I have taken some time off from writing because it was the holidays and I was having fun.  Went to see some guys I went to high school with play in their band and then I rocked in the New Year and I am also working on a study guide for a class I will be teaching.  It is the new so I thought I would talk about resolutions.
Here are my resolutions from last year, my comments to see how I did will be in parentheses:

1.  I am going to stop watching porn because I do not need to
be reminded that the people on the screen have more fun in an hour than
I've had in my entire life.  Yes, I said that before but now it is New
Year Day so I had to reiterate the resolution.  (Well that didn't last too long.  I really admire the female form and as a Christian I believe that God created all things and females are included so I am just admiring God's workmanship.  Porn does get depressing when I see all the guys but oh well I know how to use other parts of my body to be sensual)
2.  I will never complain about being single starting now....(it wasn't too bad until this fall after I had problems.  I guess this one comes and goes, depending if I am getting trampled on by women or not)
3. 
I will go to a major league baseball game by myself.  I know you are
probably wondering what is the big deal with this but I suffer from a
little case of agoraphobia.  Also it seemed this year that the times
when I was free to go see a game I was involved in something or I had
friends that were busy consummating their new marriages.  I guess it
would be easier to go and do things if I had someone with me but alas I
am single...damn I already broke number 2...ok starting now....(this one did not work, every time I was about to get tickets something would come up)
4.  I plan on going to church sometime in 2007.  (So I think I did really good on this one, I sort of started having better feelings about organized religion)
5.  I will not giggle every time I hear the name John David Booty.(It worked from January until August and once the season started so did the giggles)
6. 
When I feel lonely I will just take matters into my own hands. (I REALLY kept this)
I figure that some of those resolutions I half kept so basically I kept 4 of 6 which is alright.
My resolutions for 2008:
1.  I will try being more considerate.  I know I explain to people that I am an insensitive asshole but they say I am not and then I don't introduce them to the band so I am.
2.  I am going to be more outgoing.
3.  I am going to get more interested in local news because things are happening in this state and I am so far behind.
4.  I am going to become engaged or married.  Pretty lofty since I am single.
5.  I am going to get back into fulltime teaching
6.  I am going to be more active.

Last year I also made some predictions.  Let's see how I did.  My current comments are in parentheses.

1.  There will be a political scandal.  I am pretty sure this one will come true.(Larry Craig?  Bathroom stalls? Benazir Bhutto?)

2. 
The major news netowrks will make me apathetic when it comes to a story
of human interest.  This year I was supposed to feel sorry for the
mountain climbers that got stuck on Mt. Hood.  I did at first but after
being bombarded by the coverage of CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, I began to
feel uninterested and apathetic.  A few years ago I remember the saga
of Elizabeth Smart.  One of the reasons this event sticks in my mind is
that a couple of pastors of my particular denomination aruged over
whether it was appropriate, Biblical, and sinful to pray for someone of
a different religion.  Well truth be told, I cared about this case in
the early stages.  I prayed that God would return her to her parents,
safe and unharmed.  Well at least she got back to her parents.  (I became apathetic to the miners who got stuck in various mines across the country.)

3.  The U.S. will be militarial involved in a new war in the Middle East.  I'm looking at you, Iran, and you, Israel. (This one did not come true, thank god.  It did come close a few times after Ademainaahjab or however you spell it made threatening comments about starting World War 3....oh wait that was George Bush)

4. 
Sometime between February 2007 and February 2008 I will die.  Now that
probably shocked some of you.  Well don't go thinking I am suicidal. 
Just because I sat with a pair of scissors pointed at my heart while
talking about my funeral, am unemployed, am single damn starting now,
am slighty overweight, and have significant amounts of body hair, I am
not suicidal.  No, I am not such a fan of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin,
Robert Johnson, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain that I plan on joining
their club, but since I was a young child I have sensed an untimely
demise.  I guess if I don't die then my future as a psychic is ruined. (Well I still have two months to go.  I came damn near close by having an asthma attack while shoveling)

So my predictions for 2008:
1.  The election will make many people apathetic towards politics.  My predictions are that Barak Obama wins every primary but does not get the nomination.  Hillary will get the nomination.  The Republicans will be split because even though Mike Huckabee wins primaries Mitt Romney will win the nomination.  Christians will form their own party and run Huckabee.  Ron Paul will not get any credible media coverage and he will end up running as an independent and he will get the conspiracy theorist vote.  Even if he doesn't run as an independent, he will receive many write-in votes.

2.  I will be apathetic to some major human interest story.  I know I predicted this last year but I was right and it is so easy to predict.

3.  I am going to get a job writing for a primetime comedy on a major network.

4.  We will be paying more for gas than this year.  It was $3.09 today and probably will go up tomorrow since oil prices jumped to over $100 a barrel.

5.  The sports world will be rocked when a current player or recently retired within the last three years commits suicide. 

So those are my predictions.  I know they might be vague but look at Nostradamus.  He was vague as hell and people consider him to be the best.  I saw a guy last night explain how the name Mabus could have been Nostradamus predicting Osama, Sadam, and even W. Bush.

No one in the NFL saw this scandal coming except Bill Belicheck

I bet this kid didn't see that dart coming.

I want to go to Canada and visit the Twin Towers...oops I mean CN Tower.

I think I will also be spending major amounts of time at the beach this coming year looking at the sites.
I will be back tomorrow with a tattoo update.