Frances

Hey, hi, here’s a familiar face. It’s Frankie! And OMG WTF LOL she has a website?! It’s true internet, my girl is all grown up, now she just needs to go and score herself a job. Good luck kiddo, though I’m sure you won’t need it.

And yes, it’s true, I designed and coded it myself (also took the pics). I know it’s nothing super special, but it’s still pretty cool. I always forget was a long process it is, at least for me because I suck at development. Not my forte.

Edwin & Fitz

Logo for my cats Edwin and Fitz I made super quick because they told me they needed one. Gotta do what I gotta do. Ya heard?

Everything is so much fun these days. I hope you guys agree.

I believe I can fly

So I realized that I have not posted anything for a long time, which is unacceptable because it is a new year and shouldn’t I have written a post about all the amazing things I plan to do? Probably. I did write some goals on paper and have been telling them to a select few, but I suppose it’s probably time to share them with the Internet.

I’ve been trying to think of a personal mantra for 2012 but have yet to land on one. Last year’s was It Could Be Worse, which is ironic because last year was probably one of the worst years of my life. That is a complete exaggeration, but seriously, it was pretty bad for the most part. I think the thing with years is that they always start off so promising and full of hope then always turn to shit.

Ok, goals. Bam, here we go.

1. Be Strong. I want this to be my strongest year–physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I’ve got different ways I plan to do this, the biggest being a membership to Vertical Endeavors (which is already being put to good use), and another half marathon. I can’t explain to any of you how amazing climbing makes me feel. Every time I finish a course I feel so satisfied, and that’s a rare feeling to have because I’m such a perfectionist. You can have good or bad technique for sure, but really, either you’re going to get up the wall or you’re going to fall. So simple. Whenever I make it up I feel like I moved a mountain, like there should be a crowd below me cheering cuz I’m such a boss.

2. Move. Somewhere, anywhere, asap. I’m anxious to get a plan together very soon and decide where I’d like to put myself for the rest of the year, whether it is somewhere new in the TC (unlikely), out West (likely) or South to Austin (maybe), or somewhere else I have yet to think of.

3. Travel. I’ve already got a list of places I want to go this year including Boise and Iceland, among others.

So I’m gonna talk about this picture now because you’ve been sitting there wondering this whole time right? This is the best thing in my apartment building, everything else is shit. I actually can’t believe it exists in a place like this, though it’s displayed in these strange vertical frames on the stairway walls. Look at that eagle illustration, so delicate and fancy and amazing. It makes me feel slightly better about life in 301. One day I’m gonna fly like that mfing eagle, right out the front door. I’ve decided to redo this thing and turn it into a logo of sorts. The day I move out of this damn apartment I’m having a party, and it’s gonna be so so great. Almost all of you are invited, just joshin, everybody can come.

Then I got on a plane and flew far away from you

Though unwillingly I left and it was so so hard to do

…

but there’s nothing more to it, I just get through it

The new First Aid Kit album is really truly doing it for me these days.

Harvest Moon

Oh my god

Over 1,700 texts. Deleted. Finito. I feel like howling at the moon, my god.

Something wonderful

I’ve been reading again, Jeffrey Eugenides’ new book The Marriage Plot and David Foster Wallace’s Oblivion. Eugenides is probably my favorite contemporary author. If you haven’t read Middlesex, you should. It’s fantastic. Wallace makes my head hurt though. Every time I read him I feel like the joke’s on me. It’s like hanging out with your genius friend and struggling to stay in the conversation, laugh at the right time, you know. But I keep trying to read him because I don’t like giving up on things.

And oh how I love when books actually make me laugh out loud.

After getting out of Semiotics 211, Madeleine fled to the Rockefeller Library, down to B Level, where the stacks exuded a vivifying smell of mold, and grabbed something — anything. The House of Mirth, Daniel Deronda — to restore herself to sanity. How wonderful it was when one sentence followed logically from the sentence before! What exquisite guilt she felt, wickedly enjoying narrative! Madeleine felt safe with a nineteenth-century novel. There were going to be people in it. Something was going to happen to them in a place resembling the world.

Bought tix for Polica and Nada Surf tonight. Still not sure about the Darkness, I can’t make up my mind…

Good Advice

So I usually don’t read these things. I’m not a huge fan of lists, but this is one I definitely needed to see right now. We all need to be reminded every now and then of the things we should not do. Sometimes cutting things out of our lives works out for the best.

30 Things To Stop Doing to Yourself

Coldest Winter

This past Saturday, one of the coldest days during what will probably be the coldest winter of my life, these two still managed to warm my heart. And though I haven’t seen Molly and Stacy in months, it never seems to matter. The best friendships are the ones you can pick back up at any time, and it feels like just yesterday.

These days it gets harder and harder to keep up with everything. And my body doesn’t want me to leave the warmth of my bed every morning. I’m looking forward to the holiday break when Evan comes home and we can giggle and make fun of everything again.

Love/Hate

Bon Iver — I Can’t Make You Love Me

I never realized how incredibly heart-wrenching and depressing this song is.

You hate Bon Iver as much as I love him, so maybe we’re both the worst.

Turn my swag on

These days I’m refocusing on turning my swag back on to the highest degree possible. So you should watch out cuz it’s gonna get pretty intense.

Today’s playlist:

Young The Giant “My Body”

Robyn “Dancing On My Own”

Stars “We Don’t Want Your Body”

Drake “Make Me Proud”

Drake “HYFR”