So I just got back into LA/America last night. The flights were long and fairly awful although thanks to china airlines we were fed ridiculous amounts of foods which included rice porridge, various deserts, dim sum, steamed dumplings and other Asian delicacies. Take that stupid north american airlines! So anyways I’m catching up on my celeb gossip (don’t worry, ivan and I heard about Britney as it was happening since it appeared as a news story on aljizeera!!! What the fuck!) but all I keep seeing in the news is “storm watch 2008!” Basically it’s raining in California and people are seriously freaking out. Schwartzenegger is calling it like a disaster zone and it’s just crazy. But I’m looking at images on the news and I’m like..oh this looks like a Tuesday afternoon in ann arbor. Seriously people, chill out! The world is falling apart but leave it to LA local news to focus on Britney and rain. speaking of britney, what a fucking mess.

All my friends seem to be talking about new years resolutions and such and the thing is I was so busy kayaking around islands and frolicking on the beach that I didn’t even think about new years. Nor did I think about the fact that basically when I get back into AA at 6am I will have to jump right into winter quarter. So I think I will take some time today to think about what I want from myself this year.

The one that I have officially decided upon is that I am not shopping this year. I know…I might die. But if I could survive the writer’s strike I am sure that I can survive a year of not shopping. So basically I am only buying what I need and what I need does NOT include a cute new dress to wear on Friday night. I want to pay off my bills and visit my cousin in munich this year and backpack through mexico and generally just spend my live living instead of spending it looking cute. Plus let's be honest, i am a bit disgusted by the amount of clothing that i have. it's disgusting how much shit i have in my room. time to downsize!

So this girl I know got engaged along with everyone in the fucking world. I mean obviously these are not real people that i actually know because these people would not invite me to their weddings but I mean like people that i am in contact with via facebook or office proximity. I mean this is the marrying age, i suppose. Anyways this girl started an engagement/wedding blog like the next day and I just don’t get these things. People like freak out and like day 1 start planning their nuptials. I think of myself as the kind of person who doesn’t care about such poppycock but I also fear that if and when it actually does happen to me I may be THAT kind of person. You know, the kind of person who puts a countdown to my wedding on facebook or the kind of person who makes my facebook pic a couple pic, or the kind of person who “we’s” everybody because I am no longer a “me.” I mean what if I ‘m the kind of person who cooks and cleans for my man and like lives in the suburbs and had babies and drives a mini van! Like what if this is who I am and it just has not be activated yet!