at the moment » blah blah http://at-the-moment.net a mostly random (sometimes informative) documentation of life Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:39:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 my six word memoir http://at-the-moment.net/2010/02/07/my-six-word-memoir/ http://at-the-moment.net/2010/02/07/my-six-word-memoir/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:20:27 +0000 marissa http://at-the-moment.net/2010/02/07/my-six-word-memoir/ I saw this story on NPR about a book of six word memoirs and decided to write my own. So here is it is:

Constantly improving on awesome. Learning everyday.

Yeah, I think that sums it up best.

What would yours be?

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What you accept, is what you are.

I found this online. I don’t know who said it, but I believe it to be true.

]]> http://at-the-moment.net/2009/11/27/quoteable/feed/ 0 random update http://at-the-moment.net/2009/06/06/random-update/ http://at-the-moment.net/2009/06/06/random-update/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:16:24 +0000 marissa http://at-the-moment.net/2009/06/06/random-update/ Here’s a random post for you, because I feel like posting.

I am waking up at 4:30 tomorrow morning to go cheer one of my best friends on while she runs her first 5K. I will be documenting of course. Maybe I’ll make another video. Who knows?

I really wanted to do this too. Maybe I’ll get around to it.

Had a nice lunch with some friends today. it was nice.

Ok, sleep I must.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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I tried, but can’t.

I’m in need of a vacation.

I think it is funny that I have been on a blogging vacation of sorts, only to return to talk about vacation.

I leave for Disney World on Saturday. If you know me, you know that I might have a slight obsession with Disney. It is a healthy one though. It doesn’t consume my life or anything. Just around the time when I leave to go there. A trip to Disney is like – the best thing ever. I love it. I can’t wait to go with my own family one day, but until then my parents and sister (who, yes are still my family) will have to do.

The week before vacation sucks at work. There is already so much to do, but then I have 3 extra weeks of work to do or at least put wheels into motion for those weeks. Bah!

4 more working days . . . 4 more working days . . . 4 more . . .

¡Viva Vacaciones!

]]> http://at-the-moment.net/2009/05/11/vacation/feed/ 0 ok, 2009 calm down http://at-the-moment.net/2009/01/27/ok-2009-calm-down/ http://at-the-moment.net/2009/01/27/ok-2009-calm-down/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:17:21 +0000 marissa http://at-the-moment.net/2009/01/27/ok-2009-calm-down/ So 2009 has seen it’s share of ups and downs already. Most of it is personal and I don’t want to really get into all of it, and really it’s not that big of a deal – but it got me thinking . . . why do I always wish things will change and then, when they do, I freak out?

Yeah, I know right? I’ve decided to embrace change. What are your thoughts on change? Like it? Love it? Want some more of it?

Blog more, I will.

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There are some other times when I wish that someone else was around. Like when I make way too much food for dinner. It would be nice if someone was around to help eat my food. I know it sounds silly but I end up throwing so much food away. Also there was that time where the it was really humid and the paint sealed the door to my bedroom shut. It would have been helpful if someone was around to help open the door. In addition, when decorating my apartment at 2 am, it would be nice if someone could tell me if the picture I was hanging was level or not.

In the end, I like living by myself. Life is more interesting. Here’s to seeing what adventures lie ahead!

]]> http://at-the-moment.net/2008/09/21/lessons-learned/feed/ 1 thinking myself into a hole http://at-the-moment.net/2008/09/07/thinking-myself-into-a-hole/ http://at-the-moment.net/2008/09/07/thinking-myself-into-a-hole/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:52:05 +0000 marissa http://at-the-moment.net/2008/09/07/thinking-myself-into-a-hole/ This week has been one of ups and downs. All in all I believe that this week has been a good one. I came to terms with many things from politics to how I feel about myself.

To bring you up to speed, I have been working a lot on myself. You know, being happy doesn’t just come to you. In fact I have found that if you just wait for happiness to show up your chances of being unhappy are pretty good. It can take a lot of hard work to become happy. This week I think for a fleeting moment – I found it.

I’ll save everyone the details, but being happy is great. Everything is brighter, funnier, and positive.

So this weekend I think became scared of being happy. Like I didn’t know how to handle it. It was interesting because I recognized that I just started analyzing everything like from 5 different angles. (While I am happy that I was blessed with the gift to analyze anything to death, sometimes it can be super annoying.) I now know when that happens I need to stop and take a step back and basically just relax. It’s ok to not figure everything out. It’s ok to not have all of the answers.

So yeah, that’s what happened this week. Check out my flickr photostream for more updates on what I’ve been up to. It’s been a while, but I’m back for now.

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My new place. It may take me forever to move in there, but it’s all mine. 

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