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An odd choice of new year blog entry but I try not to make a big deal about new years. I don't believe in new year's resolutions and I don't believe in looking back at the previous year or forward to the next to any great degree. Looking back only reminds me of how little I've achieved and looking forward reminds me of the things I have to do that I don't want to. I don't believe in new years resolutions because if you really want to change something why wait until new year? You know quit smoking, quit drinking and weight loss campaigns go up around this time of year, along with applications for gym membership? Out of all the people who set new years resolutions how many people actually achieve them? Take my chain smoking uncle (on Napoleon's side (the one that isn't dead)) Supposing a fellow like him said "I'm going to quit smoking for my new years resolution" Supposing he thought of doing this some time before new year, maybe in the summer or maybe even at the beginning of December. So, if said fellow really wanted to change why wait six months or even a month to change? Just one month less of smoking would greatly increase his overall health and life expectancy, don't you think?

That all said, new year is a good motivation. My view of the Christmas holiday is that it starts with Christmas and ends after new year's day. That's roughly the length of time mum always takes off, with additional days that she didn't take in the year (she gets do many days of holiday time but she never uses them and then takes them all off in the run up to Christmas so as not to waste them. It's crazy. It's like she doesn't take time off because she doesn't know what to do with it.)

Anyway, I decided that I'd start doing things again after the holiday, things like taking the dog for 2 walks again instead of just 1 (taking her total number of walkies a day from 3 to 4). It's colder now and I think it's selfish of me not to take her out a little more now. I took it down to 1 over the summer because I was worried about her in the heat and never picked it back up to 2 when it got colder. It was kind of nice yet kind of surreal to take her out in daylight (It's been dark the past month or so when I take her out for the evening.) I took her to the big park today. Haven't been there for ages. She ran on the grass and it was so wet it squelched under her paws.

Also I'm trying to get up earlier. Okay so it's later than most other people get up but I'm easing myself into it. Can't be lazy forever now can I. I know I need to start getting out and doing things, taking responsibilities and such. I know I know. I'm nearly 24 afterall. You guys must think I'm pretty spoiled and selfish huh?

Anyway. I've strayed off topic. I was just trying to explain why I didn't write an entry like "Happy New Year" or "This is the Christmas I Had" or something because it's the kind of thing you'd expect huh?

I've been thinking of writing an entry but I wasn't sure what to write about. I had a few things I thought of writing but they didn't have the happy new year kind of attitude that my first blog entry of the year should have. So. Here we are. And by the way, sorry if you were expecting me to get right into it after the title, that's not how it works with me.

Anyway. I figured this was a fun thing to write.
If you could have any kind of super power what would it be? Any one super power.

For me It's kind of always been telekinesis. I used to wish I could turn invisible or fly of teleport but I think levitation is the one I've thought of the most. I used to wish I could levitate objects to make hoovering easier or take an object from the other side of the room without moving or not have to tidy up but just levitate things to their proper places. As you can guess cleaning has never been high on my list of priorities but though I've always lacked the desire or motivation to physically do anything I did still feel guilty for not doing it. Napoleon was the neat freak in our house. Without him nagging us all the time housework became less and less frequent and things kind of piled up. So, the super power I'd like the most and my motivation for wanting it is the same as it was when I was 5 or so, levitation so I can be lazy but not feel guilty about it.

I used to wish I was invisible well, because it would be fun. Flying and teleportation were mainly so I wouldn't be late for school so much but then again a flying car or some kind of teleportation pad would've done the job just fine too. Never much liked the idea of emitting some kind of laser beam. Something like hypnosis or mind control popped up sometimes but I knew I'd misuse that power. To communicate with animals would've been fun too. I never much cared for x-ray vision, again I'd no doubt misuse that power. I'd feel guilty if I could control the weather and I lack the mental capacity to be some kind of super genius. So, my super power would be telekinesis.

Ah. I've lost my train of thought so I'll end here.

Oh, Happy New Year everyone.