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Right, so I've had a number of requests for my New Year's Resolutions.
Lemme start by saying that after Halloween, New Year's is my favorite holiday-thing. It's purely symbolic (I mean, the winter solstice--what I would consider to be the new year--was a week-and-a-half ago) but it's a WONDERFUL symbol.
It's not just the old "wipe the slate clean" aspect, which is quite nice in and of itself, it's also that it's a nice time for hope and for aiming high. I'm all about aiming high. Sure, you won't always make it. Hell, you may not OFTEN make it. But shit, that rush from trying...
It's people looking at themselves and seeing what parts they want to be better. It's hope, damn it.
So here are mine, in brief.
1) Last year, I promised myself thirty rejection letters or one published work. I ended up with over a half-dozen non-fiction shorts.
This year? One published piece of fiction. One comic actually in the works, if not actually submitted to at least one publisher.
2) The usual "better shape" thing. Not for anybody but myself. Okay, sure, for Sara, too, but mostly so I won't wince when I look in a mirror.
3) Love every goddamned minute.
4) Hoard every stray bit of hope I find and give away as much as I can. See, I want YOUR year to kick ass, too.
Told you I aim high.
Oh, and thanks for all the music advice. Got a lot you recommended and a few I wanted.
"Mercy" -- Clumsy Lovers
"Center of the Sun" -- Conjure One feat. Poe
"It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)" -- Fishbone
"You Don't Know What You've Got" -- Joan Jett
"Zebra" -- The Magnetic Fields
"Fashion Freak" -- Naked Ape
"Undo Redo" -- Naked Ape
"Rich and Filthy" -- Bif Naked
"Spaceman" -- Bif Naked
"Want" -- Name Taken [accidentally bought this instead of the original Jawbreaker version]
"Super Powers" -- Ookla the Mok
"The Streets Fell Into My Window" -- The Red Paintings
"Infant Eyes" -- Wayne Shorter
"Somedays" -- Regina Spektor
"Phenomena" -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Lemme start by saying that after Halloween, New Year's is my favorite holiday-thing. It's purely symbolic (I mean, the winter solstice--what I would consider to be the new year--was a week-and-a-half ago) but it's a WONDERFUL symbol.
It's not just the old "wipe the slate clean" aspect, which is quite nice in and of itself, it's also that it's a nice time for hope and for aiming high. I'm all about aiming high. Sure, you won't always make it. Hell, you may not OFTEN make it. But shit, that rush from trying...
It's people looking at themselves and seeing what parts they want to be better. It's hope, damn it.
So here are mine, in brief.
1) Last year, I promised myself thirty rejection letters or one published work. I ended up with over a half-dozen non-fiction shorts.
This year? One published piece of fiction. One comic actually in the works, if not actually submitted to at least one publisher.
2) The usual "better shape" thing. Not for anybody but myself. Okay, sure, for Sara, too, but mostly so I won't wince when I look in a mirror.
3) Love every goddamned minute.
4) Hoard every stray bit of hope I find and give away as much as I can. See, I want YOUR year to kick ass, too.
Told you I aim high.
Oh, and thanks for all the music advice. Got a lot you recommended and a few I wanted.
"Mercy" -- Clumsy Lovers
"Center of the Sun" -- Conjure One feat. Poe
"It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)" -- Fishbone
"You Don't Know What You've Got" -- Joan Jett
"Zebra" -- The Magnetic Fields
"Fashion Freak" -- Naked Ape
"Undo Redo" -- Naked Ape
"Rich and Filthy" -- Bif Naked
"Spaceman" -- Bif Naked
"Want" -- Name Taken [accidentally bought this instead of the original Jawbreaker version]
"Super Powers" -- Ookla the Mok
"The Streets Fell Into My Window" -- The Red Paintings
"Infant Eyes" -- Wayne Shorter
"Somedays" -- Regina Spektor
"Phenomena" -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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