The brave don't live forever. The cautious don't live at all.--shango

Howdy all! Well it is January 3rd and the New Year is already looking brighter for yours truly.  I have cleansed the air for 2006 and am ready to get and stay productive.  I just wanted to share a little of my New Year with my mindsay buds.

First of all I was a shade miffed because there was supposed to be a group of us going out for New Year's eve but all but one of my friends flaked, in their defense they are hitched to significant others and went for the couples option even though they said they were on board. No matter because me and "Huntsville A" brought enough party for 50 friends. We went to the Mercury room in Downtown Houston and it seems as if all of Houston proper had the same idea because it was wall to wall people in the place! Well it is hard to tell from this photo but the street is lined with Party-goers and fun-seekers Here is me and "Huntsville A" with a guy who kinda fell in with us for a time at the club. This is Environgirl post- festivities. No worse for wear. <

 

All in all I had a happening New Year's Eve and a great start to 2006. This is likely the last of the self photos that I will be posting and my last entry pre-trip so I wanna say that I hope everyone had a happy and positive start to their year and I shall check with ya as soon as possible.  Oh yeah I almost forgot, My RESOLUTIONS....well since I kinda started on them pre-2006 I feel like I am gonna really meet my goals for this year.

1. Continue on my healthy eating/living plan. I have lost exactly 37 pounds and while I have a ways to go, I can actually jog a mile, do crunches, and push-ups. I could not do this one year ago, I could always walk long distances but I could not lift my own body to save my life.. YAY for progress.

2. Submit more writing for publication. Someone actually wants to pay me for a piece I wrote on the effects of globalization on Women and children (the primary make up of the proliteriat) in the Third World. I got an email today and nearly fainted! YAY!

3. Continue being positive. I say continue because as it is I am quite optimistic, even when things look grim.

4. Try to be less secretive. I am told that I don't really share as much as I should with close friends and loved ones.

5. Check out TEXAS. I always leave the state to find adventure and know very little about fun times in the Lone Star State.

6. Touch a bat. Don't Ask! Well actually I have been reading about them lately at the behest of a batman and I have to say that there is a ridiculous amount of stuff that bats do to aid humanity. I know! Who knew?

7. Learn Italian. My little cousin speaks German and insists that I learn German first but I think the language may be to difficult for me to pick well. You know "can't teach and old .......well, you know. I have a decent handle on spanish and I am told that the languages are sort of similar. 

 

Well that is all for now.. how about a poem/quote...here goes...

 

Great God, I Ask Thee For No Meaner Pelf

Great God, I ask for no meaner pelf
Than that I may not disappoint myself,
That in my action I may soar as high
As I can now discern with this clear eye.

And next in value, which thy kindness lends,
That I may greatly disappoint my friends,
Howe'er they think or hope that it may be,
They may not dream how thou'st distinguished me.

That my weak hand may equal my firm faith
And my life practice what my tongue saith
That my low conduct may not show
Nor my relenting lines
That I thy purpose did not know
Or overrated thy designs. --Henry David Thoreau

 

Goddess Bless