Monday January 5, 2009
New Year's Resolutions
Inevitably, one of my resolutions was to stop posting on this blog. Who cares about what I write here? Who reads this pap? Why in the world am I sharing all this seemingly personal stuff? Whatever. It's gone on too long to stop and I still have more to say. I know you're reading and I have things to tell you. Here are some of my resolutions:
- As of this morning, I have given up I Can Has Cheezburger, I Has a Hot Dog and Style Forum, though I'd already given that one up except for the
Shoe Damage Report & Porn Central
thread. More sites are going to get chopped soon. I'm wasting my life away on the internet.
- At a lovely late lunch, my first meal on the first day of the year, I suddenly decided to stop eating red meat and I haven't eaten red meat since. We'll see how long that lasts.
- I had already been putting a quarter in a jar every time I swore at work, but now, every time I swear, I give a quarter to whomever it is I'm speaking with at the moment. I've been spending about $3 a day this way, which in some states, is more expensive than smoking.
- I was given some lovely Paul Smith notebooks (thanks Dave!) and have begun keeping a daily written diary. I've done this before both on paper and on the computer and I'm always glad to go back and read what I've written. These are interesting times and they should be recorded.
- I'm thinking very seriously of giving up
The New York Times Magazine
. I'm at least six months behind and falling even further (farther?) behind every week and yet I keep starting them. And before you ask, no, there is no middle ground. I either read them cover to cover or I don't.
- I was thinking a lot about Twitter and starting a Twitter blog but that train has left the station, I have no more time for any more of anything, and no one cares what I have to say anyway! I just like the idea. Dan Benjamin wrote a great piece on Twitter, the death of blogging and the personal web that kind of sums up ideas I've had in regards to this and the desire I feel to be apart of it. It makes me feel like RSS did back in the early 00's but this time, I'm going to pass.
- I'm going to make the commitment and spend the money and get the furniture. Soon. I promise.
I still can't get over the fact that this is the first year I've not resolved to quit smoking and have come so far and improved so much in so many ways that my resolutions are somewhat silly and superfluous. Either way, the improvement continues to feel good.