January

It is by now 2009. Very exciting. Drinking my coffee, writing a blog for blog's sake. My shoulder has been hurting for a couple of days now. Not at all sure why. I'm hoping its a "travelling pain" and will go away. 5 dangerous words you know,
"maybe it will go away". But I"m going to risk it now.
My drug company has let me know that 1 of my heart medications is no longer covered. Rather nice of them no? Not worried, I'm sure the shitty generic will do for me.
I proposed 2 ideas for myself for the new year. Not resolutions, I don't do resolutions. Just 2 ideas I'd like to do.
The first one is this. See the New York Times list online. Pick one book from fiction and 1 book from non-fiction and read them. Figured 2 books a month isn't a bad idea. I mean after all, not much on television. I was a fan of reality shows when they first came out.
The concept was so new and so fresh. It had not been done in ages. I remember I'd gone back to school, and would race home. School was 20 miles from where I lived. It was after all the very first season of Survivor.
Reality shows now litter the landscape of television like so much new year eve confetti. So many of them, so much garbage. Showing not real life. Rather showing how low some will sink for a piece of fame. Unwatchable pablum. But I digress. Tend to do that you know.
Anyway, my idea for the books was to get them from the library. Problem there is this, apparently I owe them money. I vaguely have been aware of it. Think it's from an over due book on cd. But I hope to resolve this, this very weekend. Thought I may even start another blog on the discussion of the books. A truly bizarre online book club huh?
The second idea is one that even I cannot comprehend. Coin collecting. You see I do seem to have a few coins around. Seems I might be able to learn from it and it might be free.
The problem is in the people I have encountered thus far. Very quirky, angry coin store owners. Both who did not want to be bothered. Both who did not give me any information or starting place. The last one told me to do some research and then we'd talk. Well if I do the research, I probably won't need him.
So these are my 2 hobbies ideas thus far. I've done no research. I've not read the New York Times book list. And not settled with the library. Stay tuned?