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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: Gilead on 31 Dec 2008, 08:05
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What are your new years resolutions? Mine are:
Meet as many interesting people as I can
Try as much new stuff as I can
Improve my art as much as I can
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Working a 9-5 is overrated. I'm on a grizzy.
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-Release another EP
-Play a show or two
-Move to Bostonish.
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I'm proud of you Jeans. Nice goals. And Valley you make music? Direct me to it.
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Honestly, the only active life change I feel necessary to commit to at this point in my life is going back and finishing school, but I'd rather wait until the economy has sorted itself out a bit before I start committing money to something like that.
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Take pictures, read books, discover music.
That is all.
Take a picture of you reading a book about a band you haven't listened to until now and you can get it done all at once.
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I'm proud of you Jeans. Nice goals. And Valley you make music? Direct me to it.
Yeah, it's more "experimental noise" than "music".
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Okay, you're right. It is experimental noise. Glad you're making the effort -- but I'm not a fan.
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I'd like to learn more about the stock market so I can play a little when the economy isn't in such a shithole. Finances are my only major worry, and I worry a LOT.
Other than that, I'll try to continue being a good mother/daughter/sister/girlfriend.
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Take a picture of you reading a book about a band you haven't listened to until now and you can get it done all at once.
Man, if I took a picture of myself right now that is what I would be doing.
(Our Band Could Be Your Life, The Replacements chapter)
Hot damn you could have your resolutions done before you even start them, why aren't you hopping to it?
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I'm not exactly making resolutions but I'm really, really going to try and save up this year. By February I should have paid off the money I spent on ChicagoCon tickets and I also get a couple of pay rises so I've got no excuse not to manage to save some moneys.
Oh and I want to learn to cook properly, preferably before my dinner party or that will be something of a disaster.
Mostly though I guess this year's goal is to get settled into a uni (whichever one it ends up being) and not sink under the weight of being independant and stuff.
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I am pretty resolution free at the moment. I am currently totes content with where I am at. Well I will be moving onto applying for jobs in advertising/publishing in both Sydney and Brisbane after I come back from visiting you kids in the overseas, but that is like 9 months away so it hardly counts as a 'new years resolution'.
Basically, my life is pretty great.
Oh wait I thought of one, learn to play my guitar well!
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Honestly, the only active life change I feel necessary to commit to at this point in my life is going back and finishing school, but I'd rather wait until the economy has sorted itself out a bit before I start committing money to something like that.
This is about as bad as an idea as you can get. You need to finish now so you're ahead of the curve before people start getting out and taking advantages of the opportunities you're already missing. The economy is rough, but finishing school should be a priority. There are plenty of jobs available. People just need to grow brains and take advantages of the opportunities that there are. One thing college doesn't prepare you for is having common sense. They also don't really prepare you for the real world. That is shit you have to do on your own, or if you're lucky you can make connections and get in with people who can prepare you and show you the ropes.
Finish school. You'll be glad you did. I'll be glad I'll be done next Fall for my undergraduate. After that, time to kick ass and take charge of all the opportunities most fucko Americans are missing because they lack a brain in their head.
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1. Actually write, record, and release an album of some kind.
2. Get a job.
3. Write more songs in general.
4. Keep passing my classes.
5. Hope upon hope I get to study abroad this coming fall.
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I guess mine are pretty simple.
Try to get into a decent college
Try to hang out with friends more
And try not to change too much for the experience.
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some of these i probably will only partly accomplish or not accomplish at all, but i figure i might as well set my goals high for that reason.
- graduate... a given, but here's hoping i can get through the next four months without fucking that up somehow
- graduate with an A average for my last 20 credits
- apply for and get an internship somewhat related to what i want to do with my life (hurray for avoiding working in the real world another year due to the economy being stupid!)
- get better at guitar
- get my goddamn driver's license already
- figure out how to apply to the grad schools i want to go to
- get to chicago in august
- become 100% financially independent
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I'd like to learn more about the stock market so I can play a little when the economy isn't in such a shithole. Finances are my only major worry, and I worry a LOT.
Other than that, I'll try to continue being a good mother/daughter/sister/girlfriend.
Now is the absolute time to start taking advantage of the stock market. Buyers market if there ever was one, and with a little knowledge right now -- it'll help you get a long way. I don't know what your bankroll is -- but if you could save up about five thousand dollars over the next few months and put that in there now and look at some good options like 2040's -- you'd be set for life.
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I have no idea what a 2040 is...?
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This is about as bad as an idea as you can get. You need to finish now so you're ahead of the curve before people start getting out and taking advantages of the opportunities you're already missing. The economy is rough, but finishing school should be a priority. There are plenty of jobs available. People just need to grow brains and take advantages of the opportunities that there are. One thing college doesn't prepare you for is having common sense. They also don't really prepare you for the real world. That is shit you have to do on your own, or if you're lucky you can make connections and get in with people who can prepare you and show you the ropes.
Finish school. You'll be glad you did. I'll be glad I'll be done next Fall for my undergraduate. After that, time to kick ass and take charge of all the opportunities most fucko Americans are missing because they lack a brain in their head.
