Sunday, 11 January 2009

• F.r.e.s.h

  Well,
  Believe it or not, I have a placeholder blog on Dec 31st, for a year in review, but I don't have time to write out such a long blog yet. In the meantime, I have a New Year's resolution! And it's definitely not your standard lose weight/eat more greens/have more sex sort of resolution.
  Ok ok, having more sex is not a resolution anyone actually makes. They just wish it was so. But I thought I'd put it in there, you know. To make sure you were paying attention.
  And now that I have it, your attention that is, I would like you to know that my New Year's resolution is to actually answer my phone this year. Yes, you may have seen this on my Facebook status already, but really, it deserves its own blog.
  
  As do the following:
  
  - Listening to really good music this year
  Last year was just so much bad hip-hop. I've already started this year with a bang- Lady Gaga's Just Dance, We Are Rockstars' Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Kevin Rudolph Ft L'il Wayne's Let It Rock, and Flo Rida's Right Round being the chart toppers currently. And yes, I know they released last year, but I just started really liking them, aite?!. Good music makes me dance. Dancing makes me happy. Ninety percent of popular hip-hop does not make me happy. It makes me disgusted. Being disgusted does not make for good dancing.
  
  - Believing in myself.
  I took some hits in self confidence last year for many things. And I'm not sure how I'm going to achieve this one yet, it was hard enough to build the first time. But we aren't starting from scratch, and I'm older and able to do it myself this time, instead of relying on some boy to do it for me, so maybe this won't be such a hard resolution to keep after all.
  
  - Cutting the procrastination.
  No, really. 2008 was awful. Everything that could be done later, was done so. I paid insane amounts of late fees, (on pretty much everything but my cable and credit card bills), missed out on some good opportunities, lived a in pig-sty, practically, and didn't really get anything done that couldn't have been done way, way, better.
  
  -Dancing.
  A lot more than I have been doing. In high school, I danced with the radio up and the lights out. In college, I stopped. And after I graduated, I forgot. It's time to bring it back.
  
  - Cutting the crap
  The general catch-all for seeing no evil, speaking no evil, hearing no evil, and most importantly, doing no evil. I was a general bitch to most people last year, and while it helped cut a lot of chaff, I've also taken some people truly for granted. I resolve to actually question each bad mood and keep them in check, before I start being nasty, especially to one Boy. This one also includes cutting Internet junk time- especially Facebook time. I did decrease it substantially at the beginning of last year, but it increased during stress levels
  
  -Getting to bed early!
  While this one is self-explanatory at best, it's worth mentioning that I need to look rested/pretty/fresh for my wedding! And this kind of thing doesn't clear up overnight, so the earlier I start, the more chances I actually have of achieving this.
  
  - Eating out less, and eating at cheaper places more often.
  This one is going to be hard to keep, but I need to do it. I spent far too much cash last year, and gained too many extra pounds because of my fascination with Chi-town's admittedly wonderful bars and eateries. Becoming a food-snob on everything you're paid is easy. Being cheap while still being a foodie, a challenge. But one, sadly, that has to be achieved.
  
  -And lastly, answering my phone:
   I went into super-flake mode last year. I'm not sure why. I had vague notions that if one ex-roommate could get away with it, and still have friends, I could do it too. As well as not really wanting to talk to anybody. But that was to my own detriment. I missed people. I missed talking. I missed people wanting to talk to me. I missed being...interesting.
  
  Well, there you have it. My very fresh, very non-standard resolutions for 2009. Will they be achieved? Will I come close to becoming the person I want after achieving them? Only time will tell. Tune in this time, this channel, December 2009!
  
  

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