...are all that's been around in here lately. Tiime to clear it out, do some early spring cleaning. I got waaaaay sidetracked for most of 2008, and didn't keep up with my 101 Things list. I think the only things I accomplished off the list in 2008 were to refinish my dining room table (it looks fabulous, I must admit!) and to read a bunch of books - way more than I had planned on! The only thing I really stuck with and succeeded at in 2008 was maintaining my numbness and complete detachment from the world around me. Clearly, I want this to change, as many of the things that I wrote about so long ago on the 101 Things list are social. I just haven't yet found a way to be involved in the world. I definitely don't know how to relate to people, but I can't take a dog to the movies or a museum or just hang out and do crafts together. I mean, I'd even have to go out and get a dog first. Crap. I suck at life. There are a couple of quotes from forum sig lines that stick in my mind (paraphrased, because I'm too lazy to go and look them up): 1. If you don't like your life you'd better hurry up and change it before someone changes it for you. 2. I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. I think the second one is a Lily Tomlin quote. (???) Anyway, both statements apply to me and to my situation in life. I keep wondering what it will take to slap me into being awake and alert and participating in my own life and the world around me?