The Great Geek Manual

This was actually a fairly good year, not just in terms of my own personal life, but also in terms of Geek culture. The year was jam-packed with great book, game, and movie releases, and technology seems to finally inching into line with all those science fiction-inspired dreams of the future we had when we were kids.

Still, I’m hoping next year will be even better. To that end, I’ve drawn up a list of New Year’s resolutions.

10. I’ll finally give up cable television in favor of streaming video once and for all.
It should be easy enough, after giving up rentals and theaters for bittorrent years ago.

9. I’ll break out of my rut and make new friends.
For starters, I’ll find a new torrent community to take the place of Mininova.

8. I’ll take up a hobby not related to computers, in order to better relate to others.
So, I’ll be leveling the hell out of my tabletop RPG characters this year.

7. I won’t draw as many glares down upon friends by ranting about physics in theaters.
I will go to the movies with my family more often, though.

6. I will no longer engage in Mac vs Windows debates.
The issue is soo last decade. From now on, it’s Android vs iPhone!

5. I will make a point of having more contact with the opposite sex.
I’ll start by diverting a few WoW hours towards learning the ropes in MapleStory.

4. I will consolidate my electronic communications into one medium.
(I won’t Twitter every time I update the Tumblr for my Aion Guild’s social network.)

3. I’ll finally admit the truth about my weight and do something about it.
From now on, I’m going to start playing the chubby avatars.

2. I will limit my use of acronyms and netspeaks in written and spoken conversation.
Because they are to the aughts what blinky gifs were to the nineties.

1. I will resist the temptation to speculate on the possibility of an Apple Tablet.
I will, however, be the first in line to get me one, no matter who I gotta stab.

Happy New Years everyone! Thanks for reading my blog. I hope you stick around, because I’m hoping to throw it into overdrive in 2010!