End of June

Goals for the Next Few Days:

-Buy guitar strings and picks

-Pay Rent

-Return books/movies to Olib

-Wake up feeling not-sick

-Final Report for ORCA grant

-Don't get Swine Flu

Goals for July:

-Run in the Lavender Days 5k

-Read Le Rouge et Le Noir

-Finish working on ORCA grant...

-Start learning to play the guitar

-Learn lyrics (and possibly tabs) for Linda Linda

-Don't get Swine Flu (or any other ailment)

-Figure out how to get home in August 

-Figure out moving situation in August

-Cook lots of bread

What separates the boys from the men... reprise

(Original post here)

Things That Make Someone Attractive:

-Confidence

-Intelligence

-Respect for others

-Tolerance/Openness

-A reasonable amount of mystery

-Some kind of (likable) quirk

-Passion (especially for something unexpected)

-Composure

-Good sense of style

-Care for self and others (physically, emotionally, spiritually, etc)

-Willingness to listen

-Constantly changing (to a degree, of course)

-Grounded (As in, deeply rooted and stable, somehow without conflicting with the above...)

Things That Make Someone Unattractive:

-Lack of respect for self/others

-Unwillingness to take responsibility

-Judgmental

-Lack of curiosity (especially about others)

-Apathy

-Vacuum-sealed into pansy pants and doesn't own a pair of man-pants

-Focus totally on one thing without seeing the bigger picture

-Unwilling to keep things simple

-Won't open up to others

-Manipulative

-Cold, hard, unchanging

Life In Real Time

Projects I Am Behind On:

-ORCA project

-MA reading list

-Work

-Car maintenance (I have an appointment tomorrow morning)

-Breaking up (maybe I shouldn't make this one public, but oh well, since when do bloggers have privacy issues?)

-Hair maintenance (I need a haircut, desperately!)

-Cleaning my room!!!!!!

-Road Trips

-Reading scriptures every night 

-Being healthy

Projects I've Actually Followed Through On:

-New Computer (MacBook)

-Relaxing

-Dancing (tango and for fun)

-Going home with Aaron (for a weekend)

-Going to the gym (although I just barely started lifting weights)

-Reading for fun (Currently reading Julie&Julia)

-Making yogurt (although I need to buy more for a starter)

Issues With Getting Things Done:

-Hanging out instead of working

-Thinking I have more time than I really do

-Loss of interest

-Loss of budget

-Lack of moral support (mostly for the road trips-- I can't do them alone)

-Sleeping in too late, staying up too late, repeat

-Fickleness, Timidity, etc

Interests

Current Obsessions:
-Meyer lemons
-The newest Star Trek movie
-Martha Stewart
-Food science
-Sweaters (cardigans, in particular)
-Rain

To Do List For June:
-Road trip to Grandma's in St George
-Finish ORCA project
-Finish Bonheur D'Occasion
-Start new book for MA
-Reorganize room

A Short List of Some of My Favorite Reasons to Go Home:
-Shopping with Mom
-The food is so much better (especially produce-- California's produce is so much better than Utah's!)
-Roxy
-Sunny weather
-Being around people who not only accept sarcasm, but deal it right back to me
-Going through Mom's closet
-Reading Mom's magazines
-Asking Dad ridiculous questions (which is ridiculously fun)
-Gaining five pounds (maybe not my favorite thing, but it's inevitable so I just accept it every time)