A good time to look back on 2009 resolutions.

[Chan790]

I was just looking through the archives for some of my past poetry work...I'm trying to get together enough to chapbook...and I found my 2009 resolutions posted almost a year ago today. So I wanted to share how I did and see if anybody else had any successes this year.

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The 2008 List:

1.) Move to NYC and work as a PA without starving to death. √, I subsequently quit because it was by-far the worst job I've ever had, but I did it.

2.) Make my novel and screenplay both come together cohesively. X

3.) Blog at-least thrice weekly. X

4.) Get back on the metaphorical horse qua dating. X, not for lack of effort but lack of funds.

5.) Complete at least these 8 items off my life-list:
* a.) Have a personal essay published on Nerve.com. X, No longer on the lifelist.
* b.) Pose nude for a famous photographer. √
* c.) Drink a $500 scotch, neat. √
* d.) Bare-knuckles box against (a certain friend) to KO. (He's now my boss. He can't wait...his SO is not as anticipatory.) Kinda √. I did punch him out for grafting me on the rent.
* e.) Read from a book more than 500 years old. X, I can really do this one any time I'd like...I just have to make the trip back to CUA campus as I have a researcher's clearance to the Oliviera Lima library collections of ancient Catholic church artifacts.
* f.) Finish Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia. X, this book is my nemesis. Clear and simple, it's just too dense and I have to keep stopping to read the source materials again.
* g.) Shake hands with a current President. X, waiting again on a new president. I'm disappointed to have worked on his campaign.
* h.) Make-out with a Hollywood starlet. Has there ever been a more childish and pathetic life-list item?? Really? I'm embarrassed for this. Oh yeah, √√ :*

6.) Finish either my novel or my screenplay. X, I am compiling my poetry into a book-submission so perhaps that counts? :shrug:

7.) Pursue training for a supplementary career. (I'm contemplating shibari-instructor/pro-dom. Alternately, something more normal.) √. I took development coursework and training in sales and banking.

8.) Read a poem at a poetry-reading. X, I really don't think I like reading outloud. I write for the page, honestly.

9.) Go a full year without ending-up living on my mom's couch. √

10.) Volunteer-service more frequently. √

Anybody else?

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