twentysomething and clueless

Blog move - New URL!

noreply@blogger.com (Shopgirl) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:39:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

I've finally decided to bite the bullet and switch over to Wordpress, so the new url is:

http://twentysomethingandclueless.wordpress.com

and please update your feed readers with this:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/wordpress/20SC

Thanks so much, and see you over at the new blog! :)

-CC

PS. Does anyone know if it's possible to redirect traffic automatically over there from this page?

3WW: Words of a Malcontent

noreply@blogger.com (Shopgirl) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:51:00 +0000

I walked past my shadow twice today.
It was dragging its feet,
faint on the sidewalk from the weak winter sun.

So tired from late nights, unsatisfying jobs,
pretending to be a grown up, pretending not to care;
my entire being is begging
for a deep, dreamless slumber to rest my weary
head, heart, body.
“Please, please, please,”
they’re begging,
“give me what I want.”

Discontent and disconnect
wear me out.
"Please, please, please,"
I beg,
"give me what I want."

© Copyright Clueless Cat @http://twentysomethingandclueless.blogspot.com

3WW words: rest, sidewalk, twice

3WW: From Now On

noreply@blogger.com (Shopgirl) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:55:00 +0000

All I’d been waiting for, was for you to consider
the distance between us, physically, then
emotionally. I thought stepping away for a while
would do the trick, would make you miss me. But all it was, was me
waiting tortuously for a phone call, an email, anything
to indicate that you cared; waiting for something to break the silence magnified
by each and every
mile of distance between us.

How foolish I’ve been.
I, who made it too easy for you, practically
begging you to
take me for granted.
I became the person I wanted you to be:
affectionate, thoughtful, sweet for no reason,
and always,
always loving.
(It’s really too bad I can’t date myself.)

I owe myself an apology
for the way I failed me.
“I’m sorry,” I whisper. “No more,
no more.”

© Copyright Clueless Cat @ http://twentysomethingandclueless.blogspot.com

3WW Words: apology, consider, distant (I took the liberty of using 'distance' instead...)

3WW: All-Nighter**

noreply@blogger.com (Shopgirl) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:34:00 +0000

The sun slowly approached the sky,
peeking over the horizon, shy at first,
but quickly learning to blaze brightly.

The wind played with my hair,
curling and twisting it in the air,
moving just the way my body had been moving
only a few hours prior.

Another night has come and gone,
slipped out of grasp the way
smooth brown beer bottles slip out of drunken fingers –
loud and obvious but still
barely noticeable all the same.

Bed is calling my name.

Let the sun blaze away, shine in the spotlight
while I rest my weary head;
everybody needs a break once in a while.

© Copyright Clueless Cat @ http://twentysomethingandclueless.blogspot.com 2008

Words: approach, bottle, smooth

**Title still tentative

3 Word Wednesday: My First Attempt!

noreply@blogger.com (Shopgirl) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:23:00 +0000

In an attempt to keep up my poetry, I've started checking out blogs that give out prompts on a regular basis. This is my first attempt at a 3 Word Wednesday (3WW).

Tomorrow

My breath catches, heartbeats scatter
at the thought of what a far away tomorrow may bring:
you and me
breathing as one
scattered minds coming together...
tomorrow, tomorrow.

Words: breath, scattered, tomorrow

20SB Debates No.3: If you won the lottery...

noreply@blogger.com (Shopgirl) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:35:00 +0000

This fortnight's question at Twenty Something Bloggers:

If you won the lottery, would you keep it a secret?

First of all, this is going to be hypothetical if I won the lottery right at this moment in my life. I would definitely tell my parents and sister, and probably my maternal grandma. This is so I can buy them things - specifically, I'd buy my parents a house/apartment and pay for renovations if they find a place they like other than our current apartment, so that they don't have to pay for mortgage anymore. I'd also buy my grandma her house in California so that she doesn't have to worry about that either. Then I'd take my mom and sister and grandma shopping (jewellery first, then bags, shoes, and clothes).

After that, I would fly first class to move to New York and buy an amazing apartment there overlooking Central Park, so I can continue being a poor writer but not worry about rent. With the rest of the money, I would buy my boyfriend Colin the new Macbook Air and the iMac (his desktop is literally in pieces on his bedroom floor, and his G4 is really...old. haha).

