The Obligatory New Year's Post...a little late

If you're wondering (judging by the time stamp) why I'm still awake, I can't sleep. My internal clock is all messed up no thanks to returning from Korea a few days ago. Funny how I'll likely pull the only all-nighter I've ever done on a school holiday.

Happy New Year to both people who actually read this blog. Though the '11 will look funny for...well, at least a couple of days. Inspired by my friend's New Year's Post, here's what I'm looking forward to in 2011 (and the resolutions that I may or may not actually keep)...

1. Keep in touch with, and get back in touch with, friends I've made this year and some people I haven't talked to in a long time. Funny how I'm Facebook friends with a lot of people and only talk to a select few. There's a reason I still keep the thing around...

2. Finish learning the following piano pieces:

--Spinach Rag

--Temptation Rag

--Chopin's Waltz in C# Minor

...more? (Maple Leaf Rag, maybe? I'd appreciate any recommendations. This one might be a long shot due to my somewhat limited access to a piano.)

3. Cut down on my computer usage. Granted, I want to use my blog more (why did I create this, again?), but I spend way too much time on other websites that aren't exactly conducive to my time. Game Show Forum, looking at you.

4. Be less...I dunno, bitter? Pessimistic? Negative? Whatever the word for it is, for whatever reason late in the year I started feeling really down on myself (for reasons I won't share here). Not a whole lot of people know about this because I kept this under wraps, but let's just say it got pretty bad at one point. The days I was happy, though, I realized that I felt pretty stupid for feeling down on myself, 'cause I really didn't have anything to whine about. (I was probably stressed at the time, but that's besides the point.) Bottom line, I want to be a happier person, and I want to find and take the steps to accomplish that. May not take a year, may not take 2 years, may not take 5 years. But I want to at least take the first couple of steps.

Koreans typically think of the number 4 as our number 13, but I like to keep my resolutions few. (Any more than 4 and I'm setting myself up for disappointment.) So there you have them.

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I ended 2010 rather lonely. Just me all alone in my room, watching Dick Clark count down the seconds until 2011. Everyone else was asleep before midnight, but I was determined to see 2010 out until the bitter end. I wouldn't make such a sordid affair of this if I didn't soon after see people kissing on TV. While I knew I wasn't going to get a kiss like THOSE after the countdown, I also would've liked to have been with company (other than family) at least. I got so--I hesitate to say--disgusted (but I think that's what it amounted to) by all the kissing that I turned off the TV, laid in bed, and probably fell asleep a few hours later. Kinda sucked...but at least I've got nowhere to look but up? I dunno, I was a bit family-ed out after the Korea trip, so I didn't really want to spend more time with them.

(Strike one against resolution #4, right there. See, told you 4 was a bad number.)

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I just realized I never said what I was looking forward to in the first part of this post. Well, here:

--Going to more game show tapings in Los Angeles (time permitting, of course). Still haven't made it out to Wheel of Fortune yet. That one's at the top of the list.

--Getting to hang out with all my friends from USC...if the schoolwork doesn't interfere first...

--(Possibly) going to Korea again in the summer...?

...and how I'll hold up in the morning. It's 6 AM Central time, and I'm still awake. I haven't slept a wink. This oughta be fun.