Your “Ta Ta, 2009″ To-Do List

Ah, the new year is upon us, ladies. I absolutely LOVE this time of year, when everything feels so fresh and full of promise (or is that just the fact that I finally have my mom to clean my dirty laundry?). But, as tempting as it is to delete the old year like last week’s Nip/Tuck season finale, there are still some (very valuable) days left in 2009.

By Erica

And here are a few ways to take advantage of its last precious moments:

1. Do something ballsy. We’re about to embark into a new decade here, ladies! Take the initiative and do something that the “2000-2009 You” would’ve been terrified of. Ask that guy you’ve been eyeing (and Fbook stalking) since last January to chill (or meet you at the bar) over break. Kiss a stranger (okay, maybe not a total stranger. There’s a lot to worry about these days!). Bust out that sexy, low-cut dress you’ve been terrified to wear in public & rock it. Just not at your boyfriend’s parents’ Christmas party.

2. Make some NY resolutions. Put it in writing that you plan to ditch the nasty social smoking habit you’ve acquired (and only recently found out about via Facebook photos). Sign up (and pay) for a weekly yoga class now so you’ll think twice about slogging down that third cranberry and vodka, since you’ll know you have to perform a downward dog in front of hot instructor in t-minus 7 hours. Vow that you’ll never again make a “walk of shame” across campus… three mornings in a row…from the same house….but different bedrooms.

Just me?

3. Use My Year In Status’. This  little ditty randomly selects status updates from the past year and creates a customizable page of your 2009 (mis)adventures. Necessary? No. A hilarious stroll down memory lane? Hell to the yes.

4. Make an end-of-2009 playlist. Let’s be honest, 2009 was full of some quality tunes (admit it, you liked “Use Somebody”… the first 200 times), so throw them all together on your very own “Now That’s What I Call Music.” But don’t just include the top songs of 2009; you should also add jams specific to your year. That way, when you’re old (25), and want to reminisce about your college days, you’ll have a collection of tunes at your disposal to take you back to that night your roommate decided that going home with her long-term crush after she had both puked and peed her pants was a good idea.

Not kidding…that sh*t made it onto FML.

5. Do at least one thing that is so 2009. Sign up for a Twitter account, even if you think “tweeting” sounds like a sexual innuendo. Force yourself to go see “Twilight: New Moon,” even though Kristen Stewart makes your skin crawl. (Okay, I guess a DVR marathon of The Vampire Diaries will suffice).  Hop on stage and interrupt someone while they make an acceptance speech, telling them they don’t deserve it. Make a sex tape (or 8). Learn the “Single Ladies” dance so you can bust it out at your NYE party when it inevitably plays. Twice.

2010 is right around the corner, people. Let’s give ’09 the send-off she deserves. And yes, that most definitely includes a few replays of Party In The USA.