Excuse my manners if I make a scene...

So I have an awesome girlfriend. She got me a Wii, Dodger tickets, and Disney's Robin Hood DVD for my birthday. She's also a schemer because she was working behind my back with my family and friends to get me the Wii and games. I was really excited and surprised. The Dodger game was fun as well, and she looks good in Dodger Blue!

After my B-day I was thinking about how blessed I am for her, my family, and friends. It was so good to see so many old friends together just talking and hanging out (and having a bit of Goldschlogger) hehe, and my Dad makes the best chicken nuggets. There's just something about people getting together and sharing life that really hits me. I love sharing stories and experiences, and having a good laugh. God is good...

This bandwagon's full please catch another...

So it's been half a year since I've blogged. I believe this is the longest gap I've had in my blogging career. It's not that I haven't thought about blogging, but I've just been lazy. So I've been back in-country from Vietnam for 2 weeks now. It was a fun experience, and I really enjoyed hanging out with my buddy Tyler. The Vietnamese people are an interesting bunch. They were quite enamored with my belly. I'm not a communist, but I'm pretty sure I could become Prime Minister of Vietnam running solely on the platform of my stomach. If I was in a political debate I would answer each question by simply pointing at my belly or maybe I would lift my shirt up just enough to expose the belly. I know I'd win in a landslide.
The food was great, and the beer was good too, and cheap!!! It was hard not knowing the language, and many times I felt like an outsider. It gave me perspective about how foreigners feel in the U.S., and more specifically how international students feel in my dorm. Nevertheless, I had a good time, and I got to see a lot of places. I also got upgraded to business class on 2 of my flights home, which is quite possibly the closest thing to heaven. In fact, heaven may actually be an eternal flight in business class. Oh I hope it's true...

If the world is ending, I'm throwing the party...

So this is the new year...

No resolutions to be made, just reflection. I think we should all resolute that the beginning of January should not be the only time we vow to change, but that is not a resolution. Our change should be as constant as our reflection, as we tug and toil to become somebody else, somebody we read about it or see before us, and we desire to develop their characteristics. They inspire change, and we are inspired by that. They make us think, and we like to think about that. They lead by action, but we sit still thinking about acting, and wondering where our inspiration went. But it's still there, it never left. It was in us the whole time, but we kept it locked up, hoping for someone or some thing to come and set it free. It's at this point we realize that it is a constant never-ending struggle. A battle between desire and complacency. To be what we always wanted to be, to do what we always wanted to do, to go where we always wanted to go. Inspired? Yes. Take action? No...