December 30, 2007 03:01 PM
Mid Day Open Thread--New Year's Resolutions
I don't make resolutions. I try to remind myself daily just to do things better--take that extra 20 minutes to read a book with my kids instead of checking emails, to push myself a little harder when I exercise, to make a point of eating healthier and living more mindfully. I don't succeed as often as I would like. But I plug away.
Nevertheless, lots of people do make resolutions. Hopefully, they're not broken already by January 3rd. Share what you'd like to do better for 2008.
in my opinion the military industrial complex is the worst enemy of the working man and woman.
this year we must begin to bring that behemoth down.
My resolution, as always, is to not be so tied to the calendar... because any day is a good day to make a fresh start.
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I resolve to smoke less pot.
I quit gambling two months ago.
Now I'm going to reward myself with a bong hit, for not gambling for two months.
Our family wishes you all the best in the new year. We plan on making a difference this year in all we do,get a puppy, fix the house, fence the yard, go to PR and Germany, have friends over more AND visit friends and family more often, plus make and keep a promise to celebrate life with every breath.
I think this year is going to be a doozy with the elections coming up and the muck that brings up. Be positive, stay focused on the real issues at hand, and work towards a goal.
Make Memories!
I resolve to stop hitting myself in the head with a hammer every time I hear george bush's voice. 8)
Be more content with who I am, and not try to change so much.
I am hopeful that I can convince people to stop using 'hopefully' as equivalent to 'one hopes' or 'I hope' or 'with hope' or even 'I am hopeful'. It is not equivalent to any of these. The only proper use of 'hopefully' is as an adverb, eg. 'I go into the New Year hopefully'.
BTW, Nicole you are not the only person I've busted for this lately.
I resolve to be taller
I'm not a resolution maker. I just try to do changing as I find to need to. Saving up all the vices and trying to dump them all at once, in the freezing cold and short days of winter is a recipe for disaster. Or a standoff with a SWAT team, sometime the first or second week in January.
Happy new year!
Well as Curtinlingus said, I have just thrown out all my dope and dope related paraphernalia. I went on a six mile walk and I'm now going to do a 30 minute yoga routine, then shower and spend the new year with my family, neither drunk nor high.
That is how I want and need to continue. I'm 31, been smoking dope since 17. I dont think it has anything more to teach me ;o)
Cool moo. I went on an 11 mile hike in the redwoods last week. My best wishes on your resolution. I'm 41 but I'm still learning.
curtilingus @ 4:
funny, i resolve to smoke MORE!
is it still a resolution if one negates the other?
I resolve to convince someone, in some foreign country, to have Rich Cheney and his surrogate monkey brought up on charges before the world court for crimes against humanity. ( hey, it's a start).
krome @ 8:
I have to be honest, krome, these kind of comments tickle me, if only to indicate the high standard that people expect of C&L and how short their memories must be, because the whole reason I started here was to clean up Amato's posts for him.
We tend to write in a more approachable vernacular than strictly grammatically correct English. It's a conscious choice on our part because that's the kind of way John wants his blog to be. We could spend more time cleaning up the language, but that's not John's sensibility.
I'm going to preserve freedom by voting for Dr. Ron Paul for President.
The English language and its structure support lies, euphemisms and vagueness. One thing I learned as an English major is that English is the liar's language. You may have to speak a second language in order to appreciate this, but I find defending minute rules in grammar is pretty silly.
off topic... anybody see this new footage of Bhutto's assasination havent seen it over here.
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Video_The_most_conclusive_evidence_Bhutto_...
graphic new video Bhutto was shot... the Pakistani (govt issue) coroner is obviously lying about "no bullet wounds" and "hitting her head"
For years I made resolutions and then broke them. So now I make resolutions I can break. This year I resolve to
die in a pool of my own vomit.
Good resolution, I think the stopping gambling thing is your best bet!(NPI) but as for me I resolve to try and smoke more pot...if that's possible.
