To begin, I suppose I should explain. Perhaps this will be my New Year's Resolution, tossed in the back of my mind and only remembered at the most inconvenient of times. The general idea is that this confused, convoluted page will become of a journal to me. I'll tell the cyberspace of what I write and how the process is going in the hopes of guilt-tripping myself to write more. I'll begin with my winter break. I made some significant strides in my piece written originally as a NaNoWriMo attempt. As it stands it reads 6902 words long, mostly nonsensical prose. Beyond this I also added a few entries in a prompt journal I bought. They're very small pieces, and I likely won't do anything with them, but it was nice to be forced to write about things I'm not necessarily comfortable with. At the moment I am sifting through my poems and deciding which to submit to a student poetry contest. I think my poems are thoughtful enough, but I don't think the thoughts will be seen as special when set against all the other student poems so similar to them. Still, it will be nice to do something with all my poems. I suppose that is all. -Sydney