01.03.09
Bye 2008, Welcome 2009
So 2008 flew by. We elected Barack Obama as president. I volunteered locally with his campaign, which makes me proud to have contributed time and effort to history in the making. While I had my doubts about his experience, the selection of Biden as VP, endorsements from Warren Buffett, Colin Powell and even Bill Kristol, the assumption of many conservatives that McCain would go the way of the Dodo Bird and Palin would take over, drove me to the Obama side (in case you’re wondering, I’m a Centrist). To all the arrogant pseudo-Marxists, who said the United States was a country of rednecks who would never elect an African-American as president, all I have to say is: Blow Me.
In 2008, I finally graduated with a B.A. from FIU, and I got accepted into a Master’s program. On the employment level, things didn’t go so well, and by year’s end I’m fucking broke. Atleast I was able to visit New York. I just got hired as a substitute teacher and hopefully this will provide fodder for future posts. In some respects, I feel that 2007 was better; I had more hope, less debt. Now I have less hope, more debt (thank you Wall Street). I’m sure things will change. Here’s my New Year’s resolution:
1. Avoid more traffic tickets (dam cops, shouldn’t it be enough with my taxes).
2. Compete in my first Triathlon and finish in a decent spot, not 397th, like I did in that South Miami 5K, back in July.
3. Kayak to Stiltsville.
4. Re-learn how to play guitar. I started when I was 13 and then I quit and went into sports. Back then I was unaware that musicians get massive amounts of punani (sigh).
5. Bike more than 100 miles in less than 8 hours. The idea is that after covering that distance, I can start preparing the logistics for my long bike hike to New York.
6. Learn Capoeira. It’s offered at my gym, it looks pretty cool and there’s hot women at those classes.
7. Concentrate on my research.
8. Watch atleast 300 of the movies on my NetFlix queue.
9. Buy myself a new pair of Chuck Taylors, a nice suit (a buddy’s getting married later this year and there might bridesmaids to seduce), track shoes, some American Apparel items.
10. Read 50 of the books of my “To Read” list. Preferably novels, fiction and non-related to my Master’s.
11. Keep working on my novel.
12. Backpack through Europe or visit the West Coast. Of course, my travel will be cheap-style, staying mostly in hostels, couches..maybe a rented van, a park bench here and there.
13. Avoid getting arrested.
14. Nail an Asian chick (a challenge since they are so few of them in Miami and the Tri-County area).
15. Get people to read my blog.
