My New Year's Resolutions

I am proud to say that I achieved my one and only resolution of 2009, in what I can safely call one of the most enjoyable years of my life. My goal for 2009 was to become a published writer. Originally my plan was to submit stories to the National Post for print, but my propensity for slang, curse words, and abrasive statements are frowned upon in the world of print journalism (I have saved an e-mail from a NP editor who said that my material is really good, but not appropriate for newspapers). One day I realized that newspapers are going by way of the Dodo, and that I could publish my own material on my own site. Why jump on the Titanic when you can board a Swift Boat? I stumbled upon the Blogging Tories, and the rest is history.

I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my first cheque from Google, which is in the mail, and will be placed on my wall along side my University Degree in Mathematical Economics and my Hole in One Certificate. I have to say, I probably spent more total sum hours with a smile on my face in 2009 than any other year of my life. Something about publishing my opinion to the general public has me jumping out of bed every morning like the guys in the Viagra commercials smiling like Bob from the Enzyte commercials.

So what resolutions am I going to set for 2010? Well since I already hit a hole in one, that's scratched off my bucket list. This year, maybe I will climb a mountain. Considering that 2009 was the happiest year of my life, I don't know how I can improve on it. I spent the day thinking of possible New Year's resolutions and this was the list of 15 that I came up with.  Perhaps 15 resolutions is too ambitious, but a number of them are either guaranteed to happen or easy to make happen.  Some will be more difficult than others.

1) Meet my MP John Weston
2) Climb a mountain (likely the Grouse Grind)
3) Debunk the Yes Men
4) Witness a Winter Olympic Games in person (100% probability of occurring)
5) One million page views (which given my traffic the last 3 months should be attainable)
6) Never take a day off (ergo my Nike T-Shirt that says in giant letters, EVERY DAMNED DAY!)
7) Break 100 in a round of par 72 golf
8) Start playing hockey again
9) Poke fun at the Toronto Maple Leafs at every opportunity
10) To earn more money in 2010 than I did in 2009
11) Remain alive
12) Crack more Levi Johnston jokes
13) Move to Alberta
14) Get Evan Soloman fired
15) Protest PETA

What do you think?  Oh, and seconds ago I finished watching Rex Murphy do his year in review, and I gotta say, this man is a reason for Canadians to watch the CBC.  Can we promote Rex to President of the CBC?  I would strongly support that.