This weekend's theme was "I plan to be a professional blogger" with the sub-theme "Yes, I carry a headlamp nearly everywhere I go."



The headline kind of says it all. What started out as something of a joke ("I want to be Perez Hilton. I want to be a professional blogger. I want to sit around in coffee shops and bars with free wifi and type things and post pictures." ) is starting to take shape in my mind as something I might maybe could make a reality. Maybe.



I also have come to the sad realization I have a midterm on Thursday, and I haven't studied for it. Sigh.

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Oh goodness



Did I really write a post last night where I said I'm "going to go find myself?" Yikes. Can we pretend like that didn't happen? Thanks.



About to take off for New York. I'm sure I'll have tales to tell once I return. Holla.

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Addendum to the previous





Also, am seriously contemplating taking off in mid-May to go find myself. I gotta be around here somewhere.

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Note to self



Simon & Ashe's suggestion to write a modern-day interpretation of the life of Alexander Hamilton is not half-bad. Also, I may or may not be half-tipsy, which could explain my warmness to the idea...

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It was a good day



"The powerful person in any conversation is the best listener."

- Harry Knox



It was a good day today. Class was good, work was good. I attended an intern brown bag with the inspiring (and I don't say inspiring lightly...the man is inspiring) Harry Knox. Not only does he run HRC's Religion & Faith program, he's from south Georgia, and lives part of the time in Atlanta still. I haven't felt any homesickness since my first week or so here, but hearing him speak in his calm, South Georgia drawl...well, let's just say when he mentioned coming out to his Gran after she cornered him in his house in Decatur ("That's where you're from!" whispered my two bestest intern friends), I had to wipe my eyes more than a little bit. The man is an amazing, insightful speaker, and if you ever have the chance to hear him speak you absolutely should.



Speaking of religion and faith, I have plans for Easter this year. Last year I did absolutely nothing to mark the holiday, and the year before that was spent uncomfortably in Macon, Georgia with the ex and his family. This year I plan to attend Easter service at the National Cathedral, which will no doubt be majestically amazing. And a group of us are organizing a proper Easter dinner for the afternoon, with a ham and everything (I'm gonna make the mashed potatoes and sweet potato casserole). And we're gonna have an Easter egg hunt. So now I've got to find an Easter dress and hat...



I've been doing a lot of thinking about my spirituality lately. More on that later.

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Order of operations



I've created an order of operations for 2008. It looks like this:



1) Find an awesome job.

2) Rent a hott apartment (preferably with a fun and chill roommate).

3) Begin dating a quality boyfriend.



I think that pretty much sums up where I am in my life right now.



I've also decided that I'm going to turn 22 again this year. 25 sounds too old, too much on the downward slope to 30. (30 is like a big deal for me - you have to start acting like an adult and stuff when you get to be 30.) So 22 it is.



And CV is in Alaska for the Iditarod, which makes me so jealous every time I think about it I can't see straight.



But! I am headed to NYC to see Marilyn next weekend, which is completely exciting.

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Age inappropriate



For those of you who have been following my story for some time now, it should come as no surprise that I have spent the past seven weeks feeling completely age inappropriate. It's a common theme for me; I seem to refuse to do anything according to the socially acceptable time line (see: college, marriage). This semester in Washington has been a time warp of sorts, and considering how horrible an experience my first time going away to college was, it was ripe with all sorts of potential to be completely awful. But who says you can't go back and that there are no second chances?? Going Away to College: The Do-over has proven once again that sometimes the sequel is way better than the original.



Here are a few reasons why The Do-over is clearly superior to the original:


1) I not only get along with my roommate, I consider her a true friend. This is very, very, very different from my freshman year roommates...the least said about all that the better (and I realize I was not exactly a very good roommate myself in those days, so blame falls on all sides for that).



2) I'm not dating a douchebag.


3) I'm not severely depressed. This is key to everything, I think. My attitude and approach to life is so much healthier and productive at this point in my life.


4) I'm not a teenager. Amen.




I am, however, having a rather age appropriate quarterlife crisis of sorts, trying to sort out my career options and where I want to live and what I want to do. But I'm getting good advice from many smart, successful people, and I know everything will work out exactly how it should, so I'm mostly keeping myself calm. Mostly.




And it's March already. I feel like being ill made me sleep away the end of February, and so March snuck up on me when I least expected it.

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