Ostrich, Resolution
Revisit notions of beauty and ugliness–all notions, actually–plus get my head out of the sand and not plunge it back there again. This is the closest I’m going to come to a new year resolution. Of sorts (, out of sorts). Last year, it was consistency and balance and I’m happy to reminisce that I’ve almost been successful. When I’ve eaten, drunk or slept too much (or too little), slept and woken at odd hours, been workaholic or too-lazy, been extreme in other words, at least I’ve pursued one end consistently for many days. And then the opposite for an equal number of days. Which balances it out in the end, I suppose.
So there it is for 2010: revisiting and clear-eyedness. This ostrich, which is ugly or beautiful depending on how you look at it and does not have its head buried in the sand, is a mascot.
Oh, and I hope y’all noticed how I’ve done some dusting and cleaning around here with categories and links. This look, I think, will stay for a while. I’ve been playing around with it too much and there’s no reason to give up on consistency just because the year’s over.
Happy 2010! 
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Hey, happy 2010 to you, too, Anindita! The ostrich is beautiful, the theme is fresh and lovely. Wish you the best for your first collection!
Btw, where do you get all these nice themes? Do they work on free WP blogs?
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:45 PM
hny to you too! i love this new look!
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:51 PM
@Ashish: Thanks! I think you need to have your blog hosted on your own domain for many of these to work.
@SB: Thank you. Congrats on your column.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Hmmm… Thanks!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Really lovely look. And I like your resolution too. If you look hard enough, everything does look beautiful. But sometimes I think that is a danger, too.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:40 PM
That’s what I can call my first book @ Ostrich, Resolution. Tres cool!
Happy New Year!
My resolution is to try not to turn into a complete sociopath. I thought I’d keep things simple this year.
(I am happy that I am in the “shiny people” category. Many people do not say that about my tribe very frequently unless it refers to the oil deposits in the T zone.)
January 4th, 2010 at 4:06 PM
@Banno: Thankee my dear! And yes, I know what you mean…that’s why I’m determined to be clear-eyed in both ways. Let’s see how that goes :-S
@Sche: Thank you. Book? — when, when?
That’s a good resolution. Simplicity is best, I’m realising as I grow older and wiser.
Yes, you are shiny and glossy and gleaming etc which is why you must start blogging again.
January 5th, 2010 at 12:05 PM
I am writing here now – subworst.wordpress.com
As usual insulting my new discipline and people in my life. The humdrum.
Come visit.