Happy New Year!

2010 can kiss my ass.

It's time for those resolutions. I know last year's I didn't stick to, but I'll make a list again. Lists are good.

#1. Write more. That's why I'm here. I've been half-assing a work blog and decided that, sure it's nice to talk about that, but the confines of it make me feel like I can't talk the way I really want to. The voice even sounds different!

#2. Cook more. New year new things. Tonight, I finally nutted up and made risotto. Thank you Benson. Mushroom and asparagus risotto to be exact (cooking soundtrack: Cassadaga by Bright Eyes and the first 4 tracks of Sigh No More by Mumford and Sons). I wandered around Wal-mart for 20 minutes trying to find "risotto" not knowing that I needed to be looking for arborio rice. Half an hour of stirring and we have bowls of sweet sweet deliciousness in front of us.

#3. Read more. Jeff at work has given me reams and reams of information concerning archaeology which I need to delve into. I've also began my "Whitman a Day" which is pretty much just me reading a passage out of Leaves of Grass. I've dabbled in the book countless times over the years, but have never read it cover to cover. That's the plan for 2011. It's already proven useful in getting the creative juices flowing. I've got an outline for a script on my desktop along with jotted notes for another and a few songs.

#4. Exercise more and maybe lose a little weight. Dropped almost 30lbs in 2010 and finally hit my wall at ~240. Need to get back into portion control and watching what I put in my face. Have almost completely given up soda. Drinking mostly water and tea at the moment. Acquired a copy of 30 Day Shred that we kind of half-assed in the last months of 2010 which I think we'll put ourselves through this year.

#5. Play more music. I love playing music, I just don't make time for it like I used to. Got a ukulele for Christmas and it's really rejuvenated my interest.

#5.a. Take more pictures. Really, this could have just been "Be more creative" as #5, but I itemized it on paper, it gets itemized here. I'm a big fan of lomography and though my digital attempts are not nearly as good as real lomo I'm going to continue with it. I'm also going to see about picking up a Diana mini.

#6. Watch more movies. It's my bread and butter. There was a reason I used to have a webpage called www.robthemovieguy.com. I guess this could have gone with "read more" now that I think about it, but it didn't.

#7. Get out more. Spontaneous Dinner Party, soccer game, upper bar, etc. We never were "going out" people. But, those were really great times and they really meant a lot (you know who you are). Maybe we can be "going out" people.

#8. Get more ink. The arm has to get done. What better year than 2011? Have some ideas to finish the lower, should be pretty easy. Now need to think about what to get up top.

And that's it. That's the New Year List. I already feel good about this. We'll see you when we see you.