Still on it!

My room tends to be a mess. I'll clean it, and with the best of intentions one day I'll be in a rush, and I'll leave something on the floor, leave a glass on a shelf or my dresser and the slide down the slope is begun. Clutter will take over and the next thing you know, I'm up to my eyes. Despite the mess, I tend to be organized, but that's slipping more and more now. When I was in seventh grade, it was so bad that literally, I only had a clear path from my door to my closet and bed. The rest was piles of papers and books up to my waist. My mother told me to clean my room (big surprise) but she said that I couldn't find anything in there. I told her I knew where everything was and asked her what she wanted- she chose my third English test of the year. So, I began moving the piles maybe four of them, and dug two thirds of the way down one and within three pages, I had the test. Unsurprisingly, my mother was not amused, and reiterated her demand.

I'm an adult now, and my room has never been that stacked up again, but it's been plenty messy. I cleaned it in January, completely finished on the 12th, and drumroll, please... IT'S STILL CLEAN!!!!! I don't remember the last time my room stayed clean for this long. I even made my bed this morning and opened the window blinds. My room is a much nicer place to be now. It feels so good to walk into my room, it's a place to hang out in comfort, it makes me happy. I sleep better and have a better outlook on my life when my room is clean- that's always been true, and it's so nice to be in this place!

Hillary, John, Rudy and Mike

I'm currently suffering from Electile Dysfunction- none of the Presidential candidates excite me. Maybe its because all the candidates have the same thing.

Hillary Clinton has them. John Edwards has them. Rudy Giuliani has them. Mike Huckabee has them. John McCain, Barak Obama, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have them. All the candidates have them- ISSUES. Go to any candidate's website and you'll find a page (usually on a tab with a drop down menu) called ISSUES.

I read the ISSUES pages of three candidates last Wednesday, and it got me thinking. Once upon a time, political candidates had things called PLATFORMS.

I like PLATFORMS. They're useful. PLATFORMS can be built upon. They elevate, they can be expanded- a PLATFORM over a body of water or a gap is called a BRIDGE. They can be crossed and they can be joined. A PLATFORM can be defended. People can come together on a PLATFORM. People can come together to build a PLATFORM.

ISSUES, on the other hand, are problems, controversies, arguments. They're baggage, they weigh you down. An ISSUE over a body of water or a gap is still an ISSUE.

I just realized why candidates prefer ISSUES to PLATFORMS: PLATFORMS are made of PLANKS, and bad politicians don't want to be treated like bad pirates and be made to walk the PLANK!

New Year, New Me

Happy New Year!!!!

I'm all excited because I have lost 3 pounds since I started going back to the gym. I had a job interview today (it went well!), I finished watching Babylon 5, all 5 seasons (cried like a baby all through 'Sleeping in Light'), I had my first job interview in almost 10 years today and it went well!

I started back regularly at the gym last month, and if I'd watched my eating habits- well, #1 it wouldn't be the holidays, and #2 I'd have more to show for it. But, my dietary habits are improving (yes, that means that all my holiday munchies are gone) and my exercise is continuing - I do water aerobics at the gym- form counts for SO much. I used to just do the exercises and not worry about form, and I could do an hour class without a problem. Now, I worry about form, and all of the sudden these exercises are HARD! But, that's a good thing.

My job interview was with a temp agency I used to work for, and I really loved temping. I just hadn't had to try for a job in a long time, and so I was nervous. I had worked out with Erin (Kangaroo Regina) what to say for the hard questions (I've never been so prepared for an interview, she's great!) and they never came up. The good news about that is that if they come up from a posting, I know what to say, so they can't trip me up!

My Christmas present from my parents this year was all five seasons of 'Babylon 5.' Oh, I could rhapsodize for hours about B5. I was surprised at how many episodes I missed while it was airing regularly. I liked Sinclair and Talia for the first time, loathed Mr. Bester and Byron as usual, and loved everyone else (well, Lyta falls from my good graces when she takes up with Byron, but I still love her), Marcus, Oh, my Marcus- I do adore my Marcus. *sniff* Anyhoo- I cried so hard during the very last episode of the series that I had to pause and rewind three or four times to get it all. Wah, it ended. Even the gag reel couldn't cheer me up properly (and there was some funny stuff on it.)

So, I plan to post about once a week this year- keep me honest!