Friday, January 05, 2007
It's NOT a New Years Resolution
So the New Year came in with a toothbrushing, getting ready for bed thing while next door someone at the new neighbors New Years Party was howling at the top of their lungs Frat Style: "Whooooo!" For like 5 minutes.
I can say with certainty, that until Alessandra and I instituted "The Loser's Ball" open house for people with nothing better to do, I never, never, EVER had fun on New Years Eve.
And, I've never really kept a New Years Resolution, especially those years where I said, "Ok this year is going to be completely different from last year. This year I'm going to get a girlfriend and have SEX!" But I digress.
It's only coincidental that shortly after the first of the year circumstances led me back to my cycling trainer (now that Dr. J is out of the basement, I'm long overdue for some Cardio), as well as a desire to teach myself how to draw (in order to make a better mentor). In fact, just last night at Borders, I picked up a bargain book on Songwriting, telling myself that sometime in the next 6 months I'm going to write a song. I'm also keeping a nightly journal where I can log the positive shit that occured that day, so I stop focusing on the negative; though I began that last month.
As a rule there is no reason why we can't constantly seek to do more and creative things with our lives. I have to do something to counterbalance the TV. But really, they AREN'T New Years resolutions, they don't have that kind of weight. I'm always working to be the Best Damn Cap'n I can be.
I can say with certainty, that until Alessandra and I instituted "The Loser's Ball" open house for people with nothing better to do, I never, never, EVER had fun on New Years Eve.
And, I've never really kept a New Years Resolution, especially those years where I said, "Ok this year is going to be completely different from last year. This year I'm going to get a girlfriend and have SEX!" But I digress.
It's only coincidental that shortly after the first of the year circumstances led me back to my cycling trainer (now that Dr. J is out of the basement, I'm long overdue for some Cardio), as well as a desire to teach myself how to draw (in order to make a better mentor). In fact, just last night at Borders, I picked up a bargain book on Songwriting, telling myself that sometime in the next 6 months I'm going to write a song. I'm also keeping a nightly journal where I can log the positive shit that occured that day, so I stop focusing on the negative; though I began that last month.
As a rule there is no reason why we can't constantly seek to do more and creative things with our lives. I have to do something to counterbalance the TV. But really, they AREN'T New Years resolutions, they don't have that kind of weight. I'm always working to be the Best Damn Cap'n I can be.
