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Does anyone have any New Year's resolutions for 2009? What might some of them be?

Get fit. Thus an hour in the gym every other day.

Uhmm.. I dunno.

I always forget to make one and tbh what would I want?

Get fit. Thus an hour in the gym every other day.

45 mins twice a week is enough madman

I have no New Years Resolutions.

My resolution is 1680x1050. *nod*

My resolution is 1680x1050. *nod*

I lol'd VERY hard at this.

I haven't made a New Year's resolution in several years.

I believe that if you really want to make a change in your life, you friggin' MAKE the change whenever you decide you want to. Don't wait for an artificial starting line.

45 mins twice a week is enough madman

It needs to be that much - my other resolution was to drink more.

It needs to be that much - my other resolution was to drink more.

At last, a resolution I could stick to.

It needs to be that much - my other resolution was to drink more.

pfft why do you think alcoholics are so good at fighting? :p

At last, a resolution I could stick to.

how can you drink more than "whatever I can get my hands on" :confused:

how can you drink more than "whatever I can get my hands on" :confused:

I've been training my feet.

I can now easily carry 4 beers while moving only by co-ordinated buttock clenching.

Buy more crap, get a PS3.

Make more friends,
Be less paranoid about what people think of me,
Worry less,
Organize myself better,
Work more efficiently to give myself more free time,
Eat more healthily (I don't need to lose weight, I eat relatively little, but what I do eat is junk)
Stop letting people walk all over me (this time of the year, with people's shoes being muddy, its costing me a fortune in washing)

Thats a few off the top of my head. But they're the same I had the year before, and the year before that. And last time I made an effort to not let people walk over me, it ended in a massive shouting match with one of my housemates which meant that I was stuck in a house for half a year with a group of people who all hated me.

New Years Resolutions = teh st00pid

I've been training my feet.

I can now easily carry 4 beers while moving only by co-ordinated buttock clenching.

cunning....*takes Fartsniffage to a bar with carpeting*

Be less socially retarded.

*nods*

Get over getting rejected. Finally get a girlfriend.

Bone a Japanese Chick while I'm deployed there.

Be less socially retarded.

there has been loads of NS meet attempts this year >.>

Get over getting rejected. Finally get a girlfriend.

so what are you doing on the internet :p

Bone a Japanese Chick while I'm deployed there.

don't be so cliché

Plant a vegetable garden
Get more involved with the community
Save more money
Start a vermicomposter
Get a bicycle
Eat less meat

don't be so cliché

How is that cliché?

Get over getting rejected. Finally get a girlfriend.


so what are you doing on the internet :p




There are girlfriends to be had on the internet. I met my ex-wife that way, though I gather some people have better luck.

Get at least a 1600 on the PSAT
Get into Advanced Placement courses for 3 subjects
Get a part time job
Get an iPhone
Perfect Yoshimitsu and Zasalamel

While these are things I want to do regardless of the New Year, it's okay by to fit them to the occasion.

You people and your academics...

win my court case so I can move to Montreal
kick ass during this final semester of law
love GoG as much as is humanly possible

Make more friends,
Be less paranoid about what people think of me,
Worry less,
Organize myself better,
Work more efficiently to give myself more free time,
Eat more healthily (I don't need to lose weight, I eat relatively little, but what I do eat is junk)
Stop letting people walk all over me (this time of the year, with people's shoes being muddy, its costing me a fortune in washing)


All good ones


Thats a few off the top of my head. But they're the same I had the year before, and the year before that. And last time I made an effort to not let people walk over me, it ended in a massive shouting match with one of my housemates which meant that I was stuck in a house for half a year with a group of people who all hated me.

Nah, you were right to assert yourself, you won't get respect if you let people run you over all the time, sometimes you need to take the high ground and hang on; the problem after that is not they hated you, its that they still did not respect you and saw you as an inferior who didn't know thier place.

Like the great philosipher named Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson once said to anyone who treid to get into a pissing match with him "Know your role jebrony!" I guess Jebrony is some kind of bastardized sandwich meat? All the more reason to not let yourself be it.


New Years Resolutions = teh st00pid

Yeah, I resolve to do things whenever I resolve to do them I don't wait for a whole new year.

win my court case so I can move to Montreal

HA! I already won Mine!

HA! I already won Mine!

You got permission from the court to relocate with your kids?

This year I have finally made a resolution that I can keep...My resolution is...ehem...my resolution, which is mine, goes as follows...eeehem...I, [state your name], will not fall upon my ass this winter! So, if I walk slowly, all should be well...

Of course, I also resolve to drink more, so, I guess we will just have to see, won't we...:)

Ah damn I forgot this resolution:


stay off NSG as much as possible and then some.

You got permission from the court to relocate with your kids?

I got permission to ship out to Japan and escape my family.

Ah damn I forgot this resolution:


stay off NSG as much as possible and then some.


Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!11111!

