Welcome MacBook Pro

 One of the major reasons (other than my laziness), for my lack of posts is how long it would take me to make them. My Acer laptop would take forever to load the pictures, and then uploading them was another story. It was driving me crazy. So I finally had enough, and bought myself the laptop I've been eyeing for a while now. A bit pricey, but I feel it's definitely worth it. I got the MacBook Pro about a month ago, and am loving it. I still have to finish organizing all of my photos, but the Iphoto program is great. Everything is nice and neat, and most importantly ... works :)

2011

New Year. Woot.

I never make resolutions really ... because I know it doesn't really matter as I will not follow them. But I think this year, I will give it a try.
 - Post more often. Take more pictures. This was the goal at the beginning of the year. I feel like I have managed to take more pictures than usual, but still not frequently enough. Mostly, I just need to keep up with it and be more consistent (as with many things).
 - Not get behind. Do things right when I have to do them. Instead of waiting for months and thinking about doing something, I will actually do it. Such a simple concept, but hard to implement for some reason. This applies mostly to things that have to be done, rather than leisurely things. Things that tend to get pushed back ... months and months in some cases. Just do it, as the saying goes.
 - Do more stuff. Kinda ties into the do not get behind category. This applies more to leisurely things though. I want to learn how to ice skate finally, go snowboarding more than once this year, travel more, take more random road trips, explore, do more random things,  etc etc etc.
 - Be more social. I am a very social person when it comes to my friends and people I know well. And strangers sometimes as well. But I would just like to meet more people and as the one above states, do more things. I think the two go hand in hand somewhat.
 -  Become healthier. I think over the last year or two I have become a lot healthier in the choices I make day to day. But there is always room for improvement. And in my case, there is a lot of room. I'd like to become more active and start running more frequently. And take up a couple of activities this year. Salsa dancing is definitely one that has been on the list for a very long time. Time to cross it off. Perhaps I will attempt some sort of kickboxing or somethings as well. We will see. But the goal is just to have more energy and be more positive. I don't really like going to the gym. But I have noticed now that I have not been in many months that even my once a week sessions were beneficial. Now I feel tired more frequently and I don't think I have as much energy as I did. Anyways, time to do it!

So far that's that's all I can come up with. I think most of them tie into the doing stuff now category. I'm such a procrastinator when it comes to everything. Even things I really want to get done. It's an awful habit that has stalled many things for sure. And it's no ones fault other than myself. So it's time to change. I need to do more things. Simple as that. This year will be all about change and progress. Starting now. :)

Soho & Arepas

All of Saturday was a bit of a blur. We woke up pretty early and decided to not waste the gorgeous day at the Museum of Natural History as we had planned originally. So we decided to go shopping, as one must of course do when in New York. So we decided to head to Soho and then the East Village, as we were closest to those two areas.

FIT, FAO Schwarz, MOMA

The second day started off bright and early. I made an appointment to have a tour around the Fashion Institute of Technology at noon. It was conveniently only a block away from our apartment. I have wanted to study here probably for the last 7 years or so. It's always something I've come back to after crossing off another possible career path of my list. There have been many. I figured I should see the place I've been thinking about for so long in person. Poor Stephen endured the two hour session with me, which I was very grateful for. Overall, it was very informative. It seems like a great place and somewhere I would love to be. Financially though, I'm not sure if it's the smartest path to pursue. Kinda wish my mom and I never left New York, that way I could attend as a state resident. :P Ah well.

New York - day 1

I guess it's time to update on the last month and a bit. I've really not been taking many pictures lately at all. I feel like each day just flies by and next thing you know it's already a month later. Not very in the moment at all unfortunately. Anywho, back at the end of September, Stephen and I ventured to New York City. I have literally not been back in N.Y. in a decade, so it was definetely nice to go back and see it now.

Odd self guided trolley that takes you out of Newark.

Birthday Flowers

I love having fresh flowers in the house. My mom and Stephen both got me beautiful arrangements :)

Birthday

I'm really not much of a birthday person at all. In regards to my birthday at least. Other people's I get excited for; mine not so much. I guess it also has to do with the whole inevitable life evaluating thoughts that plague my mind around this time. After much distress about what to do, and a general wanting to do absolutely nothing, I showed up at Stephen's house. I walked into a Mexican themed fiesta surprise party which lifted my mood and was impressively themed down to the tequila napkins. My friends and Stephen planned an amazing party and we all had a blast. It turned out be a great birthday after all :)