Cartoon Art Museum

I know, I know, it's been so long since I posted. I'm a horrible blogger! Wahh! I'm trying my best, but school keeps me so busy! Anyways..
I went to the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco this past Saturday the 16th with a friend. It was free because they were doing a G.I. Joe movie promotion. They had cosplayers around the building and they were also giving movie passes. I'm not sure if there was any thing else for it because I was too shy to ask. I don't actually follow G.I. Joe, but I still wanted to get a picture. If anyone knows what characters they're cosplaying and tells me, then you are awesome.
The museum was pretty cool. I wasn't actually sure what type of art I would see there. I didn't really know any of the artists and most of the art was unrecognizable to me, but It all still looked so awesome!! I learned that comics started in 1906 and I read a really old comic from 1913. I thought that was really cool. The back room had a lot of Looney Tunes, so that's really what I recognized. My friend pointed out that someone illustrated a poem called Owl and Pussy (correct me if I'm wrong please) and I read it aloud. Tee hee.
Anyways, here's our picture. I'm on the furthest left if you couldn't tell. I am wearing a Captain America shield sweater (from men's section of Target) and my new hat I got from a Goorin Brothers trunk show/sample sale. Only $10! Sorry, had to plug that in. I will definitely share the info here if I hear about it soon enough.

Here's to 2013!

Hello to the new year! Although it's already the 9th day of it, I have yet to really sit down and think about my resolutions. This isn't something I have been doing for many years, or even regularly the past few. Okay, fine. I've only done it like once.
I usually go through the year thinking about improvements I need to make about myself and see what I can do about it then. I never really thought of the new year being like a clean slate. I really just liked celebrating. New Years with my family has just always been the best holiday celebration! Anyways, going through the year randomly thinking hasn't completely helped, so I thought I would give this New Year's resolution thing a go. Writing it down (and especially publicly) may just keep me on the path!

• Start a real skin regime
  I am really lucky to have the skin I do because I don't break out often, my skin is pretty smooth, and I don't have too much redness all while not washing my face everyday and not always washing off my make up. Some days I just get lazy, but after more breakouts than normal this past 2012 and having stared at my blackheads and huge pores, I really want to do something about it.
  I don't actually know where to start, so if any of you out there have any tips for me, they shall be greatly welcome!
• Become an "Early to bed and early to rise[r]"
  Okay, so I'm not on a good start with this (and haven't been for these 9 days). Proof being the time that I am posting this. I think all the stress and lack of sleep have been a big factor to my 2012 break outs, so I want to change that. Plus, I think it's better for my health. Which brings me to...
• Have a healthier lifestyle
  I want to start scheduling myself to exercise so that I will actually do it. I want to start eating smaller portions, more fruits, and vegetables. I want to start cooking myself instead of going out to eat all the time. Health is very important and I really want to start feeling more energized instead of tired and sluggish all the time. I think that it is because of my current college lifestyle.
• Be better at keeping track of my finances
  I need to start budgeting, not just spending until I have barely anything for the month and then starving until the next. Okay, I haven't been starving, but I tend to buy unnecessary things at the beginning of the month and end up eating canned/frozen foods until the end of the month which is not healthy.
• Be a better girlfriend
  I am so lucky to have my boyfriend because I don't think I could have survived 2012 the way I did without him. I really depend on him for a lot and tended to push all my frustrations and stress on him. He still stuck with me though. I really want to stop pushing my negativity on him and find healthier alternatives. That is my number 1 goal with this, but I also want to allot more time together and cook real meals for him.
• Be a better daughter
  I am extremely lucky to have my parents. I really owe them a lot. I want to start helping around more often such as doing more chores, but I also want to help financially so I need to get a part-time job this semester. I want to strike up real quality conversations as well so that we can really get to know each other better. 
• Be a better officer for League of Filipino Students
  It is the organization I am an officer for at SFSU. I need to get on my A game for fundraising and to be better at reaching deadlines. Other than those duties, I really want to get involved as much as possible and to learn as much as I can. I want to really get to know everyone in the organization as well. And last, but not least...
• Be a better blogger
  As you all can see, I do not update often. I make lists of ideas and things to blog about and never pull through. 

