2012 Is Back And So Am I

Ok, 2012 never left.

Well, it was never really here in the first place. So I guess the title of this post should read, “2012 Has Arrived, And So Have I… Again.”

It seems like I commit to this blog in spurts. I’ll write consistently for months on end only to abandon my dear blog (and my dear readers) for months on end (a year in this particular case).

I blame Tumblr for my absence.

I’ve found that although Tumbling can be a delight – even an addiction – it has also slain my desire to write with a great slaughter.

I miss writing.

I miss it like I miss a good night’s sleep on a business trip. (Yes. I go on business trips now.)

Here are some other goals I made for myself for the year of 2012. One goal not on the list that is of note is that I will probably own a dog this year… I realized my desire for one during lunch today when I visited a pet store with puppies. Adorable, lonely, playful puppies. Puppies with sad eyes.

I want one.

My good friend (Miss Utah 2010) Christina Lowe is in the Miss America pageant this week.  Currently, there is a video contest between contestants where fans can vote for their favorites.  If you watch Christina’s video (below) and compare it to any of the other contestants, you’ll quickly see how down-to-earth, level-headed, and funny she is.  She’s not your typical Miss America candidate.

To help her along her way, Chad Waite and I have pledged $50 a piece ($100 total) to the charity of HER choice if she wins the video contest.

You can vote for her on Facebook by first liking the Miss America page here, then her video here.

You can also vote for her by liking the Youtube version of her video.

Don’t be heartless, do something for a fellow human. Ready, GO!

I’ve had a dream of changing the world for a while now. It’s been this thought tickling the back of my mind. I watch my friends travel the world building orphanages, serving in leper colonies and digging wells so people can have clean water.

I keep thinking, I’m going to do something incredible with my life. My problem is that I haven’t decided what that something is. I haven’t set a time. I don’t have an objective. I talk the talk, but I don’t walk the walk.

I mean, I’m writing a book. It’s an ambitious endeavor… and I like writing. But my writing isn’t earth shattering or life changing.

It’s time for me to take what I know, and what I can do and make a difference instead of Tweeting about it. Any world changing suggestions? I’m all ears…

On a side note, I also have a tumblr blog. I gave up on Posterous.