Irritation and Frustration at the Happiness Project

I think the definition of irony could be people pushing, shoving, asking others to move, being unable to shut the fuck up and in general complaining that they couldn't see or hear when watching Gretchen Rubin discuss her book, the Happiness Project (especially considering the implication of a packed house that people need a little more happiness in their lives).   

p.s. the book and related blog are fantastic! 

Goldman Sachs CEO

Today Lloyd Blankfein said Goldman was in the business of risk management.  

Well... way too much risk, not nearly enough management, sir.   

The Embarassing Question that is Keeping Me Up at Night

Did you see Pauly D wearing a baseball hat on the Jersey Shore?    Does he not do the blow out if he wears a hat?   Does he just squish the hat onto his head with the blow out?   What kind of hat head results? 

Also, am I the only one who saw JWoww coming out of her room with some non-roommate guy with no shirt on?   How could that have not been highlighted?   

Yes, I'm an adult with a full  life and this is what I'm thinking about. 

Spin Rejects

Getting to the gym early enough to get a space in Spin class is my mission on Monday nights.   There are only fifteen spaces and competition is fierce amongst the 20 or so regulars to this particular class, taught by the most difficult of Spin instructors.  There is something adicting about punishing yourself in this way. I don’t know why that is. I just know missing this class sets my week of on a bad tone.
Alas, tonight was not my night.  No Spin tickets remained.  I resign myself to an evening on the elliptical machine watching whatever bad television is on.   As I walk up the stairs I spy four Spin regulars standing outside the Spin class.
“Did you get a ticket?”, they ask with great interest.
“No”
“Us, either.  None of us.  And just look in there.  It’s all people we don’t know!”
“New Years Resolution-ers taking over our Spin class?”
“Maybe they will all be gone next week.”
“I’m going to have to come Thursday instead, now.”
The five of us gaze woefully through the door at the class from which we have been banned, heads tilted, frowns in full force.  That’s not our teacher!
“The only good news is the teacher is a sub.  We’re not really missing out on too much”
“But we’re going to have to take Yogalates.  We’re Spin rejects!”
We’re behaving like five year olds who’ve just been told they can’t have ice cream.  We shuffle down the hall to the yogalates class, install ourselves in the back and glare around with bad attitudes.  As if it’s the yogalates class which is at fault.
It’s just not the right way to start off the week.. hell, the year.

Why Does Vacation Have to End?

I do NOT want to go back to work tomorrow.  You have no idea how much I do not want to go back to the insane asylum.

New Year. New Decade.

New and improved me?    I should be more positive.   New and improved me!
Here is my challenge to myself:   I will write or post a photography here every day.  Every single day.. because there is definitely something to put out into the universe everyday, I’ve just got to harness it.
Yes, I have some of the damned resolutions I keep reading no one ever keeps.  But I have some and I’m writing them down for all to see.
- Lose a few pounds (I think is the default resolution for almost everyone and is almost required for those making resolutions)
-Read more, watch less tv  (already not doing so well today.   I’ve been watching a repeat of the SU/UConn Big East Tournament 6 OT game.. it’s only 4.5 hours)
- Play guitar more, watch less tv (didn’t come out of the case today.. ba)
- Less stupid web surfing (do I really need to know the 10 worst dresses of the decade - did Cate Blanchet really wear an afgan out?   And how many times can one watch Snooki get punched and The Situation just stand there? )
- Write or post picture on blog every day (check for day 1)
- Either figure out a way to make my job better or stop complaining about it or leave
That’s enough for now… we’ll have a check in once a quarter to see how it’s going.  If I’m doing well, there can always be more resolutions added.
Here is a toast to 2010.  May it be good for all of us.