Entries from September 2006 ↓

I get to have a bit of a jump over most of the rest of the population for the resolutions game… Since I have two New Years, I feel like I get the first as a two-month trial period.

I resolve…

To let go of those I should let go of, and to stay better in touch with the others.

To dance more and stress out less.

To learn Spanish and forget how to do marketing statistics.

To eat less unhealthy food, and to relish it more when I do.

To figure out my priorities, then figure out how to live by them.

The Manhattan skyline used to mean promise, adventure, endless possibilities to me. The other night, strolling along the soon-to-be-completely-obscured-by-luxury-high-rise-buildings river bank in Williamsburg, I realized that, while I still see those things, I also see a place powered by people locked up in florescent cubicles, spending the majority of their waking hours pursuing a career that they don’t really want.

Now I understand why people grow bitter about New York.

(But don’t worry — I’m not quite there yet.)

After a rather all-round difficult week, I found myself considering how I spend my time, how I want to spend my time, and how to get closer to the latter for the future. If I listed various aspects of my life (family, friends, work, dance, exercise, etc.) into numeric priority order, how closely would that mirror the weight I give each in day-to-day life?

Brick just made my list of favorites. It’s atmospheric film noir at it’s best, set in highschool. There’s no attempt made at realism, but somehow some of the characters ring much more true than they do in most high school movies. After I watched it I wanted to watch it again right away. I’d say more, but just go watch it yourself.

This blog has been having a nice long nap. I’m in the process of re(re)thinking the content. readingthetea is going to shift to a bit more personal voice, with more book content. The tango obsessions will have a new, exciting site of their own (link coming soon!).