ZombieKitten said:

kewlschool said:

I don't do resolutions, but I make things happen -resolutions tend to be ignored.

Things to look forward to is the Seattle ORG invasion-there are some fun, quirky, and yes Princely surprises planned.

I have some house reconstruction that I will be doing this summer.

Mine is to get to Seattle. I matter what Got some US$ already

ZombieKitten said:

kewlschool said:

I don't do resolutions, but I make things happen -resolutions tend to be ignored.

Things to look forward to is the Seattle ORG invasion-there are some fun, quirky, and yes Princely surprises planned.

I have some house reconstruction that I will be doing this summer.

Mine is to get to Seattle. I matter what Got some US$ already

Yes, it will be fun. PJ is coming too.

vainandy said:

I'm going to be even more wilder, outrageous, nasty, horny, whorish, and foul mouthed than I already am.

Is that AT all possible?

PurpleJedi said:

damosuzuki said:

Incrementally increase my savings rate to 75% of total 2013 net income (not including pension/ESOP contributions).

How in God's Earth are you going to live on only 25% of your earning??? (Well...unless you're part of the 1%?)

I’m definitely not a 1%-er. I just lead a very simple life. No car, no vacations, no restaurants, no kids, and I live in a low-income neighbourhood in a little apartment well below my means. It may be a little dreary, but I have been hovering around a savings rate of 70-72% the past four years and that pays dividends. My advisor and I have worked out that I would be able to retire at 46 - not that I'll do that, but I may take the opportunity to go off and do something totally different. I’ll still have to live my life the way I do now, but I have no issue with the way I live my life, so that’s really not a problem.

Of course, that all assumes that society doesn't collapse, but if society collapses then we'll all be out hunting feral cats or whatever.

kewlschool said:

ZombieKitten said:

kewlschool said: Mine is to get to Seattle. I matter what Got some US$ already

Yes, it will be fun. PJ is coming too.

damosuzuki said:

PurpleJedi said:

How in God's Earth are you going to live on only 25% of your earning??? (Well...unless you're part of the 1%?)

I’m definitely not a 1%-er. I just lead a very simple life. No car, no vacations, no restaurants, no kids, and I live in a low-income neighbourhood in a little apartment well below my means. It may be a little dreary, but I have been hovering around a savings rate of 70-72% the past four years and that pays dividends. My advisor and I have worked out that I would be able to retire at 46 - not that I'll do that, but I may take the opportunity to go off and do something totally different. I’ll still have to live my life the way I do now, but I have no issue with the way I live my life, so that’s really not a problem.

Of course, that all assumes that society doesn't collapse, but if society collapses then we'll all be out hunting feral cats or whatever.

That's truly amazing.

Good luck.

You never even read Shakespeare in high school? No Romeo & Juliet or Caesar or MacBeth?

I took an entire class on Shakespeare in college - it was so fun. At the end of the semester we had to do a presentation about Shakespeare and.... something else of our choosing. One person chose Shakespeare quotes in Star Trek, one pair did Shakepeare as daytime talkshow. I did mine on visual representations of scenes from Shakespeare plays.

Anyway...I remember liking:

The Tempest

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Much Ado About Nothing

The Sonnets

My high school English teacher always told us the trick is to read Shakespeare from puncuation mark to puncuation mark (not line by line). Try to find a notated version that explains the meaning of phrases or words that are more obsure.

jone70 said:

You never even read Shakespeare in high school? No Romeo & Juliet or Caesar or MacBeth?

I took an entire class on Shakespeare in college - it was so fun. At the end of the semester we had to do a presentation about Shakespeare and.... something else of our choosing. One person chose Shakespeare quotes in Star Trek, one pair did Shakepeare as daytime talkshow. I did mine on visual representations of scenes from Shakespeare plays.

Anyway...I remember liking:

The Tempest

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Much Ado About Nothing

The Sonnets

My high school English teacher always told us the trick is to read Shakespeare from puncuation mark to puncuation mark (not line by line). Try to find a notated version that explains the meaning of phrases or words that are more obsure.

Nope. Not a single one.

no i am not working on new years resolutions yet. i just bought thank you notes for christmas. gimme some time. i need more time.

NO! wait! i just thought of one. i resolve that imago will not create any more threads featuring the botfly this year. this is a resolution i think we can all get behind.

diet!

get more sleep!

get more sex!

learn to chill with my (grown up) kids!

read more & get in2 the 'classics'!

Adding one more thanks to RodeoSchro...

BENCH TWO PLATES

It took me forever to (barely) manage one measley plate on each side for reps on the bechpress.

By the end of next year I resolve to be able to do 2 plates (total of 225lbs).

(To demonstrate how unremarkable this actually is...Rodeo can do 3, and the beast that my buddy works out with can do FIVE!!!!)

excited said:

diet!

get more sleep!

get more sex!

learn to chill with my (grown up) kids!

read more & get in2 the 'classics'!

Well, that's mine right there.

Nah, seriously speaking, I'm not really making any "resolutions", but I wish I could improve my keyboard playing skills so that I'd be able to play jazz better. It's here and there at the moment. I think I should just make a dedicated effort on really focusing on what I play and think more about the chords and harmonies I'm going to play beforehand.

Living beyond the first.

* Pay off my credit card by end of January

* Get my weight back below 180 lbs. by end of February and keep it there

* Upgrade my legal status in Canada to Permanent Resident by July

Already working on the first two, and will hit up an attorney friend about the third as soon as I'm back in Toronto from holiday.

