New Year, New Resolution, New Blog

I had a conversation recently that made me miss my Blog. As LJ is all but dead, I figured this would be as good a location as any to start up shop again. So, here is the third incarnation of Sherif's Thoughts and Ramblings about life. Included in these pages you'll find complaints (lots of complaints), sporadic life updates, the occasional movie/book review, and some links to stuff other people have done or said better than I could have myself. Enjoy!

It's January. People all around me are making Resolutions that they won't keep. Some people want to make more money, some people want to get in better shape, and so on and so forth. Sadly, most of those resolutions have already been dropped. Because people have a hard time changing themselves. We like ourselves. We don't want to change.

However, what we can do is change the world around us. Hopefully for the better. For the past 5 years, me and several of my close friends have been trying to make the world around us a better place. We have led a small, private revolution to make this small corner of the world a place where people are held to a higher standard. Take a moment and review our past 5 years of Service to our respective communities -

2004, we Resolved to Keep it Really Real
2005, we Resolved to be Ridiculous at Life
2006, we Resolved to Represent!
2007, we Resolved to Radiate Preponderance
2008, we Resolved to give Rise to the Revolution!

I know what you're thinking, and yes, that IS a tremendous body of work. I'm actually rather proud of it, so thanks for noticing. I couldn't have done it without the tireless work of Jeremy, Andy, Simon and...oh, sorry, just falling back into my habit of REPRESENT! 2006. It's not intentional, I'm just a fool who loves to give props and credit where they're due.

Anyhow, all this to say, that you, our fellow human beings, are once again being gifted this year. For our sixth year in a row we have made a resolution, and once again we will make the world better through it.

In 2009, we Resolve to...(I can feel the anticipation and tension building)...Raise the Roof! Yes, that's right, we are going to try and Raise the Roof. Not in the literal meaning ofcourse, after all, it isn't 1999 anymore. No, what we're going to try to do is Raise the standard of living for those around us. We're going to try to raise the bar, not just the level of intelligent conversation (as we did in '07), but in all aspects of life - humor, driving, traveling, exercise, Iron Mans, etc. If you find that you lack in some aspect of your life, or if you just want MORE in some area, look to one of our Revolutionaries to help you. We will Raise your Roof. We will make it our responsibility to help you do more with what you have. After all, we are little more than Civil Servants. And yes, you can thank us now and later.