soldier from the underground

this year has gone by incredibly fast. upon seeing all the holiday decorations and hearing the holiday music being piped through at borders, i thought to myself, "jeez, it's not even nov...oh shit, it is november already. in fact, it's pretty much halfway through november already!" 2008 zoomed by and went from horribly painful/excruciating/uncertain at the beginning, to incredible opportunities in the middle, and finally to row row fight the power of economic downturn and instability near the end. unbelievable how fast things moved this year. i'm curious to know what's in store next year. i have a feeling it might be a long year this time around.

what have we gained over the past few months? - a new job, some pretty steady income, a shit-ton more church merchandise, a new credit card, a credit limit increase, a few new accounts, a better understanding of travel routes through the island, and a decent physical training regimen.
what have we lost? - definitely a sense of freedom, my bookshelf (destroyed during the move), the connectors that allow my $1k bed to be assembled (lost/stolen during the move), my old (and much cooler/darker) window tint for my car (too dark for HI, but not that dark in CO), chipotle and albertacos, a lot of money in the stock market, and the biggest loss of all: cold weather.

what can we look forward to? - hopefully a trip to holy mecca - japan, sometime in march 2009, a few trips back to the mile high city (hometown, lakewood, represent) interspered throughout the year, hopefully an upturn in the markets (and a small return on investments), and the possible end of the world in 2012. why would that be something to look forward to? because like many end of the world scares (y2k, anyone?) it will turn out to be one huge joke of an armageddon. or, if the world really will end around that time, then my dream picnic to celebrate the end of days is that much closer to fruition.

current top 5: reina, captain, airi, kyamei, and aika

all time: charmy (big ups, always), yossie, gaki, reina, konkon

"She's breaking the unbreakable..."

"It can't be helped. She's the most incredible soldier from the underground..."

currently: wanting to go to bed, but should probably eat dinner first