I'm long since in the real world. I work, live on my own and maintain a steady lifestyle. I'm making enough that I live generally comfortably, I'd just prefer to get into what I want to.
As for staying ahead of the curve, I'm not particularly concerned. I'd like to go into teaching, so I'm not too worried as far as the job market goes. As long as I'm in a teaching job by thirty, I'll be satisfied. I'm not waiting because I don't feel like going, by any means, I'm waiting because financial aid is few and far between in this economy and I'd rather not stretch myself too thin and worry about neglecting my responsibilities.
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Honestly, the only active life change I feel necessary to commit to at this point in my life is going back and finishing school, but I'd rather wait until the economy has sorted itself out a bit before I start committing money to something like that.
Academia is basically a magical fantasy land completely insulated from the economy, you might as well jump right in to that wardrobe and spend the next few years riding this shit out. If you're lucky you'll graduate just in time for a job market boom.
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jens, if you have not already read 'please kill me' (by legs mcneil and gillian mccain) i think you would love it. you seem to like all the same music books i do.
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I have no idea what a 2040 is...?
A 2040 would be an investment that would be low-risk, low-reward. You're not going to make a ton of money on it -- but you'll never lose money. It's a safe bet. Say you put in 5,000 dollars into a 2040 fund through someone say like Edward Jones, you might earn 5% on that a year. So, 250 bucks. Well, 250 bucks a year over 30 years or so ends up being a nice little reward at the end of the tunnel. You'll gain more than that though -- I'm just using an example to help you out.
A 2010/2020 investment would be putting in something that'd be high-risk, high-reward. The year is basically when you'd "take out" your money. You can lose money here, but you can also make a killing. I haven't set up any investments yet because I'm paying down my debt while I'm in school (I'm fortunate) and recently was diagnosed with a kidney disease so I have some bills to pay -- but investing right now in the early 20's (before 25) will net you hundreds of thousands, if not millions if you just play things smart.
If you ever need any advice in this area or want to talk about stuff like this, I'd like to think I have an inkling or two to share.
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Ah, Gilead, if only. You should see the shit my brother's going through right now to attend school. He's having to lean heavily on our parents, which is delaying our father's retirement for at least the next few years. I'm basically going to have to get into a local community college or an online program and work my balls off to get a high GPA and hope like hell I can land some good financial aid. I'm at least planning to take a handful of classes this year if I can afford it.
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Honestly, the only active life change I feel necessary to commit to at this point in my life is going back and finishing school, but I'd rather wait until the economy has sorted itself out a bit before I start committing money to something like that.
Academia is basically a magical fantasy land completely insulated from the economy, you might as well jump right in to that wardrobe and spend the next few years riding this shit out. If you're lucky you'll graduate just in time for a job market boom.
Must be nice, I spent my five years at college working night jobs and constantly stressing as to how I'd pay my bills, while being put into debt by student loans. I want to go to this college where the economy doesn't effect you.
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That's not economy, that's being a student, you'd have to pull that shit no matter what the economy's like.
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I'm long since in the real world. I work, live on my own and maintain a steady lifestyle. I'm making enough that I live generally comfortably, I'd just prefer to get into what I want to.
As for staying ahead of the curve, I'm not particularly concerned. I'd like to go into teaching, so I'm not too worried as far as the job market goes. As long as I'm in a teaching job by thirty, I'll be satisfied. I'm not waiting because I don't feel like going, by any means, I'm waiting because financial aid is few and far between in this economy and I'd rather not stretch myself too thin and worry about neglecting my responsibilities.
As long as you're able to manage man, do your thing. College is overrated in my book, but almost a necessary experience to have a fair shake in life. I've been blessed to get scholarships, financial aid (my mom is dirt poor) and to only be 20K down and on pace to graduate with two separate majors. If I could do it all over again, I'd of went to tech school or gotten a degree from somewhere in music production and sound engineering. Well, maybe I wouldn't do it over again. I don't like to brag or anything like that, but I've set myself up with an impeccable resume, tons of working experience (I lobby for my school politically and do a lot of big work for them) and have got a lot of references.
College has been fun. The classes don't mean shit, it is the people you know and the things you learn outside the classroom that really matter. That sort of stuff is trill and applicable.
Anyways man, I wish you the best. Hopefully you realize I came here guns a blazin' because my friend who invited me told me this was a tough crowd. You guys are all right.
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Yes, I'm going with Gilead on this one, at least partly. Regardless of how the economy is, being a student is always financially hard. I wouldn't say it's completely insulated though; of course the economy is going to affect everything from how much funding there is to whether or not you can get a decent part time job. Even so, when the economy is strong students still have to eat beans for a week.
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My New Year's resolutions include sticking around in this dead end job for another year, treating the people around me pretty terribly and becoming more sedentary. That last one might be a bit difficult since I quit playing World of Warcraft, but I'll figure something out, I'm sure.
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i think gilead just means that, in very simplified terms, you might as well go to school if you have the money because it means avoiding finding a job for that much longer, which with the financial crisis is basically an impossible thing to do in north america right now.
