Resolute Resolutions

Thursday, December 28, 2000

New Year''s Eve is just days away and the parties are ready to begin. As we slide from holiday revelry and into the first year of a new millennium--or maybe the second, no one knows--resolutions must be made, and with them those little promises you make yourself: to be healthier; to be kinder; to stop smoking so much. But is the New Year''s luster important enough to attach promises to? We got on the beat and slapped the pavement to find out.

Tom Steuckert

Sales rep, Campbel

Did you make a resolution last year? Yep--to do more business.

What about this year? Yep--to do more business.

Do you think New Year''s is important? Yeah. January 1st is the one day America can justify having a hangover.

Nicole Dickson

Barista, Marina

What do you think about New Year''s? I don''t celebrate it. To me it''s just another day.

Why is that? Well, I''m not 21, and it''s too dangerous to go out.

Ever make a resolution? Me? No. I can''t stick with my day-to-day goals. How can I make a resolution?

David Nannie

Public works employee, Monterey

What was last year''s resolution? Last year''s was that I would try to save more money.

Did you stick with it? No. The more you make, the more you spend.

Do you think New Year''s is important? Yeah, it''s kind of a fresh start, you know--the beginning of a new time.