Author Topic: Resolutions.... (Read 9905 times)

Strayboy74 · « **on:** January 01, 2007, 01:59:18 am »

Well, here we are. I'm only an hour and a half, yet from the New Year.

I'm sitting watching Bridezillas on the tele, eating some of the last california rolls I made on Friday, drinking a glass of red wine, and considering the new year.

Let's see... where did I go wrong with the old year? hrm. Well... there were the people I alienated - both intentional and un. There were the extra-curricular, non-prescribed medications... and, oh yeah, the men that I crushed in my sad-but honest attempt at discovering myself and losing the haze around my life.

So... what to do for the new year... I was reading a book on becoming adventuresome and I've decided to set forth, today, a list of ten things I'd like to do this year. Some may be a bit more ambitious than others, but I think I DO need to start setting goals, and getting my shit together... so... on to the 10 things I hope to accomplish before 2008:

1. I want to wade in some warm tropical waters, wearing white linen pants, with a big straw hat, and a galvanized tin pail to collect specimens of interest.
2. I want to make curtains for my bedroom out of the material that's been hiding in my closet for the past five months.
3. I want to be bigger and buffer than I already am, and to develop the physical build of the person I have taped onto the inner side of my journal.
4. I want to write more in my journal, and to live more in the moment - and write in the present tense, so the people who read my journals after I'm gone can enjoy my experiences as I do.
5. I want to be more involved in my neice and nephew's lives - and visit my sister's grave.
6. I want to ride at least 15 rollercoasters before year's end.
7. I want to either parachute or bungee jump to face my fear of heights.
8. I want to do more things that make me uncomfortable, so that I may grow more.
9. I want to visit New York and sing at the Monster once again.
10. I want to learn to love again, and to give myself permission to be loved.

These are my resolutions.

-joseph

Longislander · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2007, 02:11:55 am »

None of those are insurmountable, even the last one.

I have those linen pants!! Tags still on. If you promise you won't wear anything underneath when you go, I promise I won't when I go!

When you get to NYC, make sure I know. I'd love to lean against the wall at the Monster and watch you sing.

Happy New Year Joseph, may all your dreams come true.

Strayboy74 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2007, 02:15:09 am »

Quote from: Longislander on January 01, 2007, 02:11:55 am

Happy New Year Joseph, may all your dreams come true.

And, what are your dreams for the new year??

-joseph

Longislander · « **Reply #3 on:** January 01, 2007, 02:18:53 am »

they're not very specific. Well, I would like my bedroom finished, so I can stop sleeping around ( the house, that is!)

I think all I want is to be utterly content. (not too much, right?) I have the material things. It's the truly valuable that I'm missing.

skeebo1969 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2007, 02:56:00 am »

Joseph,

Sounds like you have some great resolutions to work on there! I especially like the one of writing in your journal in the present tense.

Here are my resolutions for the New Year:

1. Quit smoking
2. Have a hammock in the backyard
3. Go to all of my 4 yr old's dance recitals
4. Have my legal issues cleared up and behind me
5. Be able to jog three miles with my girlfriend (she already can)
6. Get out and fish more now that I live by so many lakes
7. Work on my anger issues
8. To add 40 lbs. (already added 12 lbs. since November 15)
9. Go to church more often
10.Visit my mother's grave in Tennessee

Strayboy74 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2007, 03:01:28 am »

jordan · « **Reply #6 on:** January 01, 2007, 07:10:13 am »

*To not judge
*To give love
*To remove the obstacles that block happiness in my life

Peace,

Jordan

Miss Philicia · « **Reply #7 on:** January 01, 2007, 11:07:20 am »

Quote from: Strayboy7409

I want to visit New York and sing at the Monster once again.

SAY IT AIN'T SO!

poet · « **Reply #8 on:** January 01, 2007, 12:09:05 pm »

If there isn't a website, perhaps we will need to get across to readers what the Monster is. West Village, heart of Christopher Street, picture windows all around, lot's of flower arrangements and mirrors, a dance club downstairs, a pianist and guys (primarily) singing upstairs, a relatively low cover charge, I wasn't there enough to comment on the bartenders.

I have diddled over my new years resolution(s) from problems with phrasing. I think the pattern which I wish to curb/derail is to overcome problems/limitations by change, i.e. with NYC offering high rise, low rise, doormen, non-doormen, large, small, West, East, North, South buildings, it always seemed to make sense to move (change) rather than rethink/remodel the existing situation. If the job doesn't work, get a new one. If the boyfriend doesn't measure up, get a new one. Reinvent myself over and over and over. Hence the move to the Cape: when New York gets to be a problem, move out of it.

So, if this is getting across somewhat vaguely, the resolution is to keep the existing models and work with them as opposed to dumping them. Win

Strayboy74 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 01, 2007, 01:43:59 pm »

Quote from: philly267 on January 01, 2007, 11:07:20 am

SAY IT AIN'T SO!

Sorry! it's SO!

Life · « **Reply #10 on:** January 01, 2007, 01:48:07 pm »

I don't want to "worry" anymore...

Queen Tokelove · « **Reply #11 on:** January 01, 2007, 02:44:24 pm »

Hmm, sounds like you got it together, Joseph. I wish I could do the same. Since living on a limited income, I can't do the things I really would like to do. But for 2007 I will try, try being the key word here, mind you.

