Early Mornin' Ramblings...

Album of the Moment: Mariah Carey - Daydream (Butterfly and Emancipation are much better though)

I'm up at 4 in the morning after a weird nightmare in which I was a survivor in a sealed-off dormitory style building, fending off zombie attacks with about a dozen others. And these were the fast, rampaging zombies of 28 Days Later, not the slow dim-witted fools from Night of the Living Dead. Sometimes when I'm pounding it on a run outside and I get to a really hard hill, I tell myself there are zombies behind me, as a means of motivation. I really have to stop eating if I'm feeling sleepy. I don't know if there's anything scientifically proven about food-induced nightmares, but I'm gonna go with my gut (no pun intended) and stick to a glass of water before crashing. Sheesh.

I'm indulging myself in some random list making. If you don't care to read on, I won't blame you.

Movies I've Seen in '09

- Slumdog Millionaire
- Doubt
- The Wrestler
- Cadillac Records
- Marley & Me
- Eat Drink Man Woman
- Kung Fu Panda
- The Usual Suspects
- Meet the Browns
- Haute Tension
- Skinwalkers
- Obsessed
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno

I also started Elizabeth, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Rachel Getting Married, but turned them all off at the halfway mark. I definitely won't waste valuable Facebook time watching a movie I don't like, no sir I won't! I do think it's fun to try different genres and actors, because it teaches you more about what you will and won't stand for. I think the common denominator behind all three of those movies is that they were either too slow to take off or made no sense altogether. Because movies only have 90-120 minutes to explain their thesis, I feel as though they should generally be fast paced. Develop your concept into a TV show if you care too much about character development. Anyways...

Concrete Loop has a new thread on singer Solange Knowles' expeditions in Europe. Seems as though some of her dates over there coincide with her sister's. Viewing the pictures of her in Barcelona and Amsterdam definitely aroused the tourist in me. It's just so much fun to be in different places and be surrounded by newness. I told myself that I was going to cool it on the traveling until I got a better hold on my job situation, but that carefree voice inside my mind tells me to throw caution to the wind and hop a plane somewhere. All in good time, I suppose.

In other news, I picked up my cap and gown from the university bookstore last week. Turns out that I get two tassels, one for each degree. Will I be placing both of them on my cap? You bet!

More lists...

Things I Want by the Age of 25
- Financial freedom (meaning all student loan debt eliminated)
- A new(er) car
- At least $10,000 in savings
- A job position that makes me not want to hop a plane to Barcelona or Amsterdam
- A strong, well-toned body
- A healthy, committed relationship

Places I've Thought About Visiting More than Once
- Brazil
- Thailand
- South Africa
- Japan
- Australia

The gym opens in approximately 90 minutes from now. I think I'll busy myself with a few more resume submissions before it opens. Gotta work some of that spaghetti off.