ushering another year in

[rxelyn]

Well, the new year's a-coming and school's restarting soon. Bummer. Can we like loop the holidays or something?
But hey! No point being all mopey because IT IS EVIDENT THAT WE CANNOT STOP THE FORCES OF EVIL.
(ahem. I may have been a little teeny weeny bit tipsy. lol.)
so... HAPPY NEW YEAR!

lol, tons of messages and love from friends. Yay.

okay, so Gala Darling has this wonderful list compiled for 2008/2009. And I wanna try some of the awesauce stuff on her spiffy list. :D

Recognise 2008 for what it has been. Even if you felt like it was the worst year of your life, it had lessons to teach you & positive things have happened. Think back & be grateful for what 2008 showed you, so that you can move forward into 2009 with a clear head & a dedication to all things fabulous!

Before you write on the 1st of January page in your new diary, take some time to write a short manifesto of what you want from 2009. Mine starts like this: “Magic, laughter & adventures.“ For the truly anally-retentive, draft it on your computer first & then transcribe it into your diary in your loveliest, loopiest handwriting. Having something like this written in your diary is a great way to remind yourself of who you are, who you want to be, & where you want to go. You can refer to it whenever you’re feeling a bit lost. Think of it as a beautiful road-map for the year.

Throw out your old underwear, & buy yourself new slinkies in the post-Christmas sales!

Come up with a new name for the new year — a nickname, a project name, a full name…

Decide to do something in 2009 that terrifies you. Like hip-hop karaoke in front of an audience, telling someone how much you really like them, or sky-diving. Give yourself a deadline & make it happen!

Write a letter to the one person you allowed to make 2008 more difficult than it needed to be. Be as angry & vicious as you like, but when you’re done, burn it or tear it into little pieces. Visualise all your vitriol disappearing with it.
Make a start on what you want to achieve in 2009. Buy those exercise DVDs, join a gym, email that person, go & pick out paint colours for your room, whatever. You don’t have to wait until the 1st of January to start changing things!
Change your hair. Better yet, cut it all off & have it donated.

Come up with some new words to work into your vocabulary next year. Among others, I plan on reviving demode (out of fashion or unstylish), wicked (used for emphasis — e.g. “wicked faded”), mad (also used for emphasis — e.g. “mad keen”) & brocabulary (words your friends say that you pick up)! Huge props to Jake who inspired this idea (& gave me some of the words)!

Remember that 2009 will be what you make it. Set your intentions now & fall in love with the idea that it will be marvellous!

Personalized horoscope from astro.com

Uncomfortable Questions: Valid during several weeks: At this time you may try to come to a rational understanding of painful episodes in your life. You may ask critical and uncomfortable questions. Were all the rejections and dismissals and the scars they left behind really necessary? Is there such a thing as meaningless suffering? By asking these questions you try to come to terms with both your own and others' pain and suffering. We all have to deal with them, because life will confront us with such problems again and again. And even if old psychological wounds cannot be healed by asking probing questions or by analysing them, it is natural and necessary that your intellect refuses to accept this. These are questions that you can only ask yourself, as others may find them unsettling and hurtful.

you are remarkable is an amazing site, lovely words and images and ideas:

never stop to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best - night and day - to make you like everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight - and never stop fighting.
-e.e. cummings

and I believe this post is a step to cleansing oneself of the past and the future to live just for the present.

Gah. I am dead from Bradley James picspams. He's hot in medieval clothing, and also way fine in casual. (can my google-fu bring up pictures of him in formal wear? I bet he'll be damn delish as well. XD)

Oh yeah. Uhm. Happy 25th birthday to my second brother! Not that I'll tell him that in real life.

EDIT: Oops. I forgot to reset this to public. Lol

Comments

[ethvren.livejournal.com]

LOL, Agreed. I actually watch out for Bradley James the most in Merlin. Hahaha :D

In the last episode, I loooove it when he calls Gwen, "Guinevere!" In the sexy tone. Ahhh :)

[rxe-lyn.livejournal.com]

XDDD Yay. I thought you were more partial to Merlin, kekeke.