Clean Slate

Ring the bell, it's a new year. Frankly I am quite happy to say goodbye to 2006. Wasn't exactly a banner year for me. Got laid off, turned 35 and my entire body is falling apart - or at least my teeth are.

I recognize it could have been worse, but I am still ready for a new begining. As my birthday resolution to stop cursing due to my potty mouth has not really worked, I will forgo the usual trite new year's resolutions. Maybe I'll try to give up something for Lent instead...although not being a practicing Catholic (just one by default due to birth) I'm not sure that will work either.

I'm not ready to go back to work. I have loads of things to do...but let's be honest here...even if I had a month off, I wouldn't do them. I excel at procrastination and sheer laziness. I have quite the talent. I need to figure out how to get paid for it.

I joined Netflicks recently as I don't have any pay TV movie channels. I thought it was a great idea, but am now feeling intense pressure to watch the movies immediately upon receipt as I have so many titles queued up. I get anxious when I receive emails from Netflicks saying...new releases, coming soon...I feel behind. Which is completely irrational as that is the point of Netflicks...no late fees.

I watched Brokeback Mountain and Match Point this weekend. Brokeback should have been named Heartbreak Mountain. The movie was overhyped for what it was simply due to the homo-erotic scenes. It was pretty tragic, living your life as a lie and in constant fear. Match Point, the Woody Allen film with Scarlett Johanssen, was completely boring and slow. I'm not a fan of Woody Allen in the first place...but I like Scarlett Johanssen as well as Jonathan Rhys Meyers...but neither were likable characters. The third movie this go-round is Shop Girl with Steve Martin based upon the novella he wrote. I read the book and am curious to see how the movie compares.

For the new year, I watched Talledega Nights again - hilarious. Made some lasagna and then played the most stupid game on the planet called Outburst, but we had 1 too many to play Trivial Pursuit.

I moved almost every year of my life growing up, and there were times that I was quite happy to move on. I liked the new begining, you could start over, clean slate. That is my goal for 2007. Clean slate. Happy New Year.