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One of the first principles you'll learn in economics is that you have to spend money to make money. Going into debt is just a part of life. Yes, right now it is hard to obtain loan and financial aid because of the economy and lenders backing out from those traditional routes (you can blame 80s yuppies, welfare lovers and fiscally irresponsible turds for that) -- but options are available. Honestly guys, they are. The economy is in a bad way, but don't let it get to the mythical realm where it encourages helplessness and makes you feel like you can't rise above it.
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Yes, I'm going with Gilead on this one, at least partly. Regardless of how the economy is, being a student is always financially hard. I wouldn't say it's completely insulated though; of course the economy is going to affect everything from how much funding there is to whether or not you can get a decent part time job. Even so, when the economy is strong students still have to eat beans for a week.
That's what I'm trying to get at, you're going to be a poor bastard if you're a student no matter what, might as well do it when you'd also be a poor bastard out of school because there's no jobs going.
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i think gilead just means that, in very simplified terms, you might as well go to school if you have the money because it means avoiding finding a job for that much longer, which with the financial crisis is basically an impossible thing to do in north america right now.
Go to school even if you don't have the money. It'll be there later. Money will never run out.
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I don't have any new year's resolutions.
I might try to be more socially active when I feel like it, but it's nothing to do with the new year.
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That is awesome that there are a lot of musicians here. Is there a thread with pictures of equipment and discussions in that regard? I'm an equipment whore. Sorry if this is off-topic.
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Sam what is your wallet situation?
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I ate it.
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There's a Guitar Topic on the Music Talk page that gets posted on pretty regularly. Anything else, start another thread.
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Graduate
Try to get a better job at Yale
More friends!
Spend not too much money in Boston, Seattle, Chicago, and wherever this year takes me.
Keep in contact with old friends
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Academia is basically a magical fantasy land completely insulated from the economy
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/education/08college.html?_r=2&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin
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Colleges and Universities is big business, cause it's a business man.
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I have no idea what a 2040 is...?
A 2040 would be an investment that would be low-risk, low-reward. You're not going to make a ton of money on it -- but you'll never lose money. It's a safe bet. Say you put in 5,000 dollars into a 2040 fund through someone say like Edward Jones, you might earn 5% on that a year. So, 250 bucks. Well, 250 bucks a year over 30 years or so ends up being a nice little reward at the end of the tunnel. You'll gain more than that though -- I'm just using an example to help you out.
A 2010/2020 investment would be putting in something that'd be high-risk, high-reward. The year is basically when you'd "take out" your money. You can lose money here, but you can also make a killing. I haven't set up any investments yet because I'm paying down my debt while I'm in school (I'm fortunate) and recently was diagnosed with a kidney disease so I have some bills to pay -- but investing right now in the early 20's (before 25) will net you hundreds of thousands, if not millions if you just play things smart.
If you ever need any advice in this area or want to talk about stuff like this, I'd like to think I have an inkling or two to share.
I am certainly no financial advisor, but a few points:
First off, I've never heard someone refer to an investment as "a 2040." Rather, I've heard of (and own, incidentally) retirement accounts that are named after the target year when you'd be retiring.
Second, your assessment of risk vs. time-frame is backwards. When you have an investment targeted for 30 years later, that can be much higher risk than something where you expect to use the money in 5 years. In the short term a high-risk investment is pretty much as likely to lose money as gain, but over the long term the ups and downs will average out to a net gain. So when you have enough time to wait out the downs you go for higher potential rewards, but if you aren't planning to wait as long then you go for the sure thing with a smaller reward.
Incidentally, this why it's a good idea to start your retirement account almost entirely stocks and gradually shift toward safer investments over time (retirement mutual funds do this automatically.)
Third, if you are wanting a super safe investment, who the fuck would want to tie up their money for 30 years for only a 5% return? Get a savings account. While some banks will offer you piddling returns, ING was offering 5% on savings accounts up until the markets started crashing this fall.
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1. finish my portfolio
2. get into school
3. apply for student loans
4. get a new job(s)
5. Pierce my nipples
6. become a better artist
7. make some films
8. Graduate
9. have a kick ass prom regardless of anything
10. MOVEEEE!!!!
11. Get an apartment
12. Get a job
13. TRY NOT TO DIE IN BIG CITY
14. MAKE FRIENDS IN NEW CITY!
15. Get some confidence!
16. Read more
17. Use less (become more ecofriendly)
18. knit more
19. become a heartbreaker
20. ride my bicycle more
These must seem like pretty lame goals, but they are totally wrecking. I have way more but since y'all only have like.. three I feel lame.
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I am certainly no financial advisor, but a few points:
First off, I've never heard someone refer to an investment as "a 2040." Rather, I've heard of (and own, incidentally) retirement accounts that are named after the target year when you'd be retiring.
Well, that is what those funds are. Investment funds. My uncle works for Edward Jones. I'm confident I'm in the right direction.
Second, your assessment of risk vs. time-frame is backwards.
I'm surprised my uncle has a job with Edward Jones then. I'm pretty sure he knows what is up. A 2040 is going to be more low-risk and low-reward as opposed to a 2010. That is how it works.
Third, if you are wanting a super safe investment, who the fuck would want to tie up their money for 30 years for only a 5% return? Get a savings account. While some banks will offer you piddling returns, ING was offering 5% on savings accounts up until the markets started crashing this fall.
