Resolutions II

Another one of my New Year's resolutions was to live a more sustainable lifestyle. By that I don't mean I'm going to live in a tree, but try my best to reduce my carbon footprint in the world. So with that in mind, I started taking BART and have been walking a lot more. So far my commute has been pleasant especially when you have the whole train to yourself after a long day of work.

I love the cold weather. I guess it balances out the warm-bloodness in me. I love the fog and how glows under a bright streetlight. I love the rain and storms because it smells so fresh the minute after it stops. I love air so cold you can see your breath. I like it when my scarf is wrapped around half my face. Most of all, I love the snow. As I was walking to the BART station from work I could only imagine myself gliding through the powdery surface of the mountain and completing the trail without falling once. Ah, a person can only dream.

I can only hope for great things to come to me this year. After all, it's the year of the rat - that's me!

Resolutions

"Staring Contest Semi-Finals"
Yosh and I do this everytime I come home from work. Generally, she wins but it's only because I let her.

When it comes to New Year's resolutions, I take them very seriously. I make about 10-15 resolutions a year and try to accomplish them to the best of my ability. It's been a reoccurring theme in my life to set unhumanly goals for myself and then crawl into a mild state of depression when I can't accomplish them. It's just a sick habit I possess.

My first resolution was to give up on essentially candy, cake, ice cream...in general, foods packed with monosaccharide or what I like to refer to them as "fun food". I was doing fine until the 3rd day of the new year when a pack of Tropical Fruit Starburts was sitting on top of Dang's untidy desk, screaming for me to carefully undress them from their vibrant, individually wrapped waxy papers and into my inviting and salvating mouth. Oh, the sweet, artificial mango flavors bouncing off my taste buds to the roof of my mouth and doing the forbidden dance with my saliva. I knew I needed to have more. One by one, I ravaged through the pack...mango and melon, fruit punch, pina colada - I tried them all. Then just when I thought I was home free, Dang comes in to find me eating the remains of this freshly opened pack of Starbursts and shaking his head in shame with endless guilt trips throughout the night. Glad to say that I did not finish the entire pack which goes to show that I do have some self control which also shows a great deal of effort because if it had been 2007, the whole pack of Starburts would have been devoured without a second thought. Hey, I'm only human!

Another new year's resolution was to try and take a photo every day. I tried to do this last year but gave up when I got bored of all the stupid, avant garde like photos I was taking during my daily routine. How many ways can I take a photo of my morning tea cup? So this year, I've approached this resolution a little differently and try to summarize my day in one photo. I will upload the pictures of January 1st until the 7th later because I'm experiencing technical difficulties with my Sony Cybershot DSC. I'll get them up as soon as I can upload them from my camera. Until next time..