Tag Archive for '2009'

A Gift From Up Above

The day after I wrote the last post I got laid off.  I have joined the ranks of the (many) unemployed. I know it’s fucked up to say at a time like this when people are scared shitless to lose their jobs, but I am glad I got the boot. I was extremely unhappy in my job, I just moved home and added a two hour commute each way to my day, I needed a change and I guess the universe decided to give me one. Based on that last post I have some serious soul searching to do, and holy shit do I now have more than enough time to do it.

So why have I not posted anything in the last oh, almost 30 days?  Simple. Vacationing.  You know what I’m talkin’ bout people, YEAH!!   Par-TAY!!!

Now it’s time to get serious.  I’ve been given an opportunity to reinvent myself and do whatever it is my heart desires with this beautiful life.  I just have to figure out what the hell that is!  Is it bad that I don’t know?  Does anyone really ever know? And if they do, how did they figure it out?  I don’t really have the luxury of trying a bunch of different careers to see what fits.  How do you realize your passion?  And once you do, how do you turn your passion into something that makes you cash? These are the big questions everyone asks themselves I guess.

My point is, I need to take this time to find something I like to do and can make my career.  I am certainly not going to get myself back into a job where I wake up every weekday and drink coffee out of this:

I Wish I Were Dead

Because that’s how I felt sitting in my old cubicle.  No thanks!

Anyhoo, just want to update you as to what’s been going on.  We’ll be back to regularly scheduled broadcasting in no time.

Cheers!

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Who’s Excited for January 20th?

Change

Or you could be excited for:

Mamba

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A Change Is Gonna Come

2009, WOW!  Only one more year of the double zeros!  Is that what they’re calling this decade? Who knows.

Happy New Year!

NaBloPoMo sends me monthly email updates reminding me to blog and telling me what the next month’s posting theme would be.  Not that I’m so anxious to go through THAT again (maybe one day but not just yet, bigger and better things on the horizon that I will need my precious time for). Regardless, I received such an update right before the holiday that the theme for January is “change” and I thought HOW FITTING.  With the messiah of change taking office in a mere 15 days, and a new year upon us I would think we all have change on the brain. You may want to change your life, change your career, change your health, your wealth, whatever it is I’m sure the desire is heightened during these times. I’m confident we all have high hopes for this year – for our families, ourselves, even our country and our new President.  I know I do.

In lieu of typical resolutions, which I don’t make anyway and even if I did I wouldn’t keep them (I love my vices too much), I’ve decided to make a list of things I’d like to work on in an effort to pave the way for the best life I can have and be the best me I can be.  (SO CORNY RIGHT?!?)

Anyway, I figured if I put them out there on the internets there’s really no getting away with not trying.  Because a year from now I’ll be all “What did I blog about a year ago?” and I’ll go the the archives and see this post and be “Shit, I really suck!”  And then I’ll drink too much scotch and fall down the stairs and crack my head open and die and I probably wouldn’t be wearing any underwear and that’s not good so I should just suck it up and try to do the following 8 things this new year.  

Let’s hear it for change:

  1. Be completely me, all of the time, no matter how scary or ugly that may be sometimes (hilarious and dead sexy all of the time).
  2. Get rid of those things in my life that either no longer make me happy or do not have a positive influence on my life (including clothes and shoes!).
  3. Figure out exactly what it is I want to be when I grow up, even if it means taking drastic measures to find out what that is.  With great risk comes great reward. 
  4. Learn how to do something by the end of the year that I do not know how to do today.
  5. Be the best friend, daughter, sister, cousin, lover, etc that I can be.
  6. Visit a place i’ve never before been, even if that place is only 10 minutes away by car.
  7. Keep myself, my mind, and my heart open to any and all possibilities and opportunities that present themselves to me (see #3).
  8. Laugh. And then laugh again. And then laugh some more.

Bonus:  At the end of the year, be able to look back on this list and confidently check each one off (no cheating!)

I know this may sound a little overzealous, but while 2008 wasn’t the WORST year it certainly wasn’t my best. For this reason I am looking forward to 2009 and all of the wonderful experiences that are in store – I have a feeling I’m in for a crazy ride.  I’ll be sure to keep you posted (ha!) as to what goes on (wouldn’t want to have to dip into the scotch)!

Mamba hopes 2009 bring you everything your incredibly awesome hearts desire!

In the words of Sam Cooke (er, Al Green):


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