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Nitrozac Moderator Posts: 411 |
posted December 31, 2000 12:07
Post 'em here for all to see and raz you about! I ask for one thing... to also post something resolution-y that you've accomplished this year, such as, you really did quit smoking in Y2K. My Resolutions; Year 2000; IP: Logged |
Snaggy Moderator Posts: 1399 |
posted December 31, 2000 13:28
My Real Millenium Resolutions.... 1. Get off the computer and enter the real world more often :-) What I did in Y2K... IP: Logged |
Zwilnik (AY2K member #17) unregistered |
posted December 31, 2000 17:02
AY2K CD ? Looks like one resolution for me will be to get one of those Otherwise I've got to avoid eating pizza (for at least a week) and finish at least 1 game (writing) and 2 games (playing). Happy New Year everyone (in about 2 hours local). IP: Logged |
Mr. Zarquon Alpha Geek Posts: 284 |
posted December 31, 2000 20:37
3 hours 20 minutes here till the real millenium. Finish my story / book / novella thing (writing it). Start playing and enjoying more computer games than i am. Playing magic again. Learn a programming language fully. Socialize more. ------------------ IP: Logged |
Doc Holliday Highlie Posts: 517 |
posted January 01, 2001 00:06
1. Get out more and spend that time doing quality things. I have a friend who always invites me to parties but large crowds really freak me out. I sit there wondering why I'm there and why I cant hear what the person next to me is saying. I want to go out and enrich my life. 2. Meet someone special. It's been many many years from the last time I was in a long term relationship. Its even been a while since I was in a short term one (see no.1). 3. Get my rear in gear. I'm 28 and have very little to show for it. I'm almost no further ahead than I was the day after I finished college. I got laser eye surgery and a nice car and that's about it. 4. Stop drinking so much soda. 5. Win at least one trophy. 6. Play more DandD 7. Try to make this year the most succesful and fulfilling year I can imagine. IP: Logged |
Alien Investor Alpha Geek Posts: 349 |
posted January 01, 2001 04:57
Last year, I resolved to lose 55 pounds. I lost 10. Sigh. So this year, I'm resolving to lose 20 pounds. If I finish early, I'll just keep dieting. I'm tired of looking like the geek's older brother. Yeah, yeah, that's a very mundane resolution. I've got others. I resolve to go on a 100 mile bicycle trip. I resolve to go to a cool nightclub or a rave (I am not a cool kind of guy). I resolve to floss _every day_. I resolve to start a weblog. I resolve to work on the 2.5 Linux Makefiles. I have lots more but some of them are kinda private. IP: Logged |
kimagure Highlie Posts: 588 |
posted January 01, 2001 06:48
1-Lose weight. Lots of it. 2-Get a better paying job. 3-Meet my SO. 4-Start my web site. 5-Save enough money to pay for air fare to visit the folks. 6-Stop procrastinating, which explains why I haven't posted my New Year's message. It would have featured Fawn & Brandy in Chinese dresses, celebrating the Chinese Year of the Snake. sigh Kiggy PS : Oh Yeah! To Nitrozac, Snaggy and everyone else: may your resolutions/dreams/wishes become true. 99% of them will by working hard. IP: Logged |
kimagure Highlie Posts: 588 |
posted January 01, 2001 08:21
Here's my (unfinished) pic of Fawn for the (Chinese) New Year. I couldn't finish Brandy in time. So would you like to see these pics finished? Kiggy PS: Here are some interesting links about the Chinese Calendar: IP: Logged |
pawn Assimilated Posts: 390 |
posted January 01, 2001 09:07
The only resolution that i'm gonna make is one that is easy for me to keep...
