Happy New year....now we can get to breaking all those resolutions we made!
I hope everybody had a great holiday! Hopefully you were got lots of cool gadgets to help you usher in the year of the Dog. Yes 2006 in the Chinese calendar is the year of the Dog, not very exciting is it? I would've like the year of the Tiger or the Dragon or something, wouldn't that be cool? Now why am I talking about the Chinese calendar? Well, it looks like I'll be traveling to Shanghai (yes Shanghai China, like there a Shanghai some place else. You be surprised at how many people ask me "Shanghai? China? No, Shanghai Oklahoma you boob!) at the end of this month to do some video game stuff. Just goes to show that if you're persistent enough and talk to the right people you never know what might happen. As the wise sage Confucius said "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".
Christmas for me was good. Since I'm a little obsessive compulsive however, getting into every crack and cranny of my gifts has occupied most of my time. I'll post about them soon. Suffice to say it wasn't like a "Hilton" Christmas (nobody gave each other a Mercedes or anything) but Santa brought some good stuff. I did want to talk about my favorite things....New Year's Resolutions. I have always kind of mocked them in the past but figured since it was a fresh start (because we humans are all about fresh starts) that I would actually make some for a change. I have seen folks say it's cliché to do but there's something about just writing it down hat makes it seem more concrete. So here we go, my resolutions for 2006:
1) Be nicer. I know that sounds silly but have you noticed there aren't many nice people around anymore or that the first thing someone does is snap at you when you ask about something no matter how important or inane? Not me, not anymore.
2) Finish my book. I've been jotting stuff down for the past few years now but have never made a concerted effort to put it all together in a book. I mean how cool would it be to see your book published and on the shelf at Barnes & Noble?
3) Get my Digital Blast Podcast show in the Top 25 at Podcast Alley. I think I have some great content and would like to share it with everybody. Why not at iTunes? Because they're ranking software is crap. Podcast Alley ranks by number of voters for your show and is much more reliable.
4) Read books. I mean real books, I read a tons of magazines and web stuff but I rarely sit down and read a book. I just got finished reading Michael Crichton's "Timeline" and it was AWESOME. I forgot how great it is to sit down and read a book. I need to read the classics again too, they should be more fun now since the first time I had to read them it was as a school assignment.
5) Visit Tokyo.Yes, Tokyo Japan. To me that just seems like the coolest place to visit filled with cool tech, great history and people out walking their robot babies.
6) Get back in the gym. My biggest gripe about spending all this time with tech and with my head stuck in a monitor is that I haven't been in the gym.....in a while. I hate not being in better shape and working out just helps my mindset.
Okay, that's enough for now. Post for my newest passion will be up shortly.
Christmas for me was good. Since I'm a little obsessive compulsive however, getting into every crack and cranny of my gifts has occupied most of my time. I'll post about them soon. Suffice to say it wasn't like a "Hilton" Christmas (nobody gave each other a Mercedes or anything) but Santa brought some good stuff. I did want to talk about my favorite things....New Year's Resolutions. I have always kind of mocked them in the past but figured since it was a fresh start (because we humans are all about fresh starts) that I would actually make some for a change. I have seen folks say it's cliché to do but there's something about just writing it down hat makes it seem more concrete. So here we go, my resolutions for 2006:
1) Be nicer. I know that sounds silly but have you noticed there aren't many nice people around anymore or that the first thing someone does is snap at you when you ask about something no matter how important or inane? Not me, not anymore.
2) Finish my book. I've been jotting stuff down for the past few years now but have never made a concerted effort to put it all together in a book. I mean how cool would it be to see your book published and on the shelf at Barnes & Noble?
3) Get my Digital Blast Podcast show in the Top 25 at Podcast Alley. I think I have some great content and would like to share it with everybody. Why not at iTunes? Because they're ranking software is crap. Podcast Alley ranks by number of voters for your show and is much more reliable.
4) Read books. I mean real books, I read a tons of magazines and web stuff but I rarely sit down and read a book. I just got finished reading Michael Crichton's "Timeline" and it was AWESOME. I forgot how great it is to sit down and read a book. I need to read the classics again too, they should be more fun now since the first time I had to read them it was as a school assignment.
5) Visit Tokyo.Yes, Tokyo Japan. To me that just seems like the coolest place to visit filled with cool tech, great history and people out walking their robot babies.
6) Get back in the gym. My biggest gripe about spending all this time with tech and with my head stuck in a monitor is that I haven't been in the gym.....in a while. I hate not being in better shape and working out just helps my mindset.
Okay, that's enough for now. Post for my newest passion will be up shortly.
posted by Dutch DeGay at 12:04 AM
1 Comments:
happy new year dutch!
I don't really do resolutions on New Years. There are so many expectations, and then when people fail they feel bad about it. I think if you really want to change something about yourself then you will. You shouldn't need a specified day to do it.
Writing down your goals does make them seem more attainable though. I hope you obtain the things you want this year.
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