A New Year, and A New Age, and I Guess Im Still Me

So, Happy 2006, everybody.

Sorry I have been so long...I hate to fall back on the "Life has been tough" excuse, but dammit, Life keeps raising the bar. Im still here, though.

Anyhow, I turned 24. Special thanks to Beth, Dr Dexter, and Catpants, for making it ring in extra special. I know Ive talked about it before, but having the birthday of December 28th makes it very hard to have a kickass time. So did other things, but my friends made me feel special. (However, the new waitstaff at the loophole did not. More on that in a sec.)

Also, I had a SPLENDID New Years Eve with a bunch of friends, including two of my high school buddies (hereafter referred to as "THE SARAHS") whom I had not seen very much in, like, 4 years. LH Forever! (Thank god its not so.;)) Except for a few minor indiscretions (I got a hickey that pissed me off WAY more than it excited me), it was a wild time. The Dr might be a bit regretful about some of the nights events, but I felt, again, loved and special. The Sarahs kept going on about how great my friends were. At one point, someone was trying to get me to come to their party, and said "Come on, my whole family is here!" I looked in the window to my party, and happily said "Mine is here."

Since then, not much has been up. I have been trudging through what I MUST call the hardest time in my life (which I know I have said before), but as I say, the kid ain't thrown in the towel yet. And no plans to. I also got bed-riddenly ill the past couple days, but that may not be as exciting to you as it was to me. Suffice it to say, Im glad to be back in the world today.

I love all of my readers, and all of my friends, and I wish everyone a Happy New Year and remind you all that I am now 24.

But, I would be remiss if I did not give a funny story and a new complaint for 2006.

First, the complaint. During December, I rated a bunch of Xmas songs on my Launchcast Player. They are still playing. Its already hard enough to get the song you want played (I have been waiting for a song from Del Amitri to play for four months), but now I got a bunch of Xmas crap going on as well. Dammit!

So, on my birthday, I was at the loophole, like I mentioned before. When the waitress came over, I said, "Hey, its my birthday, dont I get a free shot?" She said "Yeah!" And promptly walked away, while I futiley tried to get it ordered. I later found out that you can no longer order the shot you want, and there is now a STANDARD BIRTHDAY SHOT. What was it? Jager. Pretty hardcore. I did it, but DAMN.