Live each day as if it were your last. Never keep a grudge- it makes you scowl which is just plain ugly. Forgive as much as you can. Try compassion on for size. Be polite. Look at things from another's perspective. Listen to lots of music. Appreciate love, and art, and silence. More than anything else, just live right now.

It's New Year's Eve ..day! The end of 2008..wow. What a year. I guess what stands out to me most this year would have to be my multiple trips to the USA- to the Gorge, Ellensburg, and Ephrata; to Seattle, twice! I saw Chiodos as usual, and Escape The Fate. Max Green walked right in front of me @ Sodo, but I wasn't prepared to say anything so I just watched him walk by. (He's short!) I fell in love with Seattle. Yes, it's towering, and tall, and nothing like our spacey downtown Vancouver, but the vibe is so different. I love Pike Place Market, the boho feel of the promenadelong the water.. Yep. Seattle is great. I love Washington, really. It feels like home. It's green and the air is fresh, and it's not as compact and my northern west coast. On another note, I'm almost finished reading New Moon. It's not as slow as I anticipated, from what I was told. True, Edward is physically gone for most of the story, but when he rejoins.. It's perfect. This story will make you fall in love, and write and speak differently, and wish you were inhuman lol, and love ten times harder. It's so awesome. SO! In light of my near-finished reading of the second book in the Twilight saga, here is a list of the full and new moons for 2009, courtesy of [link]

Full Moon New Moon
Sat, Jan 10, 2009 Mon, Jan 26, 2009
Mon, Feb 9, 2009 Tue, Feb 24, 2009
Tue, Mar 10, 2009 Thu, Mar 26, 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2009 Fri, Apr 24, 2009
Fri, May 8, 2009 Sun, May 24, 2009
Sun, Jun 7, 2009 Mon, Jun 22, 2009
Tue, Jul 7, 2009 Tue, Jul 21, 2009
Wed, Aug 5, 2009 Thu, Aug 20, 2009
Fri, Sep 4, 2009 Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Sun, Oct 4, 2009 Sun, Oct 18, 2009
Mon, Nov 2, 2009 Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Wed, Dec 2, 2009 Wed, Dec 16, 2009
Thu, Dec 31, 2009 Fri, Jan 15, 2010


Okay, there's a 2010 there too. Wow, the Olympics are coming fast. So, my plans tonight: don't break my ass walking home. Pick up noise makers and party hats, get Kahlua and champagne, and edibles. I'm excited to ring in the new year. I haven't decided on my resolution(s) though.

Let me give it a shot:
1. Let go. Let my mom be as she is, try not to validate her.
2. Get my FREAKIN N!! God, how I need my liscence.
3. Travel more. (Road trips!) NOTE: This requires the N.
4. Tentative: get a new tattoo?
5. Exercise more. Yoga + something else, or more yoga, but still, something else too.
I think I might add to this later, but this was a good place to start.

Things to look forward to in 2009:
Aug- Warped Tour!
Nov- New Moon movie!
..can't think of much else so far.

Happy new year!

Whether you believe in the paranormal or not, you've probably experienced something that you couldn't explain. What was it?
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I sometimes get these intense feelings that there is someone behind me in my house. Whether it's downstairs (where the last owners' mother lived and died..though I'm not sure if she died in the house,) or on my way upstairs through the dark. I've always hated the dark, because I'm generally scared of the unknown. But this is different from just a regular scaredness. I think Benji senses it too, and when he acts all weird is when I get especially nervous. I can't remember off the top of my head, experiencing anything all too paranormal that I can recall vividly, besides this, and one other thing. When I was living in the house that my parents owned together (those were the days..were those the days?) I could see the shadow man step halfway into my doorway when I was lying in my bed. David says he's seen him before too. The funny thing is, I wanted to sleep with my door ajar, because I was afraid of the dark, but the shadow man scared the shit out of me too. It was always the same. I would see his tall, fuzzy figure (think TV snow, but all black,) approaching my bedroom door. Then he would turn to face me (I assume, although he didn't have a face,) and just stand there. And I would shut my eyes as tightly as I could, until I could fall asleep, or muster enough guts to open my eyes again. I was told that someone died in that house too. Again, whether he died in the house or was just a member of the house who died, I'm not sure. But I'll never forget him.

Q: Ah, Sunday, the day of rest. What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday morning?
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I like to spend my Sundays lazing around., I wake up when my body wants to, get some coffee, and do whatever all day. However, today Alex and I spent the day sorting out Evan's receipts for his taxes and playing Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles for wii. So I guess I did quite a bit. I can't kill Nemesis though *smolder*
OH!! I finally saw Twilight last night too.. ♥♥♥

UPDATE: After a long time trying (and much pain in the wrists,) we finally killed Nemesis. Unfortunately, we also beat the game. Time to turn up the difficulty!
*nerding out*

lol, I'm stealing from myself for an end of the year update.

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My 10 Best Events this year:

1. Warped Tour '08 @ the Gorge (backstage for FFTL, and Cobra Starship was AWESOME!)
2. Road trip to the Gorge
3. Road trip to Seattle for the Chiodos/Escape The Fate @ Showbox Sodo
4. Dad & Nicole's Halloween party '08
5. Watching BARACK OBAMA's acceptance speech
6. Random party @ Derek & Frankie's/learning about frisbee golf (what a weird cultural experience lol)
7. Seeing Airbourne with Shawn, Dad & Alex
8. Hanging out on the Cobra bus after the show @ the Croatian
9. Celebrating Chinese New Year downtown
10. Hanging out with Benji, Mac, Toby, Barf, the mangy cat, and Pete the female cat