HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I’m baaaaaaacccckkkk!
All right, I’m about 4 days late, but you know what? If you really think about it, every day is the start of a new year so stick that up your pie hole!
Now, I’m not big on making New Year’s resolutions. Most of the time I’m forced into coming up with a list of them, knowing that the list will be lost in the clutter that is my brain space within the timespan of…hmm…five minutes?
I totally get that January 1st is a big time for people to make big changes because it marks the big beginning of the big calendar year, but midnight marks the beginning of another day! Two o’clock is the beginning of happy hour at Sonic drive-ins! B is the beginning of my first name! The point is, there are beginnings everywhere. Every minute is another moment to try something new. Thus, why I’m not big on New Years’ resolutions.
However, I’m not knocking you guys who love resolutions. That’s cool, too.
Backtracking to January 1st, I spent part of the day at work, part of the afternoon shopping, and the evening and rest of the night at my best friend’s house with a group of friends. There was some minor drama, but overall, it was a total blast.
I had been somewhat bummed about not being able to go out and find a stranger to makeout with, but once I was in the moment (and one cute outfit later), pizza and friends (and daquiris) was a pretty shweet alternative. Oh, and guess what? I actually did the whole “What did you accomplish this year? What are your resolutions for next year?” thing.
What did I accomplish this year, my friends?
Well, for starters, I managed to stay employed all year long. At least…that’s what I told everyone. Only to now realize that it wasn’t entirely true. I was out of work between April and August, no thanks to the economy crashing and my ex-GM at a certain Borders bookstore being a total douche by neglecting to tell me that I was laid off in the first place. (*Note* I’m not even gonna lie, I really like telling the story about how I lost my job at the bookstore because I love the “DAMN THE MAN!” comradery that usually follows.)
Yeah, you suck!
After calling several times and showing up at the store a couple of times, flat out asking “DID. I. GET. FIRED?” (“No,” said a manager.) and still not being scheduled hours, it got to a point where I wasn’t even in a place to start looking for another job because I was out of town for a month (July ‘09: Two coasts, one month) so I was basically screwed over.
The icing on the cake was when I showed up to visit some friends there in August (at this point, in the midst of a big job search) and they were joking around by telling a manager that I was in the store because I was coming to get my job back. They were indeed RE-hiring previous employees. The manager was like, “Really??” All excited-like. Uh…no. In my mind, it was more like, “HELL NO!” If they didn’t have the decency to tell me that they were kicking me off of the schedule back in the spring—No, actually, if they were stupid enough to let the awesomeness that is ME go, there was no way I was going to return to that place to work! Morons. I’d never been dumped. By a boyfriend (though I’m almost certain it’ll happen someday…) or by a job. So Borders said bookstore has made my eternal shitlist. Wait, no, just the GM there for failing to notify me of the discontinued need for my amazing services.
Yeah, I’ve been itching to get that story out for months now. Where was I? Oh yeah, things I’ve accomplished. Besides the whole job thing, I think I may have also mentioned being able to overcome the huge fight I had with my BFF. Hooray for being grown-ups! Our friendship is stronger than ever now. I’m pretty much in love with it.
What are my resolutions for 2010?
When I was young and an idiot, my resolutions were along the lines of “I’m gonna find LUV this year!” *Eyes immediately glaze over and become anime-style* Screw that. I love love and all, but no. That resolution is lame. Plus, I’ve been single FOREVER so finding love is probably third on my list of “Things I NEED to do in life.” Right below “Travel tons,” “have amazing friends” and “make money to afford said travel.” Hmm…I guess that makes it fourth. Whatever! My resolutions this year are as follows:
- Write a book. Yeah, I said it. I’m writing a book this year. Notice I did not say, “I’m going to attempt to write a book.” No. I’m writing (and finishing) it. If it’s the only piece of creative writing I do this year, I’m writing a book!
- Take more pictures while hanging out with friends. When I’m in Florida, I take pictures with friends all the time, but in Louisiana, my camera is apparently only used for decoration. I have awesome friends here and we have good times together, but I guess we’re so caught up in the moment that pictures to preserve the memories don’t even come up.
I think those are easily done. I started already!
Are you making any changes for 2010?
Welcome to 2010.
That’s some shweet “crazy face” I’m making there.
