That's not even dramatic, it's freakin' true. We will all die someday. Everyone gets that to some degree or another.
However, the world seems to be falling apart around me, litterally and figuratively. I'm sure you all have noticed the inordinate amount of natural disasters that have happened over the last couple of years. Even recently. Earthquakes and tsunamis galore! Then there's the political situation in this country and the world. The GOP's war on women (The Handmaid's Tale, anyone?). Liberal apathy. War over...what exactly? Has anyone ever given me a concrete answer to that one? No. Not from either side. Usually my little rants are at least mildly humorous...but this isn't funny to me at all. This is scary. Yeah. I'm really frightened by the world I live in to a HUGE degree.
For some people this would be a reason to curl up in a ball, or tuck their tail between their legs and give up. But not fucking me! No. This is a reason for me to want to be happy before everything just completely goes to hell. I really don't see things taking a turn for the better any time soon. And, really? The world may just end. Do I buy into the whole 2012 conspiracy theory? Not entirely. But I don't completely rule it out either. If it's true, well, gosh darnit, I'd like to be happy before I die. Sure, I'll go back to school and live life like I'll grow old (with my reproductive freedom), but I'm also going to change some things...or maybe add some things.
I will make bad art...hell, maybe some of it will be good, but I wouldn't count on it.
I will do yoga AT LEAST twice a week (if I said more, I would just be lying to myself at this point)
I will go out of my way to make friends.
I will take more pictures.
I will make a blog.
I will try to go to: Oregon Coast, Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Japanese Garden, Rose Garden, Seattle
I will call and visit my dad.
I will wake up before noon on week days.
I will love whomever I damn well please, without walls or reservations, even if it means getting my heart broken again and again until I collapse.
AND
I will treat myself well.
I am DONE moping.
