Tagged…

I’ve been tagged by Marley (Vanessa Virtue), on my thoughts on the following things…

1. Myself: Right now, I am very happy. I wish I was a better cook, I wish I was a little neater ( I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish… sorry) but I think everyone has things they’d like to improve about themselves. If they didn’t, what’s the point? But yes, right now, I think I’m on track (this wasn’t always the case). I fave pretty high expectations for myself. People close to me think I put a lot of pressure on myself, so this feeling of “satisfaction” is a rather unusual experience. I like it.

2. Wisdom: It’s a truism that it comes with experience. Also, I agree with my man Socrates that we’re wisest when we realize how little we actually know. (We’re also wisest when we never reveal that.)

3. Regrets: I get a little obsessed about them, sometimes, probably because of the aforementioned high expectations. I spent a lot of time in the past few years regretting the big mistakes I made in life – not attacking college education as I should have, not being mentally or emotionally prepared for certain developments as they came along. I think a lot of my conservative nature comes from how much I tend to regret bad decisions. I don’t take anything lightly. (And, because I’m in a Latin mood, Vergil was right with his ironic “Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit” (a favorite saying around the house when I’m in a particularly bad mood).

4. Family: I love my family. We’re very close. In fact, my parents are in town right now. I think family is one of the most important things a person can have. And your family doesn’t have to be someone you’re related to. It has to be someone who loves you unconditionally, and is there for you when you need them. My mother comes from a huge family, and she has grown closer to her sisters as she’s gotten older, though they all lead very different lives. I think, in the end, I trust my family like no one else.

5. Films: I’m a movie buff. I love the fact that I there is such thing in this world as Netflix, and I practically live on IMDB. Am I supposed to pick favorites here? Forget that.

6. Faith: I am a woman of extremely strong, and extremely private faith.

7. Blogging: It’s fun. A bit of a distraction. I don’t know how important it is to me, though. If I didn’t blab here, I’d be doing it on lists, so I guess that’s good. I can say what I want here and if people don’t like it, they can just not visit (here that, various anonymi?) My opinions aren’t being delivered to inboxes, or on other people’s websites.

8. Words: Horace said it best: Exegi monumentum aere perennius. (I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.) Okay, no more Latin, though they had some of the best words!

9. Friends: I love my friends, and consider each one a gift from heaven. Connections in this life are so rare — it’s amazing when you can make them and keep them. I miss my writing friends in Florida, but one of the best things baout being in D.C. is that I’ve made so many friends my own age, and I’m with a bunch of my best freinds from college again. I missed them so much. I’m very outgoing by nature, and so like to be with *people*.

10. Ideas: Fabric of life, baby. And if you got ’em, flaunt ’em.

I tag Gena.