Happy New Year!

Well...I've resolved this new year to do several things; some of which I've done well thus far, some of which I'm here now to start doing better.

Resolution 1: Lose my winter weight, starting now. I weighed in on New Year's Eve at 228.4. Today I weighed 221.2, so that's 7.2 pounds lost in 8 days--go me! I won't stop til I'm under 200, and I won't shave my beard until at least that point.

Resolution 2: Interact more via my online social networks--including this blog, my youtube page, my twitter page, and my facebook page. No longer will I be that guy who posts one blog update per month, one tweet a week, and two youtube videos per year. I'm not saying I'm gonna blog every day--I definitely don't want to overshare inconsequential BS--but when I have something to share, I'll do so in some form or another on the intertubes.

Resolution 3: Get my musical aspirations in high gear by summer time. I'm freaking 27 years old now and if I don't get my ass moving, I'm afraid I'll be banished forever to the scrap pile of "untapped potential." I have to take the next step in my (still young) performing career, and I have to do it myself. By June, I resolve to (A) finish the EP I've been working on, (B) make myself a demo/presskit/professional webpage, (C) get regularly booked in at least 4 more bars, and (D) keep practicing with better musicians than myself, like Steve Iorio and Sam Gunderson, local legends with whom I've become friends over the past year. I've got a lot to learn still, and I don't ever want to forget that.