A New Year, A New Start

Whenever the New Year comes around it’s like a breath of fresh air for me usually. This year though at first it seemed like it wasn’t going to be like that at all. But since last week my eyes have been open wider and now I can clearly see that this is going to be a good year, even if it originally was a rocky start.

It’s taken me a few days to get my New Years Resolution together, probably longer then it should have. But I feel really good about this list, and I’m ready for a New Year and a New Start. I’ve come up with two list’s, one  that’s serious and one that is just for fun. Both have a mini description for each. I decided to do a Serious and Fun List just because there are things that can definitely happen and things that most likely will not happen or might but not with in the year.

Serious New Years List

1. Be More Out Going – I’ve been more out going then I have in the past. Maybe it’s because I’ve realized I’m older and I’m no longer tied down to not being able to go anywhere like clubs, etc.  But I’m really looking to trying to go to new places and experiencing new adventures.

2. Loosen Up – Probably one of my biggest downfalls/downsides to me. I’m learning to do this very slowly and with the help of my friends it’s slowly becoming a reality.

3. Return to my original weight -  I used to weigh somewhere between 150 – 170 after highschool though I packed on a good 20 lbs. Now I may look like I’m in shape but I really am not. So I’m cutting back on the soda, chips and well basically anything that’s junk food or not exactly healthy and am going to work towards this goal.

4. Save Up Money – Ok so when it comes to saving up money I’m pretty bad with it. But as the end of College nears for me at Raritan Valley for next Spring I really need to save. Especially if I plan on attending Full Sail University.

5. Car Almost Completely Paid Off – I would say pay off car but it’s not exactly possible right now. I work and go to college and I just don’t make enough to get it paid off by next year. Who knows maybe that will change. But at least I want to get it down to the point where I at least shave off a year or two.

6.  Higher Grades – I did really well this Semester and I’m glad I did. But this Spring I really want to shoot for A’s and B’s only. I got 2 B+’s, a B and a C+. Now I want to cut that C+ out and turn it into either an A or B and I want to turn those B+’s into A’s.

7.  Get My Band into The Studio – We’ve been together for about 2 years now, with members coming and going. Last year we finally were settled in with a complete line up and we couldn’t be happier. We’ve got about 7 songs maybe a bit more written and it would just be really nice to get in the studio to record and replace our horrible demos on our myspace.

8.  Blog Name and Domain Name – I need a blog name and have been trying to figure out what it should be for the longest time. Once I get it I want to move from wordpress.com to a hosted server with my own domain name and my own wordpress installation so I can install plugins.

9. Be a Better Mixxer – Ok I love mixx I really do. But some times I just need to take a break from it and go back to digg. There are times when the content on mixx is awesome and then other times not so much. I can however help make mixx become even more of a better place for great content if I stick by it’s side and contribute more.

10. Finish my Card Game – I’ve put a Card Game I’ve been working on since last Spring on hold for the longest time. Friends and Family love the concept, and how it plays but it’s no where near complete. So picking up where I left off and continue play testing is essential for me to finish it by next year.

For Fun New Years List

1. Dinner with Taylor Swift – Yes yes I like Taylor Swift and she is Gorgeous. It would be pretty kick ass if  I could chill with her and grab dinner. One thing I can’t understand though is why guys would be afraid to date her just because she’d write a song about them. Seriously guys wake the hell up, who cares if she wrote a song about you? People express their feeling/emotions in different ways, she just happens to do it through music.

2. WingSuit Jump – This seems like a lot of fun and if you don’t know what it is feel free to look it up. Unfortunately you need at least 200 jumps before you can do this with an instructor and at least 500 with out. Looks like I’ll be doing a lot of jumping in the mean time before I can do this. So till then it’s in my For Fun List.

3. Go to Japan – Japan has some of the coolest tech I’ve seen on the net. Plus one of my friends lives there so I’d get to see them as well. Ok ok friend first then insanely cool tech/gadgets that isn’t available in the states.

4. Get an Android Powered Phone  – This either will never happen or won’t happen for a long time. But my contract is up next December. If an Android Powered phone came to Verizon by that time I’d get one. Again though this is probably unlikely since Verizon likes total control over their phones.

5. Go Surfing – I love surfing but unfortunately I think I out grew my board plus it’s damaged. I need a new one but sadly I can’t afford it. So this means no Surfing for me this Summer. For now this remains on my For Fun List, but hey ya never know things could change!

Well now that I have bored you all with that, I shall go back to twittering, and my other social networks that I use while I am online at work.