I love these ladies:



This song is one of my all-time favorites to harmonize to. I sang the alto parts for most of my years in choirs (but trained as a soprano, how's that for identity crisis? ;-) - so now I almost always end up hearing the harmonies and wanting to sing those instead of the melody.

Things I must do this year:

-Find a choir

-Brush up on Chinese. One of the senior VPs at work was happily showing me his tie, which he received from National Taiwan University's med school, and asked what the characters on there meant. All I could tell him was that it was a commemorative note for 35 years of excellent scholarship and something or other. AUGH!! I was so mad at myself for forgetting so much. That's the thing about Chinese. Since I understand the radicals and composition, I can sort of guess my way around text without having to know many of the specific characters (and of course context is key) but that obviously isn't flying. So, I am going to practice to get it back. Expect to see some text here in Chinese in the future (I'll translate). I'm determined. The same for Japanese and maybe I'll dig up my old Latin texts (but let's not get too ambitious here). Oh, but I am angry for letting go of these for so long.

-Find a soccer team or running club to join. I've always liked running, it clears my mind and I love a good woodsy trail or urban spread. This past weekend I went home to visit my family - and spent most of it outside running around and playing with my brother. Basketball and soccer. It was glorious. There's something addictive about kicking a ball around and driving it home. I loved it. It's running with a purpose and new tricks. So there you have it. Three real resolutions for the rest of the year :)

Oh and my beloved little baby brother is taller than me and our dad now...he's going to be a heartbreaker one day :) He's really a very neat kid.

There's more I want to write but it'll have to wait until later. I'm getting bags under my eyes for not sleeping well at night. I can sense something is on the verge, and my mind always seems to be working in overdrive these days (hence the surge of posts...it helps me sort things out). And there are of course many things to do always.