NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS-2017

1.  TRY TO STAY POSITIVE. THIS WILL BE HARD AS WE ENTER THE DARK AGES. WE HAVE STARTED USING ESSENTIAL OILS TO HELP KEEP AWAY THE EVIL. DIFFUSE, RUB ON YOU, DRINK, ADD TO FOOD. LIKE TRYING TO KEEP AWAY VAMPIRES. MAY NEED ELECTROSHOCK BEFORE IT IS ALL OVER. DRINKING DOESN'T HELP. I TRIED THAT WITH BUSH. ALSO USING POSITIVE THOUGHTS, LIKE, "I HOPE THE ALIENS TAKE TRUMP BACK TO HIS HOME." OR, "I HOPE I WAKE UP SOON AND THIS NIGHTMARE ENDS." WE WILL NEED EVERY TECHNIQUE WE CAN THINK OF AND EVERY MORSEL OF HOPE WE CAN FIND IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM FALLING INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION.
2. I NEED TO CONTINUE VOLUNTEERING AT THE FOOD BANK. I GO ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. I WOULD LIKE MORE DIRECT CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IN NEED, BUT HAVEN'T WORKED THAT OUT YET. HOPEFULLY, IN 2017 I WILL. IN ARKANSAS, ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN GO TO BED HUNGRY AT NIGHT, AND ONE IN THREE SENIORS EXPERIENCE FOOD SCARCITY. THE NEED IS GREAT AND WILL NOT BE SOLVED BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. THEY WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
3. I'M GONG TO KEEP UP MY BOG SITES, "LEAVE IT TO PEEVER," AND "THE VILLAGE PLANET-WE'VE BEEN TRUMPED." THE PEEVE'S ARE IN THEIR 22ND YEAR. BLOG SITES JUST STARTED THEIR 5TH YER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GOOD THEY DO ANYONE ELSE, BUT THEY HELP ME GET OUT SOME FRUSTRATIONS AND ANXIETIES. WHY SUFFER ALONE.
4. I NEED TO EAT BETTER. THAT APPEARS ON MY LIST ABOUT EVERY YEAR. SWEETS AND FRIED FOODS ARE MY ACHILLES HEEL. FRIED CHICKEN AND A CREAM PUFF CAN BRIGHTEN ABOUT ANY DAY FOR ME.
5. IT WILL TAKE ALL THE STRENGTH I AND OTHERS HAVE TO PROTEST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THE CONGRESS, THE CABINET, THE PRESIDENT, THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS DO. FOR MANY, THIS WILL BE A FULL-TIME JOB. NOT MUCH WILL COME OUT OF THESE BAND OF MISFITS WHAT WILL BE CONSIDERED DESCENT AND JUST. GOD, GIVE US THE COURAGE, WISDOM, AND FORTITUDE TO BE VIGILANT AND READY FOR WHATEVER IT IS THEY THROW AT US. 
6. I RESOLVE THAT I WON'T CHOCK ANY RIGHT-WING, REPUBLICAN, CHRISTIAN, WHITE, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE VILLAGE. THIS WILL BE MY MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. I DO HAVE ONE BIG REASON NOT TO: ARKANSAS PRISONS ARE HORRIBLE. OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M PROBABLY DOOMED.

FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS 2016 WAS BAD, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.