New Year, New Decade

As 2009 comes to a close and we begin a new decade, many people would naturally reflect back on the past 10 years of their lives and try to arrive at some new resolutions to follow. I don't really have any resolutions... except to keep doing what I'm doing -- study hard, write, do my fair share to help out my family and serve my community. It's kind of ridiculous to keep renewing one's resolutions like they've expired or something. Just keep holding your head up high and do it, hoping for the best. ;)

What am I looking forward to this upcoming year?

• Finishing my novel (or at least, 75% of it). I've covered my bases as much as I can so far. Got backstories for my main characters with enough detail to write other novels. I'm busy reworking the traditional vampire and dragon myths into something different and refreshing. It's coming along great, and I feel like I'm finally on a roll.
• Traveling to other countries. I would LOVE to finally visit London and see all the historical landmarks I've heard about. I would LOVE to take a tour of Europe, visiting cities like Paris, Venice, Milan, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, and Athens. My mom says that we might finally be able to travel this year after all those times I've begged her for an exciting vacation.
• Gaining some real-world experience in a field of psychology. It's about time that I apply for an internship to put down on my resume and my application form for graduate school if I'm ever going to get anywhere as a psychologist.
• The Knicks making it to the play-offs. Okay, so maybe it's a bit of a long shot. But there's always the possibility, even if it seems the odds are slim. At least they don't suck as much as the Nets.

Speaking of the Knicks, my little sister was bored and clicking through videos on the Knicks website the other day. This is probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen:



Obviously, singing is not Gallo's forte. ;-P

As for other interesting things, I found this wicked cool picture last night as I was reading news articles on Google. It's of an opposition supporter in Iran igniting a fire to a police motorcyle in protest of the Iranian government. Here's the link, if you want to read the full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/28/iran-protests-regime-opposition

And here is the photograph itself:

It just reminded me so much of one of my characters. He has pyrokinetic powers, rides a motorcycle, and has green-gold eyes. And something tragic happened to him...

But that's all I'm saying about it for now. :)

Anyway, I hope the new year and the new decade brings in a new sense of peace among our world leaders and that prejudice fades out. It's a far cry from the harsh reality, but it's a start. One can always hope.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!