New Year's Resolution(s)!

It's the new year, so I've come up with a list of things I want to work on/have/improve/be etc. etc.

Here's 50 things I've thought of!

1. Be on time and punctual
2. Actually think before I say
3. Become organized and neat
4. Become responsible.
5. Get a job (even if it's part-time)
6. Read!
7. Become patient
8. Become honest
9. Be part of a committed relationship
10. Be able to play an entire song on guitar without failing (real guitar)
11. Become more confident
12. Go to an Indie Rock Concert
13. Hit a club
14. Travel somewhere in Europe
15. Write a song
16. Get my video game character on World of Warcraft to level 80
17. Start a new hobby
18. Volunteer at a soup kitchen/homeless shelter/Elderly residence
19. Obtain a 10% or lower body fat ratio (Yeah, I want those guns)
20. Work out on a consistent basis
21. Watch a musical/play
22. Go to confession
23. Read the newspaper more often
24. Wake up earlier (I'm thinking 8:30 AM)
25. Get through first year University
26. Start and complete a scrapbook/sketch book (if I can stay committed to a blog, why not?)
27. Eat healthier
28. Get an actual Ipod
29. Buy a new guitar
30. Score more than 3 points in a basketball game
31. Fight someone!
32. Take initiative
33. Hang out with my family more often
34. Probably get a new cell phone
35. Attempt a new language
36. Get 100% on a Rock Band/Guitar Hero song (on Hard or Expert difficulty)
37. Start an investment portfolio
38. Register my credit card
39. Run a marathon
40. Be more socially direct
41. Learn to brake on skates hockey style
42. Submit an editorial to the local newspaper
43. Visit an Art Museum
44. Attend a live sports event
45. Buy a digital camera, and actually use it
46. Talk to a someone the phone till both of us fall asleep (Damn it Robert! I meant future girlfriend!)
47. Try to attend church every Sunday (on time!)
48. Do committed research
49. Find romance
50. Become dedicated


I pray to God for the will power to endure these resolutions.

Happy New Year's everyone!


Signed,
Rio

~Man... It's almot 5 in the morning!~

Reflection of 2008

It's the end of one of the craziest years I've ever lived.

2008.

There were a lot of firsts.

I turned 18. I went to Italy. I drank for the first time. I went paint-balling, rock climbing and skiing/snowboarding.

I drove on a mountain side in West Virginia. I had my first car accident (hit a car, where the driver turned out to be a cancer patient).

I've pleaded guilty in court.

I lost some friends. But I gained some new ones as well.

I discovered my passion for Indie Rock. I've picked up the guitar again.

I've graduated.

I grinded for the first time at a dance.

I fell in a river, cut my pants on a bicycle gear and broke my cell phone in a single day.

I was told once to shop at International Boys, because the suit stores for men didn't carry my size.

I've been to four different cities in under six hours.

I've biked for 2 hours straight in pouring rain.

I've been rejected as many times as I've rejected others.

I've experienced some of the greatest successes, as well as some of the worst moments in life...

There's been a lot of memories. Good ones, bad ones... Some I can't even recall.

But one thing is for certain though.

I haven't changed. I probably won't ever.

But I will continue to develop.

Signed,

Rio

~I thank God for 2008 and every opportunity that presented itself~

Hopefully

Sometimes...

I like to think

that she thinks

about me as much

as I like to think about her.

*sigh,
Rio