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.

My Birthday!

Today is my birthday. The thing that stinks though is that it's right now 11:35AM and I'm at work, yes, on my birthday I'm at work until 2PM, this really stinks! I have to say though, yesterday was a blast. A friend of mine took me to a race track out in Alabama called "Little Talladega". It's a road course designed mostly for motorcycles so it's pretty short, but it's a pretty well balanced short course for cars. There were around 10 cars there and in groups of three we all went out on the track and just ran around as much as we wanted (or our cars could handle). I got to do everything from pull 1.2 lateral Gs in a street legal, race tuned Mini Cooper S to going 140mph and getting there in under 8 seconds in a Ferrari 599GTB and then slowing down to less then 50mph again in under 5 seconds. I even got to ride in a 1990 Porsche 911 with a 12 year old karting champion behind the wheel, let me tell you his name is Sean Rahal and you guys who are into racing better start looking for this kid as he moves up in the racing classes. He is going to be starting Formula Mazda in the next few years and probably moving on from there. One day we may see him in Foruma1, in fact after that ride yesterday, there is no doubt in my mind we will be seeing him one day in that racing series. That, so far has been the best birthday present ever, it was absolutely amazing. But today seems dull in comparison. I am at work here for another 2 hours and afterwards I'm going home to celebrate my birthday with my parents. Which, by the way, reminds me, my mom wanted me to let her know when I got home where where I wanted to go for dinner so I need to look something up.

Until tomorrow, take it easy!