Sup, 2010.

With the past few weeks full of recollections and reliving the wild 365 days that was 2009, I thought I would look ahead and predict what the future has in store for us.

2009 was crazy times-it was the birth of Lady Gaga, the death of Tiger Woods career and the falsified escape of a little boy in a homemade balloon. Swine flu raged across the nation, making pigs the most hated farm animal since Mad Cow struck in '96.

  Based upon these crazy events, the following is what I see in 2010.

  The entertainment world will continue to shock us. The very underaged Miley Cyrus will perform in leather hot pants and knee high boots while gyrating on a pole in front of millions.

  Oh, wait, that already happened.

My educated guess is that she will continue to be a class act, following closely in the footsteps of fellow trainwrecks Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.

  Due to the recent threat on air travel, security is going to get beefed up the wazoo.

  Our country will go even further into debt-hey, who's really keeping track of our spending, anyway?-and spring for those really high tech x-rayish things for the airports. Travelers across the nation will be furious due to the supposed lack of privacy, as these things can see piercings, tattoos, etc. This makes total sense because those women with implants did not get them to be noticed.

  Technology will, of course, continue to exceed all of our wildest expectations. Apple will officially monopolize the portable music industry, sucking in the last 0.0000001 percent of the population who don't already have iPods. The company will then join forces with Google and take over the world.

In national news, California will move another fraction of a centimeter away from the United States. No one will care.

I see big time advances in the scholarly world. In the academic arena, Wikipedia will finally be recognized as a legitimate news source because, let's face it, it's the only reference anyone uses anymore.

Sadly, the government will continue to be a buzzkill, refusing to legalize pot or lower the drinking age. Alas, it is a burden we all must share.

The bad news will also be reflected in the economy. The dip in Ed Hardy sales (you can thank Jon Gosselin's endorsement for that one) will continue.

Additionally, all sales of pants will come to a halt, as Lady Gaga has proven that they are really an unnecessary article of clothing.

And how will Dayton fair? The Deli will continue to thrive as UD's premier source of booze. Tim's, afraid of gaining a reputation as a respectable family establishment, will undergo no more renovations.

On campus, the cost of food from Marycrest to KU will also continue to rise, inversely proportional to the amount of cash in the students' pockets.

All in all, I'm pretty excited for the big "Oh Ten." No, we won't be able to relive Jon and Kate's publicity firestorm, and yes, we will miss hating on Kristen Stewart's amazing acting talent (thank goodness for two more Twilight movies), but I think I will look back on 2009 fondly.

As far as 2010 goes? Bring it.