Friday, January 04, 2008
Failed New Year’s Resolutions, 2008 Edition
Every year I make a nice list of New Year’s Resolutions. I usually do OK with some of them and not so great at others. This year, however, I’m morbidly proud to announce that four days into the new year I have already failed at ALL of my resolutions, so now I can just relax for the rest of the year.
- Stop drinking carbonated and caffeinated beverages. Unfortunately, the permanent IV line that snakes into my veins from a 55 gallon drum of pure, unadulterated Diet Coke syrup has started to heal nicely. Plus the tubing makes a lovely necklace and the color sets off my eyes really well.
- Lose some weight I should have never opened that enormous bag of mini Three Musketeers, that was my first mistake. My second was washing down that entire bag with a bucket filled with a delicious chocolate shake. And do you know how hard it is to resist the siren call of bacon or a chicken fried steak with a side of creamy, buttery mashed potatoes? My heavens to Betsy wrapped up in deep fried meat, it’s impossible.
- Exercise more Haven’t been the to gym in weeks. Have zero desire to to go the gym. Which is kind of ironic, since before the holiday break I was incredibly faithful about going to the gym going on a couple months. I could even see muscles and was starting to see some real improvements. Now I get tired just playing Guitar Hero III with the kids.
- Stop saying mean things about Republicans When I said, “I bet Mike Huckabee strangles a puppy every day for his morning constitutional,” I meant that as as compliment.
- Get out of debt This would be totally “do-able” expect that I simply had to have that full set of “mint in box” 1977 Star Wars action figures from ebay the other night.
- Learn another foreign language. This would be commendable, except my real goal is to learn to swear in as many languages as possible.
- Be a better father Look, if I’m going to lift even one finger to be a better father, then the kids are going to have to be better children. They could start by buying me Star Wars action figures from their allowances so I wouldn’t have to fork over thousands and thousands of dollars to some sweaty Cheet-o stained geek on ebay who complains if his PayPal payment isn’t completed pico-seconds after the auction has ended: “Worst. E-Bayer. Ever. F-----”
- Floss nightly This one was so “pie in the sky” as to be laughable. Tried it the other evening before bed and my gums bled so badly that I passed out and woke up on the bathroom floor with floss twisted around my fingers and a pounding headache. Never again.
- Stop writing posts at work. At the very least I should start manipulating the time stamps so it appears that I’m not blogging at work.
I’ll try harder next year, I promise.
Maybe you could try not saying bad things about Republicans after the elections, as far as I’m concerned it’s open season until then.
Posted by michael on 01/04/08 at 01:28 PM#6 My dad taught me Italian when I was young. Unfortunately, the extent of his Italian consists of “sit down,” “shut up,” “eat,” and s handful of swear words.
Which, come to think of it, is passable Italian.
Posted by Kathy on 01/05/08 at 04:14 AMAs always, you make me laugh so hard that I can’t think of any suitably witty comment. Nice job.
Posted by Novembrance on 01/05/08 at 01:45 PMI don’t think you’re totally off the hook… half of the items on your list seem like a temporary slip-up… You can still get back on track!! :)
Posted by Anitra on 01/06/08 at 06:42 PM
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