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Happy New Year!!!! Well, happy Chinese new year that is...I would like to apologize for the lack of a thoughtful New Years Blog. I was meaning to write one about how it's a new year, with new beginnings, experiences, resolutions, blah blah blah, but it's now already 29days into January 2006, and it has yet to be written. I'd like to say that I've been busy crossing things off my to-do list, and not recovering from new year's festivities. Nonetheless, thanks to the Chinese lunar calender, I get yet another chance to wish you all a happy New Year! Cheers to the upcoming months of work and play, may we do them both in healthy amounts.

Another factor that attributed to my lack of Journal entry was the void of my letter "E". Yup, that's right, one morning during my hazy consumption of jasmine tea (my new non-alcoholic drink of choice), in an incoherent motion i somehow managed to spill some on my trusty keyboard here down south in Atlanta. It all kinda happened in slow-motion, and despite my efforts for a save, the spill was made and rendered the "E" button on my keyboard useless. Unfortunately for me, the letter "E" is the most widely used word in the English language... By no means do I claim to be incredibly proficient in English writing, but my attempts at writing without our beloved "E" failed miserably. I started to think to myself how the world would be without the letter "E". For starters, we wouldn't have any "Hate", just a lot of "Hats". I'd trade a "Hat" for "Hate" any day... Without "E", I wouldn't have to worry about rushing to get things done, and the pressure of "Time". From "Time" we get "Tim", and without Tim, we wouldn't have the cinematic gems such as the first 'Batman' and 'Edward Scissorhands'. Instead of "Bear", we get "Bar", but unfortunately this bar wouldn't have "Wine" which no matter what you might say, doesn't equate to "Win"...I guess the letter "E" does serve a pretty important purpose in our lives. It's funny how i didn't miss "E" until it was gone...I mean a life without Ease?? Who said life was Easy anyway? Lucky for me, the damage from the Tea only lasted a few days...

A few days...the main reason I upped my tea consumption in the first place was because of the discrepancy of a few days...One lovely morning after the New Year, I was actually able awake at a decent hour conducive to productivity. I am very far from being a morning person however, and needed some sort of extra boost with my breakfast. Not trusting my coffee making capabilities at home, and too lazy to put on clothes and rush to the nearest starbucks, i opted for the probably expired package of hot coco that I found in the pantry. "Just add warm milk" the directions read. This is where the problem began. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I'm one of those people that always look for the "Best if used by" date on food packaging. I'm the worst person in the world when it comes to actually deciphering that "suggested date". Either I'm confident that I can beat the system and get more usage out of said product, or I'm paranoid that the consumption of whatever beverage or food a day past the date will result in some unknown horrific disease... It's always a race with the calender to get the most possible bite for my buck all while staying semi-healthy. Milk scares me. Even when drinking soy milk, I keep my eye on those lunar numbers atop of the carton. It had apparently been a week after the suggested date on the box, and even after smelling it I couldn't tell and didn't want to take the chance, so I went with the little box of Chinese Jasimine Tea instead. Reading the box, I learn of all the crazy magical powers that tea has and I immediately knew it was for me. I mean, it's supposedly healthy, AND it's named after a letter of the alphabet...how freakin' cool is that?!

Well, it's getting late, and I want to start my Chinese new year in the most productive way possible, which means early to sleep, early to wake up and go to the gym/stuff like that... I've got a pretty good feeling that 2006 is going to be one of the best years ever. Pretty bold statement I know, but I'm gonna stick to my guns on this one. We'll see upon our review in about 11 months I guess. I found this a pretty cool way to start off the new year: The other day in fear that my one (or two) week old pasta dish could have scheming parasites living in it, I went and ordered some amazing Chinese delivery. After I devoured my tofu and vegetable fried rice, I was left with a delightful fortune cookie. Thanks to Stephen B. I can share with you the actual scan of my most recent fortune:



Now that's the type of fortune that I like to see! None of those proverbial phrases, or sayings that tell you something about yourself that you probably already knew, but an actual bonafide fortune! And come to think about it, I could totally use a working vacation to some sunny destination...I wouldn't mind some sand and waves right about now to surf in the new year! So if by chance any certain clients happen to run across this blog, remember - fortune cookies never lie ;-) On that note, I'm off to bed - got a crazy 12 months ahead! I hop to visit soon, and Happy Nw Yar!!
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