Basketball should be fun again.

Nike and Kobe Bryant have put out 2 new commercials for his new shoe.  To put it frankly, Nike has hit a home run with these.  They are hysterical, and very creative.  Along with the new Lebron James adds, Nike is making NBA basketball fun again.  The very thought of this makes me happy.  When I was growing up, the NBA was the most popular sport among my friends.  These days, it seems the perception of NBA players is that they are overpaid thugs.   I remember Michael Jordan, and David Robinson, not Letrell Sprewell, and Ron Artest.  I am very happy Nike is making an effort to make the NBA fun again.  Basketball is my favorite sport by far, and I will admit it has lost its flair in recent years.  Hopefully these adds, along with exciting players like Kobe, Lebron, and Dewayne Wade will make the NBA exciting for younger fans again.

Chineese New Year

Next Friday I will be heading to Taiwan for Chinese New Year.  The purpose of this trip is to visit my girlfriend, Josalyn.  She has been living there for six months as an English teacher.  I am super nervous, and excited at the same time.  First off, I have planes, and the thought of traveling for over 24 hours really bums me out.  I have been to that area of the world before, and the flights were really awful.  I am not looking forward to doing that again.  Secondly, I am nervous to Josalyn again.  We talk quite frequently over Skype, and email one another often, but this is no replacement for personal interaction.  I hope everything goes smoothly, and we do not encounter too many difficulties as we travel around the island.

I really enjoy experiencing new things once I get there, but the anxiety, and nervousness of traveling is awful.  I hope to see allot over there, and hopefully relax at the same time.

Resolutions

This will be the first year that I will take my resolutions seriously.  In previous years I would set the usual goals like; loose weight, save money, and so on.  This year I am going to set goals that actually mean something to me.  

1. Stay Positive - This is something that I really need to work on.  There are many times were I will join in when people are complaining about something.  Doing this always brings me down, and I feel worse when the conversation is over.  I am going to try and either change the direction of the conversation, or not join in at all.  Hopefully, this will not only make a change in the way I feel, but it will also have a positive effect on those around me.
2. Stay Vegetarian - First off, not eating meat makes me feel great.  Secondly, it makes me feel like I am making a little bit of a difference.  This is a very hard stance to take.  Many times, people criticize me for not eating meat.  They think that its stupid, and pointless.  There are even times when they tell me that it is “gay” to not eat meat.  When I hear these things it simply cannot make me any more upset.  There are other times when I feel like just giving in and starting to eat meat again, just to shut them up.  Hopefully, I will stay true to what I believe, and not give in.

There are a few more things that I want to accomplish this year, but these two are the most important to me.  I will really make an honest effort to keep things n the back of my mind all year, and stay true to what I believe in.