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1. Read 100 books.
2. Review at least 20 of those books on Goodreads.
3. Watch at least the first three Star Trek generations.
4. Go on at least five trips, no matter how small.
5. Post at least 20 times on my writing Tumblr.
6. Get published three times in legit publications.
7. Write a spec script.
8. Write and release a wizard rock album with Patty.
9. Maintain at least a 3.7 GPA.
10. Finish Ewoks, Homosexual Stimulation, and Captain Picard.
11. Go on a date or something.
12. Finish NaNoWriMo.
13. Get. My. License.
14. Write some sort of film or musical or webseries or something with Patty.
15. Finish a draft of The Unfortunates. (Or, if you don’t want to, another novel, but not including a NaNo one.)
16. Make at least 40 graphics to post to Tumblr.
17. Start staying in touch with people better. Stop losing friends because you’re too shy.
18. Maintain one of the jars full of happy moments of 2013.

These are a little late because I was in Canada visiting friends, but here they are! I’m super serious about New Year’s Resolutions, and my ones from last year didn’t go so well, so I have high hopes for this one. Happy 2013 everyone!

1. Read 100 books. That’s right. 100.
2. Review all of those books on Goodreads, except the textbooks and stuff.
3. Get a job, preferably one at home and one at school.
4. Finish Doctor Who.
5. Watch at least the first three Star Trek generations. If you finish them all, you’re a fucking badass.
6. Write, record and sell another album with Patty, probably the wizard rock one.
7. Get 400 followers on this Tumblr.
8. Get published in at least one non-college publication, preferably Hayley and Kristina’s book.
9. And while you’re at it, get published at least 3 times in college publications.
10. Maintain at least a 3.5 GPA.
11. Finish NaNoWriMo.
12. Start journaling at least once a week and keep with it. Your memory’s atrocious.
13. Start making Youtube videos, and get at least 50 subscribers.
14. Go to Leakycon.
15. Branch out and meet more friends in Boston.
16. Finish Ewoks, Homosexual Stimulation, and Captain Picard.
17. Finish a draft of The Unfortunates.
18. Become generally more secure with myself and my body.
19. Go on at least one date or something. Your love life consists of tumbleweeds blowing in the desert breeze.
20. End 2012 happier than when it started.

Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone. Stay safe and have a blast. I plan ring in the new year drinking an entire bottle of fake wine, playing Catan, and watching nerdy TV shows on Netflix with my 3 best friends, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. <3

1. Read 100 books. That’s right. 100. (This didn’t happen, but I did read 72, which is quite a few in and of itself.)
2. Go on a road trip. (Nashville!)
3. Don’t date anymore slackers/asshats. (Granted, I didn’t date anyone, but baby steps, I suppose.)
4. Get into an awesomely fantastic college that you’ll love. (Emerson?) (Got into every college I applied to, and did end up going to Emerson.)
5. Finish watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Office and Avatar: The Last Airbender. (Didn’t finish The Office, but watched Angel, How I Met Your Mother, Dollhouse, Pretty Little Liars, and some Skins and Doctor Who. Good enough, I say.)
6. Lose at least 10 pounds. (Yeah, no. That was pretty ambious.)
7. Get another piercing/tattoo. (I realized that I don’t want another piercing, and damn, tattoos are expensive.)
8. Blue hair. Definite must. (I had my blue hair for about 2 months in the summer. It was more green, but whatever. It was boss, and I miss it.)
9. Go to Leakycon.(Went, and it was absolutely amazing.)
10. Finish Argus Filks. (We pwned this CD. You can listen to it here.)
    
11. GET MY LICENSE. (Yeah, this didn’t happen either.)
    
12. Develop more of a personal style. (Still working on this.)
    
13. Finish at least a first draft of a novel. (Preferably The Unfortunates.) (Although I’ve made tremendous bounds in my writing this year, finishing a novel was not one of them.)
    
14. Win a writing contest. (Unfortunately, I didn’t really end up applying to many, so this didn’t end up happening.)
    
15. Win at least one scholarship. (Ditto.)
    
16. Start writing fan fiction again. (You can read what I’ve written so far here.)
17. Learn to play the ukulele. (After I found out about my carpal tunnel, I was too scared to try this.
18. Get 500 followers on my reblog Tumblr and 100 followers on this one.(I’m totally happy with the way this panned out.)
19. Keep in touch with my best friend Patty. (Done. :))
20. Step out of your comfort zone and meet a bunch of amazing people at college. <3 (I’ve met a couple of amazing people, but I’m still quite shy.)

Although it was kind of depressing filling this out, I’m more than happy with how this past year has gone. I’ve come a very long way, and I finished about half of these, which is better than I thought I would be able to say.

I’ll be posting my 2012 New Year’s Resolutions tomorrow once I finish writing them. Have a great start to 2012, everybody! <3