Ok, since it's all the rage I'm writing a "new years" entry. I realize that most of the time I just ramble on about nothing here. Usually out of boredom at work. So without further delay I present my first ought eight resolution:

I resolve in the year two thousand eight to never include another "blog" pun in my blog subjects. I mean seriously... look at the one above... I don't even drink.

I'd rather not talk about my take on current events either. You all have your own opinions about Britney's sister being waterboarded for taking steroids. Less "observational" pop culture nonsense. And let's face it, I prefer to just talk about myself constantly anyways. Hence resolution the deuce:

I resolve in the year two thousand eight to drop the pretentious social commentary and use myspace for what it was meant for: get spied on by people I used to go to highschool with.

2007 saw some serious shit go down. The music industry (of which I am merely on the grimy edges of) continued its glorious spiral down the proverbial drain. Thankfully since I haven't exactly reached a significant level of success yet, I will be spared any catastrophic fall from grace. But am I not a casualty none the less if this all means I'll never get a shot to begin with? Some opportunities that were coming up this year have unfortunately fallen apart rather suddenly. I have played some great gigs, made some great music both on stage and in the studio with some great people, and I've always felt satisfied with where I am at any given time. But part of that contentment is from the knowledge that my career has been growing. I hate to be a revisionist, but take away the promise of the horizon and one's perspective inevitably changes. It's like eating a delicious meal and then finding out it was an aborted fetus (with alfredo sauce). Delicious or not, you still puke all over your shoes and feel like beating your head with a hammer. Ok, time for 3:

I resolve in the year two thousand eight to never again talk about eating fetuses (feti?) or the many many succulent ways of preparing them. *sigh* Big Fish where the hell are you and WHY are you not reading this?

All the same, the Oh Crap! Ninjas album is almost done. I have been locked away all break working on it. For some reason albums are taking longer and longer to finish as I get older. We recorded the whole Freeride album in 3 weeks, and that included writing 4 new songs. The first album from The Neon Calm was done in 2 months (5 days for the music, 7 weeks for vocals and mixing). Then the 2nd TNC disc took 10 months... And now OCN will be 13 months start to finish. I would like to keep with at least one full album worth of music per year if I could. 2007 would have been a loss if not for Marc's solo album that I was involved with. I am thinking about putting out my own CD for the first time in 9 years. It's just an idea at this point, no music yet. But still this all leads me to reso four:

I resolve in the year two thousand eight to stay focused on projects enough to actually finish them in a timely fashion. This includes only taking on work that is truly worth my time AND not overlapping too many of my own ideas no matter how cool they are in my head. IE: ONE book at a time, ONE album at a time (unless hired by someone else), etc.

Damn, this is getting long:

I resolve in the year two thousand eight to be less long winded. Both in writing and speaking.

But I can't help but to think back to my "2007: Year of the Frog?" entry from a year ago. Was it all that it could have been? Maybe not. Was it still a good year? Hells yeah. If there's one thing that I did actually get right was to stay more positive about things. And that in turn actually allowed me to get my shit together well enough to get some things done for once. I'm a downer by nature, but that doesn't mean I can't fight it most of the time. So in closing with my fifth resolution:

I resolve in the year two thousand eight to stay positive and get more done.

... oh and I resolve in the year two thousand eight to seriously update my profile content for all you lurkers out there. 2004 is no longer "up to speed".