Well it is 2005 now... hem. I said it is 2005... ok... that is what I thought. This year is just like last year, and I have come to that conclusion so forcefully that I did nothing on New Year's Eve. Literally, I just watched TV until midnight and then went to bed. I felt like I should have been out partying or something, but I decided that I really didn't care that much.

At least I did make a resolution that I think is worthwhile and important. When I was deciding on what my resolution should be, I thought of what is truly important in my life now, and in the future. That is my relationship with God, so I made my resolution “To make my life honor God more this year than last”. In November, I had decided that I would go on a mission trip to Mexico over Spring Break, but I figured that I could do a little bit more (but I wasn't sure what), so I shelved the idea for the time being. Later, I was looking on the web for an internship for next summer and going to all of the typical tech companies like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Micron and the such when I stumbled on a company called Disciple Makers. After reading a little into it I realized that it is exactly what I was looking for. It would be a programming job where they expect almost nothing out of me (that was one of my concerns because the other companies that I was looking at seemed like they were asking for more skills than I could offer at this point), it would be a paid internship, I would be surrounded by a Christian environment, and I would get a chance to spread Christianity. I couldn't believe it... it is exactly what I wanted, so we will see how that pans out.

As with Christine, my pseudo-girlfriend, I think that I have lost interest with her. I liked her for a while, even though on our first date she talked about all of the other boyfriends that she has had in the past year, but as time wore on I started to realize that she was just jumping from boyfriend to boyfriend and that I was just another stepping stone. Yeah... I really didn't ever think that it would work out but I at least thought the journey would be fun. Oh well... no broken hearts. But after I made the decision to move on from her (sometime between Christmas and New Year's Day, I started to realize that my "Wait for them to come to me" strategy wasn't going to work. But who could I go for? It seems like everyone else gets girls so easily (like Kevin and Kacy), but I never find that girl. I started to notice that, and realized how many people are single well into their forties (which scared me... I don't want to be single THAT long). But I also realized that people like one of my hick neighbors could get married, so I still do stand a chance. Also, there are a lot of unattractive geeks out there who get great looking girls so I have a chance right?

I don't like the idea of blind dating because I did that twice with prom dates and didn't like either of them. So how? Corey mentioned the same thing on his blog so I guess I am not alone, not like I ever thought I was. Sigh.

Maybe I could find a girl that likes football, because then I would have something to talk about. Actually, I am starting to feel a little bit down so it is time to talk football to cheer me back up. What better way than to talk about Green Bay being in the playoffs, and finally knowing who is in and out. If you look back at my play off predictions from a few weeks ago, you will notice that I am wrong on only two teams. Denver got in instead of Jacksonville, and St. Louis got in instead of Carolina. Also, Minnesota sucked it up beyond belief so the seeds were a little different, which changes the games a bit. Also, after seeing how teams reacted this week, I have a new playoff bracket.

FIRST ROUND

Pittsburg - Bye
New England - Bye
Philadelphia - Bye
Atlanta - Bye
New York Jets vs. San Diego - San Diego
Denver vs. Indianapolis - Indianapolis
Minnesota vs. Green Bay - Green Bay
St Louis vs. Seattle - St Louis

SECOND ROUND

San Diego vs. Pittsburg - Pittsburg
Indianapolis vs. New England - Indianapolis
Green Bay vs. Philadelphia - Green Bay
St Louis vs. Atlanta - St Louis

THIRD ROUND

Indianapolis vs. Pittsburg - Pittsburg
St Louis vs. Green Bay - Green Bay

SUPER BOWL

Green Bay vs. Pittsburg - Pittsburg

Slight adjustments, but Green Bay still loses. Other good news is that BSU went to the Liberty Bowl and made it a very good game. Everyone was saying that it would be a shootout, and it was down to the last second. The 44-40 score was a record score in a Liberty Bowl game, and BSU got so close to winning, but fell short. At least they have something to build off of for next year though.

Anyway, Maybe I should go to bed now since I told my mom I would go shopping with her tomorrow. Sigh.