Sharkbait Writes

Wow! December has flown by hasn’t it? With all the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving, “Black Friday” (I mean Black November… or whatever the stores were resorting to this year to try to get us to spend money with them), Christmas, and now the new year, I’ve realized that I haven’t posted anything on my blog since Nov. 15, with the exception of a “Happy Thanksgiving” message on Nov. 24.

I normally don’t try to make “New Year Resolutions” because 10 times out of 10, I always fail at them. However, this year I figured what the heck. So, without further ado, here is my list of resolutions (in no particular order) for 2012:

1. Exercise every day (Not to be confused with exorcising which I try to do every day anyway).
2. Write every day (I am taking the #WIP500 challenge, which I will write about in another post).
3. Publish an Amazon best-seller (Heck, a book that sells at all for that matter! LOL!).
4. Write at least one blog post a week.
5. Read my Bible every day (See resolution No. 1).
6. Take time out of every day to read some good fiction novels.
7. Win the lottery (Okay, this one will be a bit difficult since I don’t actually buy lottery tickets).
8. Get the “Bat Mobile” out of the “Bat Cave” and cruising on the Texas streets again.
9. Enjoy $even figure$ (Okay, this probably will be collectable action figures, but I can dream).
10. Win the lottery.
11. Survive more than five seconds before getting shot in the back on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
12. Figure out why I keep playing a game that I stink at! #GluttonForPunishment
13. Join VGA (Video Gamers Anonymous).
14.  Win the lottery.
15. Survive the Dec. 21, 2012 Apocalypse (Zombie, Meteor, Alien Invasion, Killer Tomatoes, Etc.)
16. Have a profitable year after resigning from a career in the newspaper industry to work for myself.
17. Spend more time with friends and family IN PERSON instead of just online and texting (You know you’ve texted someone in the same house or even the same room, too! Don’t deny it!)
18.  Win the lottery.
19. Take a REAL vacation that involves packing bags, buying airline tickets, going through airline security, jetlag, lost luggage, $5.00 bags of peanuts, maxed out credit cards from spending too much money on excursions and souvenirs that’ll end up in a garage sale, (insert needle scratching across record noise). On second thought… Never mind! A No. 2 special at Burger King and a matinee movie at the Cinemark Theater will work just fine for me.
20. Learn how to make a cheese cake! I LOVE eating cheesecake!
21. Spend less time watching TV and more time reading and writing.
22. Dust off my vintage collection of video games (Intellivision and Sega Master System) and beat those high scores. (Probably setting myself for disappointment since I was once good at these games… when I was 12!)
23. Try to find it in my heart to forgive Netflix for raising my subscription rate 60%. They really do have a great service and I MAY reactive my account this year. Just not right now.
24. Find cheaper (and legal) alternatives to cable/satellite TV, phone, and Internet (re: Internet… my guinea pigs are on order).
25.  Buy a lottery ticket.

So, there you have it. Those are my resolutions/goals for 2012. What are your resolutions for 2012? I’d love to read them in the comments.

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!