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Happy New Year, everyone!

As you may or may not know, Jan­u­ary is named after Janus, the Roman god of gates and doors, begin­nings and end­ings, and hence rep­re­sented with a double-faced head, each look­ing in oppo­site direc­tions. He was wor­shiped at the begin­ning of the har­vest time, plant­ing, mar­riage, birth, and other types of begin­nings, espe­cially the begin­nings of impor­tant events in a person’s life. Janus also rep­re­sents the tran­si­tion between prim­i­tive life and civ­i­liza­tion, between the coun­try­side and the city, peace and war, and the growing-up of young peo­ple. Jan­u­ary is sup­posed to be a time to both reflect on the past year and look ahead to the com­ing year.

In this post, I will cover only the lat­ter… need more time to col­lect my thoughts on the former.

On a per­sonal level, 2007 is look­ing very bright for me. 2006 ended on a good note, and I hope the trend con­tin­ues. In terms of changes I’d like to see, here are some of my resolutions:

• Grad­u­ate!
  • This shouldn’t be too hard.
  • Also, improve my GPA every quar­ter I have left. (It’s at 2.15 right now.)
• Be more self-sufficient!
  • Get a job that allows me to still study as much as I need.
  • Ask par­ents for less money.
• Be a bet­ter room-/house-mate!
  • Clear up my stuff and Drama House stuff from the liv­ing room.
  • Do dishes every night.
• Read more!
  • Espe­cially non-fiction and newspapers.
• Get in shape!
  • Use the Avalon exer­cise room at least once a week.
  • Eat less junk food.
  • Stop drink­ing soda.
  • Drink less alcohol.

I’ll be happy if I can do all that. And I think the sub-points make it a lot more man­age­able than my pre­vi­ous broad resolutions.

As for look­ing ahead in terms of the world around me… a lot of bad things hap­pened in 2006, and maybe the 110th Con­gress will make things a lit­tle bet­ter in 2007. But I doubt it. Things have been set it motion and they won’t change until after 2008, when a new Pres­i­dent is sworn in. But that’s not to say all of the world is com­pletely screwed up. There were sig­nif­i­cant advances in sci­ence and tech­nol­ogy in 2006, and the best is yet to come! After all, look at the great Wii games com­ing out!