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2011 Resolutions

Posted in Life, tagged on January 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I’m keeping it simple this year. The last few years I’ve come up with a long list of resolutions. I start in January with a list of 5-7 resolutions, forget about them during the year, and realize (usually in December) that I haven’t accomplished most of them.

This year’s resolutions don’t have anything to do with flirting, dating or limiting my alcohol intake. No resolutions about figuring out what to do with my life (too much pressure).  And especially no resolutions about dieting and losing weight. This year’s resolutions are about enjoying life.

This year I will cook more, entertain more and worry less.

And maybe I’ll find the time to learn to swim and study French. But if I don’t, there’s always next year.

Happy New Year!

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New Year, New Decade and New Resolutions

Posted in Hollywood, Life, tagged , on January 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »

I grew up with making a new year’s wish. That’s an Armenian tradition. The whole resolution thing is a foreign concept to me. Which probably explains why my success rate with these resolutions is barely 50%. But another year and another chance to try again.

Here are my resolutions for the new year.

  1. Stop flirting with guys I have no interest in. Sometimes I do this because it comes naturally. Sometimes I just can’t stop myself. Sometimes I give the false impression that I’m actually interested in the guy just because I can be a shameless flirt. Then they ask for my number. At this point I feel awkward about not giving my number because five seconds earlier I was shamelessly flirting — or maybe even making out — with the guy. Then I give my number. Then they want to go on a date. Then after a few texts/phone calls I start avoiding the person. I’m getting exhausted just typing this.The point is… stop flirting with guys that I know don’t have a chance, especially guys from the gym. That was a mistake. Now I have to deal with the puppy dog eyes staring at from the front desk and I have to come up with a good reason (fast) why I can’t go out with him that night (or any other night).Then there as the awkward conversation Friday night when I picked up the phone from a 949 area code. It went something like this:Me: “Hello”
    Him: “Hey! You picked up”
    Me: “Who is this?”
    Him: “It’s Eric. We met a while ago. You haven’t returned my phone calls.”
    Me: “It’s probably because of the 949 area code. I don’t call back 949. Was I drunk when we met?” (At this point, it’s slowly coming back to me. I think it’s someone I gave my number to a few months back at the Prince vs. Michael Jackson dance-off.)
    Him: “I don’t know if you were drunk. But we had a moment.” (Yes, he actually said we had a moment, which probably means there was massive amounts of vodka involved)
    Me: Right about now I’m starting to feel like I have way too much testasterone for a woman, and have to find a gentle way to let him know why there won’t be any more moments… so I tell him I have a boyfriend, and it’s better that we don’t stay in touch. Which means I don’t want to get any more grammatically incorrect text messages. That really bothers me. (more…)

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2009 Resolutions Revisited…

Posted in Life, tagged , , on January 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Last year I was feeling very ambitious and came up with 6 resolutions to accomplish throughout the year. At the end of the year, I had accomplished 3 out of 6.

Here are my accomplishments…

  1. Paid off credit cards. After putting myself on a financial diet for the first 6 months of the year, I finally paid off all my credit card debt.
  2. Traveled someplace new. I actually forgot about this resolution until I revisited my New Year’s Resolutions blog post from 2009 and realized that I had fulfilled this resolution by traveling to Paris, Houston and Kohler, Wisconsin!
  3. Was a tiny bit more patient. I had initially put this on my list of failed resolutions, but my therapist pointed out that traveling to a foreign country, and navigating the unknown, requires a certain amount of patience. I’m sure that some people would disagree. Like my best friend who’s always running late and I’m always calling her within 5 minutes of the time of arrival to see where she’s at. I’m sure she thinks I’m still very impatient. I’ve also been very patient in my personal life. In fact, I have been patiently kissing many, many frogs in search of prince charming. So there…

Now the miserable failures… (more…)

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New Year’s Resolutions Take Two

Posted in Current Events, tagged , on January 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This is my second attempt at making New Year’s resolutions. In the Armenian tradition it’s all about making a New Year’s wish. The American tradition is about making resolutions.  This year, I’ve embraced both traditions. I’ve made a New Year’s wish and last year’s failed resolutions will get a second chance this year.  

So here they are… (more…)

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Resolutions Revisited

Posted in Hollywood, Life, tagged , on December 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The year is almost over, and it’s time to revisit my New Year’s resolutions. For some reason, I was overly ambitious during the beginning of the year. I decided to make not one but five resolutions. Now I have four remaining and less than 3 weeks to go and very little chance of accomplishing the remaining four. Here are the four I failed… (more…)

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New Year’s Resolutions

Posted in Life, tagged , , , on January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I rarely make New Year’s resolutions but for some reason I feel the need to make a few this year. So here it is…

  1. Lose 10 lbs. I know this is THE most popular resolution in fat America, but after gorging on wine and cheese and yummy food since my trip to New York in August I feel the need to cleanse my system of 10 lbs. I haven’t gained 10 lbs, only about 5. But if I lose 10 it’ll give me room to add a few occasionally. And I live in Hollywood where size 6 is a crime. If I lived in Kansas, I might be the skinny bitch on the block. But I live in Los Angeles, the land of the pretty, skinny people. Many of these pretty and skinny people work out at my gym. In fact, it feels like there are only skinny people at the gym. I get really excited during the month of January when I’m not the only size 6 in spinning class. (Note to Jennifer Love Hewitt, you’re fabulous but you’re no size 2) (more…)

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