New Year, New Approach

I rung in the new year tipsy and sad. Not a good way to start the last year of the trainwreck called the 2000s. I can't say life has been at all stable the last few months or so. The job market's dim, the economy sucks, Israel & Hamas are fighting each other to holy hell, and now I'm fighting a cold. But why should I let it continually get me down? Why should my mind be a never ending tidal wave of bad thoughts and negative emotions?

I'm just glad that the holidays are over. The holidays put everything on pause, and don't tell me it doesn't! People go off their diets, employers put off hiring people, and people hold off on changing their lives for the cliched New Years Resolution. Including me.

But this year, things are gonna be different. They better be. I've learned to fight through how exhausted and depressed I get to just move forward and get things I need to get done. I've learned to save money better than I have been the past few years. I've learned that as a person I'm OK, and I'm 18 credits shy of a Bachelor's Degree. I've learned that I'm capable of kicking ass, and that beating myself up all the time just doesn't get anywhere.

There will be a lot more entries in this blog. There will be a lot more money in my bank account. There will be nothing but positive things this year, goddammit!

My friend Joe is leaving for Iraq in a couple of days. He's in the Air Force. Thankfully, he won't be in a combat zone, but I'm still worried about his safety. It's still so goddamn unstable over there (although, last month, casualties there were at an all-time low since the war started). Tonight's his last hurrah here. My friends and I are going to a steakhouse. It'll be fun but bittersweet. He is letting me housesit his Playstation 3 for 5 months, so I guess that's one positive. I'll miss him though. We got to be pretty close over the past year or so.

So, yeah, I'm gonna start the new year off by commenting on VH1's mostly pathetic list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs they had on the past week. Those list shows used to be pretty good, but now they let fans vote, and most music fans I think are 5/8's retarded. I mean, how else can you explain Britney Spears' latest musical abortions outselling pretty much everything else out there? Anyway, I'll get to work on that within the next day or so. I'll also be looking for more online freelancing jobs and a normal shit job to keep the $$$ rolling in... sort of.