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resolving - second of january, 2003

"once i know who i'm not, then i'll know who i am but i know i won't keep on playing the victim."~alanis morissette

we came home right after dinner downtown. it was raining softly and misting over the neon lights of the south side. the five of us walked on the brick sidewalks that were heaved like waves of the ocean rather than works of stone. we ate at city grill. after an excellent dinner, jonathon and brian headed their way and we headed ours...home to a low key evening.

toby mixed limon and tropico and orange juice and cranberry juice in his bartender-hot-shaker way and we watched the ball drop in new york.

we were asleep by one thirty. it was quiet. it was b-side. it was perfect.

we spent new years day on the couch, mostly, as toby battled the peak of the nasty cold he'd caught from me. he put me to work simmering some nasty southern concoction of black eyed peas and ham hocks (which i've determined are pig's knees, i think). he ate two small bowls full and i'm sure, now, that i could probably cook anything. we had vegetarian tacos for dinner and watched our three netflix movies before turning in.

this morning, we woke up and headed for the strip district. enduring a wintery mix of snow and mist and fog and clouds of our breath, we popped in and out of the small shops, browsed wholey's fish market, purchased chocolate for my father, and enjoyed the day together. this is what i want my new year to be like. i want to enjoy my time.

and so that is one of my resolutions, although i'm not much of a resolver, really. this one seems to be exactly the type of resolution i need to make.

so here it is, put plainly:

i resolve to enjoy myself and relax this year. i will relax enough in my free time to have a cup of tea, read a book, write a little, or just sit around and be still. i will not compensate my time to be with people that i don't respect or with whom i'd rather not spend my valuable time only to regret it later. i will enjoy the time that i am given.

and thats that.

(oh, and i'm gonna try to make myself write more than i did this year. and maybe redecorate this tired template.)

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