Delayed New Year's reflections.

I can't stand New Year's resolutions. It's like, if you're going to resolve to do something, why don't you just do it at any time?

Yeah, logic, wassup. 

Anyway, I'm more into the New Year's reflection. So I'm going to reflect away upon 2012. 

I can say, almost without reserve, that it was a good year. One of the best in living memory, in fact. Which isn't really saying a lot, since I can't really remember all that much before Year 7ish.

It's been packed so full of good stuff that it seemed so much longer than 365 days. I secured employment, finished Honours, lost a heap of weight, visited Europe, made a whole load of awesome new friends, watched many awesome movies, and generally just had stacks of fun. The only slight downer (kind of highlights how good most of the year was) was my knee operation, and subsequent placing in the seats for the Coldplay gig. 

I also learned a great deal. About humanity, about myself, and about those around me. Yeah, it sounds cliche, but it's also true. 

The 'girl situation' still hasn't been resolved, but whatever. I've also learned this year that fate, mixed in with a bit of tenacity and physical action, goes quite a long way. Usually, anyway. I say usually because it hasn't worked out so far, but who knows, it might one day. 

2013 hasn't gotten off to quite a good start. Visiting my grandma in hospital, etc. From where I'm sitting now, it's probably not going to be a fantastic year. Especially when compared to 2012. I could be wrong, and I hope I will be. I could get with the girl of my dreams, absolutely dominate the CA, not work 12-hour days, and still maintain a social life. My grandma could make a miraculous recovery. 

Who knows. It's like the start of a football season. Filled with optimism at the potential of the future, trying to quash the fear of potential pitfalls. I'll just try to play it as it comes.

Word of the Day: Good

A (very delayed) Happy New Year

A (very delayed) Happy New Year to all and sundry. And everybody else too. I'd like to think there's a reason for the delay, but really, there isn't, apart from being busy with being busy.

Anyway, to kick the year off, a golden oldie!

Shalalalala

Apologies for the slightly weird middle part of the MV. I am, however, unapologetic and unrepentant for the fact that the song is now definitely stuck in your head. Forever. 

Brings back such memories. And with that blast from the past, we now look forward to the future. 

More than anything (or anything I can think of at present), this promises to be a fantastic year for films. The Hobbit, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Something Else That I Can't Remember Right Now But Probably Begins With 'The'. 

Ah. The Hobbit. Not since The Return of the King have I been this excited about a film coming out. The trailer sends shivers down my spine. In a good way, too. 

I'm glad Peter Jackson's doing this film. Love that guy.

Funny story time! A couple of days (or weeks - I forget which) before the trailer came out, I was watching Love Actually. If you have watched that film in any great detail, you may have realised that the guy who plays Bilbo (in The Hobbit, not Love Actually) is the sex scene extra actor from Love Actually. Funny thing was, when I was watching Love Actually, I said to my sister, 'Hey, is that guy in Lord of the Rings? He looks like a hobbit. Was he one of the extras?' Ok, that was more curious than funny. Point is, my calling in life is clearly to be an actor/actress picker dude for films. It matters not whether the job exists or not. If it doesn't, I'll make it exist. If it does, well, all the better.

Cannot. Wait. 

Anyway, Happy New Year. I hope it's a good one for all of you, and I'll try to share more jolly times with all of you and all that. 

Word of the Day: Hobbit 

Happy New Year 2011

Just when I was starting to get used to writing a '10' at the end of dates, it's 2011.

Happy New Year! May it be a good one, filled with joy, and joyness, and good times. Hopefully I get to Huang out with you all more often. Oh dear.

I was going to do a New Year's resolution thing, but I don't really have one. If I make one up now, I'll be compelled to act on it, and probably make a fool of myself again. So I won't be doing it.

I also just finished watching Love Actually. A truly fantastic film. Bits of a it are a bit...unrealistic. Like, how people fall deeply in love after having known each other for 30 seconds. But I guess it's done for efficiency, and I guess we're not supposed to focus on how they fall in love in 30 seconds, but more on other stuff. Like how Alan Rickman still sounds like Snape, even though he's clearly not Snape in the film.

Ok, here's one. It's not really a resolution of sorts, but more of a goal thing. I'm going to be less proud, or try to. I will try and instigate conversation, and not play the foolish game where we all sit around waiting for a person to start talking to you. I'm going to try and ask for help if I need it. Academically, spiritually, emotionally, physically, and all that. Starting now. I see people who will never instigate a conversation with me on MSN, online right now, and I am going to talk to them.

Have a good one!

Currently listening to: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except me and my Monkey by The Beatles.
Word of the Day: Resolution

Everything's coming up roses

Things are quite good now. I'm in a happy period of my life. But, from experience, things come crashing down pretty quickly. Happiness is quite a fickle friend most of the time. So I'll enjoy it to the fullest while it lasts.

I can see trouble on the horizon already. Valentine's Day, and what I should do. The very thought of it makes me shake with nervousness. So many things could go wrong. Rejection is a big one. I hope not. But you never know. As I've said before, I try to stop from getting too optimistic about things, but I think I'm a natural optimist, and I can't really help it. I try to keep it under control, but it just seeps through the cracks of the mental barriers that I put up against it.

But this is a sort of happy problem to have to worry about in the future. Another one that I can see, and that could potentially do so much more damage to me academically is Financial Accounting. It's also so much less likely to induce any kind of happiness. More like relief upon passing it, at most. I still don't understand why you'd make a unit so hard.

I'll talk about something concrete now, instead of projecting my nothing thoughts into this post.

Last night, I went to Orrin's New Year's BBQ. Apparently that's how they do it in New Zealand. Like, a month after New Year's.

Anyway, nothing much happened, apart from this girl at his shindig having a mental breakdown after drinking too much. According to Meng, it was alcohol-induced paranoia. Quite unnerving at the start, insofar as "What the hell are we supposed to do? Is she alright? Should we call someone?" After that, it just got a bit awkward, because you can't really have a good time while something like that's going on. So you want to keep at it like nothing's happening, but the human in you can't. And that's the end of the story.

Today, I had brunch at about five different places with Linda.

Ok, slight exaggeration. It was two places. Only a slight exaggeration.

She's awesome. And that's the end of that story. Man, I tell good, detailed and in-depth stories.

Word of the Day: Happiness

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year to you all. I don't know about you, but if this year can top the last one, it will really be something.

Stuff to look forward to:
- Hopefully Commerce ball
- Hopefully a certain someone will grace me with their presence more.

And that's pretty much all I can think of as real highlights for the year ahead so far. They're not even real highlights. Just something to keep me going. God knows that I'll need it after this list of things to not look forward to:

- Financial Accounting. Apparently I'm going to get chewed up and spat back out by this subject, with it's saliva running off my back, in front of a million people. Humiliating.
- Winter without the scarf that I bought last year.

And that's pretty much it so far. Ok, so not that bad. But I think Financial Accounting pretty much outweighs all the *potential* positives.

Anyway, hope this year treats you well. May everything you do be a great success, and I hope to spend many days of the next year, and beyond, with you.

Word of the Day: 2010

Happy New Year 2008

A very late happy new year to you all. Readership of my blog has been quite low lately, so I'm probably talking to myself.

Anyway, I've been in Harbin for the past seven days, so I've been missing out on football and general internetness. I'll probably blog about it when I can be stuffed in the next few days. It was cold. That's all I can be stuffed saying right now.

So yeah. This is the first year since 13 years ago when we won't have proper schooling. Aren't we all excited? Yeah. I didn't think so. Anyway, have a great year. May it bring you much, much more joy and happiness than last year. I hope to God that this year will be better.