#1 Cook. A lot. Not just for me, but for Kristin and my friends. Make use of all the fancy new tools at my disposal including the awesome Mandoline I received from Kristin for Xmas. Stop letting hardware or unfamiliar ingredients (hello son, yogurt is meant to be curried bitch) stop this. Goal- a new dish a week. I won't be Harry any time soon (incidentally, click that link. His blog "The View From Here" is awesome.) but baby steps, ya know?
#2 Become a better lead guitar player. I have really fast fingers, and a great knowledge of the fret board but somehow I have not put the work in to develop a real lead style. This will change. Especially now that I have the means to boost my volume for solos and can really showcase myself, if there is something to showcase.
#3 Pick a concrete direction for Scream Bloody Virgin and finish a record. Pardon me I am going to give myself a quick pep talk: You want to go heavier darker and weirder right? Do it. And also, "Exposed" is a great song. I know your heart isn't in the words any more but who cares? Finish fucking writing them. This could be "the one" so just fucking FINISH it asshole!
#4 Re-kindle some old friendships. There are a lot of people who used to be very close in my life who are now acquaintances. This is the cycle of life, and maybe some of these people will just not be my BFFs anymore and that is ok. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't be more aggressive about trying to hang out and putting myself out there. I may not be getting some invitations but there are people out there who may feel the same about me.
#5 Buy an HDTV. Just fucking do it. Seriously. As long as this tooth thing doesn't put me out thousands of dollars just get it. And a PS3. And the Blu Ray version of Blade Runner.
#6 Pick a work out routine. Am I the dude who does cardio at home? Do I need to re-join the rec center? A proper gym? Figure it the fuck out and do something on a regular basis. Seriously.
#7 Lighten the fuck up. Life is pretty awesome right now. Like more awesome than it has been in a long time. While it seemed for a while that 2007 was going be the year of "teh suck" it hasn't been at all. Spend less time worrying about shit, and more appreciating the good. There is a lot of good. Deal with it. And accept you have control over your own destiny? Alright asshole?
PS- Learn Sonar. For reals. Invest in a DVD tutorial. Become a Sonar Jedi.
PPS- What fucking tense is this in? Is this first, second or third person? Learn some fucking grammar, aight?
