Wit Beyond Measure

Today I made up a new word

smext•ing

verb: the act of smirking while receiving a text message

Origin: smile + texting

“Who are you smexting?”

*not to be confused with sexting

We never change, do we?

Talking with a friend today made me realize how true this really is.  You can try and try until you’re blue in the face to get people to change their ways, but it never seems to work.  People fall back on old habits; they resort to toxic relationships and end up just where they started. The same things that plagued them once, plague them still.  Sometimes, it seems the best solution is to expect less from others, as pitiful as that sounds.

“So I wanna live in a wooden house

Where making more friends would be easy.”

-“We Never Change” - Coldplay

I hate napping

It’s true.  Everybody’s all crazy about how wonderful napping is, but I just find it to be a nuisance, mainly because when I wake up I feel more tired than before I slept.

Today I fell asleep while reading on the couch.  I didn’t want to fall asleep, but by the time I realized I was falling asleep, it was much too late to do anything about it.  All I had to do was accept defeat, crawl further under my blanket, and drift slowly into unconsciousness.  Unfortunately, my nap did not end well, for a little while later the doorbell rang, and as I was in the front office, I greeted the intruder with a yawn and a what-just-happened look on my face.  Lovely.  Just lovely.

Now I must fight to stay awake for the remainder of my evening, until it is finally time for real sleep, not to be confused with cheater sleep, but perhaps then sleep will elude me and my sleeping schedule will be damned to daily after school naps. 

Currently Reading

I’m only a quarter of the way through it, but I’m really enjoying it!  So much has happened already that I can’t even imagine what’s to come.  (Also, I absolutely loathe Cathy.  She’s a great character to love to hate.  Poor, poor Adam.)

“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.  And this I would fight for: the freedom of  the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.  And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.  This is what I am and what I am about.”

It’s just beautiful.

To-do in 2011

Worry less

Discover new passions and develop existing ones

Become less selfish

Read more

Figure out what I want to do with my life

This shouldn’t be too difficult, right?

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Holly: You know those days when you get the mean reds? 

Paul: The mean reds, you mean like the blues? 

Holly: No. The blues are because you’re getting fat and maybe it’s been raining too long, you’re just sad that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid and you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling? 

Paul: Sure. 

Holly: Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany’s. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that’d make me feel like Tiffany’s, then - then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name!