After I've done that, I'd probably just put the rest of away in savings to pay for utilities, plane tickets to visit family, and travelling. And I'd be happy.

That's all! :)

What would you do if you won the lottery?

Other bloggers:
Ana@eclectic closet
Donna@A Glass Full of W(h)ine
Rachel-Catherine
James@The Ink

20SB Debates No. 2: New Year's Resolutions

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:38:00 +0000

(2nd round of questions on Twenty Something Bloggers' fortnightly debate.)

It's time for new years resolutions. What is one thing about yourself that you are definitely NOT changing?

I've had some hard times last year, in relation to family, my career (& finances), my friends, and my love life - basically all aspects of my life! (Again, quarterlife crisis, anyone??) I think the one thing about myself that I am keeping is my optimism.

I've always been quite an optimistic, happy person, and yeah ok, I wasn't so optimistic during the last quarter of the year, but seeing how everything's turned around so quickly has really brought it back to stay! Being jobless for so long, then suddenly being offered a job and then getting another interview (still haven't heard back yet, btw); being single for a year and a half, and then towards then end when I was realizing that although for the most part I didn't mind it, I was ready for a relationship again, Colin came into my life and turned it upside down and brought it right back up again, higher than I was before; even finding out who my real friends are - I have to say, everything really is ok in the end, even though this is really more the end of a beginning.

This year, I refuse to get suckered down into another "my life sucks, I'm so depressed" mode, because, as I said above, everything really does turn out fine, if not better.

If anything, I have to be an optimist now that I'm in a long distance relationship. It's going to be tough, and being depressed about it will only make it tougher. So, dear God, I will cling on to my optimism as hard as I can, because He only knows I'll really need it this year, if only to keep my relationship alive.

Other 20SB's opinions:

Chasing Paradise
Maxie
Very Bad Cat

20SB Debates No. 1: To tell, or not to tell?

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:19:00 +0000

This is the first of a fortnightly debate on Twenty Something Bloggers that I'll be participating in. If you want to be linked at the bottom, leave a comment here or click on the question to be taken to the discussion page.

Would you tell your friend if you didn't like his/her partner?

Actually, at the moment I don't like the boyfriend that my best friend Leah's boyfriend...at all. The thing about Leah is that this is her first 'serious' relationship (out of two), and the first one where she knew she wanted to be with him to begin with. During our uni days she was the wild one, always going out and meeting new boys and having several one night stands that didn't mean anything, and she didn't care about it. It wasn't a lack of self-esteem thing, it was more of a "I can do it, so why not?" attitude.

So the fact that she really likes this guy and claims to be in love and that it's been more than 3 months, are all reason as to why I really want to like this guy. Too bad he's kind of an asshole.

The first time I met him he barely even said hi before he got up and went somewhere else; the second time he didn't really say much but was ok, bought myself and another girl friend a drink and I chatted to him for maybe 3 minutes before him and Leah left to another club; and the third time was at a friend's birthday dinner. I was outside having a cigarette with one of my friends and he came out and since I knew he smoked, asked if he wanted one, but he just kinda glanced at me and was like "I don't smoke that shit anymore" and walked back into the restaurant. WTF? A simple "No, thanks" would have sufficed, especially since I was clearly "smoking that shit".

Plus, I know he's a major pothead and it's not like pot is that much better for your throat/lungs. So whatever.

For the most part I just try to ignore that he's Leah's boyfriend, and don't really say anything when she brings him up. I still love her to bits but since he moved to HK we don't really see each other that often, mostly because every time I ask her to do something she wants to check with him and see what he's doing first. Which is kind of annoying, but he is pretty much her first love so I understand why she's like that.

Ugh.

The reason I choose not to say anything is because before all this happened, my other friend started dating a guy I don't really like, and she knew that I didn't like him. I think she felt bad for liking him when a ton of her friends don't, and I don't want to make a friend feel that uncomfortable again. So since then I've shut up and just kept it to myself. After all, she's the one dating him, not me. (Thank God.)

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For other bloggers' opinions, click below:

Lee Doyle
Maxie