2009

I appreciate New Year's resolutions. Some people find themselves making the same resolutions each time the ball drops. It's almost foreshadowing because somewhere along the way they drop the ball too. I do my best to make resolutions that I know I can keep. I even had a few for 09 but they are being thrown out the window. Instead I want to be watching the ball fall for 2010 knowing the 2009 was a resolute year.
There is something special about these breaks. Anna summed it up perfectly last night when we went down to that party at Santa Cruz, "It is like two worlds coming together." I wish my worlds would cross instead of being on separate coasts. They each have the good and the bad but the people from each world put together would be unstoppable. But that just isn't in the cards.
As I move forward I'm not sure that everybody wants to see me embark on the roads ahead. I know one person for sure. I can understand the motivations and must admit that at times I haven't been clear about what I want or where I'm going. But I've found something good. I don't know if it will endure the test of time or if it is just current fad/muse for a time. I hope it endures. I want it to. I'm maturing and growing as a person. It's good. I still have a long way to go but when I think of where I was just a year ago the difference is startling.
Spring Semester is upon me. I can't believe that after this semester I'm a junior. Something just doesn't seem right about that. College is almost half over. That is whack, Jack.
I love that I lead a spontaneous lifestyle and that love is only deepened by the fact that I have some of the greatest friends you could have in this life. It's a fact. We don't operate by what makes the most sense or by what the clock says. We go on whims and explore. One minute you are thinking you're staying in for the night, the next you're drawing penises with shaving cream at some house in Santa Cruz you'll never return to. (Sorry Anna.) I can only imagine what 2009 has in store. But if these first 9 days are any indication, it will be one for the books.
I have to be honest though, the prospect of freezing weather and snow does not fill me with glee. Good thing I have fond memories to keep me warm.