JOLIE-LAIDE

Clearly this photo is a few years old (I had long gorgeous hair, and was 20 lbs skinnier) but it is appropriate because I have somehow become, in the last 5 years, the official tree lighter in my family. My dad always did it when I was growing up, and always hated it, and did not do it well. I am totally anal about the wires showing as little as possible. Due to this, it is now my job alone. It sucks, but the result is worth it, and the deal is that I then don’t have to remove the lights. 

Tomorrow I’m getting my four wisdom teeth removed. They’re all impacted, although one is poking through a little (new development that prompted the scheduling of my surgery). Perhaps it is this potential brush with death (let me be dramatic) that is rushing me into a resolution list, but whatever the reason, here are my resolutions for 2012 (aside from NOT die in the apocalypse):

• Finish my play (which I’ve been working on for WAY insanely too long)
• Expand a short play I have into something submittable, and submit the hell out of it.
• Lose 20 lbs. This is non-negotiable. And it means two sub-resolutions: 

1. Drink a lot less beer.
2. Go to gym a minimum of 3 times a week.

• Make more $$$$
• Save more $$$$
• Minimize eating in restaurants as much as possible. (2 meals a week would be ideal, but 3 is a good start.)

LOSE WEIGHT/MAKE $/WRITE!

(PS I am very irritated to look back at my 2011 resolutions and see that I accomplished almost NONE of them. I did however accomplish a lot of other things, so that’s good. Gotta do better this year, though.)