Happy new years dear readers!

I have hardly anything to say in regards to christmas or new years. both were rather uneventful, and spent mostly in the company of myself and a few close friends.
one of my more notable presents came from my Brother, in the form of Serena Ryder's new album. since it's gifting to me on christmas day, it hasn't left my car cd player and I can say for certainty that it wont get traded out for anything new until the new Yeah Yeah Yeah's album comes out. it's THAT good.

I will mention as it seems worth mentioning that, as a part of my news resolutions, I'm committing to writing a short story per month for the duration of the year. and at the end of this year I plan on compiling them into a self published book. I'm also contemplating taking on a 'page a day' challenge, which is exactly what it implies. I'll write a page a day of presumably a new book idea that I'm toying with. I think that the chances of me following through with the page a day one will probably be pretty slim. but we'll see.
I've yet to decide if I'll make any of it public on here, but if anyone is interested in the progress, you know where to find me.

in other news, my birthday is next week. I'm trying to remain on the "eh. whatever" train about it. but sometimes it picks away at my resolve and I still have those holy shit I'm 30 moments.
the realist in me knows that the day will come and go without much recognition and I'll wake up the next day feeling exactly the same as I did the day before, such as been the case since I was 22.
but the other side of me feels like it should be somehow symbolic.
I'll let you know which side wins out.

in the meantime. I give you this.