two thousand ten

or twenty ten? how are you saying it?
this is my dad in his first car. big pimpin'. i love the background.

i think my resolution for this year is going to be a general refocusing of the way i live my life. i stumbled upon the phrase 'being, not having' a few weeks ago and it really struck a chord with me. so i think that's what i'm going to work towards this year. living a life where the focus is on being and living and not so much acquiring- whether that come in the form of material possessions or titles.

in other news, i seem to have developed a crush. the kind you got when you were little over hanson or jonathan taylor thomas. i normally just get crushes of convenience- boys i know are interested in me or would be easy to get involved with- but this an actual full-on, crush. i literally swoon at the thought of him. and i've been zoning out a lot in the middle of target or conversations, just thinking about him with a big smile on my face. it's a fun feeling. he is definition dreamy.

fare thee well two thousand and nine

i'm hoppin on this survey bandwagon and reviewing muh year:
(taken from all these dudes.)

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
went to canada, rented a hotel room on my own, drove long distances by myself

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i don't believe i made any resolutions last year. so yes. all of them were kept.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
miss merrill brought the most beautiful little diva into the world

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no one close.

5. What countries did you visit?
CANADA BABY. america's hat.

6.What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
straighter moral compass. more ambition. more traveling plans. someone to go steady with. more appreciation for things.

7.What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
february 13th

8.What was your biggest achievement of the year?
4.0 two semesters in a row bringing me up to a 3.91 cumulative gpa. fuck yeah. and making the improv team which sounds nerdy, but it did feel really good.

9. What was your biggest failure?
my trip to the hospital. a few regrettable evenings.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
apparently i had mono? didn't feel like mono.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
sequined butterfly top. red and white striped dress. tan cowboy boots. so many good thrifty things.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
baby brother for the most part. that kid has a solid sense of who he is.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
some of my peers. but not in a serious way.

14. Where did most of your money go?
food. libations. salvation army. yarn. gas.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
montreal trip. cloud cult concert. eric's birthday/any pittsburgh trip.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
maneater or jumper.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? probably about the same. mostly happy.

b) thinner or fatter? thinner but not by much.

c) richer or poorer? richer. i be a workin' woman.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
spontaneous trips. sewing.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
facebook stalking. working.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
with my family carrying out numerous weigel traditions.

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
not romantically but i fall more and more in love with my friends and family as time passes.

22. How many one-night stands?
as in sex-y time one-night stands? zerrrooooooo.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
to watch on tv: office, community, thirty rock.
on dvd: arrested development and always sunny

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
not really. i'm not into the whole 'hating' thing. there are people i dislike this year that i didn't last year.

25. What was the best book you read?
free to choose by milton freidman.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
man man and atmosphere. i'm also glad i got more into cloud cult.

27. What did you want and get?
pretty much everything. combination of being spoiled, blessed, and working hard.

28. What did you want and not get?
a bartending job and an internship.

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
district nine and inglourious bastards.

30. What did you do on your birthday?
went to j&h. got a free cookie. watched harry potter. let people do my hair and make up. jimmy drew on my arms.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
time machine.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
your grandma. a huxtable. librarian. old navy. half-off wednesdays.

33. What kept you sane?
mom. my ladiez. myself. bargains. lists.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
jason schwartzman. jack black.

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
health care. pretty much all of politics and the way things are run/are heading. stirring shit.

36. Who did you miss?
home friends when i was at school. for a while in the fall i really missed my mom.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
all the iup and cmu kids. montreal people. various boys.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
it's a hairflip. this too shall pass.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"you make traffic jams feel like parades" in reference to all the people i love. because they were really what made my year so memorable.

room with a view

this is what my room looks like. in case you were wondering. i've been working on cleaning it out. that bulletion board was about five inches deep a couple weeks ago. i had my warped tour 2004 ticket on there. i just don't like throwing things away apparently. but hoarders is changing me. if it's time to go, it's time to go.

meatball

this child gets bigger every time i see her. which is the case with most kids but seriously. this one is starting to look older not just in height but all over the place. it's weirding me out. she had hair going all the way down her back and she cut it off for locks of love- eleven inches total. and now she has this cute little bob thing going. and she's losing teeth! my little baby cousin! we played american idol and the princess game and i spy all weekend. she's adorable. and it's so funny to see her interact with her brothers all of whom are older than her by at least ten years. they're equal parts annoyed by and protective of her. awwww family dynamics!

weigel christmas

i'll be in pittsburgh until monday celebrating with my mom's side of the family. this is just a small sampling of the ridiculously wonderful christmas i had with my weigel side. it was full of absurdly good food and cozy winterwear. i got two new cameras! that big ol' sucker is a nikon d5000 and the cute little blue and black one is a diana mini. the nikon has a food setting so expect even more food pictures than usual. i won't be able to blog until i get back so until then, have a very merry christmas, eat a lot, and take a bunch of naps.

suburban christmas

sorry for the lack-o-bloggin'. i've been hanging out with these nerds far too much. it majorly snowed on saturday so we took advantage of the weather and got some pictures for our annual christmas newsletter. we then proceeded to write the newsletter in a matter of two hours (which is incredible because it normally is dragged out over several weeks). the result was a yearbook-style christmas update complete with yearbookyourself.com pictures, family superlatives, and highlights of the year at 'weigel high'. at the time it was hilarious. thinking about it now, i think a lot of the people we sent it to will think there's a gas leak in our house. the product of much cabin fever. we still had an excellent time putting it together. so whatever haters.

all the rave

so temple had a 'rave' last sunday night on top of one of the academic buildings. over 2,000 people rsvp'd on facebook but only about 300 or so showed up. and of that 300, only about 60 were dancing. awwkkwarrddddd. but still fun. we only stayed for about fifteen minutes because it's very weird to dance with so many people watching you and not dancing. but i think it is pretty sweet that the whole thing was organized via facebook and people actually showed up. sign of the times yo.