If any of you have tips for any of these goals, they would be very much appreciated!
Have you been able to follow through with any of your New Year's Resolutions?

**EDIT**
This is also the year that I want to open up my Calamari Designs shop! After thinking about it passively for years, I will really do it this year!

Happy New Year!

Just stopping in to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!!

Currently Watching: The Walking Dead/Doctor Who

My oh my, who is full? I hope you had a great Thanksgiving or Thursday. I am actually hungry right now.
Anyways, with my Friday off of school and no plans for Black Friday shopping, I decided to catch up on a lot of watching.  All while working on an essay (side note: why is it that when breaks roll around, teachers assume you have all the free time in the world now and assign more work?) I have actually been watching a lot since last I posted my Currently Watching page, but today Friday was just The Walking Dead and Doctor Who.
Well here's the update:

• Doctor Who
• Specials  Finally watched Planet of the Dead
• Series 5   added 10,11,12,13 meaning 13/13!
• Series 6   14/14
• Series 7     1,2, half of 3, and 5 --> Angels Take Manhattan was actually my first episode >.<
• Gossip Girl
• Season 5 added 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 meaning 24/24!
• Season 6  1,2,3
• The Walking Dead
• Season 2 Rewatched half, then watched the last 3 episodes where I had left off, so 13/13!
• Season 3 Skipped the first 2 episodes because they weren't on demand, so 3,4,5,6
  All caught up! I will watch those first 2 eventually...

Commentary:

• Doctor Who
• It is a really good series. I am somehow still not loving the 11th Doctor. The episodes with him seem a lot darker and I think I'm too scared maybe. I thought I'd get used to him like I did the 10th, but it still hasn't sunk in. I know they say that you never forget your first Doctor and although my first episode was with the 11th, I still consider the 9th my first. I miss him. His time was too short. 13 episodes is simply not enough. I did really really really enjoy the 10th Doctor though. The 10th Doctor was like the face of Doctor Who for me because of Tumblr though. I miss him a lot too. 
• Glee
• I am hearing awesome things about the latest episode. I need to catch up. But... sadly I'm getting kind of bored.
• Gossip Girl
• I really am getting quite bored, but I want to finish what I started. Haha. I started watching my first semester of college. I wonder if I will stop when I graduate.... Very soon, very soon... I hope it doesn't continue after I graduate. Is that bad of me?
• The Walking Dead
• Super want to watch the 1st two episodes of season 3!!! I spoiled everything for myself by reading, but it's fine because I still get surprised >.< Why am I like that?

I may start Sherlock very soon...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Because today is the 4th Thursday in November, I would like to wish all of you wonderful bloggers and blog readers a Happy Thanksgiving! If you do not celebrate Thanksgiving, well then a Happy Thursday to you!

Being thankful is always a good thing to be though, not just certain days in a year.

I don't mean to tell anyone how to live their life. I just wanted to have a space to write down my feelings, so I thank you for that!

I just want to remind myself here that I have so much to be thankful for. I have a loving family, good friends, and love in my life. I have a roof over my head, clothes on my back, and a soon to come Thanksgiving feast!
Life is precious and that is why our time on earth is precious, so I should be thankful each day I wake up and spend my days living life with love.

Happy life to you all!

New Page: Currently Watching

With break here, I have time to catch up on television series. I have just put up a new page to help me keep track of where I am in my favorite series. I will just be periodically updating it whenever I watch more episodes. It is really just there to help me keep track, but you are welcome to take a look and comment with your own favorite television shows or comments on the episodes themselves!

Here's the link: http://cal-a-mari.blogspot.com/p/television-series-i-watch.html
or you can look on the sidebar, under 'Pages' :]