Was just making an example for whomever asked. I believed it was Pen. You can be my financial adviser though. I expect big things.
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5. Pierce my nipples
I approve of this message.
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19. become a heartbreaker
Not as fun as it sounds.
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19. become a heartbreaker
there's gotta be some on the board you've already done this too
I am too nice to break anyone's heart right now! I'm not a wilco song D:
5. Pierce my nipples
I approve of this message.
5. Pierce my nipples
I approve of this message.
Yeah! Finally someone does! o/
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5. Pierce my nipples
17. Use less (become more ecofriendly)
18. knit more
19. become a heartbreaker
20. ride my bicycle more
You can break my heart any day.
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I heard she broke your heart again
I heard she broke your heart
Well that girls
A heart breaker
edit. My other resolution is to listen to way more electro.
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1) WRITE MOAR (music and writing in general.)
2) Finish Infinite Jest.
3) Be awesome.
Oh yeah:
4) Finish my ProCo RAT clone.
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Yeah! Finally someone does! o/
*sigh*
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\o
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I want to gain weight and not have a boyfriend.
(reverse psychology)
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We already know that doesn't work on you, so you expect it to work on Fate?
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ok, so
-Work on my relationship skills because even though being an introvert is pretty ok I would also not mind having people who are not family come to my funeral if I died in a car crash or whatever
-Speaking of cars--get a license
-Get a part-time job
-Take more pictures downtown
-Go to ChicagoCon
-Read more often
-Apply myself even a tiny bit more in school
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Ally you are rad; there are probably like five boys crushing on you right now
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-Start a band over the summer
-Finally reach a 3.0 GPA
-Lose some weight (as always)
-Find a job
-Meet new people
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Ally you are rad; there are probably like five boys crushing on you right now
Don't forget there might be girls too.
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and maybe even hermaphrodites
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Or Tommy.
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whoa hey jon we're trying to make her feel better, not worse
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I'd like to learn more about the stock market so I can play a little when the economy isn't in such a shithole. Finances are my only major worry, and I worry a LOT.
Other than that, I'll try to continue being a good mother/daughter/sister/girlfriend.
This is the best time to invest when stocks at an all time low. Major banks that have goverment backing have shares that are going for pennies.
Anyway my new year resolution is to move out of my parents house and share a place with my girlfriend.
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ride 20,000 miles on my bike(s) - (double what I did this past year)
continue listening to way too much music
not die (this is actually a sincere resolution - the past two years i've almost died twice - once from a 'brain thing,' and a second time from being in a car that fell off a cliff - I am planning on staying as healthy as I can by riding my bike and staying the hell away from cars)
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and maybe even hermaphrodites
I LOVE YOU ALLY
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(http://www.holisticforgeworks.com/gallery/digital_photography/img/pentax/wa.banana-slugPRO.jpg)
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I am going to spend less time on the internet, and read more books.
And maybe climb V7.
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Mainly, I want to continue forward with this music deal, maybe get an EP's worth of material scraped together. And then I'd like to lose some weight, because I am a balloon.
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Make more friends, get a girlfriend, join/start a band and just progress my music in general. Keep doing well in school etc. Standard new year bullshit that I never accomplish basically.
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I'm doing this 101 in 1001 thing so I have like... 101 goals to achieve in 1001 days starting tomorrow.
Mostly for this year, though, i'd like to~
exercise more
travel more
hang out with friends more
get my second holes in my ears / get a cartilage piercing
gain confidence
not be a lazy ass 8D
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I want to have more sex in 2009. 2007 sucked, 2008 was a healthy improvement, I can do better!
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For 2009
I'd like to date someone that I actually respect as a human being. Someone that I find intellectually challenging rather than simply sexually attractive and willing.
I want to do a lot more woodworking, and crafts in general. The men in my family have a familial tremor that gets worse with age. My grandfather cannot even sign his name anymore, and I'd like to create as much beauty with my hands as possible before they become useless.
I'd like to attend an Origami convention or two. It is something I am passionate about, so I might as well meet other people who feel the same way.
I'm sure there are others, but those are the big ones.
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Other than going to the gym more, there's really no resolutions I want to make.
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For 2009
Be a better human being overall
Try not to do horrible in school/Actually Graduate
Listen to more bands that aren't post rock
Get into music school
Get better at cello
Play shows with the band I just formed at some point
Release some kind of EP/Demo/Something with the band I just formed a few weeks ago
Try actually reading books. Goddamn this pile of books to read is too big.
Maybe meet a nice and rad lady if I am lucky enough
If I do all of those in some form 2009 should be a solid year.
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2009 will see me becoming a blackbelt.
That is all.
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Oh man I forgot to make these.
Oh well, I can't think of anything, anyway.
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1) More webcest.
This one might take a while, but I think I can handle it.
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I would like to improve my songwriting skills and also up the productivity. This past year was my first real of songwriting and it went swimmingly but slowly. I want to make making songs a HABIT. Or something. I need to get better at guitar and I've gotten into a piano habit again this month which is lovely. Maybe I'll actually make music with other people but I don't know how well that would turn out.
