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cloud_riven) wrote2009-01-02 03:18 am
cloud_riven) wrote2009-01-02 03:18 am
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This is a New Years Post. Does New Years use "Year's," instead of "Years?"
"What the hell? Today's the New Year? I thought today was Friday. Oh no. Wait. That would still make it 2009. Shut up."
— Myself (being a retard)
After trying to come up with a 2008 retrospective at four in the morning, I came up with a list of accomplishments and failures. I realize that's all the typical "New Year's Post" ever amounts to, asides from detailing resolutions. Resolutions are great (and maybe wonderful things for gym owner's), but I'm not the type of person to hold much discipline unless the end goal can be reached in the short term. Hence my current education.
Anywho, list times are now in order:
Now here's why some of that amounts to nothing:
— Myself (being a retard)
After trying to come up with a 2008 retrospective at four in the morning, I came up with a list of accomplishments and failures. I realize that's all the typical "New Year's Post" ever amounts to, asides from detailing resolutions. Resolutions are great (and maybe wonderful things for gym owner's), but I'm not the type of person to hold much discipline unless the end goal can be reached in the short term. Hence my current education.
Anywho, list times are now in order:
- Accomplishments of 2008
- Went back to school in September.
- Made an awesome sum of money over the summer at an insurance company. The job entailed dropping mail off to departments and chucking outgoing mail through a mail-stamp machine from space.
- Paid off my laptop at some point I don't remember. I know because Best Buy is no longer sending me the bill.
- Family and I moved in to the new house in October.
- Quit one of those crappy jobs whose inner workings are worse than the wankery of videogame-console loyalists.
- Admitted to myself that I am not as reclusive as I thought I was.
- Won a copy of Etrian Odyssey II and it's soundtrack from ATLUS ♥
- Zero solicitations from drug dealers while running errands downtown.
- Sort of, kind of, maybe somewhat have a better idea of what I want to do for the rest of my life than I did in 2007. Also, more content.
Now here's why some of that amounts to nothing:
- Failures of 2008
- Enrolled in the Office Assistant Program. But not the Legal route version because I missed the deadline. *Head, meet Desk. Commence intercourse*
- Albeit only physically working two hours of an eight-hours shift at the insurance company, the other six were spent listening to my two elderly coworkers chat about Vegreville. Which would have been entertaining if they weren't more interested in the golf courses there.
- I could not become a gardener this year. Old chicken shed of a flat had no garden. New house, yes. But there is nothing to grow in October other than basement potatoes.
- Had no income for the rest of the year after the summer job.
- Still reclusive.
- Own two copies of Etrian Odyssey II, because I bought it three days prior to winning.
- Have not been accosted by drugs in general. In all of my life. Do I scream "uncool" somehow? I'm pretty sure I could have afforded a lethal habit last January.
- Didn't draw or write enough material to notice any improvement.
- Screwed up my sleep schedule over Christmas break.
Halfway into the list of failures I started to consider putting down actual accomplishments and failures. But that would entail deep and serious thought at this ungodly hour. However, I will put up a list of commitments later. Unlike resolutions, I can't easily back out of these without losing credentials (mostly on the internet).