Resolutions... goals... impossibilities?

Since over half a month has elapsed since we went out and bought new calendars, I guess it's time for me to establish some goals.  I'm terrible at this - that's why I usually don't do it.  But since I'm hoping 2009 will bring two semesters that were better than the last one, I suppose it can't hurt to face them with a new set of resolutions... Here goes nothing:

• Stop biting my fingernails: How long have I told myself that I need to stop doing this?  I'm now twenty years old, and I can honestly say that I've been biting my fingernails almost that long.  I completely realize that it's a nasty habit, but that doesn't make it easy to quit.  I also realize that I am somewhat of a control freak, and that this is something that I often can't stop myself from doing.  Do you know how distressing it is for a control freak to not even be able to control himself?
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  Reach 10,000 songs in my iTunes: I am currently at 7,793 songs.  I don't know why I feel so compelled, but that simply seems significant.  I have no doubts that I can accomplish this by the end of the year, especially if I'm going to be working at RAGE 103.7
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  Play some concerts: I really want to tour some coffeeshops and such in the Cape Girardeau, MO area.  Joshua Smith and I are playing music together, and I really enjoy what we've been doing.
  
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  Write every day: By moving into a major this semester that focuses more on creativity than on math, I truly hope I can accomplish this.  I don't even really care what it is that I write every day; it could be blogging, writing in my journal, writing for a class, writing fiction or poetry or lyrics... whatever.  I just really want to write every day for at least a year and see what I can produce.  I'm taking a class this spring called "Writing For the Mass Media," and I'm pretty psyched about it.  That should help me in my goal.  I am certainly interested in journalism.  In my spare time on the Internet, I ran across a slideshow of pictures detailing the "writing spaces" of several famous writers and thinkers, hosted at architecturaldigest.com (Don't think me insane simply because I have enough free time to look at things like this).  While I was looking through these amazing pictures, I realized that I would be much more likely to write if I only had Rudyard Kipling's amazing library to work in:

Alas, I do not...  So I will have to settle for wherever I am at the time.  Someday, someday....


I would also like to mention that I am somewhat ecstatic to be moving to a major like Mass Communication.  One of the leading causes of unemployment is occupational immobility.  In our ever changing, technological, post-modern world (and with our economy going to hell in a hand basket), I believe fewer and fewer people are going to find themselves in careers and jobs that will last a lifetime.  This used to happen all the time, but no more.  Technology is constantly changing, and people constantly have to adapt and learn the skills they need to keep up.  I believe a communication degree will give me those skills I need to achieve my goals.  To try to adapt in a field like Computer Science is difficult at best.  By majoring in Mass/Media Communication, I'm hoping to open up the doors to many different job possibilities.  I will obtain the skills necessary to potentially land a job in radio, journalism, or audio production - to name only a few.  If I had stayed in Computer Science, all of my time would be devoted to keeping up with the latest programming languages and technologies necessary simply to survive in the field.  Now, I should learn skills necessary in many different professions, and I will not be so stressed that I can't learn the necessary skills for other jobs.

Meanwhile, The Book Rack is hiring in Cape Girardeau, and I fully intend to apply on Monday when I move back for the semester.  I'm excited and hopeful.  I've always wanted to work in a bookstore!