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2006 is now over and I must say it was a pretty good year. I really preferred it over 2005, which was a great deal more stressful. I am still alive, which in my view, means that 2006 was a success.

Lets look back at my resolutions for 2006. In fact I'll score my completion of them from 1 to 10 with 10 being "Yes, I held that resolution" and 1 being "I don't remember saying that!"

(8) Stop antagonizing world of warcraft players
(6) Start berating world of warcraft players
(7) Replace the word 'rice rocket' in my vocabulary with 'underpowered, ugly car'
(2) Remember that provincial forests are not my private bathroom
(10) Drive faster than 7.5 km/h past photo radar vans
(10) Attempt to keep this blog / a blog running indefinitely
(5) Stop joking about using compromising photos for blackmail
(10) Be nice towards the Dutch
(3) Remember that ticks and mosquitoes are not specifically targeting me
(8) No longer follow the first rule of Italian driving (what is behind me isn't my problem) when backing up
(6) Refrain from playing with fire simply because I am bored
(7) Attempt to exercise once a while
(1) Start working on my 2007 resolutions list before December 29th
(2) See the sun rise more often (but not because I stayed up all night)
(9) Update this blog at least twice a week during classes
(8) Keep in better contact with my friends

So, overall in the past year I was roughly 63.75% successful in keeping these resolutions. Not bad when compared to most other people's resolutions.

For the sake of continuing to improve myself, here are some resolutions I have come up with for the next year.

I resolve to:

- No longer attempt to raise my grades by lowering the grades of my classmates.
- Be less of a 'tea snob'.
- Keep a straight face when preaching about how Moses put two of each animal on the ark of the covenant.
- Continue finding the strangest music to listen to.
- Stop worrying so much about the future.
- Not cook any M&S Ultra Lunch this year at camp.
- Spend time outdoors at least once a week.
- Spend more time with friends
- Keep my desk clean.
- Find ways other than mess to persuade people to keep far away from my desk.
- Mail more random letters to friends, regardless on where on earth they are.
- Take some sort of action on the list of things I have always wanted to do
- Think of some resolutions before December 31st.
- Look at this list of resolutions at least once during the next year to remind myself.