New Year, New Blogspot

I took down Alternative to Human Contact for several reasons. Partly technical difficulties that I continued to encounter and partly because, well, it got old reading and rereading my own blog over and over so I could watch the counter go up. That was my first attempt in the blogging world. After a brief hiatus I have decided to reinvent my little corner here in the blogging world. It's kind of like that urge some people get every few months or so to move around furniture in a room. I had an urge like that so before I opened up my twisted mindset again to anyone reading this (including myself) I cut my hair.

I have done this frequently in the past few years or so. It started as a money saving thing and developed into an amusing past time. Today I cut my hair because it amused me. If I did not have a dinner party this Saturday I would have cut all of it not just the front and sides. And I might have cut it shorter. Also, I must always account for the gigantic white mole which has claimed the back of my head as its home. If not for that I might even shave my head. Just when you think you know a person.

Today I am feeling all full of resolutions. Lose weight? Way overdone in my opinion. I am as healthy as I'm gonna be. Moving on...One thing I'd like to accomplish this year is "to know when to stop talking." It is perhaps my biggest and most daunting new year's resolution to date. I will rely on what I call UNIVERSAL PATIENCE. This principle is so ingenious and innate yet so difficult and overlooked at the same time. I believe as a nation we are so encouraged to speak our minds and have an opinion that we have come to believe others always want to hear what we think. Not true, my friends, not true. I have come to this realization the roundabout sort of way which is how I do most things. You can imagine my shock as I realized I hate when people share too much with me or share something that really doesn't need sharing only to find out I have the identical flaw. Kind of like I am doing now. Mark my words, though -- universal patience. If you aren't sure about sharing something or whether you should voice something just wait. As long as you can -- wait. Plain and simple. Shut the f up. I promise you, it will serve you well. Even if you are sure it's your turn to share or talk and everyone is dying to hear your words -- shut the f up. Then see what happens. I contend you will be amazed. It's crazy the things I am able to hear when I am not talking or thinking about what I am going to say next. I have learned all kinds of things that were not covered in Kindergarten.

But enough -- too much really.

Happy New Year.