Ring in the New Year

Well, the new year is upon us, and you know what that means? Well, nothing really except that we will be writing '08 after the date instead of '07, and this year is a leap year...Nothing is going to be different when we wake up (except, i have a feeling that a few of you may have a hangover)...

why am i writing this, you may ask yourself? because i am really upset, thats why...

dont get me wrong, there are a few things about 2008 that i am excited about (i'll get to those later) but there is just so much going on (or not going on) to be disappointed about...am i talking about our current adminisrtation, or current world affairs in general? am i talking about the current state of the mainstream church? global warming, world hunger? no!

i am talking about flying cars, hover boards, and time travel...

what a let down that this stuff doesnt exist yet. the way that the media portrayed things in movies and t.v. shows was that the world was going to be a vastly different place in 2000 and beyond than it is now...when i was a little kid i thought for sure that by 1999 i would be living on the fringe with some rebel group fighting the klingons and robots that had taken over...i imagined that i could make a quick get away in my flying car or go back in time before anything had gone wrong and change it...i thought that the whole y2k catastrophy that never even happened was going to be the catalyst for it all...every new year that comes and inevitably goes seems to disappoint the 8 year old inside of me that is still half-way expecting these things to happen...

did you guys know that i had opened up my own detective agency when i was 8? i ran a covert operation out of my room and used the most state of the art spy-tech equipment available on the market (i.e. whatever mom and dad could afford) For some reason my parents were the only ones to ever hire me, and the only form of payment that i recieved from them was my $2 weekly allowence...anyway, i had deduced by my extensive detective work (such as watching movies) that we would be living in a very robotic world...i guess i was wrong on that case...

now that i've aired my grievances, on to what i am excited about...

first off, i am excited about may 13th marking 2 years of marriage...i am also excited that amanda will finally be done with school, and that we can move to portland...although i stay very intentionally out of politics, it is nice to know that bush will be out of office soon, and that even if the new president turns out to be as big a yahoo as bush, im sure he/she will be more elloquent and we will have a new face to look at...

for new years eve, amanda and i will be eating at little t's with some friends and then we will be off to home to watch some movies and celebrate new years away from any drunken revelry...

until 2008,

john