Your Coffin or Mine?

Today i had a conversation with one of my favorite clients about cremation vs. getting stuffed in a hole 6 feet under...

I think I want to be cremated. Here's why:

A] I don't want to take up anymore space than I have to [I mean, as it is I'm always underfoot already!]

B] Cremation is cheaper

C] I won't really care what my haggard ol bones are doing, I'll be dead.

D] My family won't have to toil over what to bury me in. they can just leave me in what I'm already wearing...

E] I'd be free to float around for all eternity. Or at least until it rains and I get stuck to someones shoe, or maybe a picnic bench.

F] I won't make someone keep me in an urn. I'll have them throw my ashes somewhere rad like out of a helicopter over the golden gate bridge. or maybe in my grandmas backyard...



There are some benefits to getting buried though:

A] If somehow they bury me and I'm undead then I can just bust out and start raising hell again, no prob.

B] Maybe someone will come visit my grave and leave me stuff, so all the other dead people get jealous and start haunting their families...

C] I'd get a sweet headstone with something rad written on it like "I was too awesome for my own good" [yea... we'll have to work on that some.]

D] No one will confuse me for ultrafine unscented cat litter.

Still, the pros of cremation still far outweigh those of burial... Hopefully I have quite a while to figure it out.

til then,

tobi.

First and Foremost

I used to blog constantly. I always had this weird "creative juices" thing going for me. It seems though, since I got out of school, that my inspiration has left me. I no longer have a million [even remotely relevant] things to say. In fact, I feel like the majority of the things that come out of my mouth are completely trivial. I've lost that spark. This is my attempt to find it again.

Since the whole "new years resolution" thing fails most people, and I didn't really feel like dieting this year, I decided to just promise myself I'd try as many new things as I could this year, as long as I feel like it somehow benefits me.

So far, so good. I am attempting to learn Spanish [by podcast. It's surprisingly helpful!]. I'm not super at it of course, but I'm a pretty quick learner and am gaining confidence daily. I've always loved the language and the culture, but the majority of the reason I feel it important for me to gain a better grasp on the language is so that I can better communicate with my clients at work. We have a fairly large Mexican demographic, and that would expand exponentially if there were someone in the salon that was bilingual. My paycheck would expand exponentially if that person were me.

I'm also trying other new things, such as grocery shopping and preparing my own food [if you know me at all, you know this is no small feat.], drinking more water and less pop [which by the end of the day really never happens], and moving to a new apartment [which really had very little to do with this whole "making better life choices" thing, and more to do with my lease being up at a good time. But it worked out fantastic either way.] I figure every little thing I can do to feel better, I will.

I am really stoked with my life is right now. I have my career started, I have an awesome part time job on the side. I have my family right down the road, I have the most amazing boyfriend, an adorable apartment, and more loyal friends than you can shake a stick at. The problem with being content is that I'm afraid if I stay content I won't grow. That's where this blog [hopefully] will help.

I don't think that I'll necessarily post regularly, just when something comes to mind. It won't really have a regular topic either. I just think it'll be good to get things out. Maybe read more so I can write more. I don't want a fashion blog and I don't want this to be Brittany Spears Daily Chronicle. I tend to think better and deeper when I write... and maybe since I'll have somewhere to spew all my empty thoughts, I won't have to spew them on anyone that's not wishing to be spewed on...

plus I just got a new laptop, and I'm an insomniac, so what else am I going to do?

hasta luego

tobi