Ainse’s posterous

My husband seems happy with his birthday gift, don't you think?

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Before I met the Internet, I had a pretty good grasp on what I thought were ALL the swear words, put-down words, and well-known made-up words. However, over the past few years, I've come to realize how naive that was. My eyes have been opened to a whole new range of words that I never knew existed, although I will admit that quite a few of them seem restricted to online use only.

(I mean, seriously, has anyone used "awesomesauce" in an actual conversation with real-life people? I didn't think so.)

I think some of my favourite words to date have been fucktard and asshat. While I've been pretty cautious with dropping the f-bomb and other assorted fun words online, I'm starting to think that if I use them regularly in real life, what's the problem with using them in the cyber world? I guess if it offends people, they'll stop following me or unfriend me or whatever, and that's fine. I don't think I should pretend to be someone else online, right? And if I did pretend, well, I'd develop a COMPLETELY different persona, not just a more-polite version (but that's a thought for another post).

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Today many of us are making resolutions for 2010. Thousands will proclaim they're never drinking again. Others will be scouring the local gyms for membership deals. Most will strive to become better parents, spouses, partners, lovers, employees, bosses, and friends. The majority of these resoutions will be forgotten by mid January. Why? Because real life will settle in. You'll want to get hammered after a shitty week at work. You'll yell at your child because he just won't listen. You'll eat that cheeseburger because fuck, what's one cheeseburger?

I resolve not to take that unobtainable path. Instead, I just need to give myself small victories, things that aren't hard, that don't take a lot of time, but will make me feel better for doing them. Take, for instance, my fingernails. They're raggedy. Can I not take 5 minutes to file them? Ten minutes to put on some nail strengthener? Do I not have 15 minutes to spare in my life?

It's the little things in life we tend to appreciate most; a smile, a compliment, a free coffee. So why do we agonize every year about trying to change the biggest aspects of our lives? Maybe you don't have to lose 20 pounds rights now, maybe you could just lose 5.  Do you need a new job, or can you just change one thing in your current role to make it better? How about changing grocery stores to save $10/week?

Small changes = small victories. Those are my resolutions.

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So the year is winding down and once again I sucked at blogging. Over the last few years I've used Blogger, Wordpress, and Tumblr. What am I doing here? I don't know. Maybe this will be the site that gets me motivated. I'm either the world's pickiest pseudo-blogger or the laziest. Likely a combination of both. There's always something I don't like. I need simple and accessible. Mostly I just use Twitter, but there are the rare times I may need more than 140 characters. So just in case that happens, here I am. Ready to blog. Stay tuned.

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