So I already have my New Year's resolutions all ready to go!  In case anyone was wondering!  I gots 'em!  Right here, way, way ahead of the game!  All right, no extra credit for handing in my work early here.  And anyway, there's a horrible, cop-out reason why I'm all prepared with no last-minute tizzy of backtracking for a change.  And that's that I have the same New Year's resolutions every year.  Every year till they eventually get done.  I'm working on 4 years now, but I feel close.

My New Year's resolutions are to:

1) Have better posture.  I am an unabashed sloucher.  You know all the good things that come from having nice posture?  I have none of those.  Everyone I know probably thinks I'm 5'1'' or something.  With a dowager's hump.  Advance apologies to all you nice folks with real dowager's humps.

b) Be more decisive.  Remember that presidential election with all the hub bub about "flip flopping"?  Well, I am the original flip flopper.  No, scratch that.  I am so paralyzed with fear about needing to flip flop that I refuse to make ANY decision at all.  Want me to suggest something to do when we go out?  Hahaha!  Fat chance!  My suggestion will consist of me smiling, mumbling and covering my mouth with my hands.  I might suggest an activity that we've successfully engaged in before, that being a decision based on empirical evidence.  But I'm deathly afraid of being responsible for everyone's fun.  I'd rather us stand around and stare at our shoes.  This can be quite introspective.

You know, now that I've really put some thought into it, I think I might be able to muster up one or two more resolutions.  There's a lot of ground to cover here, I know I don't need to remind anyone of that little nugget of fact.