Stephen Bahl (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nedu) wrote,@ 2009-01-02 02:15:00 |
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I honestly believe that 2008 was better than 2007
I posted a sort of "new years" entry at the beginning of last year. I tried to make some resolutions, which I hadn't normally done. They ended up being more like aspirations, distant hopes, and bad jokes. But I am more satisfied with 2008 than I was with 2007.
I still have aspirations, but I'm not sure about which ones to try to run with for this year, so I'm not going to try to post any sort of list this time around. But I will say that in 2008, I graduated from GRCC, which I was happy about. I also got my job at the library, much better than the one I had in 2007. I did read some good nonfiction, although not as much as I should have. Maybe I'll just revisit my (bad) old list...
I resolve to spend more time with my friends: This I did, but not as much as I should have. So thank you to those of you (you know who you are) who got me off my ass and out of my house to actually do something once in a while. I know most of you are generally busier than me too.
I resolve to get a different fucking job: Done. Awesome. I rule. I should really pursue the whole getting a second job thing that I talked about earlier.
I resolve to graduate this year: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Now to trick some university into letting me in.
I resolve to update this journal more often: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. I did a quick count from the calender view of this journal, and it wasn't even close. 2008 beat 2007 easily. And I hope there was some quality as well as quantity there.
I resolve to get back into reading fiction: Done. Kind of. But it was mostly very good reading.
I resolve to read more great nonfiction: Done, not spectacularly, but I'll take the improvement I've got and continue with it.
I resolve to get my fucking driver's license already: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. Case closed. Nothing more to say about this at all because it's not like actually getting a car and insurance and being able to pay for that stuff is at all relevant. What? Shut up.
I resolve to get in better shape: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. Case closed. Stephen Bahl! Judo took care of this one for me, although the improvement was probably pretty tame, it was improvement and I'll call this one a success.
I resolve to keep the convictions that have brought me where I am: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. Case closed. Stephen Bahl! Mission accomplished. Of course, I don't have an objective judge to tell me whether I'm right about that. I think my convictions are, if anything, stronger.
I resolve to learn new things: Did I actually make this a resolution? Seems like such a freebie. I don't even feel like dignifying this one with "mission accomplished" or any of that. Of course I learned new things.
I resolve to run a mile in three minutes: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to understand everyone: EPIC FAIL! But I understand better how little I actually understand about people. Socrates would be proud. Maybe.
I resolve to treat everyone well: By whose standards? I'm leaving this one alone. I'd make fun of the person that wrote it, but I'm pretty sure that it was me.
I resolve to become the greatest grappler on the planet: EPIC FAIL! I'd have jokingly called this one done, but I was reminded just how bad I am on the night before New Years Eve when a guy like half my size worked me over like a total chump.
I resolve to cure aging: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to reinvent language, society, and the human experience: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to grow a tomato as big as my house: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to achieve nirvana: Well, I can't actually prove that I didn't. Um, mission accomplished! Yes. I am the best.
I resolve to travel all over the world: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to eat the best pizza in the world: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to think: I must have thought at SOME point in the year. I just don't remember it right now. We'll call this one a success too.
I resolve to, after thinking, act: Slightly less probable, but I'll still say there was a good chance that this happened.
I resolve to have a better sense of humor: EPIC FAIL!
Well, that's not too bad. Not too good either. Maybe by 2010 I'll have rid myself of some of those complete failures. There's a lot to do. We'll see. Or we might not. I'm not a very prescient person.
It might just be me being silly, but I think I'm finally coming around on the idea of actually specializing in something. I do still want to know everything. I do still want to cultivate an eclectic knowledge base. But I thing, and I could be wrong, that I am getting some focus. And even though it's been several months since I was actually studying it, I think that what organic chemistry is the field I want to pursue. Or biochemistry. Or maybe molecular biology. Okay, so maybe I'm not THAT focused. But I am going to try to study on some sort of regular schedule on my own, besides trying to actually major in it when I can get back to school, whenever that happens.
This does leave the issue of me possibly updating this journal with tales of my adventures in the world of molecules and you getting bored and slapping me for being so boring. I can't promise to try not to be boring. But right now, I'm feeling like I won't be. Maybe it's too late though? I don't know. I should be asleep right now. Go away. Happy New Year.