I also am in dire need of regaining some sort of study habits because oh my god I am going to be doing so many college apps next year and they are all going to laugh at me and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Also I need to be less of a jerkface asshole whatever and more awesome.
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Also I need to be less of a jerkface asshole whatever and more awesome.
Pssssshaw.
Additional resolutions - Be less decorative, perhaps get into some sort of dating scene, collaborate musically with peoples.
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Resolutions.
1. Piss in the woods.
2. Get regretfully drunk.
3. Make out with Leigh.
4. Do more stand-up.
5. Make out with Sarah.
6. Get into university.
I've already completed 1 and 2. Let's see how the rest goes.
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Finish last year's resolutions.
Happy New Year from GMT -5.
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1) More webcest.
b) become more laid
Eh eh eh?
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Happy New Years everyone! Resolutions...
- Be healthier and lose my flabbiness.
- Read more books.
- Get a camcorder from somewhere and make movies with it.
- Be less of a procrastinator.
- Be more outgoing.
- Stop being so lazy.
- Get a job and start putting money away for college, car and life.
- Buy a new computer with some of the money not put away.
- Buy or perhaps pirate proper video editing software.
- Buy CDs instead of downloading.
- Get my driver's license.
- Build a DVD/Book/CD collection.
- Get better at graphic design.
I can't think of much else right now but I'm sure there's more.
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Stay alive
Be not too unhealthy
Keep thinking
Be interested
Learn
Keep my job
Stay alive
I know from long experience that resolving anything more specific would be a waste of time; but I have most of the bits for the following unfinished projects:
(1) MIDI-fy the old church organ pedalboard currently propped in my study, for use with Hauptwerk (http://www.crumhorn-labs.com/index.shtml);
(2) Organise to have a proper four or preferably six speaker ambisonic surround playback system - I've been recording in surround (http://ambisonic.info/practical.html) for a couple of years now, but still can't play it back myself.
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Also: My first song of the year this year was "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart".
Last year it was "Sex Bomb" and that did nothing.
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i am going to continue to be me except even more awesome -
aka bitch less, read&write more, and maybe go to the gym because i am apparently a great big fatty.
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b) become more laid back and not take everything so seriously, be less prone to attack and commit assholery both on and off the internet
Aahhh yeah. That's a good one. I need to do that as well. I've been working at it over the past year and have made strides, but I'm still quick to lash out sometimes.
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Last year my resolution was to learn a new language, this year I want to learn to perfom magic tricks! I've been the sidekick in a glitter dress in a friend's magic show before, but now I want to amaze people all around myself. Knowing how to do a few magic tricks and / or how to juggle might also come in handy when being a teacher?
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1. Gain some weight (I am thin as a rake and it isn't fun)
2. Learn to cook some more sorts of food.
3. Try and get some more confidence, its been slowy increasing for the past few years and I want to stay that course.
Everyone elses seem to be doing quite well for their new years. Good Luck to you all on yours :-)
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- Get out of bed before I start using my laptop
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uh-oh (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7806776.stm)
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My resolutions:
Stop sleeping with my friends
Walk my dog more
Discover some new music!
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Eh eh eh?
The two might be connected. Who knows?
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Get Laid
Get laid more
Get a job I like that pays well
Read every post on QC Talky Place
Read More Books
Listen to more Christian Alternative, Christian Pop, Christian Rock and Christian Metal bands
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Just so you know the last three are totally counterproductive to the first two.
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I live for crushes, though I dont have any atm moment and its tragic.
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Just so you know the last three are totally counterproductive to the first two.
Reading more books could probably get him laid more, if he does it pretentiously at little known coffee shops with a fancy hat and glasses. Dunno why the christian boy is tryin ta get laid though.
Sam, you need to stop having crushes on girls, attaining them, and then moving on the minute you do so. It'd be a better resolution.
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My "spend less time online" resolution is not going well.
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Just so you know the last three are totally counterproductive to the first two.
Reading more books could probably get him laid more, if he does it pretentiously at little known coffee shops with a fancy hat and glasses. Dunno why the christian boy is tryin ta get laid though.
Sam, you need to stop having crushes on girls, attaining them, and then moving on the minute you do so. It'd be a better resolution.
because bein' an ass like you isn't somthing I want to do. So gettin' laid is better then bein' an ass. Righto? Good. Bye.
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I have a pretty big list
1. lost weight, tone up, get <15% body fat %, get stronger, run more, etc.
2. find engagement ring, propose
3. find new job in chicago, preferably one i enjoy, but i'll settle for one that pays well
4. try new recipes in the kitchen
5. read more books
6. bitch less
7. learn to let things go
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Christianity is no bar to getting laid, just as agnosticism is no advantage to it :-).
Nobo, those all sound like noble goals, If you get the time could you post up some recepies, I need to cook more stuff myself.
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Ahhh I have a few overtly christian friends who have had sex prior to marriage, they possibly feel guilty about it,but I don't tend ask, its more polite that way :-).
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Yeah one kid I knew in high school, was like, hypercatholic, and still fucking his girlfriend all the time. Granted, he was in a pretty much constant state of existential crisis, but maybe that works for some people?
