my new year's eve

a little bit about my day while i have a few moments to blog.

my holidays were merry and bright. i reprised my role as "Buncle Baevfs" for the holidays. lots of driving here and there leaves me a bit tuckered out. for those who are curious what i got, i got some video games, some books and some money. all things i enjoy. maybe most importantly, i learned that my favorite Apples To Apples combination is "Bright" and "Hiroshima 1945".

i only slept 5 hours last night because i stayed up doing a super secret web project that will no doubt make me a goolgillionaire. but i've been under a lot of year end stress. i have 2 big sites to deploy this week (and a 3rd and 4th one on the backburner). i worked a bit on my secret project over the holidays and then started back at work on Wednesday (the day after Xmas) last week. i've hardly rested and feel a exhaustion crash coming on possibly this weekend.

i spent today working hard while my girlfriend, she-who-must-not-be-named, sat in my living room playing Super Mario Bros. 3 on my Wii. those of you with half a brain can see immediately how perfect she-who-must-not-be-named (Jessie) is for me. we drank coffee from my new coffee maker, she did my laundry, i paced around and played a little shamisen while i worked.

we're going out tonight to some parties but i think the both of us could call it a night at 10pm. i wish New Year's was a bit more like Christmas where you rush to go to sleep and then get excited to wake up and it's the new year!!!... but it's not.

i realize as i post this people on other coasts (like the 3rd coast) are much closer to going to bed than i am, and for that i am jealous.

but i leave thee with my new years resolutions:

1. Kick Soft Drinks - i made the switch from Mountain Dew to Diet Coke last year and this year I hope to make the switch off sodas (substituting with coffee and tea and water). hopefully it will work. i'm feeling optimistic about it.


2. Lose Weight - This one i'm not so optimistic about, but I think it's possible. Basically, i think i've figured out that I need to increase my activity. "Developer" is an antonym for "Athlete"


3. Earn Passive Income - there's a lot of talk about this in the freelance world, but yeah, earn money without working. i know, it sounds like a lot of hoopla, but we'll see. google ads, here i come!


4. Do at least 1 Ruby on Rails Site - i'd like to grow as a developer and what better way than to do something in Ruby 2.0. kick butt.
   
5. Play at least one concert - original-ish content. White Otis may have to wait until i can get up the chutzpah to do it.


6. Be a better boyfriend.


7. Blog more. - that's right. you heard me. i'm gonna try even though it kills me to look at the computer any more than i have to.


8. Buy Mario Kart for the Wii. -- i'm not sure this is a resolution so much as something i'm going to be doing this year.


9. Play my shamisen more! - my mom just sent this out to me and i love it. i'm really excited to play through the old jams. i think i might even busk a little down in Little Tokyo with a guy i found on the myspaces.

so that's me! happy new year's y'all! i'm off to be social. have a good one and i pray that this year will be better than the last. i mean that more for some people than for others.

Akemashite Omedeto! Kotoshi mo yoroshiku!