Larocque and Roll

Low Res

Now it is the new year, and the time for making resolutions. I don’t normally make resolutions for a few reasons:

• I am already perfect and need no further improvement (Yeah, I couldn’t keep a straight face typing that either…)
• I would rather do the things that need to be done without announcing them to the world. If I need to tell people about it, it’s because I should already be doing it.
• I’m so lazy that I know I’d break them within a week, so better not to start at all.

However, I hit upon a perfect compromise this morning while getting ready for work – I’ll combine a resolution list with my favourite pasttime – making a random playlist! So, hitting “random play” on my iTunes, here’s what my resolutions for this year are:

Resolution #1: Paul Simon, Late in the Evening
Go out more often, hang out with friends more often, and go to bed later.

Resolution #2: Etta James, At Last
Maybe this year, I’ll get lucky in the romance department. My finger’s aren’t crossed and I’m not holding my breath, though.

Resolution #3: Rufus Wainwright, Across the Universe
Travel! See the world! Or at least, go to the funky bookstore across the street.

Resolution #4: The New Pornographers, Letter from an Occupant
Stay on top of my correspondence, and send more letters and email to people.

Resolution #5: White Stripes, Seven Nation Army
Get passionate about a cause, and support the hell out of it.

Resolution #6: Great Big Sea, I’se the B’y
Woo! The CLA conference is in St. John’s this year! Look out George Street, here I come!

Resolution #7: Cake, Stickshifts and Safetybelts
Start saving for a new car. The Old Green Girl is holding up well, but for how much longer remains to be seen.

Resolution #8: Thrush Hermit, The Day We Hit the Coast
Also? Start saving for that trip back to Halifax you keep threatening to take!

Resolution #9: Wonderstuff, Size of a Cow
Is that a hint that I should start taking better care of my diet? If it is, could you have picked a kinder way of telling me so?

Resolution #10: Tito Puentes, Mambo Gozon
Take some kind of dance lesson again – someone teaches Latin ballroom and bellydancing here in the city, so I should track her down.

Anyone else have any interesting resolutions?