New Years goals

[Lies]

I've been thinking about my life lately, and I've started to realise that this year is ending, and there will be a new year upon us.

I've been wondering, what will this mean? What will I be doing? Where will I be going next year?
I've never really given this much of a real thought before, I've sorted always just gone with whatever I've been told to do or suggested might be good ideas.

Thing is, doing exactly that has rarely been a source of keeping stable and finding happiness in life.

I've been wondering, what I am good at and what exactly, I am good for, besides waxing philosophical about the nature of this chaotic reality, but I don't really do anything useful per se, at least, nothing useful that allows me to maintain a decent income.

Sure, I make enough to get by and have a bit of fun, I maintain a healthy outside lifestyle, but I want to see more of the world. And I want the world to see more of me.

You see, for a long time, I've always wondered what it was that I should do with my life.

I've always been *good* at a *lot* of things, but I've never really been *great* at anything, mostly because anything serious I try and do usually gets ruined by the people that try and teach me it, and so I find it hard to stick to any sort of profession that I can stand any longer for more then 6 months.

I've been an IT administrator at a university, I've been a door to door salesman, I've been a telemarketer, I've been a job recruitment "officer", I've been a Bussy in a night club, and I've made websites, been a volunteer firefighter, and have been behind my parents cash register for most of my life.

Lately though, I've redeveloped an old love and dream of mine t since childhood, that was mostly crushed back in primary school by my teacher who refused to let me put on a magic show for the school for reasons that still confuse me to this day. (I have suspicions though it might have been the fact I managed to get two girls curious about my show who then begged to be volunteers for the show, and the fact I asked for privacy to practice with them might have set off alarm bells with my suspicious teacher. What a bitch, I swear, it was completely innocent!)

Anyway, I'm hoping that with time and a bit of luck, I should be able to start putting on shows professionally, I've had a lot of people been asking me for a business card lately, which is a pity because I really need to make some so I can actually appear a bit more professional.

Its just mostly at the moment, a lot of the shows I do are completely for charity, but I've been getting a lot of beer and hopefully soon, I'll be getting free entry to certain gigs where they want entertainers like me.

But I have to be realistic, I need to make more money, so I'm pondering what I should do as a part time job until I can start making some real cash with this serious hobby of mine.

So I suppose what I'm hoping to do and what my goals are next year, in a nut shell, is, improve my showmanship, get some business cards printed up, get a job that pays something decent that won't drive me crazy, I still plan on studying though as well, though I've sort of taken a semester off this year to work on my showmanship and I'm still debating with myself if I should take another semester off next year.

I'm planning on going to a crater in the middle of australias desert for new years and tripping out on some cactus to do some soul searching.
I'm hoping on making some big changes next year and I want to start traveling more.

Also, I've been thinking, some of you guys are some of the best people I know and can ever hope to imagine and meet, and I want to try and see as many of you as possible and hope I can all brighten your lives in some way and annoy people we dislike in other ways.
I know I can be a bit of a egotistical and annoyingly narcissistic at times, I can seem to be a bit of a sleaze, but I have to admit, I've been pretty young and immature, because I am young and immature, I'm trying to make it a goal to be a more positive and mature person in the coming years, while still remembering to be young and fun.

What about you guys, what are your plans for the new year? What do you hope and envision and hope to change about your life?

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

My thoughts for the new year.....

Kill my husband....

Divorce my husband.....

I'm debating but will keep you posted!

[Cramulus]

right now my resolution is that this will be my last year on the east coast.

I want to move to Portland, OR. soon. like maybe as early as this spring.



I don't think Portland is this magical land of smiles and wonderment and free drugs

it might be even shittier than the east coast


but I'm using it as a symbol of a new life

[AFK]

Hopefully still be employed whether it is in my current job, or the job I just interviewed for, or some other job. 

Be a good father for 2 starting sometime late March/early April. 

That's pretty much the bulk of next year.   

[Salty]

-Aquire a car
-Keep my Job(s)
-Afford nonlatex birthcontrol
-Learn some new massage techniques
-Finish (and begin) 2nd draft of my YA horror fantasy novel
-Destroy the last of my superstitions, beginning with Mercury Retrograde.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Fuck personal improvement, I'm gonna hang out with perverts.

[Dimocritus]

Fuck personal improvement, I'm gonna hang out with perverts.

Acquire a car is also on my list. Other than that, I'm gonna' keep plugging away at school.

[-Kel-]

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

i will not kill anymore

*sharpens ax*

I PROMISE!!

[East Coast Hustle]

"new years" is a completely arbitrary mark in a fairly arbitrary calendar, and as such I feel no need to attach any special personal import to it.

it is, however, still my favorite holiday since it's the one day of the year that EVERYONE is expected to party.

also, Lys, if you make it to the states before I make it out of the states, I expect your itinerary to include a few days in the PNW.

[P3nT4gR4m]

I'ma get shitfaced drunk and kick the living crap out of an motherfucken eagle

[bds]

My goals for the next year:

Survive exams without shitting self too many times.
Get on the radio more.
Get laid more.

BDS,
Optimist.

[Payne]

My goals for the next year:

Survive exams without shitting self too many times.
Get on the radio more.
Get laid.

BDS,
Optimist.

Fixt.

[-Kel-]

I'ma get shitfaced drunk and kick the living crap out of an motherfucken eagle

[bds]

Fuck, rumbled.

[phode]

My goals for 2010?

See The Residents,
care for my friends and family,
have lots of sex,
smoke some pot
and survive to see 2011.

Best of wishes, Lysergic.

You too, everybody else.