What I should really resolve is to try to have more patience with the other side (Repugs) but really, when someone supports a party that is as Anti-American as the Repug party is it's hard to have patience...people should be smarter and not be fooled so easily.
So I guess what I probably will resolve (and be guarnteed to keep at it) is to stop doing all the things I didn't do in the frist place. Smoking cigarettes, drinking and shopping at Wal-Mart (since I don't do any of these things and have no desire to I should be able to keep my New Years resolution for years and years.
Very sad: http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=535882
Get rid of all the useless junk and clutter I've accumulated over a lifetime.
I make the suggestions not as grammatical rules dictate but because certain usages hurt my 'reading ear'. It's really my problem, I know, but I occaisionally(not always, gopod knows) take the time to point out negligent(as opposed to malicious) errors. Of course, I had a problem with the entire Think Different(s/b differently) ad campaign and I use a Mac and live in SF so my life was pretty much hell for a couple of years.
After all these 20+ years on the net, it's all I can do not to correct EVERYONE that the plural of 'forum' is 'fora' NOT 'forums', but I've given that one up looooong ago.
L.A. Confidential @ 21:
Anyone desire some useless junk and clutter?
Keep doing what I'm doing.
A little more successfully each day.
moo @ 11:
you couldn't have thrown it out by my front door? Some of us aren't giving it up!
:P Enjoy your new way of being, though. Happy New Year!
Dahgrostab'ph-r-i @ 19:
OK OK I give up my new year's resolution already! I'll smoke more pot too now.
Sheesh so much peer pressure on this site.
There is only ONE resolution that is needed to be made here at C&L. How about a countdown clock starting on January the 20th of 2008, ticking off the final days of the worst administration in our countries history? The ultimate countdown clock. The Boooosh Countdown Clock! How about it John?
Help Ron Paul get elected
Moo,
"Well as Curtinlingus said, I have just thrown out all my dope and dope related paraphernalia. I went on a six mile walk and I’m now going to do a 30 minute yoga routine, then shower and spend the new year with my family, neither drunk nor high.
That is how I want and need to continue. I’m 31, been smoking dope since 17. I dont think it has anything more to teach me ;o)"
I threw down the pipe last summer. Can't fight these assholes stoned. As you state, I've gotten all the self awareness that I need. Now it's books. Not that I would pass up a hit here and there. But the daily shit and the cost were becoming counterproductive.
L.A. Confidential @ 23:
Always, my 600 sq ft (I exaggerate. It's not THAT big) apartment is positively a paean to useless junk and clutter.
Actually I pretty much quit acquiring new junk about 15 years ago-I ran out of space
here's skippy's review of walk hard - the dewey cox story as well as a general analysis of the movie parody genre in general, and an addendum post w/comments from my readers, mostly disagreeing w/everything i said.
a daily countdown? do you know how long it sounds like they have left in days? Do you know how many atrocities can be committed in 385 more days? how about we break it down to seconds and then everyone at this website can just loose our minds! Please, I say of you want something innovative come up with a way to play the game Hangman (you know the old word game you used to play when it was raining) and as people get wrong answer the portrait is of Dubya or the Killer-Dick hanging for their war crimes.
I just read a headline which said 2007 was the "Deadliest year for the U.S. in Iraq..." but yet it seems that we are getting fewer and fewer stories about it in the MSM. More deaths, less reporting on it. I resolve to keep bitching about our corporate controlled propaganda machine, the MSM.
Dahgrostab’ph-r-i Says
I kind of like the Countdown Clock as it's more finite. The clock starts on the 20th of January and continues to January 2009. That is unless the spineless Dems can gather the balls to impeach him.
The NYT claims that America is unrecognizable.
I call bullshit.
While what we see is ugly, much if not most of the history of the US is ugly. There was a period - brief - during which it appeared that the US would strike a blow for social justice against historic social darwinism. That era it appears is coming to an end and we are being returned - by force - the the America of our forefathers.
