And The New Year Soon Begins

"Here’s a hymn to the Garnet and Gold, ringing to the sky.

Here’s a song for the men and women bold. Sing with heads held high.

Striving ere to seek to know, Fight for victory.

Alma Mater, this our song to you. Echoes, F.S.U."

-Hymn To The Garnet & Gold

Well, tomorrow night I will be enjoying a lovely competition between Jimbo Fisher's Florida State Seminoles and Steve Spurrier's  South Carolina Gamecocks, making this my last post of the year, as I will not have my computer with me on the trip.  Going with this sports theme a little bit longer...here are my views:  The Noles and Gamecocks are evenly matched, exact same records for the season, both are the runners up in their conferences, both have a lot to prove at this game.  This being said, and while I made my pick weeks ago (GO NOLES!), it will be a close game and it WILL come down to the last couple of minutes (I've said it once, and I'll say it again, we're a 4th quarter team and always will be).

I know I've kept my mouth shut recently, but I'm going to work on this.  At the end of bowl season I will probably do a series on this season, the ACC and my thoughts about what is next to come (BASEBALL season [Opening day is Feb. 18th!]).  For now I want to discuss plans/goals/resolutions for the next year.

1. I will work on saying NO.  My friend Justin gets on to me all the time for never/rarely saying no and while watching 27 Dresses with my mom earlier this week I realized how true that statement was. So from 27 Dresses, I give you "No":

Kevin: [helping Jane practice saying no] Jane, give me fifty bucks.
Jane: No!
Kevin: Jane, it's fifty bucks. I'll pay you back.
Jane: No.
Kevin: [takes Jane's hand] Jane... I *need* you to give me fifty bucks.
Jane: [hesitantly] No?
Kevin: Eh... not bad. Can I have your drink?
Jane: Sure.
[beat]
Jane: No! Oh, no...
Kevin: [laughing] You were doing so well! 

2. I will go to Leach (FSU's gym) and/or walk Mike Long track once a week.  I've been inspired by my friend Nathan (http://nathanalbert.wordpress.com/) who is blogging about his weight loss.  I've also really thought about going on The Biggest Loser, but I don't have the time, so why not try to start my own weight loss "program."

3. I will blog a minimum of once a week.  After making a resolution to blog last year and not starting until November I will do a better job this upcoming year, I promise.

4. Lastly, I will read my Bible everyday.  A couple of years ago, my mom got me a Bible in a Year Bible so I could read it in it's entirety, which has been a goal for several years, which I have failed miserably at, so I will be using that to stay on top of my goal.

I ask you, for those of you that do read these posts, to help encourage me to stay up to date on these goals.  I really do promise my writings will get better and interesting again someday soon.  Now I hope you all have a happy and safe New Years! 

Oh the things girls think of...

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope."
- Gigi, He's Just Not That Into You

I've been pondering this a lot recently.  Girls have a tendency to let movies conquer their minds, the over analysis of love, how it can be applied to our lives, why it doesn't happen to us like it does in the movies (or television show), etc.  In my case I can also apply it to music.  Some songs, even artists, just get me feeling uplifted because of the thought of love, but then that wonderful high comes crashing down around me because it isn't as easy as the movies, or songs, or whatever, make it out to be.  It's just like Gigi puts it, girls are taught that we will get that happy ending, and in the end, it's about not giving up hope, not what we get.


While it would be nice to be the exception, instead of the rule, we (girls) need to figure out that once we find that guy, whoever it may be, we are his exception to the rule.  We also need to realize that the more we look for that guy, the less likely we are to find him.  (DISCLAIMER:  If you haven't seen HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU please don't read any further, because this may ruin part of the plot.  If you don't intend on seeing it, read on, but you may be confused).  Gigi, in the movie kept looking for Connor, then someone else.  When we see Gigi stop looking and get the rest of her life in order, that's when she finds her real love, Alex.  Going with this storyline, it goes against everything that girls are taught growing up.  We need to look for love, we find it, it doesn't find us.  However, I think we should all follow this example though, we should stop looking for love and let it find us because in the end it will happen whether we realize it or not.


Just some thoughts...Had to get them out of my head, mainly as a way for me to talk to myself and give myself advise.  I'll be back soon though with some real words for everyone.