Turning the Page!

Another year is upon us.
It is AMAZING how much can happen w/in a year.
Last year i had a hot boyfriend, a pretty good contract job for a recent graduate, and was living with my parents in Michigan.

Now, I am living up the single life, a grad student at UT, living in Austin, TX.
Many lessons have been learned and many have yet to be understood, but hey - i made it another year, dear!

This year, I hope to be more consistent in my Yoga practice.  I was doing good until, the move in August and then it went by the wayside.  That probably had something to do with the insane stress level I experienced these last few months of the year!

I also hope to find some Italian language lessons to take.  After being away from Italy for almost two years now, it seems my language skills have gone from conversational to non-existent. And that must be remedied if i am ever to retire in my own Tuscan Villa or Lagoon-front Venetian mansion.

I'd also like to give back in some sort of way.  Still looking into the most effective options.  

Last year, I made an intention for more patience and a better grasp on inner peace/serenity. I think i did really well with the patience intention.  I learned this year that stuff will NOT always go your way. but you have to "just go with it".  You cannot rush things or control them, so you might as well go with the pace you've been set at for whatever task you want to make happen.

Ya, the inner peace thing - that's just gonna have to continue into this year.  But I think that is also something one has to learn over a lifetime, not just one short year.

This year has been yet again one filled with health & happiness in my family and i am truly blessed for these two gifts.  Without my family, i don't know what i'd do.

And finally, I learned that men are stupid. And they like big boobs.

My favorite albums of 2010 included (not all were new releases):
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Harlem - "Hippies"
Colleen Green – Milo Goes To Compton
Sade - Soldier of Love
Real Estate - Real Estate
Natural Child - Body Switchers
The Octopus Project - HexadecagonDeerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Dum Dum Girls - I Will BeArcade Fire - The Suburbs
Portishead - Portishead

what does 2011 have in store? one can only dream...

Merry Christmas to all, in 2.0 style!!!

Here is some digital cheer!

Hope everyone's holidays will be awesome!

And if it isn't snowing for you over the holidays, like it DEFINITELY is here in Michigan, check out some of these beautiful snow shots from around the world. They actually make me hate snow a little less!!!