Happy New Year! It’s coming on five years that I’ve had a blog. They’re quite mainstream now. The original blog that I used to follow on a daily basis, puce.com is now a lame ”I’m Too Mature To Have A Blog” punk-ass site. Has anything really changed? I’m heading back to Houston after a three and a half year sleepover in Philadelphia. When I woke up I knew Java and a million things having to do with UML processes, Actuate Reporting Server, class and sequence diagrams in Rational Rose, javadoc’ing, ActiveX controls, javascript superpowers, css superpowers, MQ messaging, Oracle 9i, the WebSphere development platform, Tivoli / WebSeal Security manager, BDoc Letter Writing software, and a slew of other abilities that can only make me better at what I do. I have no clue what I’ll be doing when I return to the office, but I assume Being Awesome will be part of it. Was that my ego, again?
As far as my new year resolutions for 2005, I am definitely going to be sticking with my training and workout regimen. I have a little flab that never went away from my belly that I’d like to get rid of somehow. I don’t get why it stayed there when I was down to 147 pounds (I’m 170 at the moment). Oh, but let’s stick to the topic. New resolutions. I’d like to renovate the rest of my house. I’d like to pay off my house. I’d like to buy a loft in Downtown Houston. I’d like to get rid of the green carpet in my current house. I know this fits under the renovate the house resolution, but I hate the carpet so much I figured it was worth mentioning twice. I’d like to get rid of a lot of the junk I’ve been storing in my attic since the 1980s. I’d like to own a decent sofa so I can cuddle up with my future girlfriend. I’d like to figure out who my future girlfriend is. I’d like to figure that out quickly. While I’m on the subject, I’d like my future girlfriend to be petite, brunette, with blue or green eyes. Where can I put that on my Amazon.com wishlist?
Speaking of the WishList, my roommate Daniel came through for me and got me two items off my wishlist for Christmahannakwanzamas. So awesome! The book ”America” by Jon Stewart and season one of ”Curb Your Enthusiasm.” My parents outdid themselves and got me a Starbucks credit voucher for $60, clothes from JCrew, a juicer (sweet!), American Eagle tee and jeans, and a few other items that were awesome.
I can’t wait to get back to Houston to see my stuff again. When I left for Houston from Philadelphia, I took four giant suitcases with me. When I returned to Philly, I only brought back my laptop and bag. When I drive back on Monday morning I’ll need to squeeze as much as possible in the Mitsubishi Eclipse. This means leaving behind amenities like clotheshangers, bulky boxes, toiletries that I can toss and buy anew later on, basically everything in the kitchen cabinets, etc. I hope I make it into Alabama by Monday night. I may even try to stop where I had the palm tree twill removed from my finger during the summer. I think I may have forgotten to mention that in the blog. Whatever. Ask me about it and I’ll show you the half-inch scar.
