Resolutions

For some odd reason, this January just doesn't feel like a "New Year". Normally I'd be making resolutions I don't intend to keep, planning a new career I don't intend to pursue, stuff like that. But I'm not.

Maybe it was my somber Christmas. Maybe it was Dick Clark's heartbreaking return to Times Square. Maybe I've been sucked through a LOST-esqe disturbance in the time-space continuum. Maybe I've just been doing the same thing for too long.

Whatever it is, I feel like it's February or something and I've completely jumped over the month of self-improvement.

On second thought, I have a strong suspicion that I'm feeling this way because 2005 was such a flatline. Normally I'd be sending out my yearly updates about now- a whole letter filled with all the concentrated excitement of the year. (I started one. It had three sentences...) Last year, I decided to make 2005 my year of zen. It was filled with peace, insight, and very little drama. Isn't that what everyone strives for?

It turns out that peace is a little boring.

So, right here, right now, I'm turning a new leaf (even though I don't feel like it!) and choosing to have more drama in 2006.

So watch out! (And please don't laugh when this year turns out to be even quieter than the last!)