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it’s another new year

So far I haven’t gone to sleep before 5am this year. Last night was a pretty good night. Jared, Brandon, and I went up to a house party in Ramsey. A local band, Makeshift was playing in the garage. Downstairs Mustang Sally, DJ Faber and myself kept it funky all night. I like to think I represented Nascent Numen properly. It was awesome to dj with 2 other djs that spin the same kind of music I do.

Alot of crap has been going on in my life and as usual, I feel broke. It’s like you always adjust your life to live within your means. The holidays have come and gone, I’m without a reliable car. It’s one of those times I couldn’t sleep, so I came here. I really need to start updating more. I could go trendy and say it’s a New Year’s resolution. While I don’t have a resolution list I’m going to share here, I have a few things I want to change in my life. Those things aren’t for me to share here though and then be judged later if I can meet the metric.

Before I talk more about the future though, I want to mention the past. It’s been a little over a year since I left the Twin Ports. I’ve maintained plenty of friendships back home, and feel like I get back fairly often. I miss lots of my old friends but as I’ve stated, I’ve made some very good friends here. Sean and Harry have joined me down here and we’ve started our own little dj thing. Top 40 / Hip hop djing is a thing of the past right now for me, however I’ve never mixed better. Every set I perform just seems to get better. I’m starting to get my name out more and I’m getting gigs. Needless to say, I can’t complain.

25 came and went and I missed my first financial goal in my life. I’m close, just not close enough. Back when I graduated high school, I set a group of financial goals for myself. I fell short in 2005 but that’s alright. The goals I set were meant to be lofty ones to give me something to work at. My career is still in it’s infancy and it’s only going to get better. Of course, now I sound like money is everything to me. I’m happy at my job and make good money. Enough where I’m self sufficient and close to being very happy. I need to just get over spending money on my car and I can really get my life going in the right direction. I’ve considered just stopping on cars altogether. I can’t really describe it, I love cars though. Not so much going fast, working on them, or any one thing in particular. It’s still new ground, I can keep learning still.

I picked up snowboarding and have learned to love it. If I find anything in my life spiritual, it’s making my way down the hill. Justin vs. nature. It puts me in a state where I actually get away.

Going forth I have a few things I want to make sure I start doing. Mental and physical challenges I need to bypass.

First and foremost, I’m going to learn to manage my finances better. I’m tired of feeling like I’m always broke. I still have plans for my car. Big plans that lead to me having one of the fastest 4 cylinder Ford’s in the nation. I need to teach myself to hold back though. This also includes other things like eating out and buying records. I need to establish a budget of sorts for myself. Also I’m sick of renting and need to start building equity.

I’ve been progressing on a DJ scale every year and I’m ready for production. By the end of the year I want to have at least one song completed that I can play in my dj sets and be comfortable with its quality. As a dj I want to become a much more popular dj in the Minneapolis electronic music scene. I made lots of good relationships this year with promoters and other djs. I intend for 2006 to be a big year. I also plan to open for at least national headliner. It’s a bit of a stretch, but that will just make me work harder.

Lastly, I’m going to start putting myself in social situations I’m not comfortable with more. I spent alot of my junior high and high school years destroying social skills. I’m tired of that. I seem to have made great strides but still clam up in certain situations. I’m done with that.

So I guess you could perceive what I’ve written as a resolution list. If you don’t like it, too bad I guess. I’ll work on being more accurate to my intent next time.