So I made it all the way past the ball drop and up to about 2:30am before I finally hit the sack, but here I sit- bright and early- at 9am on January 1, 2009. Here are a few of my first thoughts going into 2009.

Reflect on 2008: If 2008 taught me anything, its that I have absolutely no idea what's coming. I recently read an interesting blog post about someone's predictions about 2008 from 5 years ago. In reality, the list was simply some of the things that had occurred over the last 5 years, but when read as if they were predictions from the past about the present, many of them seemed kind of crazy. For example, who could ever have predicted that a first-term senator with little previous experience would defeat not only John McCain but also the Clintons in the race to the White House- oh yeah, and he happens to be African American. In the world of technology, the number of blogs, Facebook profiles, and Twitter accounts have seemingly gone from zero to a billion in 5 years. I never would have guessed that 75% of my web used would be based around 2 or 3 sites. This type of reflection, even on 2008 alone, has taught me that the most important way to be prepared for the future is to be flexible. It is also encouraging me to dream big. Things that do not exist today may dominate peoples' consciousness within 5 years, and who is to say that I cannot be a part of that.

Reflect on New Years: The New Years shows were decent. It looked cold, but then again, its almost always cold. I had some friends in high school that went to Time's Square and had a blast, but they said it was a good thing that none of them were