1. UAB Financial Aid: You screwed me out of finishing grad school like I wanted to, and for that, you deserve the fire of Blaze's tongue.
2. RCN Cable: Not once, but twice did you make me wait for you for a 3-hour timeframe only to not only NOT show up, but to tell your dispatch that you knocked on my door and called me. I call your bluff technician 35**3, and I'm out for your job. Try me.
3. "Homelessness:" This year, until September, I didn't have a residence that was my own. I was either sharing or on loan or living with people out of feasibility. And then when I actually felt at home, my work situation had me "homeless" without office space until the middle of December. I don't like having a way to organize and feel settled in a space.
4. My apartment: It's freezing, because the heat doesn't work right. And there are constantly things wrong with it. And my landlord, while he is a great guy, is never around to actually ask anything. Plus, he cashes my rent checks more than a month later.
5. Travel: I don't travel enough. And there are things to see, places to go, and people to visit. I need to make time to add places to the map.
6. Tourists: I know they'll never leave, but I hate obnoxious tourists that waltz down the street during rush hour or in the mornings with a big fold out map looking up at buildings or standing left on the escalator (it's for walking up, not standing). But, I swear, if they desecrate my city after the Inauguration, I'll cry like a baby.
7. Ph.D. Rejection Letters: I'm talking to you American University. You need to learn how to write decent letters that don't encourage grad students to want to jump off a ledge of a 40-story building. A simple no will suffice.
8. Police Cameras: I hate you and your savvy technology that caught me speeding. I also hate that you can mail me a ticket and actually call it a real ticket. Seriously, what happened to the people factor in the world?
9. History Channel: STOP TRYING TO BE THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL. That is all.
10. Multiple transitions: I don't like all the change in my life that happened in 2008 for unneccessary reason. So, a year that will be pretty normal and allow me to only have one or two major life changes instead of say, 10, will be incredibly kind.

There it is… a somewhat who-knows-what list of what I think I'll be perfectly fine leaving behind. Maybe I'll make a resolutions post soon. Maybe.

Happy New Year!