New Year’s Resolutions
Last year was a pretty big year. I bought condo. It was the biggest purchase of my life. I think it aged me, like any rite of passage would. Nicole bought a place too, and she too seems much wiser than before. My dad always said that your home will be the best investment you’ll ever make. In the end I thought the only recognizable difference would be that I would make my check out to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, instead of some landlord who would end up keeping my deposit, but that’s not the case. When you own, there’s a huge difference. My life feels more stable, like most of life’s uncertainties have already been decided, like a rushing river flowing into the deep blue ocean. That’s the best way I can explain it.
Have you met Taylor?
We got her in March. She finally stopped peeing in the house, but still eats things she’s not supposed to. Sometimes I dread coming home, afraid to see what else she’s consumed and destroyed, and yet I love her because sometimes she is the only one who understands me.
I also drove across America. Everyone says you have to do it once. When you decide to take the drive always remember: Your vehicle is your lifeline. Do not drive in the mud.
Besides that, I read some books: Dante’s Inferno, Paradise Lost, The Bell Curve, the Invisible Monster, and Proust. Mardi Gras in New Orleans was cool, and I got to photograph Banksy’s work. I wrote to Post-Secret, zorbed the orb, walked down the Yellow Brick Road, constructed a Halloween costume, saw a koala bear, went white water rafting, and discovered an underwater cave.
Here are my plans for 2011:
Run a Marathon, Learn to Change my Oil, Crush Grape with my Bare Feet, Teach an Illiterate to Read, Adopt a Debate Team, See the Northern Lights, Attend Comic Con, Bake a Souffle, Go Night Diving, Visit Australia, Drink Myself Silly in New Zealand, Learn to Play Bridge, Read Eightfold Teachings, Mush a Dog Sled, Ride the Kingda Ka, Know the periodic table by heart, Light a Fart, Eat Blowfish, Learn Korean, and look into going back to school.
Things to buy in 2011: Rock’N’Roll Marathon Registration, new shoes, dri-fit socks, 24 Hr Fitness Membership, iphone4 with Verizon network (February whoot!), oil change pump, tickets to the grape stomp festival, comic-con tickets (if they will ever get the site to work), plane flight to Australia and New Zealand, ticket to Washington DC with bus pass to New Jersey/New York, pay off the mini, buy a new computer, wooden floors, fix the wall that taylor ate, buy a new couch, a new mattress, and a new dinning room table and chairs.
Life can be simple again.
