vertebrates, celebrate!

"if you are allergic to something, it is probably a good idea not to put that thing into your mouth, especially if it is cats."-a series of unfortunate events

hehehe. TODAY i painted my wall in stripes! alot of work you know. not all fun and play. you know, in order to get a TRUE straight line, you have to attach string to a plumbline so it uh, becomes a plumbline, then you lower it from the top of the ladder [with you at the top i mean, not attached to the ladder] and you -thiack- the chalked string such that the chalk leaves a perfectly straight line on the wall, which you then masking-tape. repeat process twenty times, and you get striped masking tape.

like this:

cool right? like a photo pro. ahaha.

why do people write new year resolutions?

something ive been thinking about. like, a gazillion people know they wont keep it, but they write it anyway. why not write a mid-year resolution? mid-month? or one-a-week resolution? what is it about a New Year that gets everyone all excited and iffy? haha. sometimes a two month break can really trick us into thinking up a fresh page. a temporary release is all humans need to hope again.? the sense of newness, like new books, stationery, faces, friends, school, class, combination [for students].. but for adults? how new can a new year of work be? apart from the calendars on the staff desks it is quite unlikely that anything much, anything real, has changed. perhaps resolutions are a mix of conviction and expectation- they congeal to indulge a -everything is possible- mindset like

: i Can change and start sitting up straight
: i Can be different this year and do quiet time everyday
: i will be more interactive and friendly to others

then somewhere along the middle of the first month the enthusiasm of a break from routine, or the sense of 'newness', collects dust and crumbles away. so that is it huh? the end year holiday season provokes a celebratory attitude, one that challenges and dares change, one that awakens desires to be more alive, live more fully, to realise a hope. but once these notions give way, once the powerful engines of routine kick in once more, it swamps half-grown hopes of change and stifles it in the cradle. so, my resolution for this year [heheh] is to keep resolved. is to freshen expectations and live life in moments, celebrating each moment for all its worth. seriously, like the greenness of the grass, the upstairs neighbour that plays the piano during a blackout, my striped walls, new and shoes, nice-smelling shampoo, how my neighbours are pet-less, how my breakfast is baked just nice and unburnt, and my room is spiderless or lizardless!.

come celebrate with me (: