2006 - 1, Travis - 0

OK, 2006, you got me. You really kicked my ass. Anyone who got to know me during your ruthless reign has seen more of the pensive, downtrodden, self-consumed me than the me that I believe that I am. It seems as though those were the only parts that you allowed me to show. Well, 2006, you're history. 2007 is here now, and so far (since I've been kind of inebriated the entire year), we're off to a good start.

Now I know that I made some pretty crazy decisions while you were around, 2006, but I think 2007 can handle them. Under your watch, I abandoned some pretty serious commitments (marriage, employment, etc...), but I think that 2007 will prove itself more than capable of handling all the fallout from the damage that you've seen me through. Even though I greeted 2006 with open arms, a good(ish) job, and a somewhat coherent life plan, I can't help but feel (perhaps out of desperate necessity) that having abandoned all of these upon entering 2007, I'm still destined to come out ahead.

Since you will likely be remembered by many as the year that cemented Democratic control of the Congress (and the country??) for years to come, I will give you the benefit of the doubt. You won the battle, 2006, but I will emerge from this heap and win the war. You hide and watch.