[Edited 12/30/12 7:27am]

New Resolution!

I discovered there's a ladies choir in Minneapolis that does some original compositions and works some indie rock songs into choral arrangements. I saw them last night and it was super fun. If they hold open auditions in 2013 (they did in 2012) I am SO auditioning. It would be so neat!

CarrieMpls said:

New Resolution!

I discovered there's a ladies choir in Minneapolis that does some original compositions and works some indie rock songs into choral arrangements. I saw them last night and it was super fun. If they hold open auditions in 2013 (they did in 2012) I am SO auditioning. It would be so neat!

that sounds awesome!!!

I would totally be interested in something like that too

I have an unspectacular voice, but I'm always in tune

ZombieKitten said:

CarrieMpls said:

New Resolution!

I discovered there's a ladies choir in Minneapolis that does some original compositions and works some indie rock songs into choral arrangements. I saw them last night and it was super fun. If they hold open auditions in 2013 (they did in 2012) I am SO auditioning. It would be so neat!

that sounds awesome!!!

I would totally be interested in something like that too

I have an unspectacular voice, but I'm always in tune

That's funny, because I'm rarely in tune and my voice is spectacularly bad.

kewlschool said:

ZombieKitten said:

that sounds awesome!!!

I would totally be interested in something like that too

I have an unspectacular voice, but I'm always in tune

That's funny, because I'm rarely in tune and my voice is spectacularly bad.

That's not funny at all!

ZombieKitten said:

kewlschool said:

That's funny, because I'm rarely in tune and my voice is spectacularly bad.

That's not funny at all!

I'm not even good enough for the shower!

kewlschool said:

ZombieKitten said:

That's not funny at all!

I'm not even good enough for the shower!

nevermind

you probably have other talents

ZombieKitten said:

kewlschool said:

I'm not even good enough for the shower!

nevermind

you probably have other talents

Master of the tongue in other ways. But I'm fly from head to toe.

kewlschool said:

ZombieKitten said:

nevermind

you probably have other talents

Master of the tongue in other ways. But I'm fly from head to toe.

that's what they all promise

ZombieKitten said:

CarrieMpls said:

New Resolution!

I discovered there's a ladies choir in Minneapolis that does some original compositions and works some indie rock songs into choral arrangements. I saw them last night and it was super fun. If they hold open auditions in 2013 (they did in 2012) I am SO auditioning. It would be so neat!

that sounds awesome!!!

I would totally be interested in something like that too

I have an unspectacular voice, but I'm always in tune

I'm the same! My voice isn't all that lovely but I can pick out tunes easily and well and I can sight-read music too, or at least I could a long time ago.

They accept women of all musical ability levels too. There are women who can't read music in the group and women who are in other rock bands, women who are trained musicians, etc. The idea is to learn from each other as you go as well.

I really love the idea and found the group really inspiring. I really hope they hold auditions and accept new members this year.

CarrieMpls said:

I have a New Year's Commandmant for the entire world:

DO NOT START A SENTENCE THAT IS AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION WITH THE WORD "SO".

I've noticed this disgusting, horrifying trend in radio and TV journalism. You ask an expert a question - it could be about nuclear physics or Kim Kardashian - and the respondant begins his/her answer with the word "So".

That's so wrong. It's even worse than misspelling "lose" on the Internets.

I hereby command everyone not to do this any more. Also:

DO NOT START THE SAME KIND OF SENTENCES WITH THE WORD "OK".

Usually these perpetrators then follow "OK" with "so". They sound like they're six years old.

So stop it, world.

PurpleJedi said:

Adding one more thanks to RodeoSchro...

BENCH TWO PLATES

It took me forever to (barely) manage one measley plate on each side for reps on the bechpress.

By the end of next year I resolve to be able to do 2 plates (total of 225lbs).

(To demonstrate how unremarkable this actually is...Rodeo can do 3, and the beast that my buddy works out with can do FIVE!!!!)

You can do it! In fact, you've already done it!

As The Greatest Bodybuilder In History, Arnold Schwarzenegger, says - "Accomplish the feat in your mind first, and then the rest is just going through the motions".

Yeah!

RodeoSchro said:

PurpleJedi said:

Adding one more thanks to RodeoSchro...

BENCH TWO PLATES

It took me forever to (barely) manage one measley plate on each side for reps on the bechpress.

By the end of next year I resolve to be able to do 2 plates (total of 225lbs).

(To demonstrate how unremarkable this actually is...Rodeo can do 3, and the beast that my buddy works out with can do FIVE!!!!)

You can do it! In fact, you've already done it!

As The Greatest Bodybuilder In History, Arnold Schwarzenegger, says - "Accomplish the feat in your mind first, and then the rest is just going through the motions".

Yeah!

OK, Cool, but the real question is; "Do I still get a T-shirt?"

RodeoSchro said:

I have a New Year's Commandmant for the entire world:

DO NOT START A SENTENCE THAT IS AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION WITH THE WORD "SO".

I've noticed this disgusting, horrifying trend in radio and TV journalism. You ask an expert a question - it could be about nuclear physics or Kim Kardashian - and the respondant begins his/her answer with the word "So".

That's so wrong. It's even worse than misspelling "lose" on the Internets.

I hereby command everyone not to do this any more. Also:

DO NOT START THE SAME KIND OF SENTENCES WITH THE WORD "OK".

Usually these perpetrators then follow "OK" with "so". They sound like they're six years old.

So stop it, world.

i will gladly honor your request, okay. so....

oh, and have a happy new year and stuff!