Sleep is the Enemy

It's New Years Day. What better time to discuss the importance of family, friends and outlooks for the year ahead?

Well, frankly I think that's utter bollocks. I have resolutions, but as I've said before, I'm pretty good at making plans and pretty awful at implementing solutions. So I'll tell you what I plan to do; I plan to stop making resolutions that won't get implemented. It's easy to be all talk. It surely is.

Last night, naturally, I went to the third annual Greenwell New Year's Eve party. The first year I remember nothing of, except of rolling around in my boxer shorts in the hall. Ahem. The second year I was insane with rage and...basically in a foul mood. At some point I sat up from my temporary bed to feel a repetetive banging against my head. Yes, it was. Yes.

This year I feel I drank rather too much but still succeeded in having a wonderful time. An excellent time was had the day after, i.e. today, because I helped tidy up and generally felt good about myself. It really was rather nice. Plus we had pizza and watched Family Guy and ripped the piss out of someone who'd made some fairly bad mistakes in the night before.

2006 was mint, don't get me wrong, but I'm hoping to high hell that 2007 is far superior. I get the whole Ecuador experience, and going to University, and basically being a proper human being as opposed to the bum I was before. But to achieve this, I'm going to have to make some resolutions, I imagine. And yes, implement them.

So: I'm going to stop drinking as much. According to my bartender friend, I'm an alcoholic. Also my guitarist called me the worst binge-drinker out of the lot of us, which offended me somewhat. So yes, I'm going to limit my intake. How? Well, when I went straight-edge for a month (aha, I didn't really!) I had loads of fun and no beer. So it's surely possible to just have J2O and other non-branded soft drinks.

Also: I'm going to help my mum out around the house more. I know, it's lame, but it needs to be done. I have to learn about how to live by myself, and what better and kinder way than to do it in a mutually benevolent manner? It was suggested by my colleague, who seems to think I'm an arsehole, but I really think that if I just washed and ironed my own clothes, the world would be a better place. Maybe.

Anything else? Well, obviously I want to do more for charity. Maybe the WaterAid lottery is a good idea. I can do that without even thinking about it...which isn't necessarily the point. Maybe just more time browsing charity shops indiscriminately.

And of course, spend more time with my old friends. My time with them is running short, to be honest. It's gotta be done. You know; just ring Greeny and Mark and Jon every so often. Just to arrange a trip to town. Where I will drink moderately. Yep.

Needs, wants, implementations, solutions. It's all there. Read it and weep.