Jan 2nd and a happy new year to everyone!

Well happy new year everyone. Today is Jan 2, 2008...wow, it still feels weird saying 2008 I guess I'm going to have to just get used to it though. Do you ever get that feeling when the new year starts? You just can't let go of using 2007 (or just can't remember to use 2008) when you write things? I know I do, it's actually kind of annoying on things like school papers and such. I often times will catch myself still saying or using the previous year often times well into June or July, but I really try to remember what year it is, it's just usually a slip of the mind when putting the date on a last minute paper or something. Anywho, so my girlfriend of many years now got me some wonderful things for my birthday. Among them were two video games for my Nintendo DS: "BrainAge 2" and "My Word Coach" (I guess she thinks it will help me in my classes this semester or something). But I have to say, I'm very impressed with these games, especially BrainAge 2. This game is not like traditional games when you think of things like Halo or Counter Strike, heck, it's even different then the other teaching game I got before it "Big Brain Academy". The game isn't really oriented in a "beat this as quick as you can to brag about it" kind of game. I really feel this is a teaching tool. The instruction encourages you to take your time and to only do each lesson 1 or 2 times per day as to make sure your not just cramming it in you're head, but rather that you are actually learning. I have played it now for about 45 minutes a day since my birthday and I have to say, I think it really is helping me think more. My "Brain Age" is certainly improving (I went from having a brain of a tired old 56 year old man to a 45 year old man in just 3 days) and I feel like I can do things off the top of my head a little faster (or maybe I just 'think' that I can) but whatever it is, I like it. I will continue this post later since I'm at work, I probably shouldn't post up too much at a time so I can still get some work done while I'm here.