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holy shit
o/
(i'm still drunk woo)
okay i thought of another resolution: stop getting crushes on girls, the type of crushes where you just constantly think "nothing will come of this" and it ruins yr month. because that is me all day errday
Sam noooooooooooooo girls need boys like you to crush on them it's healthy! I must stop this resolution for the good of womankind.
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At the state of Drunkeness Sam seems to be at I think that you probably already have :-).
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Just so you know the last three are totally counterproductive to the first two.
Reading more books could probably get him laid more, if he does it pretentiously at little known coffee shops with a fancy hat and glasses. Dunno why the christian boy is tryin ta get laid though.
Sam, you need to stop having crushes on girls, attaining them, and then moving on the minute you do so. It'd be a better resolution.
because bein' an ass like you isn't somthing I want to do. So gettin' laid is better then bein' an ass. Righto? Good. Bye.
Being an ass helps you get ass. This is documented fact. You can keep being boring and listening to Creed though, I'm sure that'll work out great for you.
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Being an ass would not get MY ass. Not saying that I'm representing the whole of the female gender, just sayin'.
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There is charming ass and dick ass. The first gets you ladies the second gets you slapped.
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There is charming ass and dick ass. The first gets you ladies the second gets you slapped.
You must be the Don Juan of these here message boards. Got any more secrets and tips to share?
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I bought a pack of cigarettes in the old year. It is still unopened. I'm pondering making it my symbol for the new year's resolution to do less harmful shit to myself.
We'll see how it goes.
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There is charming ass and dick ass. The first gets you ladies the second gets you slapped.
I am guessing by "charming ass" you mean the guy who picks on everybody to be funny and by "dick ass" the guy who is sincere in his dickery, yes?
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I figure since I know I won't lose weight, I should set resolutions I might actually have a chance of fulfilling
Kiss at least 5 boys
Spend more time on this forum
Do more work in chemical research
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Spend more time on this forum
Ironically, I'm resolving just the opposite. And in the traditional spirit of New Year's resolutions, I will fail.
Kiss at least 5 boys
slut
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It's not being a university student if you're not slutting it up.
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What
fuck
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I figure since I know I won't lose weight, I should set resolutions I might actually have a chance of fulfilling
Kiss at least 5 boys
Spend more time on this forum
Do more work in chemical research
I can help you with these things
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Well, 1 and 1/5th of these things.
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Stop it, you don't want to go making the "spend more time on the forums" changed to "help, trapped on a forum with girl hungry men, help, send aid packages please" :wink:
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i took "charming ass" as someone who does the whole "flirty mean" thing
that's not charming in my opinion, it is fucking annoying and reminds me of middle school.
my resolutions:
-flirt less. i have a boyfriend now and we must suffer through monogamy together. haha.
-write a book. seriously.
-watch all the artsy movies i've purchased or received as gifts.
-take school more seriously, assuming that i am still going to be there for the time being.
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Stop it, you don't want to go making the "spend more time on the forums" changed to "help, trapped on a forum with girl hungry men, help, send aid packages please" :wink:
That is exactly what I want to do.
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Then you are a little strange, if I am allowed to make that observation.
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I'm conservative in some beliefs, but damn it, I'm a red blooded Canadian man that needs to get a piece of damn ass here. :lol:
I know I ain't perfect, but meh that is too bad.
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i took "charming ass" as someone who does the whole "flirty mean" thing
Yeah, sort of what I meant, too.
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What does flirty mean... well, mean?
as in you are flirty to someone but in a harsh way?
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It's when you tease them about things in a flirtatious manner.
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That seems counterproductive. Or at least stupid if you have just met the girl... still this may account for my current singlehood. :-), ahhh well.
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Actually, even saying YOU LOOK LIKE SHIT could probably work if you did it right.
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Considering one of my mates has managed to get laid with the opening line of "do you know 90% of women masturbate" then yeah, I think its possible.
Then again the girl he got with did have a skirt so short it looked like an extension to a belt.
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re: "mean flirting" - i do this all the time when i flirt with people because that person's reaction will tell you whether or not they have a sense of humour and are able to make fun of themselves once in a while. both of those things are pretty important to me in any kind of relationship, including just friendships.
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I do "mean flirting" quite often. Add a certain level of over the top pretension to the act, and its not uncommon to both be called an asshole and get kisses from the same lady.
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I do sarcastic flirting for the same reasons as Tania.
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I mean flirt a lot too, I think that the mild bickering flirting is the best kind. Anything else seems too much like someone is using lines or has read one too many romance novels.
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1) Get a car
2) invest some more money
3) work out regularly
4) quit failing classes
A girlfriend would be nice, but I have my priorities.
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1. Good grades.
(what? i'm not going to a hyper-overpriced, superserial school to have fun. it's all srs bsnss from here on out)
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Do more work in chemical research
<3
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i took "charming ass" as someone who does the whole "flirty mean" thing
that's not charming in my opinion, it is fucking annoying and reminds me of middle school.
my resolutions:
-flirt less. i have a boyfriend now and we must suffer through monogamy together. haha.
-write a book. seriously.
-watch all the artsy movies i've purchased or received as gifts.
