe even in DC when that time comes. I still have a hard time understanding why people are afraid. I can understand it but I can't hold onto that understanding since I inherently reject it. Boston Legal did a great job of summing it up toward the end of the show.
I volunteered in a number of ways. I volunteered at the Emerald City Comic Con and PAX, both of which ended up being a lot more fun than I was expected. I'm looking forward to doing that again and hopefully dragging more people a long with me. There are a lot of cool people to meet. I just have to get better at staying in touch with them. I'm still looking into further ways to volunteer, I'm uncertain if I will branch out into more mundane venues or not at this point.
I am hitting a patch where I am dissatisfied with my life. It usually happens right now, during the dark time of the year, where I'm having to balance my desire to go and travel and experience new things with my seemingly inherent need to stop, sleep and not do anything for awhile because it is winter outside. There are cool things happening out there with cool people and am I not currently a part of them! It leads to me being grumpy (not hurt by work taking up my entire head space) and somewhat anti-social until some time in late February. I do want to hang out guys, it just takes a little more effort right now.
Current plans for the new year:
- Take Japanese classes with
![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
- Start going to the gym 3 times a week after CES. Look toward 4 times after Kris' birthday.
- Find another activity other than the gym. I need to stop wussing out about the swimming thing or commit to something else. Yoga? Pilates? Karate? Arg.
- Get another tattoo. Maybe this.
- Go visit my parents.
- Commit to continuing to trying this dating thing, though the results have been generally unimpressive thus far. I think I'm totally doing it wrong. I could be a macro, I'm sure.
- Emerald City Comic Con - April 4th & 5th
- NorWesCon April 9-12th - Though right after ECCC.... I don't know. I would like to get a Family room again, since that was awesome. Should decide soon.
- SDCC July 23–26 - 40th year for the Con
- PAX September 4, 5, 6 - Though I admit that I'm truly tempted by DragonCon and those attempting to lure me down there.
- Save money for a trip to Europe in 2010.
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Date: 2008-12-31 04:02 am (UTC)Good luck on everything, I'm there with you in trying to lose some weight and trying to keep at the gym while balancing a million other things. It totally sucks, but it's worth it!
Happy New Year!
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Date: 2008-12-31 04:24 am (UTC)I hope you also have a Happy New Year!
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Date: 2008-12-31 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-31 08:40 pm (UTC)Sweet. Maybe I'll have some ideas after ECCC. Also, I don't know how much of the stuff going on for that is able to be delegated but if I can help, let me know. (I know it is likely a long shot.) I'm totally down for manning the photo table again this year.
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Date: 2009-01-03 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-31 09:55 am (UTC)I love you. :D
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Date: 2008-12-31 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-31 01:42 pm (UTC)STUPIDLY HAPPY.
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Date: 2008-12-31 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-03 01:27 pm (UTC)Have a great 2009!
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Date: 2009-01-03 05:51 pm (UTC)I know quite a few people who will be there....