Endings start with answers/New, you're so new

I suppose now that I'm a blogger, I feel obligated to write a blog detailing the last year of my life and what I hope will come from the next year... because you all care about what I do every waking second, right? Thought so.

While it seems like everyone seems to think 2009 was a big pile of elephant shit, I see it as quite the opposite: 2009 was freakin' great! It was the first year I don't remember ringing in the new year at midnight. No, not because I was shwasted but rather because I had gone to bed. Fourtunately, the lame start to the year was not an omen of what was to come. My second semester of kind of college was an eventful and stressful one. I learned a lot about how college REALLY is and met a lot of cool new people. Despite all the challenges, I pulled through. In June, I graduated high school (even though I had taken all my classes at the University of Minnesota my senior year). Seeing as I didn't walk in graduation or do any of the typical end of high school stuff, it kind of feels like it never really ended. A little part of me does regret that but to be honest I had moved on long before.

June and July were extremely eventful. I got to see Jenny Lewis front row. I got to see Metric front row and had my hand grabbed by Emily Haines (ZOMG my heart still races thinking about it). I rode a party bus for the first time. I had a luau/Michael Jackson dance tribute with friends the night MJ and Farrah died. And then, on July 5, 2009... the greatest day of my life: My first time seeing my favorite band live. It wasn't just any concert though. Ohhhhh lord no! I was with two of my favorite people, WAS FRONT ROW, touched GWEN STEFANI, met a ton of cool new people, had a picture of my tattoo taken by the tour club manager, and caught a guitar pick from Tom Dumont... How crazy is that?! The years of waiting were totally worth it. Looking back, it seems so surreal. I'm truly lucky to have been able to experience such a wonderful thing that most people will never get to.

Of course, the year wasn't perfect. In June I did something (well, someone... hehehe. Still haven't grown up!) that I really regret. August meant leaving for Purdue and that ended up not being the best period in my life. However, I've decided that the past is the past and it's time to look to the future!

I've never really made resolutions but it's a new year and a new decade so it's time for that to change. Thinking it over, there are a few things I'd like to change:

I need to spend less money. This is especially important if I want to be able to get an appartment near campus and a cat. So my first resolution is to cut down on unnecessary spending (Notice how I didn't say cut out... a guy's gotta have his vices mwahahahaha!)

I'm sick of having shitty Singles Awareness Days and other holidays that revolve around dating and reproduction and hormones and all that jazz. Seeing as I'm a realist and choose not to lie to myself, I probably won't find a lover anytime this year. Instead, I decided that come next year I'm going to start my life as a crazy cat man by getting my first cat... or two.

I tend to let people walk all over me. I never go after what I want. If someone catches my eye, I cower in fear or freeze up if I do make contact. In the words of the lovely and talented Gwen Stefani, "If you bore me then I'm comfortable. If you interest me I'm scared. My attraction paralyzes me, no courage to show my true colors that exist." Well, this year I'm going to stand up for myself. I'm going to be more outgoing. I'm going to get what I want. My second resolution is to grow a fucking spin.

I really need to get in shape. I'm not saying I'm a cow or anything, but really, all my sexy tattoos should be over rock hard muscles and should be complimented by abs of steel. I need to find a gym to go to. Not a ghetto one like Anytime Fitness, but a nice one... but also a cheap one. My third resolution is to get fit.

My fourth resolution is to bang as many mega hotties as possible.

Okay, that last one isn't real.

It is the dawn of the new year. I have no idea what trials and challenges, joys and fantastic times lay ahead but I shall make the best of it. Have a great year, everyone. Here's to 2010!