oh, and as for something resolutiony that I did in the last year, see above =)
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CyberGoddess Assimilated Posts: 354 |
posted January 01, 2001 13:15
I have one goal at the moment.... employment. IP: Logged |
tafkact Highlie Posts: 614 |
posted January 01, 2001 13:35
quote: ...and a place to stay. (found a public terminal to check email, lucky me) IP: Logged |
Syn Super Geek Posts: 202 |
posted January 01, 2001 13:42
I don't have any resolutions yet. So I guess I'll think of some now. Okay, I guess I should definitely resolve to get my driver's license this year, as well as a new job. I also resolve not to let myself get dragged into doing things I don't want to do for the sake of making others happy. The latter two were last year's resolutions as well, both of which I stuck to more or less. I did end up with a job, but it was short term [summer project kind of thing]. The last one sort of faded away after a while. Guess I should also work on getting along with my sister, since every time she visits from college we can barely do anything together, as we're constantly arguing. Maybe I should print this out so I don't forget. :P ------------------ IP: Logged |
kimagure Highlie Posts: 588 |
posted January 01, 2001 17:31
How could I have forgotten Tafkact? Hope you find a good place to stay, buddy! Forgetful Kiggy IP: Logged |
Steen SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1162 |
posted January 01, 2001 20:14
I'm resolving to do three things: 1) Move to an apartment with a dishwasher and no line noise on the phone lines. Basically I'm tired of washing dishes and getting kicked offline. 2) Sell off/give away/dispose of unused stuff. I have boxes that I haven't unpacked from my last move and it's been over four years. 3) Buy real furniture so guests have a place to sit. Unless they sit on my bed, that's not the case right now, as I only have one chair. In the past year, I resolved to not stress over work and to look for a new job. I've been looking, though I haven't found the right job yet. I have stopped stressing, though. At this point, I can honestly say that I couldn't care less about my job IP: Logged |
Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1461 |
posted January 02, 2001 05:15
I am not going to make any resolutions as I have a habit of breaking them. It is more what I would like to do this year. 1) Lose more weight, manage to get down to double figures (kilos, not pounds). 2) Stop smoking (ha!). 3) Clean up my apartment (double ha!). 4) Find a nice young lady with whom to settle down (and on that day, Satan will be skating to work). Seven IP: Logged |
Wyatt Super Geek Posts: 125 |
posted January 02, 2001 11:45
1. find a better job 2. live healthier 3. learn a new language ------------------ Email: [email protected] Home Page: www.knology.net/~wyattf IP: Logged |
Tasslehoff unregistered |
posted January 02, 2001 12:57
I've not made any resolutions up to this point, but now seems like a good time to start... I hereby resolve to actually make some posts to the forums instead of simply reading them. I also resolve to make most of them when I should be working, as it's a much more worthwhile action. Uh, so there it is... see you around! IP: Logged |
Tasslehoff Geek-in-Training Posts: 39 |
posted January 02, 2001 13:01
See? I even went and registered! IP: Logged |
Eponine Highlie Posts: 726 |
posted January 02, 2001 14:24
Here are mine: -Write in my journal every day -Get my driver's license -Go to France (This is actually happening this summer!!!!) -The Proverbial Lose Weight Resolution (But I have motivation, see previous resloution) -Get better grades -Take voice lessons -Find a high paying summer job (again, related to the France resolution) ------------------ IP: Logged |
Snaggy Moderator Posts: 1399 |
posted January 02, 2001 16:03
Welcome Tasslehoff! roaring and cheering crowd IP: Logged |
octothorp Assimilated Posts: 361 |
posted January 02, 2001 18:39
Wow, I wish you all could see this gorgeous chinook-arch sunset out my office window (okay, across the hallway from my cubicle doorway)--all azure and orange and deep deep mauve. Ok, resolutions. Here's mine: -finish my degree New Years resolutions from last year that I kept: -get a new job (did it on the first day of the year, and again about halfway through) New Years resolutions from last year that I didn't keep: -finish my degree
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Tau Zero BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1685 |
posted January 02, 2001 22:35
My three resolutions: Spend more time exercising. The little I am doing is paying off big time, but I need to keep at it and do more. Stay more focused at work. (Geekculture isn't helping. I'll have to cut back, darn it.) Look for more friends, because it's only among them that I'll find that special person to be more-than-friends with. IP: Logged |
MrMachineCode Super Geek Posts: 207 |
posted January 03, 2001 00:59
Ack! I forgot to make any resolutions. In fact, I've forgotten to make any New Year's resolutions for the past three years in a row. I think I see a pattern there. The radio show hosted by Art Bell used to do an interesting take on New Year's resolutions: he'd let the audience make predictions about the New Year (politics, natural disasters, the Second Coming, you know, world events) and while doing that, he'd read last year's predictions to see how accurate they were. But as far as I know, the Art Bell show is off the air now. Maybe Nitrozac & Snaggy could put up someplace on the website for us to submit predictions, and we could look at them again next year to see how amazingly far off people can be. IP: Logged |
Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1461 |
posted January 03, 2001 04:25
Eponine: Where are you going in France? If you need any information ask, and if I can help I will. I can see France from my office window. Two IP: Logged |
Syn Super Geek Posts: 202 |
posted January 03, 2001 14:47
Oh, how sad. January 3rd and I already forgot my resolutions. I had to come back to this forum to read 'em. /: ------------------ IP: Logged |
Blind Harper Alpha Geek Posts: 264 |
posted January 03, 2001 16:00
Steve's Real Millenium Resolutions: -> Get a job and stop leeching off my parents. -> Get some of my writing published. -> Finish more stories. DO some serious work on the two novels I currently have in progress. -> Get togeather with Char. Stop being a wimp about the whole thing. Notice I conspicuously do NOT resolve to quit smoking. If I am going to do any or all of the above, I need my crutch. Sorry, lungs. Y2K resolution I actually did keep: Gain more self confidence and socialise more. ------------------ IP: Logged |
weirdo513 Super Geek Posts: 235 |
posted January 06, 2001 04:34
1. Read the 12 Books I got for Christmas by the end of School. 2. Learn Perl, as well as some other language. 3. Finish building my new computer. 4. Get a new Car. That should keep me busy ------------------ IP: Logged |
alexandria Super Geek Posts: 134 |
posted January 07, 2001 03:06
resolutions (not that i believe in making them, of course): (a) graduate. this, thankfully, will actually happen. IP: Logged |
Eponine Highlie Posts: 726 |
posted January 07, 2001 13:06
Think less, Act more Funny, mine was always "think more, do more." That and "Never let fear stop you from doing anything". I made that one a few years ago, and managed to keep it. I'm a better person for it. I still have problems calling people on the phone, though. Don't know why, but it terrifies me. One I made last year was to always do what I say I will. I'm still working on that, but it's getting better. ------------------ IP: Logged |
alexandria Super Geek Posts: 134 |
posted January 07, 2001 15:52
i suppose i should clarify my statement; certainly don't mean that it's a new year's resolution to become brainless. rather, that phrase has become shorthand amongst my friends for a determination to stop thinking *about* possible courses of action and actually *do* them. i.e., stop worrying/obsessing/analyzing and just do something, already. it's only applicable to situations in which fear/qualms/worry/etc. is actually impeding desirable action. and since i have a tendency to err on the side of caution, well... it's applicable to me. IP: Logged |
Tasslehoff Geek-in-Training Posts: 39 |
posted January 07, 2001 20:52
Oh! I just though of a good one! I'm going to learn to play a new instrument this year... I'm thinking the electric bass. My roomie plays and I could probably get him to give me lessons. I need to keep expanding my horizons... that and the fact that since I'm not a tenor, I don't get many gigs. On a geekier note, I would suppose I might get around to building my linux box this year... I've only had the gear sitting around for 6 figgin' months already. IP: Logged |
Eponine Highlie Posts: 726 |
posted January 07, 2001 21:38
Alexandria, I figured what you meant; I was just being somewhat tongue in cheek. IP: Logged |
rw Super Geek Posts: 194 |
posted January 09, 2001 00:02
I firmly resolved not to make any resolutions this year, since I don't keep them. But looking back on the past few days, I see that I've been eating healthier, keeping the apartment cleaner, being kinder and more considerate to others ... I sure hope there isn't some kind of lesson to learn here, because I never learn lessons. IP: Logged |
Blind Harper Alpha Geek Posts: 264 |
posted January 09, 2001 14:28
As Eponine Vampirically Modularized: I still have problems calling people on the phone, though. Don't know why, but it terrifies me. I know exactly what you mean. There's something about a disembodied voice speaking to you... I'm beginning to hate telephones. They're so intrusive. I have resolved to refuse to get up to answer the phone if I'm in bed or bathing. If the world can't keep my hours, it can go suck a toadstool. ------------------ IP: Logged |
Syn Super Geek Posts: 202 |
posted January 09, 2001 18:11
Personally, I can't stand phones, either. I don't think it's the disembodied voice concept, though. More of the fact that it's much harder to multitask when on the phone. A friend of mine called me last night when I was playing Need for Speed while watching Roswell & listening to a Garbage cd, and I had to move to a different room where I could only watch Roswell & talk on the phone .. Even then, I got yelled at for being so quiet. In addition, staying on the phone too long [as people who make calls tend to do] makes my ear hurt. /: And it's too awkward to switch ears. I'd like a little headset .. and a cordless phone. Multitasking is still a small problem, though. ------------------ IP: Logged |
supaboy SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1242 |
posted January 10, 2001 08:35
I decided not to make any New Year's Resolutions. If something's good enough for me to do, then it's good enough for me to do now. IP: Logged |
Orbhead Super Geek Posts: 135 |
posted January 13, 2001 19:14
Snaggy, I guess hiking in Beaver Valley just doesn't cut it eh? :-) IP: Logged |
pawn Assimilated Posts: 390 |
posted January 13, 2001 21:38
quote: Boy, does that sound dirty. IP: Logged |
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