So, they dont recognize this America? I wonder if blacks, native americans, phillipinos, mexicans, Iraqi's, Salvadorans, Panamanians and on and on recognize it.
In my opinion, the NYT just earned their kick-me-I'm-stupid-and-naive world tour jacket.
I resolve to listen to those pesky people who had the facts around the events of 9/11. The people who relied on the official commission report couldnt even explain what happened.
Damn,... I think those truthers are right...
Happy New Year!!! This is the year!!!
I resolve to save enough money by shopping Walmart to have my tits lifted.
Just kidding.
Actually, Mr. Rogers said he likes me just the way I am.
I resolve to not vote for any Republicans. It is the one resolution i know i can keep.
krome @ 22:
I agree with you. There are both negative and positive things about "fora" like this, but the lazy approach to language should never be considered a desirable "sensibility" for anyone wishing to be taken seriously in a world of effective communication. Of course, this is not limited to blogs like C&L. There are dozens of unnecessary grammatical errors in newspapers, magazines - and especially ads as you point out. There's really no justification for it.
Thanks for the encouragement all! I guess the effort to do something new is as important as the success or failure of a thing. Miss Kitty next time I'm clearing out I will FedEx you :o) Thats it Curtilingus, if were not moving forward in some identifiable way then the journey just isnt fun (a hike in the redwoods sounds awesome btw). Thats the kind of thing I cant manage to do when I'm in bed sleeping off a nights over indulgence. I'm starting to realise not being stoned can be fun too... Somehow I forgot that over the years.
Like you said Che, its the daily stuff that really gets you. I had fun and all, I'm not complaining, I just think about what else I may have invested the time in.
I resolve to read the Good Book cover-to-cover every 6 weeks, and daily thrice pray that Mike Huckabee ascends to the Throne of the Presidency. Selah.
Bush addresses "reckless homeowners" again:
http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/2007/12/bush-addresses-reckless-homeow...
Edwards/Dodd please!
Canuknotusa @ 39:
Most fori don't give a sh*t, correcting understandable prose on a forums wastes valuabel tmie.
Jo @ 37:
If you're gonna show your tits to Mr. Rogers, you better lift an IUD. Or put it on someone's credit card.
I promise the RIAA and the record labels in general not to copy any more of my vinyl to cassettes so I can listen to it in my car where the turntable just won't work effectively. I figure 25 years is sufficient time now that they are all useless. Thanks for that too by the way. I would further ask them to stop whining about our making purchases from their clients.
They seem as though they don't want to allow us to use what we purchase to entertain ourselves. Will we have to contact you each time we fire up a disc? I don't want to profit by opening some kind of bootleg theater and get interpol involved and I am not sharing it with others. I just want to back up my disc in case the original gets eaten by the dog. You fixed it so we can't do that with our DVD's.
and while I am at it, why the hell are you brilliant twits still packaging a tiny little DVD in enough oil to run the lights in your dim bulb?
Soon enough they are going to find no one is going to want to purchase their product at all. Hey, I have a stake in it all as well, I get royalties. How stupid can producers and reps that collect on the work of others really be?
some dumb asses out there folks, and they is us.
Preacher Boob @ 45:
By the way, where is the tits-lifting department at WalMart. I've missed it.
Che's Lounge @ 29:
Are you gonna be happily surprised when you're completely straight and find out that all this Bush bullshit was just some bad dope.
I want to write more often. This will unfortunately require me to become intensely angry with more frequency.
I wish I could make the resolutions for all the wingnuts out there and that would be to WAKE THE FUCK UP! It's later than you think!
If you were a person who always broke your New year's resolutions, I wonder:
What would happen if you made a New Year's resolution to break your New Year's resolution?
Would that straighten you out?
...to continue to prevent anyone from cramming anything down my throat...
miss_kitty @ 30:
15 years ago. Was that when you got married? Or divorced?
I want to educate dems on economics and international relations...
For all you folks who are cleaning out and throwing out all your sh*t, if you run across some Acapulco Gold or pretty fine coke, lemme know, I'll tell you about a PO Box where you can throw it, free, to save you a disposal fee.
