WHAT I'VE LEARNED THIS WEEK

1. Good things happen to nice people.

2. Cheese makes me feel yucky. But I want to make out with it anyway.

3. Cheese and men have a lot in common.

4. Christmas makes me feel guilty.

5. I can talk to strangers and make them laugh.

6. MAGIC EYES make you go GUHHHH. GGKKKAAA. GUHHHH.

7. I only buy music that MOVES me. (DeVotchKa is amazing - You should listen to them).

8. It takes 10 minutes to turn the Avalon from a hip concert venue into a high school prom.

9. If 200 people wait in line in the cold, and 150 of them pay $20 to park in order to wait in line, the prom must be cooler than I remember. (But I'm sure there's still a lot of 3rd base by the bathrooms).

10. Going home presents an entirely new set of problems that I wasn't expecting. But I'm still excited. And if I end up with another cheese headache, so be it. That's what New Year's resolutions are for.