It had to happen eventually. The Optoelectronics decadent, Rock-and-Roll lifestyle was getting way out of hand, and it was only a matter of time before the Ninjas had to shut them down…for good! As such, I can only assume that the database server containing my blog posts was incinerated along with the solid gold mousemats and £1000 iDisplays filled with cocaine. So until I can afford to either a) fix my old PC and run it as a MySQL/Apache server, or b) pay some reputable company to host my stuff, I’ll be using WordPress to keep up my Web appearences.
New year was quite the event, with the now-infamous Cake Stop making a welcome appearence. An exclusive Bath Party was also a highlight of the evening, until it was shut down by the fourteen people waiting to use the upstairs bathroom. For the first time in recent memory, I didn’t miss New Year actually happening, and spent the crucial moment milling around Radcliffe House with all the people in the world. Well, that’s not strictly true – some people were regrettably stuck in the Midlands, and were sorely missed. Hopefully, Stourbridge etc. will be successfully avoided by all next year, and we can actually have the kind of New Year’s jokes we used to enjoy before we were legally old enough to drink.
With the new year, come the obligatory resolutions. Usually satisfied with the catch-all, “sort out my life”, this year sees some more specific goals. Notice that by making an actual list of resolutions, I’m already a step closer to sorting out said life? Genius.
Anyhoo, this year’s resolutions (as posted on the RockSoc forum) are:
- work on making myself employable, rather than just educated (some kind of code portfolio would be a good starting point)
- play more games, rather than just read about how rubbish they all are nowadays
- cancel my subscription to Edge (see previous)
- expand my meagre legitimate CD collection and listen to some exciting new music
- finish one book a month (currently averaging one book every two years)
- become reasonably competant at some kind of musical instrument
- draw something nice
Basically, spend more time actually doing things and less time merely reading about them on the Internet. One resoultion which didn’t make it to the list, but is still very much valid, is:
- Be more decisive
As the most indecisive person in the history of time, a large proportion of my life is spent either agonising over having to make a trivial decision, or agonising over the trivial decision I was actually forced to make. This year, I aim to make as many quick decisions as I can, and to stick by them without worrying about the consequences. In this way, the resolution is very similar to Mac‘s (or at least the one I seem to remember him coming up with), with the exception being that I’m equally likely to say no (as long as it’s in a quick, decisive manner).