Thank you,Nicole,for this and the Steve Gilliard thread.These have helped me to make a couple of New Years resolutions--one of which is to get my head out of my ass and to start telling people WTF is going on in this country.Another is to give myself a break and realize that I can`t change squat unless I stop hanging out at home.
I also resolve to meditate at least 20 minutes a day,and never to eat portobello or any other type mushrooms that are or are not mood-altering.And I further resolve to become a "fighting liberal" like I was in the 60s and 70s when I helped stop the war and then forgot to keep on stopping the goddamn wars.And my numero uno resolution is to stay pissed and active until the government gets its act together--maybe the rest of my life.
LongTooth @ 41:
If you get the illustrated, really Porn version of the Good Book, you'll be able to go cover to cover every hour, and at the end of the day, you'll be much too tired to think of Huckabee, which should, in itself, give you a very heavenly feeling.
54 weak bowel says:
I want to educate dems on economics and international relations…
Better start with Repugs first as they are the one that put us in the toilet!
Dahgrostab'ph-r-i @ 32:
Get yourself an AK-47, and a life-sized cardboard cut-out of The Dummy. Sandbag your basement, or rec room, and wail away.
Time flies when you're having fun.
liberalista @ 33:
The most effective way to reduce the body counts, is not to withdraw the troops, but to throw the reporters out.
60 Preacher Boob
Out of sight, out of mind? ya right.
miss_kitty @ 25:
moo just thinks he threw it out, miss kitty. I have a retriever that's trained for dope. He's been running his legs off today, but he should be back any minute. Unless he stops for a hit. In which case, I'll see him next year. First thing next year, I hope.
krome @ 8:
I wonder where chrome..er, krome...learned to spell?
Preacher Boob@60
"The most effective way to reduce the body counts, is not to withdraw the troops, but to throw the reporters out."
Sounds like what Rummy did after Abu Graib."Okay, guys.No more photographs."
My resolution is do the best I can to weed out the pro-war democrats!
People have vote for a change and Pelosi thinks she know what the changes are, which does not include impeachment and ending the war. I wrote to Congressman David Wu and just got a response the same talking point as Pelosi and that he support her 100%. He is proud of the Accomplishment that the Democrats have made with 12 funding Bill that were pass, including support for the war. I have been pretty proud of David in the past even though he didn't pass much but stood his ground. But I think his response today has shown that he is willing to cave under the pressure of Bush and going to tow the line for the Republican.
It is a sad day when a progressive Oregon Congressman, David Wu, towing the line with Pelosi, and kid themselves that the changes they perceived are the same one that 70% of the Americans, that want to end the war.
I've collected all the dope I can get my hands on. I figure the price has gotta keep going up, since we have one more year of Bush. If I sell it off, bundle by bundle as the year goes by, I can afford to pay for the TV's I keep shooting every time The Dummy appears.
Mwangangi @ 49:
We'll welcome you, we're used to it. We have some heavy pixelhammers we can use on you if you get out of hand.
I resolve to cut back on the booze.
With a WH purge visible on the horizon now, I've got a chance. I just hope Romney doesn't become POTUS or my liver is toast.
Minimum of two triathlons, ride a century, and run a torturous, hilly 12 mile twister of a half marathon.
Set real physical goals, and then after reaching them, raise the bar
I want to tell more people about Naomi Klein's great writing in 2008
my resolution is to make sure that when and if bush and/or cheney travel outside of the United States, they are arrested by agents of Nuremberg and by rendition shuttled off somewhere where they can be made to confess to All their offenses and crimes against humanity.
they deserve no less than they have sinned against ALL the citizens of the United States and the World.
my resolution is....nada.
Oh yea, and read Naomi Klein, forgot, thats another resolution. I've listened to her but have yet to read anything by her.
I resolve to be resolute.
mudshark @ 72:
How Zen,Mudshark.
