Lately I’ve been listening to XM radio while at home, since we have the free trial of it with Matt’s car. I love putting on two stations the most: the 90s pop/rock station and the 80s/90s country station. I love them! It’s weird seeing the name of a song and going “Hm, I don’t know this one” and then realizing I can sing it from memory.

Are there any certain songs from your youth that catch you off-guard about how well you know them still?

I nearly forgot to write today. I’m not even joking. After the awesome release of Wrath (hooray for stable servers!) and sleeping while not leveling, my mind is somewhere else entirely. Northrend, presumably.

Anyway, I have a question. When it comes to the internet, where do you draw the line? What do you think is considered “classified” information, and something you don’t need to share?

I know all sorts of people. I know people who are guarded and don’t share much information, and I know people who share everything, down to their bathroom AND bedroom habits. I personally am more guarded. I don’t really like to talk about my problems where people can read about them. I don’t share when I’m feeling down, and that’s partly because I don’t feel it needs to be shared, and partly because I don’t think that how I’m feeling is high up on anyone else’s priority list, and if it is, they already know how I feel.

As for relationship details, I don’t get it. Publicizing every detail of your intimate life with your significant other (or in some cases, yourself) does seem like a cry for attention. I don’t like to share details about my (VERY) personal life on the internet because, frankly, why does it matter? It’s something special to share with yourself and the person you’re sharing it with, and nobody else needs to know.

Maybe I’m just too private of a person, though. What’s your opinion?

When you’re determined to do something, what motivates you?

Last night, I was doing a speed Karazhan/ZA run with some people in my guild, and in between instances, when we were travelling, one of the guys said “Be back in 20 minutes or so, going for a quick jog.” That sent my mind running. Going for a jog? Randomly? Just whenever you feel like it? This is such a foreign concept to me! I haven’t ever done something like that, as far as I can remember, but it made me want to.

Today, I’ve been catching up on this season of the Biggest Loser. Watching them lose weight makes me motivated too, but not so much that I get unrealistic expectations of what I can do. I haven’t lost weight in ages. It’s like it just WILL NOT happen. However, I’ll get there. In the meantime, I can just keep pushing forward and being happy with who I am.

So here’s my question to you: What motivates you to do the things you want to do, or the things that you need to do?

I had an “adult” moment the other day. I used my first coupon - ever. I never quite understood the concept of using coupons, to be honest. I still kinda don’t. I’ve found one site that I get them mailed to me from, but other than that I don’t even know where to get them! I felt so proud of myself, though. It was only for a dollar off of some toilet paper, but I figure in the grand scheme of coupons, a dollar is a lot!

What are your favourite sites for getting coupons from? Do you find them in newspapers or anything like that? I’m looking specifically for Canadian ones, because those are the ones I have a hard time finding.

I think a few other defining moments in adulthood are worth mentioning. Some I haven’t discovered yet, and some I enjoy. One of the ones I haven’t experienced yet is ordering meats/fish/cheeses from the deli. I usually just buy the pre-packaged stuff. I remember growing up that my mom always went to the deli counter and had our lunch meat sliced there instead of the packaged meat, and let me tell you, it makes a difference. I just don’t have the nerve (or what I consider the know-how) yet to do this.

I will say that an amazingly “adult” moment in your life is when you’re handed a key to a home that you owned. I remember when I purchased my first home, I nearly cried when they gave me the key. I couldn’t get over the idea that I owned a home - I owned floors and walls and doors and could do anything that I wanted and nobody could tell me otherwise! I’m looking forward to that feeling again in a few years, once I’ve got a stable job and am settled here. At least I get a little taste of it in the summer when Matt’s parents are out of town!

Another adult moment worth mentioning is the day you decide to make a decision for yourself that changes your life. Whether it’s the decision to lose weight, to stop smoking or to have children (No, they’re not really comparable decisions, but they are alike in the fact that they’re life changing!), it’s a moment where you take charge of your life instead of waiting for someone to do it for you. It’s empowering, it’s impressive, and it’s scary, but you usually find it’s worth it in the end.

So, what do you consider an “adult” moment worth mentioning? Is there a moment when you sat down and thought “Wow, I’m not a kid anymore!”? Tell me about it!

I’ve been putting a lot of thought lately into what I’m going to do once I’m able to go to school and work. I’ve tossed a lot of ideas around in my head, and I have come to the realization that if there’s anything holding me back, it’s the fact that I want to do too much. I know I want to go to school. I don’t want to end up back in retail unless it’s a part time job, and even then it’d frustrate me. I feel like I’ve dealt with my fair share of shoppers and even though I’ve found the general population is nicer here, you know people get cranky over pretty stupid things.

A few things I’ve thought of going to school for:

• Cooking - I’ve had an interest in food for a long time. I like playing with different flavours and trying different combinations and seeing the reactions of the people trying the food I make. The thing that worries me about this is that I know that with any sort of formal cooking training, I’d end up in the service industry, and I don’t know how I feel about that. I’d hate to spend all the money on cooking school (training, classes, whatever) and have it end up being just a hobby.
• Writing - I do enjoy writing. I don’t know how good I am at it, but it has always been a relaxing thing for me to get my ideas out on paper (or the computer screen, as the case may be). My big worry with this one is that I don’t know where to begin, let alone whether I’m any good at it, and so I may end up a starving artist, as the case may be.
• Editing - This is another passion of mine. The people who know me best (or even the people who’ve read my blog regularly!) know that grammar and spelling are something that I nit-pick about even in a casual context. I’m always interested in how words work together and how sentences are formed and punctuated. This is another thing that I don’t know how to get started or whether it’s even a viable job option, to be honest. I suppose it is something that could be done freelance in addition to a “real” job.
• Web Design - This one is something I know there are classes for, and something I’ve been considering even more so than the rest. I know that there’s a need for competent web designers and web programmers and I also know that it’s something I can pick up fairly quickly with the proper training. It’s obviously something I do in my spare time, so it’s not a problem of hating what I do, but rather whether I’ll be creative enough for it.
• Psychology - I actually started going to school for this right after high school, and quit when I went through some life changes and didn’t really have the opportunity to take the classes. The problem with this is that I’d have to go to a university, not the community college here, which would cost more than I really can afford at this moment. Might consider this in the future, once the money is coming in from whatever I choose to take as a career.

Does anyone else have any ideas they can think of that might be good? I know that’s a fairly open-ended question, but as I keep telling myself, I’m able to make a decision now that I’ll be satisfied with, instead of jumping into a dead-end job to make minimum wage. It’s not every day that kind of opportunity comes around, so I don’t want to take it for granted!