their plan was to knock me out the top of the game:

I know I should probably blog today - I don't want to go two days in a row without doing so quite this early in the year - but I said I would probably be talking about my top albums of 2008 and frankly, gentle readers, I just don't care to do that right now. however, I have been pretty preoccupied today by a variety of potential new year's resolutions, and I feel like I have narrowed the list down to a level that is doable and significant; since I'm such a big screaming deal, I have decided that these resolutions constitute a blog that you will enjoy reading.


I'm glad you agree, gentle readers. somehow I knew that you would.



- get ripped by June 1st. this is partially motivated by the idea that if I'm really hardcore about the gym and my diet for about six months, whatever level of fitness I achieve by that point will be something I can maintain with a more reasonable level of effort in the foreseeable future. mostly it's just because I'm really vain.

- become at least moderately educated on one new subject a month. Derrida and Althusser have already been awarded January and February, respectively, but hopefully this will eventually lead me a little further out of my intellectual comfort zone.

- only hang out with strangers whenever possible in 2009. there are certain exceptions to this rule, of course: certain people are grandfathered in, and if I haven't seen you in six months or if we only talk on the internet for the majority of the year, you're exempt. but by and large, the people I've met so far are boring (sorry about your luck, people I've met so far) and I am determined to cultivate a social circle more reflective of my tastes and goals.

- write a rap album. I know I say this a lot, and frankly, I've probably got two albums' worth of rhymes written. but when I say 'write a rap album' I mean edit and practice twelve raps to the point that I would be comfortable performing them in front of a vast sea of humans I do not know personally. I'm talking about some shit that is purely discipline and muscle memory, you know? by December it shall be so.



I feel like this is enough to keep me busy for twelve months and still have time for weekend hilarity.

stay tuned to this bat-channel for further musical revelations this week.





(but I overstand, they truth is all lame:)