Plums?

Well, the past few days have put me in a glum mood... Hmm.. looking at the word "glum" reminds me of "plum" and plum is actually a pretty good color representation of my mood.  It can be sad or happy depending on how you look at the color and I think, depending on the time of day, I can be sad or happy. 



Happy Colored Plums! =D




Sad Colored Plums =(

 In any case, this glum..plum? mood has made me decide to make a list of all the things I'm aiming to do this summer.  I've got either a little less than a month of it left.. or.. two more months! (There seems to be a lot of "or's" in my life currently...)  So the first thing on my list is to become more fluent in Chinese.  Well, that actually may be more of a goal for the entire year... I want to get into a Chinese Pedagogy program and for that, I'll need some pretty awesome Chinese skills, of which I'm currently a bit lacking.  Granted my major was Chinese but, when not used every day, the fluency I had is slowly (rather quickly) slipping away. 

The second thing on my list is to learn the ukulele!  I have recently aquired a beautiful Luna ukulele,



Isn't it beautiful?

 and while I've never played before, it's the perfect four-stringed instrument for my smaller stature!  And the strings aren't as rough on my fingers...  I'm not much of a popular culture music person so I'm not quite sure what to learn... suggestions would be nice?  I hope to get super good by the end of the summer so I can take it around and not have to pull out a laptop to be able to play a song...

Third!  I NEED to get into shape.  I'm by no means a large person, but as most people who know me know, I can barely run a mile without feeling the need to puke up any water I have previously taken in... (sorry for the slightly disturbing picture but I felt it was needed to emphasize just how much I need to get into shape).  So! I'm going to come up with a regimen before the end of the week hopefully?  To get started?  Immediately? Or maybe I'll start next week... or the week after...Gah! I need motivation!

Fourth... I have a videogame. Yes! A videogame! Gaming is actually something I really rather enjoy however, I've often not had time to devote to them.. I love RPG's and I have also aquired, along with the ukulele, a GameCube! Without a TV... So hopefully this issue will be remedied in the next few days.  The game is called Tales of Symphonia, and so far, it's.. awesome. Just.. So awesome.  But then, I only got past the intro before I lost access to a TV...

Fifth on my list.. well I can't currently remember.  But I suppose this is a pretty good list to start with.  I actually only have evenings for free time to do these things.. OH! Fencing! That was my fifth =)  I've got a certain someone who rather likes fencing and has invited me several times to learn but I was always studying! So! This summer, my goal is to get good enough at fencing to be a challenge or even beat said person in a match =)

There actually are many more things I hope to accomplish this summer and in the coming year, but I'm afraid those aren't going to make it on this list...as I can't remember all of them at the moment... 

Til next time!