Happy Spring!

Yay! Spring is here! Can't you just feel it in the air? In that blustery, cold, biting air that blows over the snowy ground? Ok, maybe not. But happy Spring anyway. I, for one, am glad it's here.

Signs of Spring:

* Cat is shedding. Lots of shedding. Lots and lots.
* Have to tell the roommate to eat some of the eggs in the fridge.
* All clothes are too warm or too cold for the weather.
* New lines of makeup are beckoning to Laura, begging her to spend money on the pretty colours!

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Just sent off a package to the boy. I hope it gets there ok.

I recently decided to say goodbye to the Invisible Girl. This is my term for me when I'm:
* kept out of the loop because people don't care enough to keep me in
* ignored by people when I'm trying to attract them
* treated like the little minor heavenly body that gets eclipsed because it's in the shadow of greater things
* not served drinks at the bar in ManRay despite the fact that I'm waving money (and other things) in the bartender's face
* made to feel insignificant.

I will swear up and down that these things are not just about my attitude. If they were, they'd happen all the time, every time. Instead, they just happen often. I wasn't saying goodbye to a defeatist attitude. I was saying that I would never again allow people to treat me like that. It's not so much about being the center of attention. It's about not being on the fringe so often.

I resolve that from now on:

* Friends who I don't see often will e-mail me to say hi, without my always e-mailing them first. (This has already started. I have been surprised and gratified.)
* I will be among the first to know what's going on with people I care about, especially if it involves me too.
* New cool people will introduce themselves to me in the hopes of striking up a conversation. (I do this occasionally when I see someone reading a good book or knitting.)
* Someone will ask me to dance or at least flirt with me the next time I go to ManRay, if I just smile at them.
* Someone will call me just to chat. I may initiate this, just to get the ball rolling. It's something I used to do frequently, until I realized no one ever did it to me.

So yeah, I resolve not to be invisible. I resolve to be noticeable. My friend M once told me that I have that "Something" that tisana was talking about having in her last post, that made men fall for me constantly. I don't seem to have it anymore. Whatever it is, it can help make friends too, and just make you an all-around more attractive human being. And I want it back, gods damn it.

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Shite. It seems like only some of the comments I've made on friends LJs are showing up. And it seems like LJ is about 4 1/2 hours behind on sending e-mail notifications of comments. Bleah.

Three happy things of the day:

1. Memories of a great Saturday and the people I spent it with. (Did I mention I love you guys?)

2. Chance to do laundry at last!

3. GOOD song stuck in my head: "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones. I <3 the Ramones! :)