MySpace Layouts Myspace LayoutsOk, so this is way overdue...but here I am, it's almost the end of 2007, and I'm barely, just now, updating my profile.
So there is a lot about me that has changed...oh, don't get me wrong, I'm still the same old Kim in many ways. I still LOVE my coffee, and of course my wine (red only)...I still write my to-do list on my arm...I still drive like an old granny...I still love the music of Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, and Cindy Alexander...and my first priority is still my family.
Here's what's changed: I woke up one day, and I realized there is a world out there, outside of my own little world in the day-to-day routine of my life. I realized I'm almost 30. I realized that I may have kids one day, and I wanted them to have a good mother, and a good role model; and that my kids now (even though they're my husband's kids) also deserve the best role model possible.
I realized I'll probably get cancer one day, just like the rest of the world...so I better eat right, have a damn good insurance plan, money in the bank, and really just be prepared for life's whammies that seem to get thrown at perfectly good, decent people.
So now, I'm a non-smoker -- at least so far. Been over 30 days, still hangin' in there. I'm 20 pounds lighter. I'm trying to eat better/healthier foods...apples, cruciferous veggies, a little fish, etc.
I'm back in school -- actually, did I ever really stop? Well, I guess I'm actually working toward a Bachelor's degree now -- Texas Woman's University. Luckily, almost all the classes I've taken at the community college level and at Kaplan transferred to TWU...now I'm only 39 hours (that's right, only 13 classes!) away from my Bachelor's -- woo hoo! Computer Science and Business are my concentrations, so that should be interesting.
The bummer is that it's still going to take me until 2009 to get my Bachelor's...I work fulltime and I have a family to support, so I only go to school halftime. I could take 9 hours each semester, but I'd rather have good grades.
Anyway, I start at TWU in January 2008, and until then, I'm taking Accounting I and II which are prereq courses for my upper-level Business courses I'll be taking at TWU. Believe it or not, I think these two sophomore-level Accounting courses are more challenging than the junior-level courses I've taken!
But I digress...the point is, I was wondering to myself, why did all of this happen all of a sudden -- out of nowhere? I mean, why all the changes? Why would I wake up one day, and just decide to quit smoking? Not even 'wake up,' perse...but mid-afternoon, just decide, "Eh, I'm not going to smoke anymore cigarettes." Why would I decide to actually go after my Bachelor's? Why would I try to organize our family in a recycling effort? As packed as my schedule is right now, why would I even think about participating in volunteer activities?
What has happened to me? Is this a midlife crisis? I hope not, otherwise my life expectancy is only 52. But seriously, I feel like Jerry Maguire when he's going thru his 'break thru.' Ya' know, to this day, when I watch that part of the movie, as many times as I've seen it, I half expect him to say, "I had completely lost my mind..."
I joke, but really...maybe I am going thru what Jerry went thru...maybe this is my midlife crisis...maybe this is my Mission Statement.
"I have a bad feeling about this..."
"1.21 Gigiwatts?!"
"What's that?" "It's a date - you eat 'em!"
"Be cool, my babe-ehs."
"But I want an Umpaloompa now!"
"Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?"
"Who's scruffy lookin'?"
"So you think you're sponge worthy?"
"Yeah, I'm Jerry Christ...he's a carpenter, I'm a plumber, you do the math."
"This wasn't a boat accident!!"
"Look, let me explain something. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That or His Dudeness... Duder... or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing..."
"I wasn't even supposed to be here today..."
"Neon heart, day-glow eyes...A city lit by fireflies. They're advertising in the skies for people like us."
"I don't know where...I don't know when...but something terrible is going to happen...What is this, the Central Intuitive Agency?!"
"These aren't the droids you're looking for..."
"That rug really tied the room together, did it not?"
"You're money baby...money!"
"Don't look before you laugh...Look ugly in a photograph. Flash bulbs, purple irises...The camera can't see."
"...A ski-lur, which is like a skier..."
"I wanna soak up the sun...while it's still free."
"That's right, man...nobody fucks with the Jesus!"
"You're a boner biting bastard, uncle fucker."
"Hello, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports...did you get that memo?"
"I think I just filled the cup..."
"Sorry, all questions must be submitted in writing."
"Only a Sith deals in absolutes."
"They twinkle as the boys play rock and roll...They know that they can’t dance - at least they know. I can’t stand the beats...I’m asking for a cheque...Girls with crimson nails have Jesus 'round the neck."
"You don't have to spend your life addicted to smack...homeless on the street giving handjobs for crack."
"Awe, but I was gonna go to Tosche Station and pick up some Power Converters!!"
"We're gonna need a bigger boat."
"We live in a beautiful world...yeah we do, yeah we do."
"That still only counts as one!"
"Smokey my friend, you mark that frame an 8, you're entering a world of pain. A world...of pain."
"You're gonna die, clown!"
"I'm so tired, but I can't sleep...standing on the edge of something much too deep."
"Why don't I just go eat some hay...we can make things out of clay and lay by the bay...I just may. What do you say?"
"This will not stand - this aggression will not stand, man."
"See the Beduine fires at night...see the oil fields at first light. See the bird with the leaf in her mouth...after the flood all the colors came out. It's a Beautiful Day...don't let it get away."
"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man."
"You complete me..."
"If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow."
"You know what really grinds my gears?"
"Hmmmm...beer."
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