so there are a few things to talk about tonight! stay close, try and stick with me:


i hear the flyers are going to the stanley cup finals! i was watching the season finale of chuck (another show down for the season, and quite impressive if i do say so myself) when this news flash came across the bottom of the screen announcing that the flyers had just beaten the montreal canadiens in the fourth game of the series. another sweep for the flyers! finals here we come!
ok so i will admit i know little about the flyers or about the nhl in general. but philly is an exciting place when the sports teams are doing well. there's a lot of.....energy. we'll just go with that. but its easy to get caught up in it! and there has been a lot of it in the five years i've lived here! (the most exciting, of course, was when the phillies won the world series in 2008) so i'm looking forward to whatever the flyers can bring!

also of interest: i dvr-ed this special on animal planet called 'the secret lives of elephants' last sunday. in case you didn't know, elephants are my favorite animals. they are cute and fun and it's always stuck in my mind that 'an elephant never forgets' (was that in dumbo or something? i have no idea why i think that). but anyways, elephants are actually quite smart, and very emotional animals. they're very family oriented. and i think they look wise. did you know that elephants mourn their dead? they stand around it and cry out and poke at the body gently with their legs. then they sniff the body, taking it 'terrabytes of information' (according to the narrator of the documentary). they may even be able to smell emotion. basically- elephants are really cool. get on the bandwagon.

and did you know---->that today is day 47 of my 90 in 90 project! 47! i'm over half-way done! isn't that crazy? i was going to write something Big and Important on saturday (the actual half-way point) but going to the beach distracted me. so i'm pointing it out today! i think i'm doing really well with this project. i go to the gym at least 3 times a week these days (i actually feel motivated to go!), and i'm starting to feel more confident about my health. and blogging is fun! i am going to keep working on writing. my travel writing class starts next tuesday, and i've been reading this book about writing that has given me some interesting ideas for some writing exercises to try. not sure if i'm going to post them once i've actually given them a shot- but i haven't ruled it out.

finally- i had this weird epiphany this weekend about my current dating life. although, who knows if it will stick, but i'll share it with you anyway: i've been wanting to take a break from the online thing. it just seems to be something i do for a little while, then get sick of. and i think i've gone through all the interesting people on this particular site for a while. i've lost interest. i also have this new surge of faith that i should just relax. i may not love being single, but there's nothing i can really do about it right now. i should just relax and have faith that i will find someone when i'm meant to find them. stay open. stay positive. and just see what happens. that is the outlook i had this weekend, and i'm going to try and stick with it. (until, of course, my grumpiness sets in again.)

so i think those are all my random thoughts for the evening. i hope you're having a good one- wherever you are.