Be it resolved...Part I

On Christmas Days of yore, after the enjoyable yet long hours of family bonding, my friend Brooke and I used to cap off the night at the neighborhood pub with Cocktails and Resolutions.

We'd write what we wanted to accomplish in the next year on cocktail napkins, while trying not to smudge out those goals by spilling our drinks.

SIDENOTE: Check it out, Southeast Texas...If you're ever bored at a bar, making lists of any kind on cocktail napkins is a surefire way to spark conversation. Plus, the staff might think your reviewing the place and bring you free drinks.

Anyway, Cocktails and Resolutions didn't happen this year, but I'm determined for the spirit of it to live on in this blog which is why I'm devoting the last three posts in 2008 to...

THINGS WE WOULD CHANGE IF WE RULED THE WORLD!
If we - this means both me and YOU, dear readers - were put in charge of everything in 2009 this is what we would do differently.

This is YOUR chance to speak up and share those opinions only heard in 2008 over drinks at your own neighborhood pub. Hit me via e-mail (mdanelo@beaumontenterprise.com) or in the Comments section with what you'd change, and I'll fold them into the next two posts.

PART I - Resolutions We'd Make on Behalf of Famous People
From a quick poll I took around The Beaumont Enterprise, here's what some of my fellow news professionals think certain stars should decide to do in 2009.

Micheal Moore - Embrace the simple life of a hermit.

Amy Winehouse - Take a bath...with soap, not gin. Then repeat. Daily.

Jerry Jones - Sell the cowboys. Then retire from sports. Forever. (We also suggest this to the owners of the Astros)

Bret Michaels - Accept bachelorhood. This viewing audience no longer wants to stay in your house and rock your world.

Tyra Banks - Invest in some sort of pharmaceutical that makes you adhere to one state of mind at a time.

Katie Perry - Put on some pants.

John Cusak - Make a good movie again. We beg you. Say Anything and Gross Pointe Blank changed our lives, and we're ready for your comeback.

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie - Hibernate.

Jennifer Aniston - Stop talking about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Terrell Owens - Grow up.

Aretha Franklin & Willie Nelson - Play in the Mont annually.

Got something to add? We're all ears here at MEvBLOG...