cup of ambition...(playlist for January 30 - February 5)

1) Confession:  I love Dolly Parton...many a bad day drive home has been spent singing a long with her (if you are looking for a back-up singer Dolly I am here waiting).

2) I cannot wait until March when I get to see this guy and Cary Brothers...he is quickly becoming my new favorite.

3) Awful video....amazing song (and artist)

4) One of my all time favorites...

5) The Civil Wars have been one of my favorite duos for a long time.  In celebration of their new album one of my favorite singles from them.

6) Sometimes I find myself liking artists that I would never have guessed I would have.  Marina and the Diamonds falls into that category.

7) I can't tell you how excited I have been for Adele's new album.  Since getting it I have been listening to it 90% of the time...

8) It's songs like this that make me realize that the gap between my generation and my parents' might not be that large...

kul ‘am wa antum bikhair! aka new year = new goals

although I am less than thrilled at my current prospects (in all aspects) I have decided that instead of moping I am going to

“wake-up and die right” as my father would say.

With that in mind here are a few of my goals for the new year…

1) wake-up after 1 “snoozing” session

2) blog more…(as I am not a very good blogger I feel like this post is already accomplishing this goal…)

3) read 52 books by the end of the year.

4) only go out to eat twice a week

5) try to understand the gospel outside of my own cultural context

6) find more amazing music (aka go to concerts more!!)

7) train for a MARATHON!!!!

These are all things that I have wanted to do for quite some time…and now that I am only working part-time and not going to school I have no excuses!