i'm acting like a teenager again. even though i just turned thirty-two. i wouldn't say it's necessarily a mid life crisis. on the contrary, these past few months i've been just about the happiest i've ever been. but i have been acting like a love-sick fool prone to excessive sighing, declarations of a certain boy's dreaminess, and the repetitious blaring of mopey music. absolutely ridiculous. i should be ashamed of myself, i know. but the great selenie is twitterpated and there is simply nothing that can be done, so i suggest we all just move along. go back inside your homes; nothing to see here, people.
in other news, i have become a reading fiend. i mean, i have always had a voracious appetite for books but Nick, the same sweet boy responsible for turning me into that pathetic, sappy mess mentioned above, also made the crucial mistake of buying me a nook for my birthday and now it's so much worse. in truth, my heart had longed for such a device, but i feared buying one for turning into some novel-obsessed beast. and now look at me. i crave it. i need it. i bring it with me wherever i go, reading whatever i damn well please. and because no one can tell what i'm reading, i've picked up the notebook because curiosity got the better of me. the notebook for crying out loud!!!! I'M A MONSTER!!! (cue buster bluth slashing down the "welcome home buster" banner)
ahem.
move along, people. move along.
in my defense, i'm just finishing up book three of the dragon tattoo series, and that's some heavy stuff, man. a little light-hearted mush fest is a welcome reprieve from all the stabby stabby with the axe-y axe-y that goes on with those crazy swedes. but it is a good series once you get into it. which i am. and which i am now going to return to. have yourself a lovely weekend.
so i know i haven't written in a while but to be honest, life has been pretty great which makes my writing pretty boring. and i want only the best for you, dear reader. only the best. which is why i recommend you leave this page at once. seriously, there are so many cat videos that you are missing right now.
ok, well, if you're gonna stick around, i may as well tell you why life has been so great. first, they've decided to put arrested development back on the air. well, on the special netflix air and not until 2013, but still. for those of you who have been living in the amish countryside and are unaware of the greatness that is arrested development or for those just needing a refresher course, i bring you this:
clearly, its return is something to be stoked about. unless you hated that clip. in which case, i've just ruined your whole day. you're welcome. ahem. moving on.
strangely enough, work is also something to be stoked about. my bosses have given me more responsibilities which normally would induce panic but in this case, makes me feel useful and challenged. plus, my propensity to get bored and subsequently into trouble has been greatly diminished. i'm like a cat that way, i suppose. or a child suffering from A.D.D., one of the two.
speaking of cats (which i have been this whole entire time, i just noticed), i've decided that i will likely get one or two or maybe sixteen cats, in lieu of a puppy come march. i know, i know. in my heart of hearts, i really wanted a big dog to snuggle with and blame my farts on, but realistically in this hovel of an apartment, it wouldn't have been fair to him or her. plus, cats are easier and less demanding, even if they are a-holes sometimes. it'll be a good fit as i too am an a-hole sometimes. (this is where you'd say, no way, selena, you're great! and then i'd say oh, go on! and then wait for you to go on. ready? ok!)
reader(s?): no, way, selena! you're great!
selena: oh! go on!
(waiting)
selena: *cough*go*cough*on*
(waiting)
selena: you guys are dicks.
another reason i have opted to not get a dog is that i will hopefully be doing a lot more traveling this year and a dog would make that more difficult logistically. in addition to a trip to massachusetts to get my niece hammered for her twenty-first, i hope to go to santa rosa more often. i visited in early february and was reminded why i loved that place and called it home for so long. so i hope to go back often and enjoy my friends, enjoy excellent mexican food, and stalk spend more time with a certain boy who seems happy to spend more time with me too. like i said, life's been great. especially now that i get to annoy the crap out of everyone with this stupid grin on my face that will not go away.
hope you're all well. here's your found item of the day:
as those of you who stalk me regularly must surely be aware, today was a snow day. they warned it would happen, and happen it did. and while it was only five inches of snow, it was enough to be dubbed "snowmageddon" because seattle is a city that has no idea how to handle the white stuff. i, on the other hand, do. i took a slide on a piece of cardboard down denny ave, promptly got annoyed at my soaking wet ass and now am having a pint of the jolly roger christmas ale - aka, poor man's brown shugga. other people apparently had the same idea as i have never seen the canterbury this packed during the day. not gonna lie, i'm a little irritated. this is MY sad sack hang out, people. you find your own.
anyway, it's been a pretty great day and an even better excuse not to work out. though prior to this snowpocalypse, i had been actually pretty solid on working towards my fitness goals. in addition to the desire to lessen comparisons to jabba the hut, one of my other goals is to run an eight minute mile like i did in high school. i acknowledge freely that is not a very fast pace, but considering that i generally walked most of it the second i was out of eye sight of mr. irabarren, it's not too shabby. as it stands now, i run a breathless pace at 12 mph or pretty much the top speed of a segway. that said, i am fearless. bring it on, paul blart.
another resolution i neglected to mention - making sweet, sweet music. i've been saving for many things - one of which is a macbook. i've been a pc gal for decades, but the programming ease of garage band is just too good to pass up. so i will be getting one in the next week or so and then prepare your ears to feast on the glory that is my brain. or stock up on ear plugs. you've been warned. hope your life in 2012 has thus far been fulfilling and safe! here's your found item of the day:
