MAAAAAH FACE

3 of 31: Getting my geek on

Oh wait, don't I already do that on a daily basis?

Well, yea, but I really want to start learning some great geek things. I want to be able to easily code CSS and make little things dance across the screen in Flash and Photoshop. This means that I'm going to have to learn how to do all of that business. I know basic html, and I am usually quick to pick up programs, but I think that I might have to community college intervention ;-). I want to make space cats like little miss Frankenhoodie, and beautify my photos taken with my swanky new camera. I think it will probably be a great thing for me as a tech savvy individual and also as a professional in the Internet industry. 

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keyboard cat with a bit more from Frankenhoodie on Vimeo.

Make more delicious things: 2 of 31

Nom, nom, nom.

I want to cook delicious things and put together recipies that make me excited to cook at night, even if it is only for 1-2 people. I want to experiement with spices, dabble with herbs and try new mixtures.  Last year, I started making cinnamon buns, which was a fun foray into making yeasty, cinnamon goodness.  Whilst in Paris, my roommates and I started to make delicious salads without using lettuce.  We mixed beets, beans, corn, carrots, etc and created creations that we craved everyday over the hot summer.

So I'm looking forward to a delcious, healthy year in 2010. A year filled with veggies made in soups, salads, and bakes and a year filled with delicious homemade breads, buns, and deliciousness.

A tasty 2010, if you will. :-)

1 of 31: Learning Spanish

I'm going to Mexico in January! Woot! And while I accept that I will by no means be speaking Spanish by then, it is something I want to do. I'm not sure how or when I will do it, but sometime next year would be nice. Maybe I will take a class at a community college or maybe I'll use Rosetta Stone's program, I'm not sure. My life is a little bit up in the air at the moment and so my goals are allowed to be as well.

Why I want to learn Spanish:

• It seems pretty handy. During my current stay in Austin, I have noticed that Spanish is all around me, and that is pretty awesome.  Through speaking French, I've learned a lot about how language helps you connect with and learn about a culture and that definitely excites me. Mexico has made me think about how much I should know Spanish, and then I'll have the trifecta of North America: English, French, Spanish!
• I like Spanish movies. Pan's labyrinth was pretty good, as was Volver. A lot of great cinema has been coming out of Spanish speaking countries, and if you know foreign cinema then you know that dubs just don't cut it and subtitles are less fun.
• Pantalones. I just love that word.  

So there you have it, my first thing for December.

My 31 things to look forward to in 2010

I wanted to start a project during December.  This blog has always been the place where I come to muse over different things, and so I didn't want to do a gift guide here, but I still wanted to gather some ideas and things I want to do. These aren't resolutions, but are just thoughts that I have, things I would like to do, and perspectives I would like to gain.

This is also a way achieve my resolution to blog more, and so I am going to end this year with a bang!