Happy New Year!!

I'm sitting in a pair of towels at the moment, waiting to dry off and then start rummaging through my closet for tonight's outfit. Kinky, I know. We're going to a house party this year instead of a bar or club. It'll be cheaper, which I can't complain about being unemployed and slightly poor lately.

For the time being, a Toronto Star photo album about New Year's celebrations, here.

Thinking ahead to the new year, I am actually planning to make some resolutions of sorts. I'm thinking of them as more of a lifestyle change than a resolutions.

I need to eat better. Losing weight will be a nice bonus, but generally, I need to eat healthier than I do. The first year of grad school threw me a bit and I ate quite poorly, much to my detriment. I will still eat the odd frozen, instant or fast meal, just not regularly during the week.

I need to get outside more. I spend waaaaaay to much time in front of my computer. Thesis work being the exception, since it needs to be done, but I really should get out more. I used to be such an outdoorsy person, and as the years have passed I don't go camping or wandering nearly as much as I used too. Time to change that.

I need to take a little more care about what I wear. I've been reading too many plus fashion blogs lately, and they've really inspired me to be a little more fashion conscious. I'm also going to be doing a bit more schmoozing in the upcoming months for possible employment post-graduation, so looking a bit more business would be good. I can do that very well, especially while I was employed at an art gallery a while back, but since I've gone fully into student mode recently, the T-shirts are out in force.

I need to clean, purge and finish. I have come to a point in my degree and life in general that I need to seriously consider moving for work. I love Toronto dearly, but the market is a bit saturated in my general field, so either looking at options in other cities is now something to really consider. I don't drive (distinct lack of a license take's care of that), so my options are limited to cities that have really good public transit systems. I do speak French quite well, so government gigs and anything in Montreal are good options. With all this in mind, I need to take stock of the material possessions in my life and get rid of a lot of them. Moving is a right pain, and the less stuff the better. I have packed and moved an entire two-bedroom apartment almost entirely by myself, so if I can reduce the box count, that would be great.
I also just need to keep my place cleaner at any given time, this apartment is a mess.

There. They are out in the open, for all to see. Let's see what happens.

Time to go dancing. Catch you in the new year.