Team USA will dominate in 2008

Because of this simple reason.

Christmas Flair

Jeff and I bought a tree a couple of weeks ago, so the Palace has some flair this year. We even have lights on the balcony outside.







The star on the tree! How awesome is that?!?! :)

How to make any day great :)

Dibs !!!

I call Dibs on Jessica Simpson. That works, right? :)

The Definition of Awesome

Slingbox

It's $50 off right now -- so it's just $200. The SlingBox is literally the coolest thing since sliced bread. I keep finding new uses for it -- I can change the TV channel in the office if I'm too lazy to go to my room to change it (it's on the same feed), or I can watch basketball games from my DirecTV league pass while hanging out at my sistah's place. Sooo coool :)

It has to be said at some point...

AnneJulie and I are no more. I wish her the best of luck with everything as she is a great girl, but, among other things, everything just became too complicated (totally different cultures and home continents will do that I suppose).

Being in Europe definitely gave me a new outlook on life -- one of the main realizations being that we are VERY spoiled in the US. And, of course, that I have a great group of friends and family around me. I guess it's fair to say that in the end, it was too difficult to imagine living anywhere but here in Cali, near my friends & family, and work (since that is important too).

XBox 360

Craziness in Europe for the 360. We went through it here like 1 1/2 weeks ago, and it's worth it! The XBox 360 is just INSANE!!! I was mixed on getting one, but glad I did -- Microsoft really did their homework on this thing -- it's awesome.