When Time magazine named "You" as it's Person of the Year for 2006, I (and the rest of the world) decried "LAME!" at full volume, which earned me a few odd stares from the other people on the train I was on at the time. I immediately cancelled my subscription to Time, and now I get Highlights instead.

But over the last few weeks, I've begun to see their point. This past year was all about me, and I just didn't notice. When we first launched Zwinky over the summer, I spent the better part of several lunch hours making my Zwinky look just like me. I think it turned out pretty well.

Once Nintendo's Wii came out (and I managed to find one), I again spent an inordinate amount of time customizing my Mii, also with great results.

When I joined the SmileyBuzz team in the fall, I got another cartoon rendition of me, this time with sideburns.

I also created a MySpace page (which I'd link to here if I wasn't afraid of the blinking monstrosities you all would post on it), posted some Google videos, wrote some blog entries here, and generally expressed myself.

Darn you, Time, your gimmicky proclamation was correct. But don't think I'm switching back to you just yet -- I've become too much of a "Goofus and Gallant" fan to cancel Highlights.