I shouldn’t be up. Yet, I surprised myself by waking up at 3:30am, sans alarm.

And at the same time, I really should be up. Heck, I have a plane to catch in three hours! WAHOOO BC HERE I COME!!! I looked at the weather forecast for the next few days and it’s looking pretty freaking sweet: temperatures slightly below zero and snow/flurries!! More and more, I’m thinking that this is one of the best decisions that I have made this year

I have a week’s worth of snowboarding, relaxing, and partying and, when I get back, it will be a new year. As per usual, I think that I am going to make some resolutions. While they are almost guaranteed to fail in one way or another, I see no reason to stop making said resolutions because of their likely outcome; I’d rather try rather than give up before any effort is made.

Here are some:

1. I will read more books (at least one every two months). I’m not setting the bar too high on this one, so I’ll be pretty upset if I don’t pull this one off.
2. I will work out often. For the Winter 2006 term, ‘often’ will likely mean five times a week. How this pans out in the summer and fall terms depends on where I am, I guess.
3. I will eat well. More fruits and vegetables, for sure.
4. I will be less cynical and/or sarcastic. This is probably one of the most difficult things that I’m hoping to accomplish, but it’s a necessary goal. Argh.
5. There’s one more, and I can’t think of it right now. But it’s there.

It’s no surprise that these coincide with a recent post that I made about self-discipline… now’s the time to make good on those words and back them up with action.

So, for anyone of you who are making resolutions, I wish you all the best Keep me accountable and I’ll keep you accountable. And, to everyone, I wish you all a great new year! See you in a week and a bit!

Well, I don’t know how much access I will have to a computer before I go, so I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a great holiday! And since I won’t be around after Christmas until January 2, have a most excellent new year, as well! Be safe, everyone!

Aside: I have an empty MemoryStick for my camera, so I will have plenty of pictures of BC and the beautiful mountains when I get back!

Recently, I have been paying more attention to my wardrobe; I made a post a while ago about needing to add some more colour and whatnot. Since then, I have made some progress:

- a fairly blue Google t-shirt (thanks, Magic!)
- a very green Death Cab t-shirt (thanks, John!)
- a green plain sweater (thanks, nameless worker in India!)

Keep in mind that I don’t buy clothes often and this is a pretty good start. But I’m getting a feeling that there’s more than just colour that needs attention. A lot of my clothes are very casual: band t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, cargo pants, and so on. As I continue to get older (and wiser and blah blah blah), I think that my taste in clothing has evolved, as well.

More specifically, I think that I’ve been paying more attention to more classy clothes: nice sweaters, collared shirts, spiffy pants, etc. In fact, one of my most recent purchases was a black wool overcoat (or car coat, to be precise). It should serve to replace my sports jacket this winter for all non-sporting activities. What’s on the horizon? Maybe some nice jeans (which would be the first jeans that I have owned since… oh… grade 8 maybe?), or some khakis, or some dress shirts. Hopefully they won’t be black