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Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
Maybe so.
I'm hoping this is a better year. And by hoping I mean I'm going to make damn sure of it since I've wasted the last few years doing nothing to ensure a better future for myself in regards to striving towards a career or an education. New Years Eve -- all I wanted to do was leave the Los Angeles area, but in retrospect, I may as well have stayed...regardless of how mellow and informative/educational my trip up to Nor Cal may have been. It's a completely different world up there. Different rules to live by. To socialize by. But it's always fun meeting new people and when it comes down to it, people are still people regardless of imposed social and/or regional rules.
Got a chance to drive through my old Nor Cal town on the way up. Nostalgia set in. Drove down all the familiar streets, visited my old 'home', and passed by my grandparents house (which looks nothing like it used to) and grave site. It's been a while since I've driven up there and it was good to finally get a chance to after all this time.
Driving home from Monterey was something else. Taking the scenic route through Big Sur and then later down a windy coast line with nothing to light the way but high beams and moonlight -- yeah, something else. I'm buying a state map so that doesn't happen again. Not that I minded the scenery so much as I did the unexpected additional 2 hours to my commute. Never the less, it was enjoyable. I pulled over a few times to soak up the scenery and gun a smoke while the car stereo blasted tunes from Portishead to Pink Floyd over the sounds of crashing waves. I made it to the LA county by 9 and once again came to the actualization that I hate coming back here. I guess living in the same place for more than 20 years will do that to you. A change of location would do me some good. Meh.
I'm trying to think up with realistic resolutions for 2007 but every time I think of a 'resolution' some part of me laughs and prepares itself to resist change. So I figured I'd come up with 'goals' instead:
1. Moving out for the final time
2. Taking better care of myself
3. Eating better/Learning to cook better meals
4. Get into better shape/Losing some fat and gaining some muscle
5. Going back to school
6. Passing my speed test at the Bartending School
7. Hate less/Be more willing to eat, drink, accept, understand new things
8. Stop trying to impress other people and start impressing myself
Happy New Years to whomever I didn't get a chance to say it to. I hope you had a blast wherever you were.
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
Maybe so.
I'm hoping this is a better year. And by hoping I mean I'm going to make damn sure of it since I've wasted the last few years doing nothing to ensure a better future for myself in regards to striving towards a career or an education. New Years Eve -- all I wanted to do was leave the Los Angeles area, but in retrospect, I may as well have stayed...regardless of how mellow and informative/educational my trip up to Nor Cal may have been. It's a completely different world up there. Different rules to live by. To socialize by. But it's always fun meeting new people and when it comes down to it, people are still people regardless of imposed social and/or regional rules.
Got a chance to drive through my old Nor Cal town on the way up. Nostalgia set in. Drove down all the familiar streets, visited my old 'home', and passed by my grandparents house (which looks nothing like it used to) and grave site. It's been a while since I've driven up there and it was good to finally get a chance to after all this time.
Driving home from Monterey was something else. Taking the scenic route through Big Sur and then later down a windy coast line with nothing to light the way but high beams and moonlight -- yeah, something else. I'm buying a state map so that doesn't happen again. Not that I minded the scenery so much as I did the unexpected additional 2 hours to my commute. Never the less, it was enjoyable. I pulled over a few times to soak up the scenery and gun a smoke while the car stereo blasted tunes from Portishead to Pink Floyd over the sounds of crashing waves. I made it to the LA county by 9 and once again came to the actualization that I hate coming back here. I guess living in the same place for more than 20 years will do that to you. A change of location would do me some good. Meh.
I'm trying to think up with realistic resolutions for 2007 but every time I think of a 'resolution' some part of me laughs and prepares itself to resist change. So I figured I'd come up with 'goals' instead:
1. Moving out for the final time
2. Taking better care of myself
3. Eating better/Learning to cook better meals
4. Get into better shape/Losing some fat and gaining some muscle
5. Going back to school
6. Passing my speed test at the Bartending School
7. Hate less/Be more willing to eat, drink, accept, understand new things
8. Stop trying to impress other people and start impressing myself
Happy New Years to whomever I didn't get a chance to say it to. I hope you had a blast wherever you were.