-take school more seriously, assuming that i am still going to be there for the time being.
pfft, monogamy.
my goals:
1. finish grad school apps this month and get into at least one
2. gain employment
3. employment -> gym membership -> general firming
4. Visit best friend!
5. improve my current relationship
6. According to a couple of mathematicians, having an affair increases the chances that you're with the right person (this was proven in 1966)
7. toss more music on the ipod.
8. read a bit more.
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There is charming ass and dick ass. The first gets you ladies the second gets you slapped.
I like to walk a fine line between the two assess so I get the ladies and get slapped.
Kiss at least 5 boys
So, since I am back in Labrador now I think that means you are the closest forumite to me presently which I think means I have to suggest we makeout, based on my flow-chart.
-flirt less. i have a boyfriend now and we must suffer through monogamy together. haha.
Hey baby it's cool if you want to sleep around, I don't mind.
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don't any of you watch entourage? because that is where the suffer through monogamy bit came from. i am not sleeping around nor do i want to.
and james goddamn it, don't call me baby, i will punch you.
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and james goddamn it, don't call me baby, i will punch you.
This is what he wants. I think it's on his flowchart somewhere.
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My Resolutions for '08 were basically 'go to canada' and 'do more stuff' and I feel that I achieved both of these satisfactorily.
So I'm going to be more specific for '09.
- Study Photography seriously
- Move into my own sweet digs
- Convince the government to give me free money
- Get out of the country again somehow
- Drink less coffee
- Grow extra head-hair
- Learn an instrument or at least figure out how to sing
- Make more people happy
- Be less awkward
- Learn how to play video games
- Don't give up!
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Oh yes! A list of stuff I'll forget about!
-All the awesome I was doing by the end of 2008: keep it up!
-Visit my best friend
-Maybe kiss a dude for real?
-On his cock?
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Pfft, I'll remind you. :-P
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Oh yes! A list of stuff I'll forget about!
-All the awesome I was doing by the end of 2008: keep it up!
-Visit my best friend
-Maybe kiss a dude for real?
-On his cock?
I do.
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1. finish some more classes.
2. get punched by a chick(wait already accomplished that at 1:33 AM cst 01/01/09)
3. not get cheated on (it's a long shot but worth the try)
4. stop QQing about my ex (not likely, i'm a complainer by nature)
5. Have more tact when being an asshole
6. gain 25 lbs (in my pants!.. just kiddnig muscle)
7. pay off hospital bills
8. Sell my motorcycle
9. not turn gay
10. unless it's brad pitt
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Okay, so I have collected some stuff I've been meaning to do and the arbitrary beginning of a new unit of time is as good an occasion as any.
* Exercise more
* Smoke less
* Smoke less pot
* Slack off less
* Finish my stories
* Build a longboard
* Take a proactive approach towards my job (which I have yet to start)
* Find love and keep it
* Fuck around (I realize those two sort of contradict each other but if one of them works out I'm content)
* Start learning a language that is not derived from Latin or German
* Buy less crap I don't need
* Do something fun with my hair (preferably before my job starts)
* Learn how to remain a bum while getting shit done
* Be better to my family
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Guys I have a fairly serious problem with two of my resolutions.
The first one is to learn to cook and the second one is to lose some flab by not eating too much.
But the cooking is so delicious. I made a lemon meringue pie and chocolate mousse this afternoon (hell yeah) and I ate lots of the mousse and tomorrow I will eat lots of the pie and both have lots of whipped cream with them and I feel that this is the start of a slippery, flobbering, delicious slope to obesity.
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Give away the cooking for free? Or just send them to me, I need to gain weight :-)
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Maybe you could learn how to take recipes like that and substitute healthier ingredients to make tasty but not too terribly bad for you desserts?
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Actually I want to expand on my New Years resolution (which is to have more sex). What will follow is a rant about sex. You may read it or you may not, it's up to you.
I am sick to death of living in a society in which women are socialized to consider their sexual needs secondary to those of men. Not only is it a sad and telling indication of the extent to which women are disenfranchised (and the extent to which they have been forced, duped, or otherwise compelled or tricked into buying into their own disenfranchisement), but on a personal level, it makes sex less fulfilling for me when I realize that sometimes I can't even trust my partner to tell me the truth about what they want. It's a hell of a privilege to be given the opportunity to satisfy someone else's sexual needs (because doing so is more fun than basically anything ever) and time and again, I have been faced with situations in which my female partners, whose sexual power and independence has been attacked incessantly and from all sides since long before they even become sexually mature, have the belief that they don't deserve sexual satisfaction unless they offer it to me, or that they are responsible for my sexual needs, or that they "should" do anything that doesn't give them full enjoyment. I don't want to be a party to feeding or reinforcing that kind of self-neglect, and I feel like I'm responsible for doing precisely that when I engage in a sexual encounter with a woman who is thinking about my enjoyment before her own.
All I want out of 2009 is a sexual partner, or series of sexual partners, with enough of a sense of self-empowerment that they tell me exactly what they want when I ask them, without feeling ashamed of it or feeling indebted to me for offering to satisfy them. Basically, I only want to be offered sexual satisfaction by women who really, genuinely, authentically desire the opportunity and enjoyment of giving it to me. Having a sexual encounter with someone who's subverting their own desire for the sake of mine does nothing good for me at all and, to be honest, makes me feel a little dirty afterwards.
