if I put it on the internet, it has to be true

I had two minor epiphanies in the past 24 hours:

1) There is this greek yogurt that's available at Trader Joe's called "Fage"- I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and pronounce it as 'phage' and not 'fag-e'- and it's the greatest thing ever. Even the 0% one. Especially with apricot preserves stirred in.

2) I am really good at thinking of lots of ideas and even doing some of them... but completing them is another matter. In fact, you could go so far as to say I never really finish anything. I've sort of known this all along, but it took someone I work with telling it to me to sorta get me to, you know, really know it. Apparently I've developed a reputation around here as a whiz kid but I need to be 'sat upon' (her words-- eew) to get something done. And... yeah, it's pretty true with everything I do.

As I said, I have been aware of this for a while. A college roommate who I would often jam with would always get pissed about the fact that I know basically every song ever recorded... halfway through. So he'd be all psyched to pull out some random song that I could play along with, and then understandably get miffed when we got to the bridge and I couldn't fudge my way through it. This, again, is due to the fact that I never really finish things-- as far as guitar goes, I'll usually just learn the main riff and chorus for songs, and consider my job done.

With some things in life it may be a self-defense mechanism... I can get things almost done, prove to myself that I can do it, and then write off any of the flaws to the project's incompleteness. That way I never do anything that isn't perfect!

I'm trying to break this get-it-90%-done-then-leave-it habit by actually following through on things. I'm learning a bunch of cover songs w/ my friend Jon so we can be armed with some Police and Radiohead the next time an open mic night comes around and as a result I'm forcing myself to learn songs all the way through. I engineered and produced my band's album and as a reward, got 1,000 copies of it (900 or so of which are in my car now. Want to buy a CD? :) ) Even this blog is in some ways a test of my ability to come up with a coherent thought and regurgitate it.

So anyhow, I don't know if what this lady told me will affect my approach to work for my last couple of months here, but I should really try to get out of that habit before I go back to school. Because, like, this time counts, you know?