1. To get my car detailed which is kinda hard for me since the car is an 85 Chevy Caprice Classic.
2. Take a trip this summer, just to be in a new surrounding.
3. Furnish my humble home more, still looks like I just moved in..
4. Update my clothes, hell I haven't gone shopping in ages.

GSOgymrat · « **Reply #12 on:** January 01, 2007, 04:58:35 pm »

My resolutions are :

1) to get into good enough shape and to gather enough nerve to compete in a natural bodybuilding competition in June
2) to get some half-done house projects completed

lydgate · « **Reply #13 on:** January 01, 2007, 10:33:12 pm »

1. To write a 1,000 words a day. Any kind of writing. And it doesn't have to be deathless prose either. Just need to get into a routine.

2. Continue my gym routine. Get super-fit for the summer.

3. Be in better touch with old friends.

4. Be less of a slob. (Yes, there are gay slobs.)

5. Attend the AMG event in August/September.

Jay

ACinKC · « **Reply #14 on:** January 02, 2007, 11:17:21 am »

I want to be alive to write this very same phrase on January 1st 2008.

Im a simple man.

Strayboy74 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 02, 2007, 11:20:11 am »

Quote from: philly267 on January 01, 2007, 11:07:20 am

SAY IT AIN'T SO!

It's so!

You gonna come harmonize with me?

Miss Philicia · « **Reply #16 on:** January 02, 2007, 11:50:48 am »

I used to go the Monster all the time in the mid-90's but generally it was to scoop up wayward hung Dominican boys on Sunday in the basement disco and not the Liza Minelli gents crooning upstairs by the drag queen playing the piano.

Let's just say I was so well known there that all the bartenders knew my drink order without me saying anything.

skeebo1969 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 02, 2007, 11:58:27 am »

Just added to my list:

11. To stay off the forums after 12 am... I'll let my posts speak for themselves!

I'll just play the blame game:

Atripla and fatigue

Thomas

Strayboy74 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2007, 12:04:25 pm »

Quote from: philly267 on January 02, 2007, 11:50:48 am

Let's just say I was so well known there that all the bartenders knew my drink order without me saying anything.

Me too!

And Sasha at the door always let me in for free.

Oh, and he'd kick ass for me when I was stirring shit.

I miss sasha.

I used to love dancing downstairs, and then coming up and singing, and then going back downstairs, and then coming up and singing.... LOL I miss the Monster.

-joseph

lydgate · « **Reply #19 on:** January 02, 2007, 01:05:44 pm »

Chiming in: I sort of miss the Monster too. Went there now and again, as a wee lad, mid- to late-90s (and also its Boston counterpart, the Napoleon Club). But maybe there should be another thread for this, Memories of the Monster or something.

Jay

Jnm594 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 03, 2007, 01:51:48 pm »

Quote

I want to be alive to write this very same phrase on January 1st 2008.

Im a simple man.

Ditto!!

northernguy · « **Reply #21 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:30:38 pm »

1) Drag my drooping butt into the gym.
2) Spend more time with family and friends
3) Clean up our 2nd bedroom, which looks like we just moved in (6 years later)
4) Put up that Restoration Hardware light I bought 3 years ago.

I've been to the Monster once, I enjoyed hearing the ex-chorus boys at the piano, didn't know you were one of them

Strayboy74 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 03, 2007, 09:34:21 pm »

Quote from: northernguy on January 03, 2007, 05:30:38 pm

I've been to the Monster once, I enjoyed hearing the ex-chorus boys at the piano, didn't know you were one of them

northernguy, my dear...

I am not an ex-chorus boy... I am a headliner.

-joseph

Queen Tokelove · « **Reply #23 on:** January 03, 2007, 09:45:10 pm »

Quote from: Strayboy74 on January 03, 2007, 09:34:21 pm

northernguy, my dear...

I am not an ex-chorus boy... I am a headliner.

-joseph

That demands 2 snaps and a circle!

HollyStar · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2007, 02:51:48 am »

- work harder
- get fit
- be more adventurous
- eat better
- quit smoking?
- travel to some place new
- witness my bf become drug free (ok, more of a hope)

Boo Radley · « **Reply #25 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:06:56 am »

1. Breathe through my nose.
2. Learn to position my tongue in my mouth to reduce TMJ stress .
3. Have enough energy to clean the cat litter boxes, drag it all to the trash can outside, and not need an hour nap afterwards.
4. Get back on my bicycle.
5. Lose 40 pounds.
6. Win the lottery, but since I've never purchased a ticket this may be a problem.

KISS...

Boo

P.S. 7. To have patience with my geriatric dog Buddy, whose continence is diminishing rapidly, and not get visibly upset when he makes a mess in the house. Poor old mutt.

Jeff64 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:02:07 pm »

My resolution is to have more sex and have more fun in general.

Jeff

Strayboy74 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:22:28 pm »

Quote from: Boo Radley on January 05, 2007, 03:06:56 am

5. Lose 40 pounds.

Boo

I've been meaning to talk to you about #5.

-joseph

lydgate · « **Reply #28 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:26:07 pm »

Meanwhile some us of us are trying to gain weight/muscle so as not to be referred to at the bar as, "What's the skinny boy having?"

Life's little ironies.

Pippet · « **Reply #29 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:46:09 pm »

I'm with you lydgate...

1. Find a regimen that I can stick with
2. Gain 15 pounds!
3. Get over my fear of sex

Best of luck to all of you!

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