get awesome

i didnt get lazy. work sucked for a while, and while i tried to “Get awesome” during those times, “get awesome” really meant “not going crazy”. and so i did. so in a way i succeeded, but not really. time to get awesome yet again.

1: stay in love forever
yeah, im doing this one alright. things have been fan-fucking-tastic. now excuse me as i rub your face in it.

2: avoid the winter
fuck yeah. thanks to my own positive mental energy, there was 62 degree weather this past saturday. i didn’t do it for you. i did it for me.

3: make a piece of video game art
i want to say i did this, because i did THIS: . but this isnt really what i had in mind. but whatever.

4: stay in better contact with my family
hung out with my cousin cory a while there. called my mom and my dad a bit. called my aunt after she had a baby. but she didnt answer. but hey, shes got a baby, so. i guess thats legit.

5: buttons and shirts
this is where the power play comes in. within the first few days of owning a button maker, i made about 70 dollars net. selling pins. i put up a tshirt site finally. i put up a button site. while these are still works in progress, and its taken somewhat of a hiatus on the actual pin making side of things, i kick ass. and february, as short as it is, will be the dawn of another 70 dollars, at least.

6: working out
mutherfucker has been working out. depending on how much you think i weighed on january 1st, and im betting it was more like 280 than 275, considering i downed like 8 cream puffs and a shitload of beer in the 10 days between xmas and new years, im currently, as of this morning, down to 263. 280-263 is 17 lbs. and it will only get better, as shannon and i are consistently working out, eating right, and maintaining a healthy positive mental attitude about all this.

7: reading and shit
dont come at me with all that reading and shit. i read 5 books so far. if you wanna know what they are, you can subscribe to

. 5 books. hot damn.

8: listening to new music to keep me on my toes
normally, i sat around and listened to the same 5 albums on shuffle. now im sayin “fuck off shuffle” and ive listened to a lot of new stuff. Mogwai is great when i’m reading. the new pornographers are awesome. wolf parade? awesome. the new jenny lewis record? awesome. even the tortoise/bonnie prince billy split is awesome. and let us not forget ms. john soda.

9. tabbing mountain goats songs
yeah a dumb goal, but i like feeling like a crucial member of the mountain goats community. i tabbed up like 7 or 8 songs this month. it means something to me.

10: misc crap
lets see. i am not slacking at work (too much). i am downloading stuff a lot. i am utilizing the things that i have instead of buying new stuff that will just compound on the stuff i have (this was a slow starter.. i need to save money though). i’ve been using the voice recorder. i’ve been trying to stay on top of it all. and be social. 4 parties in 4 weekends. not too shabby, i say. also, i saw the blue man group. that was pretty awesome.
never a dull moment, 2006.

i made more than 100 dollars, gross, selling buttons in the last 5 days.

sold 50 buttons so far, netting me 35.40.

Organized/filed/tossed all the mail, notes, and other various paper junk I had sitting around. Approximately five six inch stacks of paper. Three bags full bags of trash. Now condensed to one filing cabinet. Awesome.

spent the day makign button ideas, buttons, tshirts. completed a tshirt idea presented to me a month ago, also made 5 buttons for mr pibb and red vines = crazy delicious and put them up on ebay.

this goal used to be:

make my mark in this world
be excellent
achieve my maximum potential
i wanna rock

theyve been consolidated into this one goal, which can be achieved by completing other goals.

i’m halfway there, now that i have a “GET AWESOME” t-shirt.