Grinchy Guys & Gals

I read an article today about the top 50 grinchy and jolly sports personalities.  I'd say I only really knew about 20% of the names listed and of those 20% I pretty much agreed with most (except Rex Ryan being jolly - I just don't see it!)  Anyway, I thought it might be fun to expand their list a bit outside of the sports world seeing as though, I know nothing about sports other than the local teams.  Tonight I'll do the grinches since they seem to be much more memorable and tomorrow are the nice girls and guys, saving the best for last.

1.  Mike Tomlin: I know I'm supposed to be branching out of the sports world but I'm shocked he didn't make the original list.  I might just have a grudge against the guy because he's the Steelers head coach or it may have something to do with the fact he cheated and almost tripped one of the Ravens.  Either way, he always looks grumpy and just an all around not nice person.

2. Edward Snowden: The guy is portraying himself as a patriot for free speech however, he's going about it in completely the wrong way.  He never attempted to share information through the proper channels.  He went directly to the press and shared possibly harmful information with no thought towards the consequences.  I'm all for free speech and I'm behind the Guardian reporters, but Snowden knew who he was working for and took an oath. He could have harmed so many more people than he helped.

3. Vladamir Putin: What the Russian government is doing to persecute the LGBT community is shameful and he's the figure head of this movement. There are numerous other offenses as well, most of which I'm sure we'll never know about. 

4. Miley Cyrus & Justin Bieber:  Neither are particularly grumpy however, they're both entirely too cocky and self-involved for their own good.  I'm sure it's never occurred to them that the earth doesn't revolve around every small and embarassing thing they do at any particular moment of the day. And we'd actually rather not see instagrammed evidence of their exploits.

5. US Congress: If shutting down the entire US Government because of a disagreement with another party doesn't constitute the peak of grinchiness, I'm not sure what does.

New Year. New Resolutions.

I usually don't buy into the whole resolution thing but I'm determined to make them and follow them this year.

1. I opened a Twitter account that I resolve to use as a way to stay positive.  I plan to twitter (tweet?, twit?) one positive thing that has happened each day.  I'm still trying to figure this whole thing out so I'm guessing it's not going to be properly exciting for a bit but we'll see how it goes.

2. I resolve to eat a little better and a little less.  I was doing really well there for a while but I've definitely fallen off the wagon in the last few months.

3. I resolve to pay off most of my debts so that if the England thing pops up, I'll be debt-free as a bird.

4. I resolve to be a little creative.  I'll scrapbook more, create more, and design more...hopefully.

2012 was a pretty great but slightly uneventful year, but I finally feel that I've got a plan and I'm moving towards something.  Here's to 2013...the year I'll turn (cough, cough) 3-0 and will hopefully find Mr. Right.

Happy New Year!