Welcome to 2012!

Happy New Year everyone! The standard January 1 post is comin’ at you.

For the first time in awhile, I actually hosted New Year’s Eve. I usually prefer to go out to another friend’s house, because that way when I’m done I can just be done; there’s no waiting out the night owls, no awkward hinting that it’s time to call it a night. I just have to put on my jacket and shoes, then head out the door and crawl into my bed.

But it was a fantastic party last night. We all compiled our top ten songs of 2011 and played the lists up until midnight. Then we watched the clock turn over, yelled and cheered, had a few more drinks and then called it a night.

There were drinks, conversation and dancing.

Dancing and some more drinks…

This was my failtastic attempt to capture Thomas and I’s first kiss of the new year. His face and the shadow of my head. Awesome. But he does look very epic in the second shot there. I told him to give me his best “Hero of Canton” pose (from Firefly).

This is the aftermath of the party. Even the cats are exhausted.

In case you’re interested, my Top Ten list was (and we played them countdown-style, starting with 10).

1. Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO
2. Helena Beat – Foster the People
3. After Midnight – Blink-182
4. The Last Crusade – Sam Roberts
5. Ava Adore – Smashing Pumpkins
6. Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm
7. How It Goes – Matthew Good
8. High and Dry – Radiohead
9. Baby Don’t Dance – Mother Mother
10. Factory of Faith – Red Hot Chili Peppers

The rest of today will be dedicated to getting my house back in order, painting my fingernails (I meant to do this two or three days ago!) and I think I’m going to take a nice hot bath too. Hopefully will get it together enough to walk around with my new D3100 and take some pictures of the neighbourhood. I don’t know if I want to try the 365 project; I really want to take more pictures this year, but I don’t want it to be because I feel like I “have to” and I don’t want to feel like I’ve failed if I miss a day. We’ll see.

I do have a few resolutions for 2012 though (sorted into resolutions for intangible things and goals for things that can be accomplished, like in Kendall’s list).

Resolutions:

• Put myself first more often — I’m always putting everyone else before me, but I’m going to be at my best for those in my life when I take the time to make sure I take care of myself before trying to take care of everyone else.
• Learn to let go of things that are beyond my control. I let situations that I can have no impact on take over my thoughts and make me crazy. I can’t control everything, and especially not how other people feel.
• On that note, remember that my way isn’t always the right way. Be humble, continue to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
• Take more pictures — this may or may not morph into “Complete Project 365.”
• Take control of my finances and be aware of where my money is going
• Be less aware of what others may be thinking of me. If it feels right to me, that’s all that matters.
• Remember to love myself. This includes the superficial and the deep stuff alike. I’m 23, halfway to 24. It’s unlikely for me to change in some huge and fundamental way. Plus, I’m a pretty great person as is! I need to treat myself with the same love and respect as I do others, because again, I don’t always remember to take care of me.

Goals:

• Continue with diving, and finish the bronze level of skills this year
• Work with at least one charitable organization; donate either time, money or skills to make a difference in a campaign.
• Write more, both digitally and longhand. Make it a point to write something every day, even if it’s just a Post-It to put into my journal.

Anyone else make resolutions? How was your New Year’s Eve?

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