I posted a sort of "new years" entry at the beginning of last year. I tried to make some resolutions, which I hadn't normally done. They ended up being more like aspirations, distant hopes, and bad jokes. But I am more satisfied with 2008 than I was with 2007.
I still have aspirations, but I'm not sure about which ones to try to run with for this year, so I'm not going to try to post any sort of list this time around. But I will say that in 2008, I graduated from GRCC, which I was happy about. I also got my job at the library, much better than the one I had in 2007. I did read some good nonfiction, although not as much as I should have. Maybe I'll just revisit my (bad) old list...
I resolve to spend more time with my friends: This I did, but not as much as I should have. So thank you to those of you (you know who you are) who got me off my ass and out of my house to actually do something once in a while. I know most of you are generally busier than me too.
I resolve to get a different fucking job: Done. Awesome. I rule. I should really pursue the whole getting a second job thing that I talked about earlier.
I resolve to graduate this year: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Now to trick some university into letting me in.
I resolve to update this journal more often: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. I did a quick count from the calender view of this journal, and it wasn't even close. 2008 beat 2007 easily. And I hope there was some quality as well as quantity there.
I resolve to get back into reading fiction: Done. Kind of. But it was mostly very good reading.
I resolve to read more great nonfiction: Done, not spectacularly, but I'll take the improvement I've got and continue with it.
I resolve to get my fucking driver's license already: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. Case closed. Nothing more to say about this at all because it's not like actually getting a car and insurance and being able to pay for that stuff is at all relevant. What? Shut up.
I resolve to get in better shape: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. Case closed. Stephen Bahl! Judo took care of this one for me, although the improvement was probably pretty tame, it was improvement and I'll call this one a success.
I resolve to keep the convictions that have brought me where I am: Done. Awesome. I rule. Totally. Yep. Case closed. Stephen Bahl! Mission accomplished. Of course, I don't have an objective judge to tell me whether I'm right about that. I think my convictions are, if anything, stronger.
I resolve to learn new things: Did I actually make this a resolution? Seems like such a freebie. I don't even feel like dignifying this one with "mission accomplished" or any of that. Of course I learned new things.
I resolve to run a mile in three minutes: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to understand everyone: EPIC FAIL! But I understand better how little I actually understand about people. Socrates would be proud. Maybe.
I resolve to treat everyone well: By whose standards? I'm leaving this one alone. I'd make fun of the person that wrote it, but I'm pretty sure that it was me.
I resolve to become the greatest grappler on the planet: EPIC FAIL! I'd have jokingly called this one done, but I was reminded just how bad I am on the night before New Years Eve when a guy like half my size worked me over like a total chump.
I resolve to cure aging: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to reinvent language, society, and the human experience: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to grow a tomato as big as my house: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to achieve nirvana: Well, I can't actually prove that I didn't. Um, mission accomplished! Yes. I am the best.
I resolve to travel all over the world: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to eat the best pizza in the world: EPIC FAIL!
I resolve to think: I must have thought at SOME point in the year. I just don't remember it right now. We'll call this one a success too.
I resolve to, after thinking, act: Slightly less probable, but I'll still say there was a good chance that this happened.
I resolve to have a better sense of humor: EPIC FAIL!
Well, that's not too bad. Not too good either. Maybe by 2010 I'll have rid myself of some of those complete failures. There's a lot to do. We'll see. Or we might not. I'm not a very prescient person.
It might just be me being silly, but I think I'm finally coming around on the idea of actually specializing in something. I do still want to know everything. I do still want to cultivate an eclectic knowledge base. But I thing, and I could be wrong, that I am getting some focus. And even though it's been several months since I was actually studying it, I think that what organic chemistry is the field I want to pursue. Or biochemistry. Or maybe molecular biology. Okay, so maybe I'm not THAT focused. But I am going to try to study on some sort of regular schedule on my own, besides trying to actually major in it when I can get back to school, whenever that happens.
This does leave the issue of me possibly updating this journal with tales of my adventures in the world of molecules and you getting bored and slapping me for being so boring. I can't promise to try not to be boring. But right now, I'm feeling like I won't be. Maybe it's too late though? I don't know. I should be asleep right now. Go away. Happy New Year.
