2012

Well, as I start this, the guns are blazing outside. The ball has just touched the bottom, Auld Lang Syne is filling the air, and couples are kissing while singing along.

So, as always, I am in my bed listening to music. I have no one to kiss, no booze in the house, and no gun to shoot in the air.

I remember saying that 2011 would bring many changes for me. Well, to be fair, I said many things.

I said I would loose AT LEAST 75 pounds by this point. I didn't.

I said I would have more platonic relationships by this point and actually try to go out of my way to form them. I didn't, really.

I said that any romantic relationship I was in, I wouldn't force it. Well, I haven't really had one, so I can't say that I didn't.

I said I would not be in this shithole valley. Sadly, I'm still here.

I could spend all night and well into tomorrow morning doing this. For the sake of speed, I'll just comment on what has changed, for the good or bad.

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*My Cross Connection is no more. We disbanded in mid-August, and haven't talked since.

*I was kicked out of CoD. While I'll admit that it wasn't to much of a loss, it did put an end to any real plans on getting out of here for a while. That also led to the longest point of time I was out of school, from late-May to mid-October, since I first started kindergarten.

*I started attending a vocational school for computer repair. Had I know then what I know now, I probably would have never stepped foot inside the place. Unfortunately hindsight is 20/20. God knows I'm familiar with that phrase.

*I have lost "some" weight. While I don't really know how much, I do know that I an fit into clothes I would never have been able to wear this time last year.

*I actually have a few more friends than I did a year ago. I suppose that can go either way, but they are decent people.

*I have a workable plan to get out of here now.

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So, 2012 is here. They say the world is supposed to end this year.

Well, we'll find out...