Welcome to my good friend, the year 2005!
I'm sure most of you have already met my good friend 2005, but just in case, I'd like to take this time to formally introduce you. I invited 2005 to come and visit for 365 days, and was greatly that my invitation was accepted. Anyway, everyone, this is 2005, and 2005 this is... well, everyone.
I was in Denver partying during the final days of 2004's visit. I was hoping 2004 and 2005 would be able to meet, but in an unfortunate turn of events 2005 showed up literally an instant after 2004 departed. It always hate it when that happens. It's funny, but I always seem to meet up with a large ND contingent while I'm in Denver, despite the fact that I'd never spend more than 2 days in the city before this past summer. My sister and I hosted a quaint New Year's eve party at a beautiful apartment right in downtown Denver which was attended by no fewer that 5 other ND graduates, only two of whom I had ever met while actually at ND. Three other ND grads that I had a chance to hang out with in Denver this past week couldn't make it to the party, which was a shame since the location was absolutely amazing. While the windows of the apartment overlook the 16th street mall, we decided to watch the fireworks display and welcome 2005 from the roof of the apartment building where the view was absolutely amazing.
Well, while 2005 is in town, I've got a lot of exciting plans. In fact as I write this I am actually flying from Denver back to San Francisco. It's back to work for me tomorrow. Things should really start getting exciting now that 2005 is in town. When I told everyone at my office that 2005 was coming to stay for a while, they decided that it would be a good idea to make a movie while 2005 was around, so that's what we'll be focusing on primarily for the coming months. In addition, I've decided that while 2005 is around, "friend-turned-deadly poison" will be getting cut from my diet. This deadly poison of which I speak is of course SODA. Many of you probably don't know that for three years during college I drank absolutely no soda - not one single drop. I even went so far as to inquire at parties whether punches had been made with SPRITE. Only around last May did I start to get back into the habit of drinking soda, and I definitely regret that. I need to get back to my days of water drinking with the occasional tea or hot chocolate. I went without soda for three years, so I don't doubt that I'll be able to go without again.
I hope you all had a very happy holiday season, and that you all enjoy the time you get to spend with my friend 2005. If you'd like to have 2005 over for dinner or something, just let me know and we'll come by.