2008..the year of fire and fear.

Dear 2008,
Its been nice knowing you. Too bad you have to leave so early. Oh well, you've brought some good things to me. Shall we start?

SCHOOL:
I have to say that this year been pretty flat out awesome. You've brought me awesome new friends and allowed me to keep old ones. I definitely have become a more open person and matured immensely during these years. I started joining clubs such as academic team and forensics and have enjoyed them and profited them greatly. I have an amazing group of friends at Southside and I'm glad I came to it. However, even though I came to Southside doesn't necessarily mean I didn't lose anything. I somewhat feel sad because I lost good friends from middle school, but I guess its just time to move on. Also I have lost some time with the family. Ever since High school I'm usually not home till 5 and then off to do homework and on Saturday's I'm off to tournaments. But I'm glad that my parents and my little sister understand and still support me after how much of a burden I've been to them. I also would like to thank my friends who've upheld me since the beginning of this year so thank guys. However, there is more to be done I need to improve myself academically again. I need to push all my grades up to the next level．Ｉ”ｍ　ｎｏｔ　ｓａｙｉｎｇ　ｔｈａｔ　ｍｙ　ｇｒａｄｅｓ　ａｒｅ　ｂａｄ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｎｔｒａｒｙ　Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ａｌｌ　Ａ’ｓ　ａｎｄ　ｏｎｅ　Ｂ　ａｎｄ　ｔｈａｔ　ｉｓ　ａ　９２　ｉｎ　ＡＰＷＨ．　ｂｕｔ　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　ａｌｗａｙｓ　ｒｏｏｍ　ｆｏｒ　ｉｍｐｒｏｖｅｍｅｎｔ．　Ｔｈａｔ’ｓ　ａ　ｒｅｓｏｌｕｔｉｏｎ　ｔｏ　ｓｔａｒｔ　ｂｕｒｎｉｎｇ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｌａｍｅｓ　ｏｆ　ｄｅｓｉｒｅ　ｏｎｃｅ　ａｇａｉｎ．

Ｐｅｒｓｏｎａｌ　ｌｉｆｅ：
Ｉ　ｃｏｕｌｄ　ｎｏｔ　ｂｅ　ｈａｐｐｉｅｒ　ｔｈｅｎ　Ｉ”ｍ　ｎｏｗ．　Ｉhave awesome friends, a sweetheart, and support system to keep my feet from touching the ground. I would like to thank everyone in my life once again. But as usual there is always room for improvement I guess I put to much weight on other people shoulders because I'm to lazy to carry it myself. So that is another resolution to light the flames of self responsibility and lessen the weights of my burden on others. So Mom thanks for pushing me to things I didn't want to do. You understand me better then I do myself. And if it wasn't for you I would not have become the man I am today. Also, my friend who talked to me about vale. thanks for opening my mind and showing me that there is a brighter future even if you don't reach a goal. So Thank you for opening up my mind and seeing the light of the flame. Resolution: To burn away my burdens on others and carry them on myself.

Overview:
Life's been pretty great even though the economy is falling and the war still continuing its been pretty nice. Yet, as natural humans we question the darkness of the new year, we question if everything will be alright. And I say "How do you know the depths of the ocean if you have never left sight of the shore?" The only way to figure out is to go through it with out any hesitation, hey we questioned this year but it wasn't that bad was it? So let us rise our glasses for this final night of the year 2008 and move on through 2009's darkness without hesitation.

So here I stand writing on the final hours of 2008 and I have to say its been a good year. But each year has room for improvement. So I hope you guys will always try to improve yourself, because I will. I want to become a strong person who people can follow without questioning about their own concerns. So to my former self "Cheers! and may the flame burn stronger as the Gale forces that blow against it!"

New years resolutions:
"To light the Fire of Desire once again."
"To burn the burdens on others and carry the ash myself."
"To burn stronger as the Gale winds blow"
"To take my fire and shine it through the darkness."
I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAD A WONDERFUL 2008 YEAR AND A FLAME BRIGHT 2009!!