Disclaimer: The photo has nothing to do with this post, however I felt my new slippers were an appropriate portrayal of how I currently feel!

So yeah. Last week we signed up for a gym membership because they had a sale.

Tuesday was my first personal training session (part of the sale dealio).

Tuesday night and all day today my legs have had trouble functioning properly. (I never knew I could stretch and pull my butt like that!)

All I know is that I’m a tad out of shape since like last spring/summer and since I have been unable to play my drums as often as I used to. Looks like I’m getting the best jump start ever on my round of new year resolutions. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever acted on my resolutions really. (#$#!@$) So far this year, I redesigned my blog, started working on piano, and joined a gym.

I think I’m going to die from amazement…

Until the Keynote at Macworld!!! Much anticipation surrounding upgrades to Apple TV and many more surprises. I’m not convinced they’ll be releasing a new iPhone version already, but who knows right? It’s always a freakin’ mystery. Ooohhh, the suspense…..

We went to go see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Saturday night and as usual, they friggin’ rocked the house (and my socks off)! If you have never seen them live, I strongly suggest you do so at least once before you kick the bucket. It’s pretty powerful and in the past few years has become a part of my yearly Christmas traditions and rituals.

This was my third year, my mom’s second year, and my dad, brother, and girlfriend’s first time seeing them.  All three of them were in awe.  The light show, the pyrotechnics, the energy, and humor, the music, it’s all da shizzle!  (I did NOT just say that)

As great as the show was, it unfortunately and officially marks the end of my Christmas season (*pauses for a moment to pout*).  So the last couple of days have been cleaning house and taking decorations down.  All we have left are the outdoor lights and the trees.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas season and a happy new year!  May good things come and bad things be corrected in 2008!

So last night was definitely, by far, the best New Year’s celebration yet I think. We setup ourselves up with a VIP table for 4 at the “hottest” dance club in downtown Madison. It was a night of being waited on, dancing, getting a bottle at midnight, and the highlight of the night (besides the new year itself), my friend proposing to his girlfriend (she said no.. just kidding!!). Yup it was pretty nuts, and I remember all of it too (surprising for someone who hasn’t had much to drink lately.. d’oh!).

I have to say that was the busiest I’ve ever seen that club. Even with a lot of the UW-Madison students still gone for Christmas break, it was jam packed (maybe even beyond fire code capacity, who knows?!)!

How and where did you celebrate your New Year’s? (and if you were asleep before midnight, I don’t want to hear about it!)

I don’t know if anyone caught the usual cartoon lineup this past Sunday on FOX (Family Guy, Simpsons, American Dad, King of the Hill) but this week’s American Dad raised a good and obvious issue: IT’S MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU @#%!

I completely agree with not stepping on anyone’s toes when it comes to whatever holiday it is that you celebrate, but we’ve ALWAYS been able to clearly distinguish between them with their own phrases. It should and will always be either Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or Happy Whatever-Holiday-You-Celebrate. NOT HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

No matter how you say it, Merry Christmas should still be the primary greeting. Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, etc. should still take secondary status. The more Happy Holidays tries to take precedence, the more you will start to confuse it. Really, you could use Happy Holidays for ANY holiday of the year, so what says that Happy Holidays always means Merry Christmas and not Happy Easter, or Happy Valentine’s Day, or Happy Dogbert Day (for those of you Dilbert TV Series fans)?

This politically correct crap is getting a little out of hand, and really there is no 100% tried and true way to keep church and state separate, but this holiday greeting issue is only as far as I can go. I could rant on all day about too much if I let this wander off.

And to all the monkeys responsible for “running” our wonderful country: BAH-HUM-BUG! You shouldn’t be allowed to celebrate CHRISTMAS or HANUKKAH anymore.

…and counting until the Macworld 2008 Keynote! The question is, can it top last year’s iPhone announcements? Whoo hoo!