new year's resolutions

Okay, a few days late, but here they are:

1. Work. Work my arse off. Second year's really hard for us, because we're suddenly with the third years who are more experienced, and we're only just discovering what we're good at. First year was about passing, now it's about excelling. For my Latin modules, I want to get to know everything about the text: translation, vocab, style, structure etc. For my non-language modules, I want to get to know my texts, the context, the history inside out. For my Greek, I just want to learn something, pass and not kill Clive.

2. Have fun. Get out of the house: my housemates are great, but we do have a tendancy to stay in all the time. Get out, hang out with other people, seize opportunities as much as possible.

3. Get better on bass: make a list of songs to learn and practice until you've got them. Don't just arse about soloing, but do some more technical things as well. Ditto piano, but with additional composition/transcribing.

4. Save money: try to save at least £200 this term. I really don't need to explain this one.

5. Make an effort with clothes and makeup. I have a tendency to be lazy, especially when I wake up at 8am to catch an 8:15 bus. I can be pretty when I try (really...)

6. Continue losing weight. I don't know how I'm doing it, but I am, so I want to continue. However, I'm currently a size 8-10, so much more and I'll start to struggle finding sizes. In other words, meiden agon (everything in moderation).

7. Go to more gigs. I don't have anything lined up at the moment, which bugs the hell out of me.

8. Similarly, expand my music taste. After rebuilding my machine I'm being a lot more selective about what ends up on my iTunes, which is good as it forces me to think about music rather than having it be a background thing.

9. Keep this sodding blog. I will probably abandon it soon, but it's good for me to write out some of my issues. It focuses my annoyance rather than letting it permeate into every other area of my life. Plus, it's amazing for procrastination.