bring it on 2012

i see you 2012. sneaking in. threatening to be the last year blah blah. i accept your challenge and i promise that i shall see to it, that this year rocks beyond all reasonable expectations. here's what i would like to accomplish in the upcoming year:

• go on a new england road trip. eat a lot of food. see a lot of greenery.
  
• do something different with my hair. i'm thinking shorter.
  
• build a tee pee. because the great place needs a new fort. and just in case i can't find anywhere to live after graduation.
  
• graduate college. unless something goes insanely wrong, i think this one might be a freebie.
  
• fix up my etsy. if at first you don't succeed, make it your resolution again.
  
• go to chicago. see what the fuss is about.
  
• learn three full songs on the ukulele. note to self: tune uke first.
  
• more karaoke, more wigs, more theme parties. duh
• throw a dinner party. of the grown-up food variety.
  
• knit a sweater. i got the yarn. i got the skills. i got the power.
• go to more concerts. you're in philadelphia for pete's sake. even if it's bands you don't know all that well. you need to find new music girlfran!
• learn a few conversational words in a foreign language. listen to that french tape in your car. or hit up your cousin abby for her old german flashcards.
  
• LIVE IN THE MOMENT. for pete's sake. your worrywart grandpa is starting to worry about how much you worry. just stop planning and pooping your pants every time a detail isn't worked out or you don't know what you're eating for breakfast in three weeks. take a breather and remember how lucky you are to have so many good people in your life and how fortunate you have been thus far. remember that time you went to the ted leo concert? that was unplanned! or going bar hopping with australian santa in paris? also unplanned! i don't want you to go against your natural ways, but dude. just simmer more this year and appreciate all the other dudes around you and how bright their smiles are/shiny their hairs are/wonderful their jokes are.