The Last 5 Years

I have been reading through my blog. It's amazing how much has changed in 5 years. Though I would never say or do some of the things I blogged about before, I still agree with a lot of my old thoughts. At the core, I am still me. I am still a liberal "tree hugger", I am still a researcher(/stalker?), I am still anti-social and sarcastic, and I still love music and singing. Little things still bug me. While I was reading the older posts, I was thinking how much I wish I could set the paragraph format to "Justify", now I can. haha

I am not clinging to God as I did 5 years ago. My beliefs in that way seem to have changed a lot. I think I craved that meaning and oneness at that time but truly my beliefs were not that far off from where they are now, I just was emerged in the culture and needed something to believe in and music is the easiest way to persuade me.

Let's see, I am an aunt now. I have a sister-in-law. I wouldn't have expected that 5 years ago. My father has passed by his own hand, I wouldn't have seen that coming either. My mother has been living with me for a while, I wouldn't have imagined that a year ago...I barely can now. ha. I know I even posted about that in 2005, and as Jenny (the Great) commented, "If she is in need, that is when you owe her" so, I guess I owe her (for now). I still don't talk to my half-sister but she is my "friend" on social sites. haha

I have been with my current boyfriend, for nearly 3 years. He just bought a house in town, and that is not something I would have seen coming either since I would love to leave Las Vegas but I love him more.

What else? I was a Private Investigator for a while and that is not surprising at all! I did love that job, but it did not prove to be as lucrative as I had hoped.

One thing that hasn't really changed is the people in my life. I still have a group of people that I consider my closest friends. We may not all see each other as much as we used to but I still hold them close to my heart and would do anything for them. There are people I am still friends with now that five years ago it would have seemed impossible.

I was inspired by my post to listen to "The Last Five Years" musical while typing this. See, I haven't changed that much. I'm not sure that I will continue updating. I do have thoughts on some of the things I touched on in this post but I'll just see how it goes...

16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN:

By Dave Barry

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'

3. There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness.'

4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

5. You should not confuse your career with your life.

6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

7. Never lick a steak knife.

8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.

12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

14. Your friends love you anyway.

15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark... A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine.. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

I got this in my email, thought I'd share.

My Temperment...

I took this quiz and it seems to be very accurate in it's description of me.

You Have a Melancholic Temperament

Introspective and reflective, you think about everything and anything. You are a soft-hearted daydreamer. You long for your ideal life. You love silence and solitude. Everyday life is usually too chaotic for you. Given enough time alone, it's easy for you to find inner peace. You tend to be spiritual, having found your own meaning of life. Wise and patient, you can help people through difficult times. At your worst, you brood and sulk. Your negative thoughts can trap you. You are reserved and withdrawn. This makes it hard to connect to others. You tend to over think small things, making decisions difficult.

What Temperment Are You?

New

New post, new phone, new stereo, new outlook, new year.

Here's to fresh starts and a fantastic year!



I will not leave you with empty promises of updates...but I will try to update more. I just need to complete some pending posts and you'll beg me to stop blogging. Not really...but you get the point.

I hope all is well for all of you in the blogosphere.

Take care.

Violated

To the people who broke into my car:

The camera bag had nothing in it but filters...enjoy.

The CDs you stole will not be for high resale. Not many are in the CD black market for musical and high school choir CDs. There are some original CDs but really, I haven't bought any CDs since the 90's...all else has been burned.

That's all I have to say about this....