What life? I've been away...

I feel a little bad complaining about 2013. There are a lot of people who would have loved to have my year, and yet I was happy to see it end, because honestly, 2013 was a shitty year. About mid-summer things just started to fall apart and I was miserable. By December I was just holding my breath and waiting for that magical January 1st 2014 to roll around.

The sad part is I am not lying. I really thought if I could just make it through December things would get better. But as you can see by the fact that my 2013 recap is coming to you practically a whole month late, that is not been the case. The suck just rolled right on over with the turning of the calendar.

I am not even going to bother recapping my goals from last year. I accomplished 2 out 12. That is a whopping 17% completion for the things I wanted to get done in 2013. For crying out loud, my attempt rate was only 42%. I didn't even attempt to complete half the things I wanted to get done in 2013.

I am giving serious consideration to not even laying out goals this year. I don't think I can handle gracefully another year of failure (not that I have handled last year's failures all that gracefully). This year, 2014, is already 8% (or 1/12) over. And what do I have to show for it? Twenty-nine pictures, twenty-six email campaigns, one movie seen, one new camera bought, and three new episodes of Sherlock (probably the only thing keeping me from crawling under a rock).

If I don't have my goals up by February 1st I am not doing it this year :P

You know why...

I have like 4 or 5 things I want to post about, but I can't. See, I have this one post that I absolutely have to do, my floating tree post, but I can't make myself sit down and write it. And I can't make myself write the other posts until that one is done.

Oh God...this might be the end of my blog...

A good smile works just as well, plus you never have to worry that your mustache is on straight.

I thought it would be fun to attempt false eyelashes. They are pretty inexpensive, and I thought it might be an okay weekend look.

I was wrong. It was kind of a disaster. As a matter of fact it failed so miserably you don't even get to see me with them on. You just get to see them after I pulled them off. Maybe I will try again, maybe not...but at least I can say I tried.

I will never unhear that.

So this weekend I had a total "80s" day. I put a pink streak in my hair, used some heavy black liner a put on some bright teal green shadow on my eyes. And after all that was still willing to go out in public :)

All in all it was actually pretty fun. It isn't very often that I spend an hour, yes an hour, on my makeup. Mostly because I don't go anywhere that would warrant me spending that much time on my makeup (I usually a five minute mascara girl).

So it should be no surprise to anyone that I have found my new addiction. I can now add makeup to my alcohol, pens, pencils, and paper addictions. So if you can't find me anywhere else I am sure you'll find me at the new Ulta store in Farmington.

It has been one of those weeks where I have had a lot I wanted to blog about, but I always seem to put it off so then I am left with the choice a writing a really long post about everything, breaking it up and burying one or more of the posts or just wipe the slate clean a start fresh with what I am writing about right now. I always end up going with the starting fresh option...

I had an amazing photo day yesterday. I love to take photos, though I don't think I am very good at it, but I seldom make time to do it. But Saturday I got the urge. I grabbed my little point and shoot (I kicked myself for not taking the film SLR), my mini tripod and my keys and took off around town. I knew there were a couple of things I wanted to get.  I want to start a waiting blog with a heavy train theme (don't ask) so I got some good train oriented shots. Hopefully that will be up and running in the next week or two. I also got some great shots for the Leaky Light Co-op as well. As a matter of fact I have already posted them. You should go check it out.

I want to leave you with something to think about if you are a movie buff. I learned a little something about Blu-Ray discs this last week and it bothered me. And maybe DVDs were the same way, maybe VHS was too...I don't know, but...To be able to produce (commercially, I mean) a Blu-Ray disc you have to apply to Sony for licensing rights before I replicator will even consider producing it for you. So Sony won the HD-DVD / Blu-Ray battle. Sony has essence cornered the market on High Definition entertainment, and they require you to pay them to be able to produce your film in HD. This is part of the reason why the price of Blu-Rays are so much more than regular DVDs. So the next time you grab a Blu-Ray off the shelf to buy keep just keep what your really buying...if your okay with it that's great. But I might think twice before I buy Sony again...I said think about...I didn't say it would stop me.

We're not reading the same book. We're not even in the same library.

This time last week I was at the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Actually, I was watching Part 1 at the theater waiting for Part 2 to start. I won tickets on a facebook and had a really good time, and the movie was pretty good too. The tickets were for the new Cinemark in Farmington, it was the most enjoyable midnight event I have ever been to, and come to find out they do reserved seating on all their movies. Yay! Now if we could just get the commuter that stops by the theater to run on Sundays I would be in heaven.

On another note, I was contemplating a new car this week. It's not that I am actually looking for a new car. I drove by a dealership and there it was, the Stang I was looking for when I found the Pony I have now. It was everything I wanted: GT (V8), Coupe, Automatic, Light Blue, and it only had 6800 miles. I should have stopped that day and talked to them, but I wanted to think about it. I went back to the dealership today and they had already sold it :( I guess it just wasn't ment to be...

I felt like there was something else I wanted to talk about but I can't remember what...so I guess I will just go to bed.

Forgetful

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention if anyone wants to add me to one of their circles on Google+ the email address is elusiveblue@gmail.com.

I have added some new work to my online folio that you can check out at www.amberlynmeier.com

And if anyone is interested in seeing Harry Potter this weekend I am planning on a Saturday night or sunday afternoon show. Hit me up if you wanna go.