I am the photographs and still frames in my mind...

Happy belated B-day to Mina! Welcome to the 10th anniversary! ha ha ha. Speaking of b-days, I am SO thankful for my wonderful family and many friends that greeted me on my b-day. The celebration was a blast. And although I got wasted as usual, it was a ton of fun and I love it when all my friends come out to have fun. Let's do a bigger one next year!!!

Of changes both good and bad
So six days into being 31; and I already feel like I'm 62,w...t....f; he he he. I've been having a lower back problem for the past several weeks. When I get up in the morning, it's pretty sore, or after long periods of sitting, it hurts when I straighten up. When it gets warm, like when I run or play ball, it doesn't bother me so much, but just when it's inactive for a while or something. Anyhow, it's not debilitating, but sometimes, it gets pretty sharp. So I went to my doc and my GPR checked me out and said I should see a specialist(read chiro or PT), so I went yesterday, when it got to a point where it was getting really really annoying. It was pretty hard to get out of bed, so I had to call in sick. COS (change of subject), the doc ended up being my old friend Mike, who I used to play ball with in a league a few years back. Weird, cuz I just picked him out from a list of providers in a general area. It's really great to see someone you already know, and are comfortable with. It made conversation a LOT easier and a lot easier to describe my issues to him; you know, my other doctor in the past seemed like they just wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible - sheesh. So back to the original topic at hand, he prescribed some stretches, did a little treatment, and said to see how I feel and come back in next week. The stretches are helping, but seemingly only temporarily. I'ma definitely have to get some xrays done and see what's up.

I'm currently looking at myself in the mirror(figuratively, not literally) and trying to establish the most accurate and not-overly critical assessment of myself, for we often are our own worst critics. Anyway, I have several goals set for this year and I really hope to accomplish them. I am keeping them to myself and tracking them on my personal journal, just for privacy sake, and not to avoid accountability by writing them publicly. I would rather be accountable to myself and see how well I can do on my own - I am a HUGE proponent of having everyone around me to help me accomplish my goals and to succeed, but one of my resolutions is also not to put things off all the time and quit being so lazy.

of old and new addictions
Old Addiction - Video games. I was totally addicted to video games when I was a kid. I would have birthday parties and not talk to anyone because I was glued to the Nintendo the entire time. It was pretty funny, yet sad.

New Addiction - Video games. Thanks to several friends of mine. I now am the proud owner of an XBOX 360 and GOW2! Much of my time is spent playing that game. Good thing I don't need much sleep! THANKS GUYS!!!!

55 small things you can always do
46. Look for opportunities to make people feel important.
The only thing I would change about this is to look for opportunities to make people KNOW how important they are. We are all important; we all do good things, and we all should be recognized and praised for those good things. Don't let the good things you see others do slip by unnoticed. Life is about affirmation and positivity, esp in our communities, regardless of what that community may be!