another year, another set of resolutions

Greetings and happy new year, whether it be gregorian, julian, lunar, tet or other. I'll admit it, I've got some resolutions in mind for 2008. Trite, but useful. We've got the rules of improv, recipes for cooking, outlines in coloring books - which can all be considered structures, but in my opinion can also provide a smaller container from which to explore freely. I'd like to think that resolutions can do this too.

"Resolution" as defined on Wiktionary:

1. The state of being resolute.

   His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.

2. A statement of intent, a vow (often New Year's Resolution).

   My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.

3. The act of discerning detail.
4. (computing) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

   Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.

5. (computer hardware) The number of pixels in an image that are stored or displayed.

   This monitor's maximum resolution is 800x600.

6. A formal statement adopted by an assembly.
7. (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
8. (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
9. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.

Some of those sound pretty juicy. I especially like the #7 and #9. Here's just a few of my resolutions, vows, intentions for 2008:

1. Blog at least twice a month
2. Eat more veggies
3. Intentionally move my body at least once a day
4. Work with Matt on completing at least three video shorts
5. Continue improvisation PLAYgroup
6. Organize and maintain my office/craft space
7. Buy a house
8. Raise money for KBOO and Bitch Magazine
   
9. Create one audio documentary piece
10. Learn and practice more Spanish
    
11. Streamline programming of the Portland Grassroots Media Camp
12. Watch lots of films
13. Practice sewing at least twice a month
    
14. Read these books - Omnivores Dilemma; Eat, Pray Love; Brave New World; Tokyo Cancelled; People's History of the United States; Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White; Writing Down the Bones
15. Teach an improv class
16. Take a walk at least once a week
    
17. Sing
18. Practice my New Zealand accent (currently obsessed with Flight of the Conchords)