Happy 2009, people! I FINALLY have Internet back at my house and What’s SHE Thnking is BACK! Yay!
2008 was really great! As I looked back on the year that was, I couldn’t help but to notice all of the finallys that happened:
We as country FINALLY elected a Black man for President! (January 20th is Obamatime!) Check out this really cool pic of our new First Lady when she visited Jacksonville:
Our New First Lady Michelle Obama!
There’s a really cool story behind this picture. My 13 year old son David and I stood in line for at least 6 hours to get into the Prime Osborne Convention Center for the Michelle Obama rally. Once inside, we were way in the back. Like 15,000 people in front of us. And we still had to stand for another 2 hours before the rally started. Campaign volunteers were like pit bulls when it came to protecting entrance to the disabled section (which was very close to the front) and the media section (which was right at the front of the stage). The only thing closer was the stage itself and you had to be vetted by the Secret Service/FBI in advance in order to be there so that was out for us. So I told my son to get lost, literally. While he was “wandering” around the crowd, I pretended to look for him and we met at the front of the crowd right when Michelle took the stage. We got our picture, listened to her speech and we left!
Mommy, the Jags had a REALLY bad season! 5-11!
Also, some not so excellent things happened in 2008:
The ecomomy tanked; lots of people lost jobs, homes, and financial security. Wall Street got a bailout courtesy of us. I’m still waiting for my money.
After surviving (at best) a 5 story jump from a brownstone in Baltimore, Omar got killed by a gun-totin’ 6 year old on The Wire. Then the series ended.
We lost Bernie Mac and Issac Hayes. I haven’t watched South Park in quite a while, but I admit that I still tear up when I channel surf and The Bernie Mac Show is on.
Is it just me or did Nip/Tuck jump the shark?
Although I am quite happy that Vic Mackey got his just desserts on The Shield, is anybody else irritated that Shane Vendrell ate his gun before he could be arrested for killing Lemonhead at the end of season 5?
Sarah Palin.
$4 gas.
The homicide rate in Jacksonville.
Hurricane/tropical storm/hurricane/tropical storm Fay, followed by actually driving to work in and being at work during Hurricane/tropical storm/hurricane/tropical storm Fay.
That’s pretty much my take on the year that was 2008! Toodles!
