for 2009

i will listen to every mumia recording on prison radio

i will spend more on the poor than i do on pizza

i will dream of assaulting yet another american president

i will blog at every turn

i will read both because i want to and because i feel that i have to

i will buy too many jazz cd's, as others laugh at me for not having an ipod

i will become a married man, but unlike jon kabat, i will not alter my name.

neither you or i will find the perfect bass player

i will work because i know of no other way to support myself

i will sing viva viagra at least 10 times to the class i work with

i will curse mcas and sat, but continue to teach them both

i will continue to think that taking a crap is an underrated activity

to kind of quote woody, i will continue to be an atheist, but to him i will always be the loyal opposition

i will sing in the shower, and hit the note at least half the time

i will spend more time complaining about shaving than i will actually spend shaving

i will go to two movies, and wonder why i went to one of them. the other will impact me greatly

i will sometimes drink alcohol that i can't stand, and then wonder why i drank it

i will find myself at a party or two, saying things that must be coming from another person

i will curse columbus day, the 4th, thanksgiving, and the rest, but end up acknowledging my fair share of holidays

someone will tell me to go back to school, or ask me what i do, or will wonder why i'm not a teacher yet. i will once again resist the urge to kill this person

i will either gain or lose a few pounds

there will be a new singing sensation, who sounds just like the old singing sensations

for now, let there be peace in the hood, as well as inside of the hat and gloves