Yay-o for blogging.

Alright, alright. Before I get any disparaging comments on my choice of blog title, I'm just going to nip it in the bud right off the bat. Yes, I know my blog title is named "Straight Talk", and that it's a somewhat ironic (if not completely misleading) misrepresentation of who I am. I chose that title because I like the idea it portrays: honesty and straightforwardness, especially during a time when nothing anyone says can be taken at face value anymore. I know I haven't always been the most straightforward guy in the world, and there are reasons for that, but I'm looking forward to not holding back in this blog. And also, I recently saw the movie Straight Talk with Dolly Parton and I super liked it. Lol. 

I decided to start writing a blog for two reasons: 1) because it's Christmas break and I have nothing better to do (seeing as how all my friends are still in school) and 2) because everybody and their mama has a blog now and I thought I'd get in on the craze as well. I'm actually  a bit wary now that I've created a blog. It seems like something I could easily become addicted to, given my already semi-addictive personality (case in point: cigarettes, Charmed, Facebook, etc.). Oh, well. If it happens, it happens. Whoever said that addictions are a weakness obviously never saw Courtney Love on David Letterman. Am I right? 

Fall Quarter is officially dead, buried, and cold in its grave. Thank God. These last ten weeks were a bitch, at least academically. I don't know how those kids stuck on semester systems can even bear to keep on living. Christmas break must be the biggest tease to such unfortunate motherfuckers... My condolences to them. At least it's over for us at UCSD, and we get a fresh start for Winter Quarter, which I guess is a blessing and a curse at the same time. Yeah, we get to "start all over" and all that good shit, but we also get to find new and innovative ways to fuck up the quarter, which is a lot more interesting but a lot more damaging in my book. Whatever, though. I 'm going to be optimistic this time around and go in with a better work ethic. I'm really hoping I get one for Christmas. Note to Santa Claus. 

Speaking of the new quarter, I've been thinking about making a few resolutions for this upcoming year of 2009. I've never really put much faith in the "New year's resolution", simply because it shouldn't take the dawning of a new year to try to be a better person or change things about yourself. But now I see that New Year's day is as good a time as any to start changing for the better. So here is my abridged "List of New Year's Resolutions for the Year 2009":

Physical: Quit smoking. Ha. Seriously though, I need to at least cut back. This pack-every-two -days habit isn't exactly beneficial to my pocketbook. Not to mention my poor, abused lungs. 

Academic: Actually focus on schoolwork for once this year. No more fucking around, Dar. 

Love/Relationships: Focus on building a friendship first and foremost, before anything else. I'm so over the whole Hey. Nice to meet you. You're horny? So am I. Let's get to it. thing I've been doing for the past year. Not that it's not fun. I just need to learn to think with my head instead of my crotch. 

Social: Find something. Branch out. I need to churn these stagnant waters somehow. 

Hopefully, I stick to these resolutions, but knowing me, I'm most likely going to forget I even made these after today. We shall see, shall we not? 

Well, there you have it, folks. My first post on the blog that I'm hoping to keep up but will probably end up neglecting like half the things in my life. Oh, well. At least I get to say that I'm one of those blogger kids, no? What more could I want?