end of the season buyer

those of you that know me know im an end of the season buyer. almost almost always i'll wait till the end of the season to buy something cause im cheap. luckily i live in the midwest so it really doesnt matter when i buy... they'll be in style for the next 5-ish years. one of the few perks of living in wisconsin, well, indiana now.  i'll be back later to post what ive been wanting for this past winter.

and im back from my years hiatus

my first entry was pretty weak sauce. but here's to a new year and a newer me. i took a long break from the blogging world just cause id rather flip through other's then try to write my own... but i realized in reviewing 2009, or really the past 5 years, that i have a horrible memory.  y e a h  i know blogs get annoying, esp when you read them a couple months/years down the line "do i really sound like that? im annoying." but i need it for some soul (and SOLE) searching.

i dont do the whole new years resolution, come to think of it, i dont set many goals outside of work, but there's something abut 2010 that feels fresh. so here we go:


if i don't do anything this year, at least do these:

1. travel (backpack) somewhere outside of the u.s.
2. travel somewhere inside the u.s., for kicks, let's say, destination determined via dart board
3. do a project with mom, make a hmong skirt or something
4. payoff my car payoff my credit cards. which shouldnt be hard at all
5. be a big sister (you should too- www.bbbs.org)
6. learn 6 zaj tshoobs
7. go golfing at least 10 times (didnt touch my clubs last year)
8. run a half marathon

is eight too many? reading over the list, doesn't seem complicated or unrealistic... we'll see.

plea for guidance

dude im a fail-ure! due to my inept ability to make any progress on my hmoob im turning more and more....hmoob-mekas. i cant let another moment pass, sib hawm tsis tos yus na.

when i graduated from college (then using schoolwork as an excuse for my lack of time) i set out to learn some hmoob. some serious hard hmoob. and i failed.  i haven't any concrete goals. what am i trying to learn? what i need, is a mentor. a study buddy too.  i need to set some S.M.A.R.T goals, specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely goals.

all i know is, i wanna be a niam xaiv/mej koob one day.  that is my goal. for what reasons. i could go on and on about why. but what i need to settle right now is HOW!

if anyone else in the world is trying to learn hmoob, kwv txhiaj, txiv xaiv, zaj tshoob, hmoob txuj ci.... PLEASE. HELP GUIDE ME. or at least lemme know how ur doing and how u went about to do so. i'd much appreciate any inputs.

what u should know. my hmoob is very limited to basic conversation. im not competent, however i can read and write. i guess that's the first step. i know some txheej txheem however that in itself will be an adventure. im hoping learning cov zaj and txheej txheem will come hand in hand =)