I resolve........

'cause it didn't all solve the first time......

Published on December 31, 2004 By Spc Nobody Special In Humor

Happy New Years!

What's heading up your new year's resolutions this year? Did you wait to the last minute? Here's a few of mine to get you started....

This year I resolve to........

1. Eat out no more than once a week.

2. Stay able to wear the same pair of pants.

3. Run two thousand miles this year. (see resolutions one and two)

4. I will be nice to the squirrels, I will be nice to the squirrels, I will be nice..........

5. Stop cussing. Period. No matter how tempting at work or while blogging. @#@%%!!#!@%%!!!!

6. Stop pussyfooting around, and do the body work on my Mustang, which loves me and is suffering a great deal of pain from metasticized cancer of the roof panel.

7. Go back and finish the really hard bit where they take away all your weapons on Red Faction. (See resolution five)

8. Build a working trebuchet. Like I meant to. Three months ago.

9. Experiment with metal working, starting with wet sand molding that tommahawk.

10. Finsh stop loss and ETS, or die trying.

11. Learn how to spell Finsh.

12. Figure out what the hell I'm going to do with myself post-Army. (See resolution 10)

13. Be a better husband to my wife (I think I'm doing well, but the best way to keep a marriage is to commit to it, and to never quit working on it.), and a better umm.... owner (possesion?) to my cats.

14. Use my mastery of the Force to pilot an X-wing fighter to the combat headquarters for the evil Empire (aka Walmart) and photon torpedo their generator through a hole no bigger than a womp rat. Yeah.

I know I'll be slow getting replies, since I haven't blogged much the last month, but let me know what you think, and some of your resolutions.

Spc. Nbs.

Comments

Ravenblack

on Dec 31, 2004

Happy New Year, SPC Nobody. Good luck on keeping your resolutions.

I too must watch the weight because I can't seem to fit in many things I seem to fit in last year.

SSG Geezer

on Dec 31, 2004

You've got no F&&*^ing chance on numbers 4 and 5 .
Where are the plans for #8? There are people who would love to help.

Shovelheat

on Dec 31, 2004

I coulda sworn I commented on this article

Anyway, goodluck with your resolutions & I'd like to hear more about #6...

iamheather

on Dec 31, 2004

Happy New Year Spc!

Spc Nobody Special

on Dec 31, 2004

Where are the plans for #8? There are people who would love to help

For a basic model, I recommend you here.......Link

I was thinking about an onager (the siege engine, not the wierd looking donkey), but this seemed more practical. I'm also in love with the ballista, but so many weapons of medival warfare, so little time...............

Spc Nobody Special

on Dec 31, 2004

Happy New Year, SPC Nobody. Good luck on keeping your resolutions.

Happy New Year Spc!

Thank ya'll kindly.

I'd like to hear more about #6...

I picked up a 73 coupe in California. It's in pretty good shape, but I need to do the body work, and the biggest part is that it used to have a vinyl top. Used to. With working seals. Used to. That kept water from being trapped under said top and causing rust.

Which is not so bad if they hadn't filled the damn thing up with bondo. Yeah. Frikin' PDO's. I need to blast out the bondo, and weld in sheet metal patches. I can do the fiberglass, filler, paint, etc., but my welding, while it's good for frame welding, sweating pipes, and the like, don't look so pretty as to go on top of the car, ya know? And I definitely can't afford to have that part done by someone else, so I've been putting all the body work off.

But it's time..........

Danny Bassette

on Dec 31, 2004

Sounds like your going to be busy this year. Hope you get all of these done, especially number 13

Texas Wahine

on Dec 31, 2004

Happy new year to you and LadyCleve, SPC. I enjoyed this post.

pseudosoldier

on Jan 11, 2005

Good luck with those. It's a shame you didn't start work on the trebuchet before greywar was told of his imminent destination.
And if I had but known of #5 before, the temptations...

pseudosoldier

on Jan 19, 2005

So, it's my turn to attempt to coax you back to JU? Too tired from all the running? (Outstanding job on that godawfully long race, too. I don't recall if your time was "good" or "not," but you finished, which is much more than I would have even imagined for myself.)

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