Hello, and Happy New year! It’s 2004, and I am 31. It was my birthday yesterday.

I got the extended DVD of “The Two Towers” for christmas, and now I feel a little creepy when talking about my birthday.

GOLLUM!

But it was a very nice birthday. I called my older brother, who has the same birthday and wished him a happy birthday.

I always feel very excited and hopeful on a new year. It feels like a blank sheet of paper that I am going to fill with nice things. Get all sorts of good things done. This year I bought a calendar that shows the whole year at once. THis makes me happy, I can contemplate all the nice things that will be done this year.