01 January 2008
♥ so this is the new year?
New Year's resolutions seem like kind of a waste of time to me. Who ever dropped sixty pounds and proclaimed, "It's all thanks to that resolution I made while in a drunken stupor at the beginning of January!"
I also don't like them because it usually means that my gym, which I hate, hate, HATE going to anyway, is wayyyy more crowded from January to February. I run into this problem every year, because I remember that I don't want to get doughy right around November. I think I have more right to be there, though, since I started first.
But what's really dumb about resolutions is that they're totally nebulous. Nobody ever sticks to them. So this year, rather than resolving to kick world hunger or learn to crochet, I've decided to stick to some slightly more doable resolutions.
1. Drink more water. Everyone needs to drink more water. I don't know anyone who drinks ten 8-ounce glasses of water a day. Plus, if I don't keep track and someone asks me about it, I can just be like "Yeah... At least it seems like I'm drinking more water, don't you think?" Foolproof.
2. Watch a lot of hockey. True, watching sports isn't necessarily good or bad for you, but I think that as an American (no, not Canadian, shut up) it's my obligation to have an in-depth understanding of at least one sport. Plus it seems like a good resolution to make, since I know I'll be watching lots of hockey anyway.
3. Graduate. Again, self-explanatory. Of course I'm going to graduate: I have enough credits as of this semester. I might as well throw it on this list so next May I can feel a little better about myself for having completed at least one resolution before the year is even half-over! Mission accomplished.
4. Find some new music to like. I like music. As long as I'm listening to it constantly, I guess I might as well broaden my horizons, branch out, see the world, etc. (If anyone has any brilliant ideas, feel free to help me out with this one.)
5. Continue to adore my idol, sun, moon, stars, air I breathe, etc., also known as JT. As long as he stays sexy, this shouldn't be a problem.
6. Read a book every month. That is twelve books in one year, which really isn't very many. Plus I'm counting books read for school. Cosmo just isn't intellectual enough for me these days.
7. Get a job. I was planning on it second semester, anyway. Now that I'm all applied to college and everything, I have considerably less to worry about, and at the top of that list is limited fundage. I'm scratching PetSmart and King Soop's off that list. Maybe somewhere a little more glamorous, this time.
8. Save a life. If you've known me for awhile, you've probably come to realize that I have quite the knack for rescuing stray dogs, especially on holidays. If no mutts come a'knocking this year, however, I'll settle for insects. Nobody likes a dead spider in their house. One trip outside and 8 is taken care of.
9. Make up for a shitty time at junior prom. Prom '07 was terrible, horrible, no good, very bad. In fact, it was just downright awful. Gross food, date I couldn't stand who wouldn't even take me out to dinner to avoid gross food, otherwise decent photos ruined by jerk date, yadda yadda yadda. This year, not only do I plan on attending with a date I can stand to look at, I'm also thinking of stepping the fun-factor up a notch by doing all those post-prom things you can do when you're 18.
10. Bring sexy back. How hard can it be?
I also don't like them because it usually means that my gym, which I hate, hate, HATE going to anyway, is wayyyy more crowded from January to February. I run into this problem every year, because I remember that I don't want to get doughy right around November. I think I have more right to be there, though, since I started first.
But what's really dumb about resolutions is that they're totally nebulous. Nobody ever sticks to them. So this year, rather than resolving to kick world hunger or learn to crochet, I've decided to stick to some slightly more doable resolutions.
1. Drink more water. Everyone needs to drink more water. I don't know anyone who drinks ten 8-ounce glasses of water a day. Plus, if I don't keep track and someone asks me about it, I can just be like "Yeah... At least it seems like I'm drinking more water, don't you think?" Foolproof.
2. Watch a lot of hockey. True, watching sports isn't necessarily good or bad for you, but I think that as an American (no, not Canadian, shut up) it's my obligation to have an in-depth understanding of at least one sport. Plus it seems like a good resolution to make, since I know I'll be watching lots of hockey anyway.
3. Graduate. Again, self-explanatory. Of course I'm going to graduate: I have enough credits as of this semester. I might as well throw it on this list so next May I can feel a little better about myself for having completed at least one resolution before the year is even half-over! Mission accomplished.
4. Find some new music to like. I like music. As long as I'm listening to it constantly, I guess I might as well broaden my horizons, branch out, see the world, etc. (If anyone has any brilliant ideas, feel free to help me out with this one.)
5. Continue to adore my idol, sun, moon, stars, air I breathe, etc., also known as JT. As long as he stays sexy, this shouldn't be a problem.
6. Read a book every month. That is twelve books in one year, which really isn't very many. Plus I'm counting books read for school. Cosmo just isn't intellectual enough for me these days.
7. Get a job. I was planning on it second semester, anyway. Now that I'm all applied to college and everything, I have considerably less to worry about, and at the top of that list is limited fundage. I'm scratching PetSmart and King Soop's off that list. Maybe somewhere a little more glamorous, this time.
8. Save a life. If you've known me for awhile, you've probably come to realize that I have quite the knack for rescuing stray dogs, especially on holidays. If no mutts come a'knocking this year, however, I'll settle for insects. Nobody likes a dead spider in their house. One trip outside and 8 is taken care of.
9. Make up for a shitty time at junior prom. Prom '07 was terrible, horrible, no good, very bad. In fact, it was just downright awful. Gross food, date I couldn't stand who wouldn't even take me out to dinner to avoid gross food, otherwise decent photos ruined by jerk date, yadda yadda yadda. This year, not only do I plan on attending with a date I can stand to look at, I'm also thinking of stepping the fun-factor up a notch by doing all those post-prom things you can do when you're 18.
10. Bring sexy back. How hard can it be?
1/01/2008
