If this morning is any indication, 2007 is going to be a weird year. I woke up at 6-something to let the dog out since he was chewing on my hair, an obvious indication of bladder distress. Did I mention I had a dog? Well, we do now. His name is Stephen Tyler aka "Steve" and he is named after my brother Stephen Tyler aka "The Skipper." Anyway, I got up and put on the clothes nearest to me for warmth, so I ended up going downstairs in some giant non-Stepho sized sweatpants under a purple satin nightie with a cropped Browns sweatshirt sort of half pulled over the top, and in some fancy dress shoes since they were the first I found. As soon as I got downstairs I noticed a tall emo style figure hovering near the outside door. He had the classic long bangs over one eye haircut and was wearing a half open pink button down shirt with a white tie loosened to somewhere around the vicinity of his belly button. I wished him a Happy New Year and let him in. I realized there was no way he could have been hiding a weapon in those tight ladies slacks he was wearing. My question is: what was an emo guy doing hovering in front of the intercoms when he could have been more effective hovering outside the correct apartment's balcony? That's MUCH more emo, right?

Update: Bryan says this emo guy was knocking on our door at 2 a.m. looking for "Tiffany's" apartment, and he wanted to know who lived in OUR apartment, and who lived on either side. I don't know how he ended up outside again, but I do know that now he totally fits into my emo theory, and perhaps if I see him again I WILL instruct him about the balconies.

Anyway, so my point is today has been weird already, and I'm not sure if that's an indication of things to come, or of things past.

Here are some things I've learned from 2006:

1. Margarita Night should take place AFTER the Church Choir Night part of the evening, not the other way around.
2. You can take knitting needles on an airplane, but not hair gel.
3. If your shirt says "pre shrunk," it will still shrink anyway.
4. Screaming "I should have just eloped" at your dad first thing in the morning on the day of your wedding will just make him laugh and say "I told you so" instead of offering up any real sympathy.
5. Shots with the word "bomb" in them are to be consumed with extreme caution.
6. It can be extremely difficult to obtain rental property if you own pets.
7. It's possible to change pants sizes in one day, especially if you've been on an airplane.
8. Even when gas is at $2.79, it's not a big deal if you drive an economy car.
9. People who always talk on speakerphone should be whacked upside the head with a large blunt object. It's really annoying. Same with those push-to-talk phones.
10. Ohio is weird without snow. Where's the snow already?

Right. I'm sure there are dozens more actual lessons that I've learned, but I'm sort of more focused on getting coffee right now than about waxing retrospective, so, I don't know, go get a hobby or something.

Happy New Year!