Happy New Year to you all

My new years eve consisted of watching Scrooge with Jon and toasting with some apple cider. Now comes the new years resolutions. Although I don't think I'm going to make any this year. Not because I am one of those people who don't make resolutions, rather I think news years is a great time for resolutions, or a time to sort of reevaluate ones life and try to change things you don't like. Nor am I not making any resolutions because I find myself perfect the way I am and am not in need of any change. Quite to contrary, I find myself so full of flaws and things that need changing that I am simply overwhelmed with it all and have given up due to the seeming futility of it all. It's like walking into a house that is completely torn apart and trying to decide where to start picking up the mess. Now, one could argue that is said house it wouldn't matter where you started, the important thing is that you start. But I guess my seeming inability to even start would be one of the aforementioned flaws, probably one of the first flaws I should try to work on, which of course I am not going to do, since it all seems too over-whelming to me. Ironically it would seem that in order to improve that flaw I would have to have that flaw already improved upon. A vicious cycle indeed, which is why I am simply given up.

On other fronts, I will be starting this new year with a new job, and not just at a different place but a completely different type of job. I will be working at the processing center for Sterling Savings Bank, which means that I won't be interacting with customers, or guests, at all, that I will be working at a desk all of the time. Perhaps best of all I won't be working weekends or holidays (in fact I get holiday pay!), I get benefits, like health care, dental, vision, 401k plan, vacation days, etc. It is the first job that feels like a real job, and not just a part-time or seasonal job, even though it is indeed a part-time job. On top of all that I will be getting actual, real good experience for working in banking, since I will be processing checks and other such bank activities, which will look very good on any job application or resume. Needless to say, I am very excited about this position. Although a twinge of sadness hit me on Friday night when I realized that this will be the last Friday, at least for quite a while, that I will be able to spend out, since I will be working every Friday night once I start....unless it is a holiday, or I get a vacation on a Friday of course. At least I will have every Saturday night and Sunday night free.

Found this quote about intellectuals and I thought I would start the new year out with it, "An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex." - Aldous Huxley