Resolutions!

[RiffRandell]

If you lose weight, good for you!

If you quit smoking, good for you! (I did it, can't believe it, and highly recommend it..but didn't do it on a resolution.

My resolutions this year (seriously)are being as "green" as I can and constantly reminding Bush/Repuke voters how they have fucked the country and the middle class. My in laws are the first victims. Happy New Year!

[ContraBass Black]

1. My Resolutions:

Whereas: At the start of the last year, I resolved variously and ambitiously,
Whereas: These resolutions served to focus my intention and effort to improve myself and my situation,
Whereas: I strove to fulfill these resolutions throughout the year and succeeded in many of them,
And Whereas: I would continue to benefit from further improvement in self and situation,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will again make New Year’s resolutions, and work throughout the year to fulfill them.

Whereas: I strain at the limits of my visible world as I would against the bars of a cage,
Whereas: My development has been severely limited by my physical immobility,
Whereas: I wish to move at my own convenience rather than that of others,
Whereas: The acquisition of smaller and less range-worthy vehicles has improved my life dramatically,
And whereas: I may soon find it critically and practically necessary,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will own and operate an automobile.

Whereas: I am a Senior at Virginia Tech,
Whereas: I have persevered through failure, sabotage, and distraction,
Whereas: I have been supported by and encouraged by no fewer than one hundred friends, supporters, associates, advisors, and well-wishers,
Whereas: I have worked, strained, grown, and learned during the aforementioned occurrences,
Whereas: I believe the course that I set out on and have not moved from to be fundamentally and practically correct,
And whereas: My final academic deadline approaches,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will graduate from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, minoring in Professional Writing.

Whereas: I have enjoyed computer games since I was approximately one year old,
Whereas: I have many times wished to improve on the games that I play,
Whereas I am thrilled by independent modifications to some of the games I have played,
Whereas: I have generated some content for the games I have played,
Whereas: I am a Senior in Computer Science, but have done few practical projects
Whereas: Game production is the dream job of many or most CS students,
And whereas: My associate by the name of Jon-Claude Simms intends to form a development group to produce an original game for the benefits of experience and employability at the suggestion of a representative of Electronic Arts,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will join Jon-Claude Simms’s effort to produce an original computer game.

Whereas: When faced with injustice and bigotry, I am likely as not to remain silent,
Whereas: To do such is immoral and cowardly,
And whereas: I resolved thus at the beginning of the last year but have been only partly successful at such,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will actively oppose injustice and bigotry.

Whereas: I am possessed of dense and durable skeletal and muscular structures,
Whereas: Such imbue me with potential physical strength unavailable to most persons my size,
Whereas: The regular activities of recreation and transportation have strengthened my lower body,
Whereas: My upper body remains underdeveloped and underused,
And whereas: The improvement of my upper body would improve my ability in travel, work, and sport, as well as my overall health,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will strengthen and train my upper body.

Whereas: I have been at the mercy of my professors’ skill,
Whereas: Some professors at Virginia Tech are very unskillful,
Whereas: I have expended all of my withdrawal credits,
Whereas: My final academic deadline approaches,
And whereas: I am committed to undertake effective measures to secure academic success,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will recover and rebuild my existing alternative academic resources, and investigate and establish new ones.

Whereas: My Professional Writing Minor is proceeding far more smoothly than my Computer Science Major,
And whereas: Such may represent my best employment prospects,
And whereas: My Professional Writing portfolio is not sufficiently developed to demonstrate my skills,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will investigate professional writing opportunities and build a stronger portfolio.

Whereas: My writing is one of my most prominent defining marks,
Whereas: I enjoy the sharing and critiquing of my written works,
Whereas: Interest in my written works is currently limited to a small group of my close associates,
Whereas: I have often been disappointed by the infrequency and inaccessibility of public reading events,
Whereas: I have developed several contacts with access to advance information on public readings,
Whereas: I desire to join a vibrant writing community,
And whereas: I greatly enjoyed the public readings that I have engaged in,
Therefore be it resolved that: I will attend and participate in public reading.

[scarlet_owl]

2. My resolution is to live a healthier life.

I have to lose some of this weight, so I'm going to be exercising and eating better. My health is depending on it.