2014

"Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one."

Obligatory New Year's post

Tentative/vague list of New Year's Resolutions:
-lose weight/work out/be healthier/eat right etc. Because I am boring and just like everybody else, but mainly because I want to look good for my sister's wedding in May. Never let it be said I wasn't shallow!
-write more. I have a book of poetic forms that I've been meaning to go through and try to write each one. And I have a short story I've only written one sentence of, as well as other ideas I just think about and never write down. Maybe even try to publish something
-read the C.S. Lewis devotional my parents bought me as well as my Bible every day. I had been reading my Bible every day for several years, but all the grad school stuff just brought that to a creaking halt. But I will start up again.
-crochet/knit more. I have so much yarn and needles it isn't even funny
-use the craft stuff I have kicking around in storage containers/boxes
-make a sizeable dent in my to-read pile
-try to spend more time with my friends
-drive more so I'm not so bad at it

Anyway, here is an animated short of The Little Match Girl, set in Russia. I read it was made for a Fantastia movie they were making for 2006 but never finished. It's terribly sad but I always saw it as a New Year's story.