One, Two, Three

Hello, everyone. It’s been a while. Everything is O.K. I had too much in my mind the last two weeks. That’s O.K. I’m still living -__- Let’s do a one-two-three ~~~

One: A Collection In The Present

On Saturday February 3, a group of friends and I went out for dinner at a cafe. After the cafe, we headed to one of our friends’ apartment. It was my first time visiting. After settling in, I was speechless at their entertainment shelf. OMFG!!!! What a collection of sci-fi and music CDs, DVD, toys—even board games. The collection is a combination of her and her husband. For their video game collection, they even have the Jaguar =__=

We stayed for two hours playing board games. We played Apples to Apples, Cranium, and Scattagories (sp). From time to time, many of us who were first timers kept looking at their entertainment collection. Their entertainment collection beats my small collection hands down. Their collection is a top ten for many of us. Their classic rock CD collection is 100 times bigger than mine, and I started my collection in early 2006.

The couple’s collection is one example of living in the present. The DVD collection include Star Wars (of course), Star Trek, Firefly, Simpsons, Stargate, and even The Adventures Of Bristco . . . (forgot the rest). I’m a casual somewhat sci-fi fan. I watch Star Wars, know the basics of some Star Trek since I never got into Deep Space Nine and Enterprise, and, gee, that’s really it regarding TV sci-fi titles. If my friend, her husband, and I went to a sci-fi convention, I guarantee I’m going to be the quietest person because almost all of the attendees talk about sci-fi shows and movies I never seen nor ever heard. I’d be out of place at the convention.

One can say my friend and her husband are living in the present right now. They are sci-fi fans and they’re enjoying their free time devoted to their favorite sci-fi titles and playing video games and board games. Are they in debt? I never asked because it’s none of my business. They get into anything sci-fi quickly.

After leaving the apartment, the rest of the night I thought about myself and how I live my present. I think what if I die tomorrow. My collection of anime is, in my opinion, conservative. The number of DVDs I purchase is going down for the past three years. In a way, it’s good because I have more money. I sell anime DVDs I lost interest at half.com. I have been watching fewer anime series because I less time.

Time?!? Interesting. Time. Is time a higher priority to money when living in the present? I’m not the richest person in the world. I have some money to spend on anime and video games, two of my all-time favorite and longest hobbies, yet when it comes to time to spend watching anime, reading manga, or playing video games, the time is rarely available today. I spend about 30 minutes in my lunch hour work day reading manga. Since my time to anime is decreasing, I spend less and less money because I know I little time after work and on weekends devoted to anime and manga.

I believe if I spend more time on anime and video games, my collection in anime and video games grows. Now that’s living in the present. So what the heck do I do after work? I typically read books to improve my job skills and career, cook dinner for my family, and wash dishes. On some work nights, I go to the gym two nights a week, work on my Blog, do laundry, and complete random errands and activities such as grocery shopping and go to the bank, and some one time stuff to do such as install a wireless router for home and help other family members. I check my email during my free time at work. I just realized my work nights I rarely devote to my favorite fun hobbies. Am I really living in the present? I must re-evaluate my daily life of living. I’m missing out. Interesting.

Two: Family Being Late Is Really Not A Family Problem

Every family has problems. Every family. Full House TV show families are non-existent. My family has a problem of being late to almost anything. We have a problem leaving the house late such as parties, appointments, starting on errands, anything. For instance, yesterday, my Mom and Dad were late to a dance party.

Always expect my family to arrive late. Who knows why they were late yesterday? Late always happens. I don’t know. Something always happens before we leave. It seems time moves forward faster when we get ready to go.

Every family has problems. When I think about it late last night, being late must not be a family problem for any family. Why? One reason is the family does activities together. Family doing activities together is good. Another reason is there are worst problems that being late such as financial problems, health problems, and conflicts within family members.

I have been taught to pick and choose our battles. One battle a family should not engage is being late. If the family is typically 10-15 minutes late, forget it. It’s not worth adding to the battle plans. On the other hand, if the family is hours late, then it’s a family problem . . . a minor family problem for which the family has an activity, a common goal to accomplish which is improve on time readiness.

Don’t be late.

Three: Time To Clean Your Residence? At Least Keep It Organized

We live in the Information Age. Look around and many people are busy with, family, friends, work, and personal lives. One may say the technology today is making us more busy and less time to relax. I agree somewhat; however, the debate is another Blog entry *__*

In our busy lives, some of us rarely have time to keep our place of residence clean. I’m one of them. My parent’s house is somewhat clean. There is lots of junk and stuff in the house, and, for the record, most of the junk and stuff are my parents *__*

If your place of residence is organized, then I believe it’s good enough to live in. If the trash is picked up, bathrooms are stained free, floors are shiny, carpets are dirtfree, and rodent free, then one must feel good the residence is livable. The Information Age has been changing our lives for the past 10 years. One change is the expectations of our households. Today’s living brought use lots of techie goodies such as video games, laptops, and DVDs. Where are people going to put the techie goodies in addition to the books, dishes, and clothes? Anywhere in the residence as long as the people know where they are.

And remember to dust ;-)