Independence Day Resolutions
Why limit resolutions to the New Year? Why not make them whenever you feel galvanized into changing your life? Anyway, I've made some, mostly revolving around the themes of being good rather than feeling good. Long-term contentment and mental health versus momentary pleasure. Not to say that I didn't have fun this weekend. First Friday was small, due to the heat, but I still managed to run into about 30 of my friends there. Some of the folks from the Katherine Gianaclis Park for the Arts were at SEAT for a pie-eating contest. (Sadly, the KGPA will be joining Cafs Copioh, Enigma and Roma on the list of "cool places that closed" at the end of the summer). In keeping with the theme of cool artistic things coming to an end, doctorgogol had his last stint as "poet for hire" and is writing me a sestina. karinotvery will be receiving one also. Sunday afternoon, cateland threw a small yet splendid poolside bash at the White House. There were interesting conversations and good things to eat. Later that day, doctorgogol commenced the first chapter of his month-long Leaving Las Vegas party. There was something in the sangria that made me feel like dancing. man_or_manque showed me how to fake not having two left feet when it comes to actually dancing with someone, rather than just twitching and writhing by myself on the dance floor. (I did a bit of that as well). I decided that my "six weeks or more in a foreign country" experience will be backpacking through Europe nine months to a year from now. Why limit myself to one country when there's an entire continent of them to explore? Why not just make this entire post full of rhetorical questions?