Ah, the New Years festivities. Playing Scrabble with my family while my neighbors shoot of illegal fireworks and scare all of our pets. All in all I am quite eager to be done with this year which has been whirlwind to be kind, a hellish mess to be critical. It started out with my father's fourth heart attack, then promptly me falling down a flight of stairs and ruining the nerves in my right arm, then my mother suffering from acute hypertension. So... I'd say it started with a bang. Also I joined the majority of college students and changed my Major, dropping a career in Music education in favour for English. I don't think my body could have handled chasing after the five year degree from Hell. So that was the worst of the year.

My absolutely abysmal roommate known only to the internet as The Lump for fear of her finding me again dropped out of college after never attending a single class and I gained a Super Single dorm, which was great. I left The Ridge which has been heavenly, got into my favorite dorm and now have a sweetheart of an exchange student for a roommate. Mose importantly I pulled off good grades and have made Deans List (or whatever my collge calls it) every quarter. Also, on a more petty level I got a PS3, which has been great. Oh yeah, and I actually managed to make a 14 page comic!

Sure I couldn't get a job for the life of me and the summer was spent mostly going from interview to interview only to be told with a rather disappointed tone of voice "Oh.. so you're a college student..." and never getting a callback, but there's always hope for the next year! Which should be here soon enough.

So my resolutions are simple. Get a job, get an apartment, and get active. All of those things are kinda necessary anyway but that's what resolutions are for right? We'll see how I do next year.

So bring it on 2010 I'll kick your ass like I kicked 2009's, and that bastard threw a lot of detours at me! I'm starting it off with another trip to the Tsbubaki Grand Shrine to have some sake, some roasted chestnuts and otherwise get blessed. So wish me luck and I'll see you all next year!