checkin' in with my new year's resolutions

i realised this morning that it's the 30th of january, and there are 31 days in january, and one of my resolutions was to complete at least twelve songs this year, which works out to one song a month, and i still haven't written a complete song yet this year. i've developed and finished a couple of things but i haven't done anything from scratch. and i'm going out tonight.

so at some point tomorrow i really need to find time to sit down with a guitar and write a whole song. either that or i will try to find a melody/basic accompaniment for stripes. on one hand that would be a lot easier, since i've already written the words and even got started on a melody, but the whole point of "stripes" was to be an exercise in expansive & creative melody writing so i'd really like to take my time over it. perhaps a better thing to do would be just to knock off another disposable little folky thing, just to stick to the resolution and keep practising. maybe i'll work on lyrics this afternoon.

my other resolutions are going okay, i guess? i haven't "achieved" any of them yet, but i haven't screwed up yet either.

plus, on sunday i will celebrate 5 months without coffee or nailbiting. i am great!

i stated a few months ago that i'd permit myself to drink coffee again once i got to argentina. no real reason why, except that the coffee at work is free and so i found myself drinking lots of horrible cups of instant shite every day and giving myself a headache. i don't intend to start biting my nails again, though.

i've been doing other creative stuff, honestly! i keep forgetting to take pictures, though. lots of journal-related stuff. i'm starting to get good at journalling, kind of, although the only time i ever write is on the bus so my writing is always shaky.

life's pretty busy. i leave for buenos aires in ten days, at which point i guess i will have to put this blog on hiatus. unless i find myself somehow producing wonderful creative things every day when i'm there, but i don't really foresee that happening.

3.5 days left in the office! that's 27.5 more hours of procrastination, minesweeper, facebook and the lonely planet forums.

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