Spring Cleaning

Hello. Hello. Raise your hand if you think I have been sucking at my blog. Ok... ok... hands down.  I miss it when I am emotionally gone from my blog but we all go through it. I still love you guys though so don't hate me just love me back, ok?!

I think it best to just do a stream of consciousness here.

1. I made it through February without having too much bitterness/sadness/anger at the month.  This is a huge accomplishment for the two of us. It helped that it was sunny quite often. I think February was really putting in some effort with me this year. Thanks, Feb.

2. Scott and I finally finished watching the HBO series The Wire which we started way back in July. Overall, I am happy that I watched it. There were nights were the hour long drama got a little slow but the themes of the series really made me think. There was one season finale that I was so affected by the societial conflict that goes on in urban communities. I was talking about the characters and got all teary with Scott and he said, "Aimee, they aren't real people." We laughed at me. Then I thought later that even though they aren't real they represent something that makes me sad. The dope game is crazy. If you like police/lawyer/drugster dramas I would recommend the series. If you are more of comedy person I would skip it.

3. Daylight Saving is basically 12 days away. This makes me more happy than you will ever know. Spring is on its way!!! In Japan they have song after song just about Spring coming. I sing them to myself often. And sometimes I sing them to Scott too. He thinks I'm strange.

4. I got an awful, awful haircut last week. I don't even want to talk about it. I don't look like myself in the mirror. Funny how something like a haircut can effect our confidence in ourselves. I want to wear a hat everyday. "Being professional" is totally overrated. Hoping the hair gods make it grow really fast this time around. That is what I get for not waiting for Emily to cut my hair. Any Seattle hair stylist out there?

5. Oscar night is fast approaching. You know his makes me happy. I am a sucker for award shows. I think Avatar was overrated. Just saying. If it wins Best Picture I will throw popcorn at the tv. Just because you have special effects in your movie doesn't mean you made the best picture of the year 2009. Just saying.

6. I am always surprised with all the speckles that appear in banana bread after baking. I swear when I smash up the rotten bananas for the recipe they don't have that many speckles in them.

7. Not to be trendy or anything (I know everyone is doing it) but the first verse in the Bright Eyes song below basically sums some stuff going on right now. You should listen. Even if you are in Reader you should click the arrow above that links to my blog and give it a listen.

Joining the 'hood. Pretty exciting.

Hope to be back sooner than later, friends.