Low Resolution New Years

Is it just me or has the New Year aged a bit? I remember when the start of a brand new year was the closest anyone would come to a new start, to reinvent your old tired life and make fresh plans. Your optimism is heightened, your determination like you've never seen it and in celebration...you make the formidable New Year's resolutions. I'm a big fan of the resolution. Unfortunately, there's a breed of folk, jaded or otherwise out there that refuse to make any self promises, because before they've even made them, they know they're not going to see them through. That's a crying shame. What ever happened to your word being your honour or whatever. Antiquated? Shouldn't be.

Fortunately, there are still a few die hard New Years Traditionalists out there who have risen above the economic meltdown, the constant sms, email, Facebook chats, the real problems in the world and have done the dirty and set some resolutions. Did I mention I'm a fan of resolutions? I went on the hunt for the most bizarre resolutions to date and here's what I could come up with:

Jeff, of 'Weird Meat' blog fame has resolved to eat as many weird meats as possible. Yip, raw yak and deer penis are all on the menu this year for Jeff.

Other resolution included learning a party trick. You know? The weird things you do with your body to make everyone at a party pay attention to you. Apparently getting horribly drunk isn't enough, now its squirting liquid out of one's eye, dislocating bones, fitting into shoe boxes and holding your breath while your sidekick tickles you mercilessly. Believe it or not.

Other goodies included reading and memorising more poetry and learning the names of flowers. Of course there are the long standing favourites, lose weight, get fit, stop smoking, spend more time with the people that count and taking more fun trips. As a culture we sometimes delude ourselves into believing that we're martyrs - destined to save the world, one soul destroying act at a time. Shake it off and have more fun. Take the trips to uncharted territory, down memory lane and hopefully, somewhere over the rainbow.

Happy New Years everyone. And happy resolution making!