i hate u, 2012

Yup, you suck eggs, 2012.  You were horrible to me.  The year began with a car accident in which some guy rear-ended me at a light.  From that incident I struggled with neck and shoulder pains which thankfully, after over half a year, appear to have completely subsided.  And then it was the abdominal pain that won't leave me alone for the rest of the year.  I've been prodded and poked and pricked and still I am no better off.  You would think that one doctor out of all those I saw this year ought to be able to help me figure this out.  And then there is my job which continue to suck the life out of me - I honestly am not sure how to deal with the liars and egomaniacs in the office for another year.  Basically it's like climbing into Mount Doom daily.  I reckon even wizards and hobbits with the best intentions would get drained.

And that's just me personally.  I am not even going to start with how you and your cast of villains - Hurricane Sandy, Adam Lanza, William Spengler, and Matt Lauer - screwed with Ann Curry and the rest of the world.

So yeah 2012, I really hate you.

But that's alright.  I survived you (okay maybe one more day but I assume that's all you got for me).  And you are history.  Another tally in this good old life of mine.  And 2013 will be better.  In fact, it shall be epic.  Evil shall be desolated.  And we champions will fight on.

In 2013 - I will:
1.  Get over my pain and feel normal (well normal for me) again.
2.  Stop wasting money, which means less online shopping.
3.  Stay off the computer and the iPad as much as possible. I really think I am an addict.
4.  Be nicer to people, especially people I know and care about.  (Curiously it's easy for me to be nice to strangers, but less so to people who matter.)  And by nice, I don't just mean polite.
5.  Stop gossiping.
6.  Watch The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Great Gatsby, Pacific Rim, and Man Of Steel.
7.  And BEFORE MIDNIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
8.  Live simply.  Purge.  I really shouldn't have as big of a footprint as I do.
9.  Go on a trip - not for work of course.
10.  Relax about work.  As somebody once said to me, what you do is not rocket science.  The guy was being an ass, but I agree, it's not rocket science.
11.  Engage more in creative endeavors.
12.  Get rid of midriff flab.  Ugh it's just digusting.
13.  Sleep more.  Try to get back to sleeping through the night.  I have never been much of a sleeper, but this year I keep waking up in the middle of the night.  It's an awful feeling to then lie there for a couple of hours trying to fall back asleep.

So there.  See ya, 2012.  Don't let the door hit you on your way out.