To keep up my 10+ years of not making resolutions, I have once again not made one.

I got permission to ship out to Japan and escape my family.

...from the court? Emancipation? Or what?

Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!11111!

This is always the one least likely to be successful.

I don't really make new year's resolutions so much as new semester resolutions.

win my court case so I can move to Montreal
kick ass during this final semester of law
love GoG as much as is humanly possible

what are the chances that they will let you move your kids so far away from their father?

its your ex wanting to prevent you from moving eh?

This is always the one least likely to be successful.

I don't really make new year's resolutions so much as new semester resolutions.

Phew ok, panic averted...

In actuality I sometimes think I annoy you; but I appreciate the kind of interesting posts and threads you write.

You people and your academics...

I assume this was directed at me. And, to the contrary, I actually hate my academic life. I feel like it's somehow restraining me from really learning about the world. I just want to show I'm competent academically so I that maybe I can move onto more important matters like work and actually learning something practical.

what are the chances that they will let you move your kids so far away from their father?

its your ex wanting to prevent you from moving eh?

Yeah, the ex wants to stop me from moving. I have to build a pretty solid case because the court is loathe to allow that sort of thing. The fact that he was gone over half the year each year the girls are old helps. The fact that he had basically nothing to do with their upbringing helps even more. I also have valid economic/personal/academic reasons to go. He would have to counter all that with something really compelling. The fact that's he has instead decided to go to South America for the next three months is not going to help him.

Still, it's not pretty.

Phew ok, panic averted...

In actuality I sometimes think I annoy you; but I appreciate the kind of interesting posts and threads you write.

You only annoy me when you whine about me ignoring you, so don't do that, and we're good.

Yeah, the ex wants to stop me from moving. I have to build a pretty solid case because the court is loathe to allow that sort of thing. The fact that he was gone over half the year each year the girls are old helps. The fact that he had basically nothing to do with their upbringing helps even more. I also have valid economic/personal/academic reasons to go. He would have to counter all that with something really compelling. The fact that's he has instead decided to go to South America for the next three months is not going to help him.

Still, it's not pretty.
is he suggesting that he will suddenly want to stay in the country full time and be there for the girls constantly? or does he just hope to keep you there being the full time mom so he can drop in when he is near by?

My New Year Resolution is not to make any New Year Resolutions...somehow like last year U have already seen to failed. Don't know why...:confused:

You only annoy me when you whine about me ignoring you, so don't do that, and we're good.

That was like.. once? And I was really emotionally screwed up and will admit it; you'd have to be to think being ignored (whether you are or not) on the internet is distressing. I'm working past it though happily.

is he suggesting that he will suddenly want to stay in the country full time and be there for the girls constantly? or does he just hope to keep you there being the full time mom so he can drop in when he is near by?

The latter.

He is living with his parents. When the kids visit, they have to sleep on the couch because there are so many people living there. The court will not be impressed that he does not have a room for them, does he have any of their clothes or toys, nor has made any effort to get those things. With the money he's making, there is no reason he couldn't rent an apartment (as I am) if he doesn't want to buy a house right now.

He has said he'd move right close to us and start parenting, but frankly...he had six years to do that. With me trying everything I could to get him to do that (parent). I don't think he deserves the chance, frankly, at this point...not when he was fine with me moving with the girls until he found out about GoG. Only then did he suddenly become interested in keeping us here.

Each time I left him he threatened he would run off and never see his kids. It's pure manipulation.

Make a resolution that I can keep is a resolution in and of itself.

The latter.

He is living with his parents. When the kids visit, they have to sleep on the couch because there are so many people living there. The court will not be impressed that he does not have a room for them, does he have any of their clothes or toys, nor has made any effort to get those things. With the money he's making, there is no reason he couldn't rent an apartment (as I am) if he doesn't want to buy a house right now.

He has said he'd move right close to us and start parenting, but frankly...he had six years to do that. With me trying everything I could to get him to do that (parent). I don't think he deserves the chance, frankly, at this point...not when he was fine with me moving with the girls until he found out about GoG. Only then did he suddenly become interested in keeping us here.

Each time I left him he threatened he would run off and never see his kids. It's pure manipulation.
if i were a judge i would not feel inclined to rule in his favor.

i generally feel that both parents need to have the opportunity to BE parents but if he's not going to put in the effort, there is no reason to let him, in essence, run your life.

To make sure I manage to organize this inter-railing trip, rather than just dream about it.

Success in further Scouting Programs.
I started Venture Scouts last year and am debating joining a sea scout ship.

Quit smoking... I already failed on my way back from Chicago today.

Oh well, always next year... Right?

Eat more nutritious meals--no fast food, at least 40 grams of protein. Lose 10-15 pounds. Exercise at least four days a week. Go out with friends more. Make out with more people.

Finish all games that I have still to finish. That means GTA IV, Fallout 3, Ace Combat 6, Bioshock... And, Orange Box.