I resolve to follow some of my 2009 resolutions
Jan 01, 2009 in Me Me Me
I’m fairly terrible at resolutions and it’s pretty doubtful that writing them on this blog will actually help me accomplish them but since I’m on this five-hour flight to Vancouver and there’s really not much else for me to do, here they are:
Learn how to bake The Maiden Heist video
I’ve been cooking a lot lately and grown to really like it. A lot of the credit has to go to the lovely women at Good Egg, fellow home-chef-in-arms Jodi,
co-worker Karen Hawthorne, and my friends for eating all of the food I prepare. But it’d be nice to bake up some cookies or muffins or something. It’d also be nice to be able to cap off dinner with a dessert that wasn’t store-bought ice cream.
I’d also be really curious to try making a loaf of bread at home and there are apparently foolproof recipes kicking around. (seriously 14-20 hours sitting time?)
Learn how to record a podcast
I actually have all the equipment so I’m annoyed at myself for just diving in and doing this. The work schedule hasn’t helped much, but I can’t really blame that for everything.
Deja Vu buy Forfeit hd Secrets of an Undercover Wife download
Take up a sport
I got back to playing basketball in the summer after a very long hiatus and I completely forgot how much fun it was. It doesn’t hurt that I’m playing with the wackiest and nicest gang of journalists, artists and architects.
Squash could be interesting and I think the Y has courts.
Six Thugs No Through Road movie Learn a language
Despite the fact that I was an absolute whiz at learning English (I moved to Canada from Indonesia when I was seven), I haven’t actually been able to learn another language.
I could try to learn Chinese AGAIN and trying to learn French would be useful, but what about something wacky? Latin? German?
Travel somewhere
I’m tempted to hit up Europe for a couple of weeks in the fall. My aunt and uncle in Germany are some of my favourite relatives and I haven’t seen them in years. Also, it’s been far too long since I went to Europe, so I think that’s that.
Learn an instrument
I have a shitty, shitty, shitty sense of rhythm. Anyone who’s seen me clap along to a song at a show can testify to this. I figure learning an instrument might be one way to rectify this? Guitar? Mandolin? Banjo? Xylophone? Something that’s cheap and I won’t feel too guilty about if this falls through.
Blog more
Yes, this blog has had its stops, starts and lulls. In 2009, this blog will languish no more. I will tend it and love it and feed it tasty things and make sure it grows up to be the blog I always wanted it to be.
Write more (and getting it published)
I miss writing for print publications. I do a lot of writing for the website, but I do miss the whole process of pitching, researching, interviewing and writing. It’s also nice to see your name on actual pages and on the newsstand.