Posts tagged “New Years”

New Year’s Resolutions: rinse and repeat

New Year’s resolutions, heck, any change in (good) habits is hard, even when I’m doing something I really enjoy. Last year I resolved to keep studying Russian – to make it a part of my life in a way that would result in me speaking Russian with a “reasonable level of competency.” I didn’t do […]

New Year’s Resolutions: Studying Russian

I love learning languages, but I’m bad about starting and not ‘finishing.’ I know you never truly ‘finish’ learning a language, but I want to get to a reasonable level of competency, instead of just learning the basic structure of the language and colors, numbers, and food.  I tend to put language learning on the […]

What I’ve Noticed

I had a very nice New Year’s Eve with one of my favorite cousins and fell asleep around 11 watching Life of Brian. Next year I plan on following SublimeFemme’s NYE advice for a much more exciting time.  I’m not one for making resolutions, but Justin’s keys to happiness sound pretty good. A great comic […]

Happy Half Day!

We’re halfway thru the year!  So how’d those New Years’ Resolutions turn out? ***edit*** Several people have complained that July 17th is not exactly halfway thru the year.  I know July 17 is not the midpoint of the year.  But today is the day I realized that at least half the year has gone by […]