It's January 8 -- and I still feel optimistic about 2004. I don't know what to make of it, save that it beats being pessimistic, I suppose. Not that I'm doing so well on my blogging, mind you. But then again, though I'm tempted to promise to blog regularly, I am learning from friends that it's better not to set myself up for easy failure in my resolutions. All I will strive for is to blog as faithfully as I can.