A few thoughts for the New Year

As the new year begins, I figured I should write a new blog entry, b/c my last one was like a million years ago. I have a few thoughts on 2006 and 2007. They are not organized, gathered together, or consise. But I did not want to sit around thinking about what I wanted to write.

-Worst thing of 2006: people caring so much about celebrity gossip. There are entire magazines and even TV channels devoted to telling us who is too thin, who is too fat, and who is grocery shopping. Seriously, people should mind their own dam business.

-Best thing of 2006: tie: Giants sign Barry Zito, excitement for next season is renewed. I get an Ipod, put my entire music collection on it, and consequently own the coolest thing on the planet.

-Most anticipated things of 2007: new season of 24, continued season of LOST, getting drunk for basketball games

-Best thing that already happened in 2007: The Boise State vs. Oklahoma University bowl game. If you didn't see it, find a way to see highlights. An OU Interception return for a TD w/ like a minute to go to take the lead after coming back from like 18 points down, then a TD by Boise to tie it up with a lateral involved. Then, in OT, OU scores. and then Boise scores on a Statue of Liberty play! Then they go for 2 to win it! Amazing!!! AAAHHH!!!

-Songs that I was most into in 2006: 2pac - "Ghetto Gospel"; Shakira - "Hips Don't Lie"; Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg - "Still D.R.E."; Eminem feat. 50 Cent and Nate Dogg - "Never Enough"; Hart, The Clap, and The Toddfather - "The Bay's In The Area"; Queen - "Killer Queen"; Michael Giacchino - "Win One For The Reaper" (from LOST); The Game feat. Snoop and Xzibit - "California Vacation."
Note that a lot of this list is biased towards the 2nd half or latter parts of 2006, because that is what I remember most.

Other worst thing of 2006: War in Iraq. The US death toll has reached 3000, more than the death toll of 9/11 which supposedly started this whole "war on terror." Then there are the Iraqi deaths, somewhere between 30,000 and 500,000 - mostly civilian. That is sick. And there is no solution. We can either stay there, and continue to repeat history (Vietnam), or we can leave and let Iraq deteriorate into civil war.

Worst thing of 2007: See "Other worst thing of 2006"