Preacher Boob @ 67:
Nah! Just leave him/her to the [deleted by sitemonitor].
If i was to make a resolution....it would be to dig deeper and learn more....about the repugs....so when the trolls come calling........it's easier and more fun to make them look like the fools they are........and to do the same to the Dem politicians....cause I ain't gonna let them slide either.
moo @ 11:
Where did you throw it?
Just want to make sure no little kids find it! :)
Got some Chantix. Gonna try to quit smoking - again.
Good news! The Newshour just said that Edwards is leading in one Iowa poll! (statistical dead heat in another)
GETTUM JOHN!
I resolve to not HATE Bush, Cheney and the current administration.
OK. I broke that one half way through the sentence.
UnEasyOne @ 78:
my new year's resolutions include exercising regularly, giving up alcohol and pot, smiling and saying "hi" to random strangers and maybe even joining the peace corps to help build a bridge in some impoverished 3rd world nation.
okay, so none of that is probably gonna happen, but i do plan to take the next 6 mo.'s off from political blogging and commenting -much to the delight, i'm sure, of my detractors, like preacher boob.
but, since it's new year's eve, i'll toss a couple more elbows before i go out.
and i'll state the case for my candidate, barack obama, one last time...
'We do not smoke dope'....(ok..whatever you say chimpy)
america's most astute political cartoonist, tom tomorrow, weighs in on the candidacy of senator hillary rodham clinton...
do you want a president who spends at least 400 dollars every time he goes to the beauty salon (and god only knows what he invests in his manicurist), or do you want a guy like obama who drags his seven dollar electric razor over his head and calls it a haircut?
and, if edwards was having his hair blow-dried and china attacked, would he interrupt the process, or would he delegate authority to his vp?
I don't usually make resolutions because, after all, any day can be the first day of your year(today is the 1st day of the rest of your life and all that rot) BUT...
this year I'm gonna have to resolve to not punch any more holes in my walls after reading the news because my house is about to fall down on my head. Plus I resolve not to deal with highly negative people which means I won't be seeing my birth family much this year. Oh well....
Happy New Year! (Aren't the percentages with us for having a good new year? There have been so many lousy ones lately.)
My New Year's Resolution...is NOT to make ANY RESOLUTIONS! ;-)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! CROOKS AND LIARS!
back in october of 2002, when a lot of americans were wetting their beds and taping their windows up with duct tape, this is what obama had to say.
after 8 years of bushco bull$#!+, who do you think the world wants to say as our face? who will be the most levelheaded, fair to the most people, and trusted to exercise good judgment?
the world's growing up fast, and america's lagging behind.
Obama '08
*SEE as our face
ROM Spaceknight @ 89:
Nope. Edwards '08. I can't say I dislike Obama--I'd find it far easier to vote for him than Hillary. But what's up with his missing votes or only voting "Present" when he was in the Illinois state senate. It's almost like he doesn't want to claim an opinion.
"I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne."
"Barack Obama, Chicago, October 26th, 2002.
"What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income – to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression."
Barack Obama, Chicago, October 26th, 2002.
"You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells."
Barack Obama, Chicago, October 26th, 2002.
"You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn’t simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil."
Barack Obama, Chicago, October 26th, 2002.
The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not – we will not – travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain."
Barack Obama, Chicago, October 26th, 2002.
hope @ 91:
bullshit. read my comment @ 92. obama was WAY ahead of the curve.
your guy, edwards, not only voted to authorize the invasion and occupation of iraq, he CO-SPONSORED THE RESOLUTION WITH JOE LIEBERMAN.