I have to say that 2008 was a year of magnificent improvement for me in this regard. I was offered the opportunity to have sexual encounters with women who approached me on a truly equal footing, and who respected me (and themselves) enough to reveal to me what they really desired. Now that I have an idea of what that feels like (and hopefully an idea of how I can help create that kind of a dynamic), I'm hoping to cultivate it more in my life, and hopefully influence others to do the same.
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Cooking is only dangerous if you do more baking than cooking. Cooking your own meals is actually a really good way to make sure you are eating healthy. I can usually cut the oil or sugar in a recipe by half and not notice any difference. Or add extra veggies, substitute whole wheat or brown rice, the possibilities are endless. Basically, what Katherine said.
I have all sorts of goals, but I'm pretty sure I'll have a lot easier time if I just drink less. Especially spending more time in the art studio, losing a few vanity pounds, and saving money. Damnit alcohol, why must you be so tasty and make me feel so good?
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Cooking is only dangerous if you do more baking than cooking.
Ahem. Flambé much?
Cooking is wonderful though, I agree completely. And I tend to weigh about five pounds less the months most of my intake I've personally prepared. It's just easier to keep track of caloric intake that way.
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agree with jill and katherine. cooking is great for eating healthy cos you're in charge of what you're putting into your food, and baking is an awesome useful skill to have (especially in school) cos not only is it a pretty fun and affordable hobby, it also serves as an excellent way to pay people back for study notes, or say sorry to your roommate who you did a mean thing to the other day, or cheer up someone who is sad cos maybe they failed an exam, or any of that sort of thing. i do a lot of my own cooking and baking now and about 95% of the baking ends up in someone else's stomach, but that's okay, cos it makes them happy and that was my intention anyway. and everyone likes baked goods! except diabetics.
i hear you on not being able to bake for yourself, though, i can'r do it either on account i have no self-control and it is so problematic :(
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My fiancee likes to bake cookies when I'm around so that she can eat just two and then I'll eat the rest. She actually forces me to eat them all because if I leave any then she will eat them.
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way to pay people back for study notes, or say sorry to your roommate who you did a mean thing to the other day, or cheer up someone who is sad cos maybe they failed an exam, or any of that sort of thing.
Being so thoughtful as to do all of these things should be a resolution of mine, but I'm really not sure if I would be able to do it.
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The reason I'm learning to cook this year is so that when I go to university in October I can be sure of what's in my food (being vegetarian and a little paranoid, I don't trust cafes or canteens not to mix utensils and be a little lackadaisical about whey and rennet) but I keep eating things as I cook them. It won't be as much of a problem from next week because hockey training starts again and when it gets a little lighter I can start running again, so I guess that's the second resolution solved: do more exercise.
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1. Maintain my pulse
2. Write a collection of short stories
3. READ MOAR (I screwed this up so much last year)
4. Pass my GCSEs
5. Be more considerate
6. Go to more gigs
7. Smile more :-)
8. Manage to remember at least one of these by the end of the year
I have a feeling number 8 will be the hardest.
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I don't normally do resolutions but here are some things I would like to happen this year:
1. Officially get into the graphic design degree at my uni.
2. My boyfriend gets officially accepted into the same graphic design degree.
3. We both manage to study full time and work without killing each other.
4. Play more WoW and not let it take over my life.
5. Get better - figure out what I can and can't eat, figure out what exactly makes me sick.
6. Stay alive.
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Jamie, remove resolution 4!
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My new resolution:
Be as charming and completely relaxed as I was last night all the time.
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Curse Youuuuuuuuuuu and your ability to be the complely relaxed!
Also, good luck, if there is something to shoot for its the ability to be charming all the time. :-)
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I don't normally do resolutions but here are some things I would like to happen this year:
1. Officially get into the graphic design degree at my uni.
2. My boyfriend gets officially accepted into the same graphic design degree.
3. We both manage to study full time and work without killing each other.
4. Play more WoW and not let it take over my life.
5. Get better - figure out what I can and can't eat, figure out what exactly makes me sick.
6. Stay alive.
To resolution 4: I finally quit after years, you can, too!
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Man, I only started playing a few months ago! It is something that my boyfriend and I do together. We are not the going out and clubbing/partying type and we are both full time students and work. So it's the one thing that we can do together, especially if he goes back home to spend time there (which is 1.5hours away).
It's fun and I like that it gives us something to do together. We are one of those cute geeky 'we game together' couples.
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My new resolution:
Be charming
Close as I can get to this is
2. Try to appear normal.
Okay, so there's two resolutions that I think can realistically work towards.
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new resolution: stop making people think i am an unstoppable sex fiend (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,21235.msg754328.html#msg754328)
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tania is actually a comically inept sex fiend
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Hey man when Tania came over for turducken she did not sleep with the turducken and hooked up with only two of my friends.
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and i even hooked up with them one at a time, jerks
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Now that I think of it, though, she arrived late so the turducken was mostly gone so I don't know if she could have slept with it if she wanted to...
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are you implying that i'm a necrophiliac because i already told you i am not into that anymore, DAMNIT