Starting off 2016 as vague as possible.

Today starts a new year, or at least that’s what my Calendar says.

No doubt a great many spent the evening drinking and celebrating the end of a fine year. If you didn’t find it fine perhaps that increased your cause for celebration. Another One Down you might say. Others of you might’ve gone to sleep early, celebrating the end of the year with the same stoic resolve you face every other day, quietly snoring under some blankets. Tomorrow’s another day, same as any other, you might say.

Myself, I suppose it’s time to talk about bit about resolutions, and set some goals to hold myself accountable. Something I try to avoid as a usual rule. Having this blog here, gives me an easy goal right off the bat, which is to blog consistently. So now that’s out of the way. Let’s write down a few resolutions.

1. Read More.
I read about 12 books this year, according to Goodreads. It is possible that I read more, or reread other books. I don’t know if that’s an accomplishment or not. Considering half of them were pulpy novels that usually end with the bad guy getting shot, I don’t know if this is something to brag about. So right now I shall say, for the whole world to witness, I’ll read more than 12 this year. Some of them might even be intelligent.

2. Learn more about my Faith.
I suppose this could go down under reading, but I think it plays a different role. It seems weird to be here now. Limited knowledge I have of the faith, I seem to have something worth saying, or at least worth hearing till one can determine it’s worth ignoring. I suppose my expertise in ignorance of Faith matters can be improved and therefore I resolve to work on that. I’ve become particularly interested in the tradition of humor within the Catholic context. Cervantes, in particular, is an inspiration for this blog and so many things in my life. So I’ll explore that a bit more and maybe write about it.

Well that’s it. But Sergio, you might say, could you be any more vague about what you want to do for the new Year? I suppose I could. No, wait…I know I could. I do want to accomplish somethings with this blog, and I’m not quite sure if I’m doing anything good or worthwhile here. Such things take time, and I’m making this up as I go along.

Truth be told, I’ve never really been one to set New Years Resolutions. There was a point when I felt the years passing were pointless and didn’t want to think about the future, since I didn’t see any opportunities that were going to be available. Recent times, it has struck me that each year has been incredibly different for me a transformative experience to the point that it goes beyond my imaginings and understanding. I still feel somewhat strange having my name on Patheos as a writer. This is something I didn’t imagine years back when writing poetry in the backrooms of Grocery Stores when I wasn’t even sure if I was going to go onto a university. So all of this still feels a bit uneasy and fun to me.

I now leave you with the most fun song of 2015. YG’s Twist My Fingaz.