YESSSSSS.
the panic dawned on me the other day when i was at a mall branch of fully booked and i saw these 2010 planners. fine, granted that i did not get hold of my pink 2009 until post-christmas ‘08, the fine advertising i’ve made had people within my immediate circle clamoring for their own. i generally don’t have problems with that except that if we’re within close surroundings and we have the SAME EXACT PLANNER, i fear the threat of switcheroos and others. no i do not obssess over my journal as much as it deserves, but it is home to some private personal (redundant-don’t-care) matters. SO NO. PLUS it immediately sold out few days after i got mine so it was a race alright.
the black and red moleskins (only available ones last fri) didn’t impress me enough. i think i’ve grown dependent on the very useful information attached to monologues (world map, regional maps, measurement conversions, international time zones/dial codes/holidays…and then there others i don’t really bother with, but are useful should i choose to give them the time of the day–investment portfolio, budgeting, etc.). i’ve circled all of the diary section in the flagship store this morning for what seemed forever when the quest for that teneues calendar of that long forgotten name (but never the work) artist led me to where these monologues were!!! in contrast to last year’s very landi color palette this year saw a more refreshing bunch.
i initially saw the sky blue one so i went for it until i saw it–YELLOW! and you know what, 2010 IS yellow. i loved the sky blue, it’s the same shade as my beloved leather bag i scored this year, but 2010 is-just-YELLOW. yellow is the year i graduate, my country scores a new president, and all these other things in the bag. it’s just it. fresh, bright, rejuvenating, hopeful and all these things i am currently not. so yes, i do badly need the yellow. i can’t believe last year’s torment over what 2009 shall be (the black? the white? the gold? the purple? the pink? THE PURPLE? THE PINK? THE PURPLE? THE PINK? THE PURPLE? THE PINK? THE PURPLE? THE PINK?). the fresh polis victory had me opt for the pink though, because i did not want it to consume me and hello, PINK! it’s PINK! it was so lovely and cute but packed with a punch! but 2009 was pink alright. 2010 my friends, is yellow. yeeeeeeeellllloooooooooooowwwwwwww.
there was also the black one but i can’t believe i even opted for that before. for A5 sizes there was also the pink and light green (“fern”). i would’ve liked it too but it’s not bright enough to be chartreuse. i think i need a lot of life to rejuvenate me for the big year next year. yellow does it (not even red).
wee ee ee wee.
on another note, the self-pampering blah blah i had planned for myself this morning took an interesting twist. well, on my agenda was:
- cupcake
- boutiques
- SHOES.
- underthings
- hair/cosmetics
- bookstore
- baby store
- spa?
- persian at karl edward?
i ended up with lots of BOOKSTORE and PERSIAN FOOD (!!!). checked out 1 of each of the ff: clothes, shoes, underthings, baby store, hair and even then i didn’t have enough of the time i usually alott for serious shopping (because i hate financial remorse the most). but it’s all good. the bookstore was enough to keep me preoccupied. i had initially planned to pick up a copy of time traveler’s wife, given –the current state of things– but decided against because this just isn’t like the first time around. there’s less faith and hope going around and i need to recognize it rather than sealing it with sweet flavors of chick lit (or just hope, really). so i picked up the bell jar instead, hahaha.
but amid the battle between the two sides, the availability of the very books i’ve been looking for saved the day! alain de boton’s on love and isabel allende’s stories of eva luna. on love–with its philosophizing and analysis and romance seems to be just what i especially need in my life right now and when it gets depressing, there’s the women of eva luna for empowerment! YEHHHH. so i dropped the bell jar and saved it for a mopier time. the thing is, i’m not elated but i’m not moping either. i’m more of center-mope, but i’d like to be more realistic than emo and i wouldn’t mind just dropping all of this given enough rah-rah-rah so we’ll see. good luck to me. i’ve already used up a week of my precious precious break over hybernation and waiting on people and their false promises of plans and what other have you BS.
this week i’ll start to gearing up, without pressuring myself badly. on the agenda:
- renewals
- license
- passport?
- enlistment/enrollment (hurrrrrl)
- work soc paper (hurrrrrl)
maybe i’ll go back tomorrow to accomplish my earlier agenda (underthings, shoes, hair/cosmetics, spa, cocktails). maybe. we’ll see. depending on my attention span.
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