ROM Spaceknight @ 93:
I DID read your comment. He often talks pretty. He often doesn't show up to vote.
if i had the audience of obama, there are 3 pieces of advice i'd give him:
1) never renounce your faith
2) never cheat on your wife
3) always maintain a sober and physically fit security detail.
the judgment and character, i already know he has.
the others pertain a bit to the lessons learned from jfk.
because, even though jfk was the best and most courageous president of the 20th century (with eisenhower a very close 2nd), he was fatally flawed, largely due to the mistakes of his father.
jfk's cheating cost him, if you are to believe the confession former c.i.a. agent & watergate burglar e. howard hunt gave to his son on his deathbed earlier this year.
hunt contended the entire assassination was set in motion by operation:mockingbird maestro cord meyer, after he discovered jack had slept with his wife, mary.
and by all indications, jfk's secret service were not only haughtier than templars in dallas on 11/22/63, they were mighty hungover.
good luck, senator obama. you've got my vote.
Standard NYRs as in continue reading & learning. Aging and eating are inversely proportional. The older I get the less I need to eat. But I eat the same and it shows. I've developed a Chief's gut. Two days after Xmas, I resumed my daily exercise regimen with a goal of a toned body by May 1. Always take a hit once a day. Don't get blind stoned, only tune up. Keeps the head clear and wide open for any challenge. Has worked for me the last 36 yrs.
I read somewhere that drinking is bad for you. So I've vowed to stop reading.
I resolve to move to Canada, as the US is damaged almost beyond repair, and won't be fixed in my life time.
my resolution is to figure out how to get that damn smiley face back.ughhh.
Tom Toren @ 99:
Ah, but can you still afford it? The exchange rate kinda bites.
I resolve to live a much greener life this year.
I resolve not to make any resolutions that resolve not to make any resolutions.
Next year.
L.A. Confidential @ 24:
Take my wife...........please........
Mine is the same every year: be a "good boy" (as defined by ...ME!! And me alone.)
I resolve to move my family to another country if Mitt Romney becomes President of the United States.
PS I give myself a lot of leeway. I think most rules (especially drug laws) are stupid, but I do expect people to be polite and thoughtful, regardless. Using the "f"-work (fuck), is OK, and expected even, as long as you don't go overboard, or use it redneck style, and it is in the spirit of fun and proper, effective communication.
I resolve in 2008 to hate the republifasiest cocksuckers with the blue-veins popping out of the forehead hate that dwarfs the energy output of a 1, 000 suns.
Might lose a bit of weight, too. The airplane has a tendancy to turn a bit left in cruise when I solo.
I resolve to be even less accommodating to wingnuts this year. Last year, I took the gloves off. This year, I'm holding a roll of quarters every time I take a swing.
--Blue Girl @ 109:
Maybe it's the coke & rum talking but I'm turned on by thay.
Every year I make the same resolution and I've never broken it:
I resolve to make no other New Year's resolutions.
"Share what you’d like to do better for 2008."
Being human...
I also make the same resolution every year, which is to be more cheerful, no matter what. This year I'm resolving to not take the Democratic Party shortcomings personally, and to arrange my laptop bag collection once and for all.
I resolve to continue to seek retribution for the harm that has been done to this country by the current group of Crooks and Liars.
Seek Accountability !!!
that's the best YOUTUBE image quality i've ever seen.
anon @ 36:
I would agree with you. I always say, when speaking on patriotism, that this country was funded on genocide & slavery & has always worshipped the dollar more than freedom, God, or any of the other ambiguous concepts kicked around.
BUT, I would also say that I have never seen the American people so willing to sit by & take it hard up the ass. We've always had the rabble rousers, the revolutionaries, the real Americans who would stand up & throw down when things got out of hand.
This generation seems real short on leaders in any quarter. Where are our Martin Luther King Jrs, our Hunter S. Thompsons, our Frank Zappas? Hell, even our Marlon Brando's or Ziggy Stardusts to take our minds off of it. Seems like they are all dead, & everyone else is either scared or working three jobs to pay for gas.
Mediocrity reigns supreme on all fronts. In America, human ambition has ground to a halt like a Peterbuilt with a blown transmission,...
I am going to do my bit for environment in ways I enjoy and are easy
From buying less crap to getting a worm bin have a look at my eco resolutions here at
http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2008/01/green-new-year-resolutions.html
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