Weakness

Everyone has a weakness. Some people have a weakness for chocolate, others have a weakness for sappy movies. Superman has a weakness for Kryptonite.

Me, I have a weakness for Lifesaver Wintergreen mints. Just bought a bag over the weekend and probably have eaten half of them already. Glad my weakness doesn't make me sick, powerless, or kill me like Superman's does to him.

Snow!

The other night, I was called by work. They were shorthanded and needed someone to drive to Flagstaff for them. For those of you who aren't familiar with you Arizona geography, Flagstaff is about two and a half north of Phoenix in the mountains. Having nothing better to do, I agreed. I went to pick up the package at 10pm Sunday night. I had been told it was only going to be one box for 40lbs. When I got there and found it was actually 4 packages for 170lbs, I was wondering how to get it up to my car. Luckily, a nice skycab, one of the guys with the carts that help people with their luggage came over and helped me get it to my car.

On the drive to Flagstaff, I was on the look out for snow the whole time. I didn't notice any until I got within an hour of the city, but I could have missed it, being so late at night and so dark. When I got to the location to drop the boxes off, I noticed there was snow there. I realized I haven't seen snow in around 374 days, since I left Buffalo after visiting for Christmas '08. Thinking I don't know when I'd see snow again, I decided to run into it. After taking one step in, I thought that was enough of that. I made a snowball, but didn't have anything to throw it at so I just threw it into the street. Enough snow for me for a bit.

Ont he drive back, I got to see a coyote and tons of stars. It's nice to get away from the lights of the city ever so often to just see the billions of stars. Made for a decent trip.

Alphabetically Thankful

I was recently thinking of what I'm thankful for. I thought of writing a whole post about how thankful I am for pants. I decided it would be fun to create an alphabetical list of what I am thankful for, one thing for each letter. This could be fun, so here goes.

A - America (I need to be patriotic every once in awhile.)
B - Buffalo (The city. Even though I left it, I am still thankful to be from there.)
C - Canada (Just cause of their contribution to hockey.)
D - Debos (The coolest 'D' I could think of!'
E - Education (I love to learn. Thankful that I can.)
F - Family (Love you guys!)
G - Green (My favorite color. Guess I should be thankful for that.)
H - Hockey (Who didn't see that one.)
I - Ice (I hate drinking warm drinks that aren't supposed to be that way.)
J - Jelly/Jam (PB and J would just be weird without the J.)
K - Katamari (Probably one of the funnest games I've played.)
L - Lights (I hate living in the dark.)
M - Muppets (Almost put Music. I love Muppets a bit more than Music, but it is certainly close.)
N - Naps (How isn't?)
O - OJ (Not the athlete, the drink. Great for mornings, good with Vodka.)
P - Pizza (Beats out pants in a close one.)
Q - Questions (How else would I get answers?)
R - Roofs (Only when they aren't on fire.)
S - Sleep (Yeah, I put Naps on the list too. What about it?)
T - Tom (What a great guy he is! So thankful to know him. Aren't you?)
U - Ukuleles (Just make me laugh. I am thankful for things that make me laugh. Ukuleles makes the list.)
V - Vanilla Pudding (I like it better than Chocolate. Might be in the minority there.)
W - Women (What can I say? I am a regular guy.)
X - X Marking the Spot (How else would I know where to meet the pirates?)
Y - Yelling (Sometimes, it's jsut what the doctor ordered.)
Z - Zamboni (Clean ice!)

Maybe this would have been best for a Thanksgiving post. Oh well. It was on my mind and now it's on the internet.

Hope and the lack of hope

I never really thought about it much before, but hope is a very powerful thing. Hope can make the whole world seem better. Even if it's just hope in a same thing, it can create worlds of difference in a person's outlook on a situation. Hope permeates. Hope in one thing can improve your outlook on other things. Problems seem smaller when there is hope.

The reverse is scary. Every little issue seems huge. You aren't looking for the sunshine to come tomorrow. You believe everyday is going to be as cold and gray as today is. It can be unbearable.

Remember, though it might not look it, the sun will come. Not everyday will be like today. It will get better. This problem is making it difficult for you to see the end, but it is there. On the other side, the world will seem brighter than it ever was.

New Year's Goals

I am the type of person who will say he is going to do something and not always follow through. Only with things that would benefit me, though. Like working out more consistently or writing a story that I've had in my head down. Yeah, those are the types of things I spend a lot of time talking about and almost always never doing. Well, after reading my brother's blog, which can be found here, and seeing him post a list of his goals, I thought I should do the same. So here it goes....

1) I am going to try to post around 200 times this year. I am not going to try to kid myself into thinking I'll be able to post every day, but 200 seems like a good number.

2) I am going to try to work out more. Not really sure how to gauge this, so I though, if I can get up to doing 15 pullups by the end of the year, I'll be good. Can't do any now. Well, maybe one, depending on how much form you are judging.

3) I am going to learn Spanish well enough to have a basic conversation with someone. Already working on it but still have a ways to go.

4) I WILL take 3 recreational trips. At least 1 of them will be to somewhere I've never been. I am thinking of Orlando, Buffalo, and either Chicago, Mexico, San Deigo, or Seattle. Just cause.

I think that's about it as far as goals go. I mean, there are other things I want to do, but I need to start small, right? Maybe I'll remember to check back in on this half way through the year. Maybe.

MLIA

Last night, I was laying in bed when I looked at the ceiling and noticed a few spots of light. Wondering if there were holes in my ceiling I put my finger up to one. I found out that I have about a dozen glow-in-the-dark stickers on my ceiling. MLIA

(Yes, this really happened to me. No, I have not posted it on MLIA)

The Other Night

So, the other night, I was having trouble sleeping. I ended up having trouble going to sleep. I remember it being some time after 3am. I then woke up at 7:30am with an awful headache and stomachache.

Shower+Aspirin+More Sleep=Better feeling Tom.

What a wonderful formula!