Monthly Archives: March 2015

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Never Ever Have I Ever

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Because I read a lot and watch a lot of movies, everyone just assumes that I’ve read or watched everything. Obviously, I’m not that awesome so there’s a ton of things that most normal people have experienced that I have not. Some of these are by choice, some of these are just due to circumstances never falling together to make it happen. Whatever the reason, the response I normally will get when I reveal I have not partaken in the following items is “Whaaaaaaaaat?!”

Movies:

Jaws – Didn’t have interest when I was younger, haven’t gotten around to it as an adult

E.T. – Parents didn’t let us see this growing up, still haven’t gotten around to it as an adult

The Terminator series – Didn’t appeal to me growing up, still doesn’t now?

Blade Runner – Obviously I was too young to watch this when it originally came out. I feel like I should watch it as an adult.

Lilo and Stitch – This is one of the very few Disney movies I haven’t watched and I think being in college stopped me from this one.

Books

The Catcher in the Rye – we were never assigned this in school so I just never got around to it

To Kill a Mockingbird – same reason as before. And yes I know you’re judging me.

1984 – Yes same answer as before. You probably think my school system was a failure.

TV

John Adams – Yes I know. I’m a historian and this is one of the best historical miniseries ever. In all fairness, I really DO want to watch this.  I’ve actually watched a good bit of the first episode but the scene where the official gets tarred and feathered is really hard for me to watch and I cannot get past that scene. I can’t skip it or close my eyes because I know it’s happening and it makes me not want to watch anymore. Yes I’m weird.

I’m not even going to attempt music because there’s probably a bunch of bands I should be listening to and I haven’t.

So what pop culture media has everyone else experienced that you have to fess up to not taking part of?

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I hate this so you must too!

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I was reading a blog post the other day from an author whose books that I enjoy. She’s very opinionated when she writes on her blog and she really doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. If she loves something, she’s a freaking evangelist for whatever it is. But if she hates it? She definitely hates it then and she’s not afraid to let you know how much she despises it. You can leave comments trying to defend it if you are a fan of it but it doesn’t really matter because she’s made up her mind and it’s not going to change.

Part of me wishes that I could be like that. To say whatever I wanted to without regard to anything. To be the type of person where it doesn’t matter if it leaves an online trail back to me. To not care if I offend other people for disliking something they like.

Everyone knows the things that I love because I enjoy talking about them. Really, at this point if you have no idea that I like The Beatles, Hawkeye, books, or getting free things, then obviously this must be your first day on this blog or you just met me today. Talking about the things I love is easy because even if someone dislikes what I like, I’m confident enough in my likes that it doesn’t matter what someone else says and they can’t really dissuade me from my interests, (unless it’s an extreme case where my life is in jeopardy but that’ll be pretty rare).

But when it comes to things I don’t like? I’ve talked about before how it feels sometimes like some people are just VERY LOUD in their opinions and I just don’t say anything because I know they won’t hear me. And when they do this about stuff they don’t like, I’m sometimes not sure if it’s to see if anyone will agree with them, to try to convert people, or just to try to be different to get attention. If I ever do it, it’s usually for the first one, mainly to see that I’m not alone in how I feel. But I really don’t want to do the other two. I honestly try to figure out first why don’t I like this certain thing when it seems like everyone else does.

For example I do a “Fandoms I just don’t get” feature every now and then on this blog. In it, I write about popular trends I just can’t get into. But it’s not because I think they are stupid and I am condemning them instantly. I’ve usually tried to get into and do research before I give up on it completely. Plus I never make fun of or diss anyone who does enjoy them.

People who are brave enough to publicly diss things and people are just that….brave. I think I’d rather personally talk about my dislikes vs blast them out in a public forum where proper arguments can’t really be made.

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It’s time for spring cleaning

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It’s now March which means it is meteorological spring.  I’m going to ignore the fact that there is snow, ice, and freezing rain outside of my window right now. And yes I realize that technically speaking spring doesn’t officially happen until March 20. But if people are going to drink pumpkin spice lattes in the middle of August and Christmas decorations appear in the beginning of fall then dammit, spring is now.

One of the big things that a lot of people do during spring (besides spring break or spring training) is spring cleaning. And I’m planning on doing a lot of that this year. Sure, I’ll be cleaning up a lot but not just necessarily in my home. I need to do a lot of spring cleaning in my life as well.

Books – I have WAY TOO MANY BOOKS. This comes from years of book blogging where I would get tons of books to review and then because there were so many I was unable to read or review a lot of them. Plus there is a weird mindset of mine that library books must be read before books I own because of due dates.

So what does this mean? It means weeding through my books and donating a lot of the books I know I’ll never get around to reading. Also despite the fact that I work in a library, I probably shouldn’t check out more than I can read.

Beer – I’ve been drinking a lot of beer over the past few months. Not like HUGE amounts but I buy every now and then. I’ve also realized that I’ve been spending a lot of money than normal buying beer.

So what does this mean? It means for the month of March, I’m not spending any money buying beer. I’ll go to tastings and try out beers and I’ll drink whatever is remaining of what I have at home, and I won’t object if someone buys me a beer. But I’m going to try to save a bit of money and not buy any new ones this month.

Food – Ever since I started working, I’ve been going out to eat more than I should be. This comes from working/commuting and getting home kinda late and being hungry and too tired to cook food. Plus, as I’m the type of person who prefers cooking for other people, being single has put a cramp on that lifestyle. So I just keep going out to eat. This needs to stop.

So what does this mean? I’m going to cook more and eat out less in March. I’ll go out to eat with friends but unless I have a free coupon or it’s an emergency, I’m not going out to eat and I plan on cooking more. I’ll have to do more grocery shopping, plan out meals in advance, and cook ahead of time plus make sure most of this is healthy but in the long run it’ll be better for me and save me money.

Health – I stopped running after my 5k last year. Mainly because I started working and my schedule wasn’t as flexible as it used to be. That’s turned out to be a bad idea.

So what does this mean? I need to get back to working out, lose some weight, and eventually make myself healthier.

Emotional state of mind – I’ve been doing quite well emotionally over the past few months which is a big relief to me. Despite some small bumps, it’s been a lot better than what it used to be. Still there are times when I’ll purposely do something that I know will be a downer.

So what does this mean? I need to stop making myself hurt when I do need to. This means stop intentionally doing things that where I know it’s going to make me feel hurt or sad. I can’t help when something unexpected happens and it’s out of my control. But if I know it already, I can stop it.

These are just some of the things I’ll be doing this month. We’ll see how I did come the start of April!