New Year Update - January

So far this New Year has been going fairly well. Here are some notable events:

• Marc Smith came over from Atlanta to see where we live. /wave Marcus
• School started back and the University changed its name from the "State University of West Georgia" to simply, "University of West Georgia."
• If the University rehires me for next year then I have my courses approved. I'll be teaching a class of "Play & Technology" in the fall of 2005. Exciting!
• We still are having problems with our internet but at least we have some access.
• We went down to visit my brother Ken and his wife Sherry over the MLK holiday weekend. It was a great trip and they have a beautiful home! We had FUN! The guys went shooting (yay for blowing up water-filled jugs at 300 yards!) and the women went shopping. We played Taboo!, ate low-country boil (YUM!) and Ken gave me a trombone! Thanks little brother! =) I love you and miss you already! It was SO great to see them!
• Regarding that "shopping" trip... can you believe I gave Nattsu money to spend at the outlet mall and she didn't spend but 10% of the money?!? Damn, a woman who won't spend her cash on clothes?!? What's up with that? I guess I'll have to take her to a mall in Atlanta now... maybe the Mall of Georgia will change her mind. ;)
• While returning from the trip to South Georgia (Ken & Sherry's house) we stopped in Swainsboro and met Chang's parents and saw their restaurant. VERY nice place, both business and home - and wonderfully nice parents. No wonder Chang's such a well-adjusted guy. Hehe - It was good to see ya pal, thanks for meeting up with us! Now learn how to make those two dishes!!! I want some! Mmmmm!!!
• My classes are going well. So far I can tell I have a few slackers and a few really motivated people. Overall they seem to be a fun bunch of students. We'll see how they do as the semester progresses. Good Luck!

That's about it so far this year. I hope it gets even better. Stay tuned blog fans. :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
Well, it is now 2005. What does that mean? It means we're now in an "odd" year. So, what's going on since the peach dropped? Hmmm...

• Caryl, Nattsu's former college roommate visited us from Boston.
• Santa brought me some poker chips. Anyone up for Texas Hold'em?
• I start back to work on the 10th but have already gone in to get prepared.
• My proposal for a new course won me a Dell Inspirion laptop (which will likely belong to the department but be under my 'control')
• My lame-ass cable company, CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS is neglecting maintenance on their lines, causing my connection to be REALLY slow and its pissing me off. The trouble started 3 weeks ago RIGHT at the most critical time - when we got off for the holidays and wanted to do some online gaming. Fuck you, Charter.
• I visited John McDole's new house - very nice John, very nice.
• I saw John May's busted ass car - yes, the new one. Go go speed racer. But grats on the fiance.
• I'm teaching five classes this semester. 4 Public speaking 101 classes and 1 Public speaking for Engineering students class.
• My aunt Kathy didn't call me back about visiting during Natalie's stay. =p
• We did drive over to see Thomas, Hiromi, and Theo while they were down. Thanks to John and Alice who have a beautiful home underground.

That's about it so far. This is only the first week of the year. We'll see how the rest of it goes. I am hopeful for a great year, 2005.