so take a look at me now. there's just a(n) _____ space.

the first new years celebration i've spent outside of home in years, the first new years i've spent after starting college. 1 minute. a group of us are sitting around the tv. i rush to the kitchen in order to briskly open a bottle of martinelli's with a ghetto bottle opener. 10. i run back to the tv to take a quick look. 8. i'm thinking "wait. the fucking bottle of apple juice is in the sink in the kitchen. 5. i run back, grab the cool glass of the bottle. 2. i take a quick look at the tv. 1. everyone's faces are filled with excitement! 0. HAPPY NEW YEAR! as i poured glasses of apple juice, i started thinking to myself that this was the first new year that i took seriously. i really felt accepted by those around me and those miles away, and i am grateful for that. i couldn't hold back the smile of having friends close by, even if they were making out as i almost offered them a glass. it just felt right, having a place in the world. so let's keep it that way.

so the following is a compilation of goals i'm setting for myself. and i want to ask a favor of you readers out there. make sure i do them! keep me in line! and for those that are close to me, tell me how i'm doing, make suggestions on how i should change, and just ask how i'm doing. please?


2009 resolutions:

•take on the new semester with fresh energy and an open mind!
-be willing to actually go to all my classes and learn!
-do my homework and studying early
-joining other clubs such as REACH and SASC.

•make new friendships and strengthen the old ones
-stay in touch with those far away
-occasional dinners with the bell bears
-visit friends at other colleges! (road trip?!)

•photography extravaganza!
-learn what i can from the seminar i'm taking!
-do my best as historian for vsa <3
-by night with the guidance of stars and electric lights!
-the friends i have and the life i share with them at berkeley :)
-learn the ins and outs of photoshop!

•the mission peak sunrise

•a day on the streets, guitar in hand, music ringing in the air

•san francisco by night

•if the opportunity ever arises (pray that it not), take the bullet for a friend, to live for others and not for myself, to not pull others down but hold them up.

•get an apartment with my friends, and cook for them!
-learn how to cook first before i kill them by food poisoning

•learn drums?! :D

•WORK OUT! for sure this time! (right, ryan? haha)

•be grateful with what i have and the people that are always there for me, to not take them for granted, to learn to love what i do and the people i'm with.

edit #1
•stop being egocentric