New Years Resolutions. That's right, I made a few.
1) Scrub up a bit more bird-like. Now that I've gotten through 2005 and know that I can handle a budget and look after my daughter on my own, 2006 is the year to purdy myself up a bit. I got a haircut and got me some bangs, too. I love the word 'bangs.' My mother used to call my fringe 'bangs,' and it made my skin crawl with her weird Spanglish. Or is it Filipanglish? Either way, it was very Drinky Girl and awkward. Anyway... I've even bought a couple of 50's style dresses, too. I'm aiming for the 50's look, it's classic and I feel very comfortable in that sort of garb. I've done the 'keep up with the times' look, and end up cringing at photos a year down the road, because I ALWAYS end up either looking like a pork dumpling or an exploded sausage. It's revolting.
2) Smoke less. With Scrawled as my main project, I've gone through about DOUBLE of what I smoke normally, and people who know me know that I smoke like a fiend as it stands. While I'm still in that silly group where I don't particularly care about my health (it's shot to shit already, ehh), it's really damaging my monies.
3) Swear less. This habit is going to be so hard to break. While I don't swear around Charli, my conversations with adults are peppered with the C-bomb. I've noticed that it's stretched into my writing, and I don't want that to be my 'hook.' It's uncouth, inappropriate, and obscene. Heh, yeah it is, but seriously - I'm going to chill out on the swearing. Or try to.
I think that's it for now.
I've been on annual leave for the last week, and this weekend will be the last before I get back to the weekendly grind. I have been ridiculously sleep-deprived with putting Scrawled together, Christmas, the New Year period, Charlotte's 3rd birthday, debuting Scrawled, and planning my ex-SIL's birthday dinner this upcoming Friday, that this weekend will actually be the first weekend since I last blogged (or a little before?) where I will actually go out and have a bit of fun. Even then, it's going to be a little high-stress, as Misha and I plan on hitting the pavement to pimp out Scrawled in old Sydneytown, donning Scrawled T-Shirts and handing out flyers and convincing half-drunk strangers that checking our site out will be good for their health. After that, though, there will be celebratory drinkage. Holy hell, we deserve it.
I'm really sorry that I dropped nearly completely off the blog radar, and it warms my previously cold cockles that so many of you kept checking in to see if I was twitching. I wasn't, but some readers have been.
In my absence, it seems that someone decided to nominate BourbonBird for best blog design in the 2006 Australian Blog Awards, which is a huge (but very welcome and appreciated) surprise! To vote for my blog, please go here. You do need to register, but it's quick and painless. If you register and vote for me, I'll send you a billion whores. Or something. In all seriousness, though, I'm flattered I even get a look-in considering the people I am up against. Although, the now-defunct (and soon to be removed) collaborative blog that I started a few months back, LighterFluid, was nominated for best collaborative, so I'm not sure how much weight my personal blog nomination holds. Let's hope they were nominated by two different people. It appeases me, dammit.
**Added: Seems someone by the name of Designated Drinker (is this you? who are you?!) nominated BourbonBird for Best Designed, and LadyCracker nominated LighterFluid. Thank you!
While I'm not sure whether or not I'll be blogging as regularly as before, count me back in on the Intarwebs. You all rock my socks for sticking with me. Thanks to all those who emailed, tMailed, commented, and private messaged me during the month of December to make sure that I hadn't done anything silly. My cockles, they are now piping-hot. And veiny.
PS. PLEASE check out Scrawled, which debuted two days ago. It's totally separate from my blog, though I would totally appreciate it if you could look in on it and let me know what you think. I'm very very proud of how it came out, and hope that future issues will only get better.
