shankar2k's Journal: Happy New Years!

Happy New Years everyone! It's a terrible tragedy that this New Year's so many people in Asia are suffering. My brother went into an AOL chat room about the tsunami and some ignorant guy said something "Once again some stupid stuff happens in the third world, and once again America has to go in and pick up the pieces. Why can't we learn to just take care of our own." God some people are closeminded and stupid.

Okay, on the happier news. 2004 was a fairly tumultuous year for me, but I would have to say, on the whole it was a good one. My resolution for that year was to Face My Fears, and I think I really did, and they were as horrible as I had imagined them to be. I definitely let my emotions get the better of me and didn't think about the consequences. I was a little disappointed that I wasn't able to get my Master's thesis done by Spring like I said, but I am overjoyed that I got it done finally.

2005 will be different. I have a Master's Degree. I know what I want, and I have an idea of how to get it. I have a cutey-pie nephew (who's growing out of his clothes) and wonderful friends and family. So in some sense, this new year is a clean slate. For the moment, I have managed to make no mistakes.

I've though long and hard about what I should work on this year, because I have a lot of things I'd like to change. The root of it all though, is my general lack of energy. I can get on a roll for a while, but the moment I get a tiny kink in my plans, I feel like I need to rest to get my bearings straight, and by the time I do, I'm already so far behind. So this year, my resolution is to find Energy.

Now for some more concrete resolutions:

1. I'm resolve to become buff enough to bench at least 150 pounds.
2. I resolve to have enough endurance to run a 5k non-stop.
3. I resolve to not be late to a single class this semester (this is going to be really tough).

The first two kind of relate to the overall goal of finding Energy, and if they're too easy I'll rescale them. I'd like to clarify that I don't think I've put on weight. I feel out of shape as I get tired quickly, and my back hurts, but I weigh the same as I always have. It will be a long long time before I ever think I need to lose weight.

Re:meh

[shankar2k]

buttface? Um ... I know you are but what am I?

I'm heading to Chicago tomorrow and I'll be in the suburbs for a week or so. I'll get in contact with you then.

Shankar