New Year

Merry belated Christmas and Happy Belated New Year everybody!!! It's a new year and with that comes new hopes and disappointments. So here's my rundown of things to look forward to in '09 and things you wish would've stayed in '08.

Hells Yea!!!
-My birthday on Jan 22. Snowboard Trip to Wisp to celebrate.
-Stella and Andy's wedding on Jan 17.
-Super Bowl on Feb 1. Possibility of two underdog teams that were favored 100-1 or worse prior to playoffs and now have a chance to make it to the big show.
-Payraise from work.
-Sister graduates from VT in May.
-Still half of snowboard season left to go.
-Sam Adams Winter (White) Ale is in season.
-End of mid-season hiatus for primetime television. Beginning of Lost Season 5.
-Biggest Inauguration in US History...and associated long weekend.
-new year = new annual guy's trip to Vegas
-new soccer team to coach. New kids, New leagues, New responsibilities. More money in my pocket.
-new coed football team. Currently 1-1 (should be 2-0).

Doh!
-Prison Break is getting cancelled. 4 episodes already filmed will air, after that, who knows...either way, conclusion of show and storyline will not be smooth nor as good as it should be. I'm especially pissed because I thought Prison Break was better than Heroes the last 2 seasons...Fox was just stupid for putting it at same timeslot and so lost all their viewers.
-New semester of graduate school starts soon. Means less free time for me.
-My neighbors who have lived nextdoor to me ever since I moved to Virginia at the age of 4 are moving out because of legal disputes with their other next-door neighbors.
-Two of my favorite restaurants are gone from '08: Lucky Three Dimsum buffet (closed), and Four Sisters vietnamese restaurant (who moved to Merrifield and changed their food/decor/service/quality).
-Didn't get the job as the Junior Varsity Soccer Coach at W.T. Woodson High School...high school coach job on hiatus 'till my next opportunity.
-Many many friends moved away in '08. Perhaps I will visit some of you in '09: Fifi, Rick, Kelley, Elaine, Delia, Adam (shipped to Iraq, but will be back in '09), Tina.