Top 31 Reasons 2007 Will Be Better Than 2006

Top 31 Reasons 2007 Will Be Better Than 2006
By Rachel Morrisey

1. A woman is Speaker of the House! And like she said, maybe it will take a woman to clean up the house. a
	2. Skinny jeans will leave (we hope). While designers and anorexic models may love them, women with a BMI that actually registers within normal just don't want to go there.
3. The Sopranos finale will answer the questions we have been asking for years. While it is sad to see fine TV go, it is even better when it has a great ending. 4. The OC has been cancelled. We will no longer have to hear about ThatAdamGuy and What'sHerName. 5. The iPhone is here! 6. And iVideo will follow! 7. Oceans 13 is coming out. We realize some people groan about this, but since the whole point of those movies is to see George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon on-screen at the same time, how can this be bad? a
8. Although it is disappointing that the 2008 presidential race is starting so early, the bright side is that the candidates will include: a woman, an African-American, a Hispanic, a Mormon, and even a couple of non-millionaires. It gives us hope that America could finally be one nation.
a 9. Spiderman 3 will be released. The Spiderman series is the one comic book series adapted for the big screen where the sequel was actually better than the original. Let's hope the trend continues. 10. Age is sexier than it has ever been. This year a woman in her 60s-the sensational Helen Mirren-is practically guaranteed to win the Oscar for Best Actress, AND she has repeatedly been described as one of the sexiest women in the world. 11. With a little help from above, we will never again have to listen to anyone talk about how Britney should leave Kevin Federline. Now if only we could ensure she would put on underwear whenever she leaves the house. 12. No one will ever have to wonder about 'N Sync-er Lance Bass's sexuality ever again. 13. Tom Cruise will probably not jump on anymore couches. Or at least not in places where we have to watch. And maybe comedians will stop using it as a punch-line. It really isn't that funny. Yawn. a
	14. The final book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released this year! We will find out who will die, who will live, who will take over Hogwarts, and who else is looking for He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.
15. Stem cell research will come before Congress and pass again. And this time, there will be the votes to override a veto. More funding to save more lives is always a good thing. 16. Fewer people will die of cancer. In 2006, fewer people died of cancer than in 2005. And in 2005, fewer people died from cancer than in 2004. We predict (and pray) that the trend will continue. Thank God.
17. Color is back in! After a winter of black, white and oatmeal, expect to see reds this spring.
a 18. In 2006, Al Gore made us believe in the reality of global warming. In 2007, we will finally do something about it. We predict Congress pass at least three energy packages this year, including a major push to change the fuels we drive with. Word to the wise: Buy ethanol stocks now. 19. Jon Stewart will still be on TV! Okay, so maybe his show won't be better than it was in 2006 (he's hard to top), but it is still something to look forward to four days a week. 20. Tim Gunn gets his own show. Project Runway, which has gotten better every season, has produced at least one legitimate star: the mild-mannered, but ever-stylish and classic Tim Gunn. Now, may he rid us of hot pants! 21. LOST won't leave us lost anymore. This could be the year that we find out why those poor plane-wrecked castaways are lost in paradise and how they can leave. 22. "Madison" will fall out of the top five names given to American girls. (Please!) It was cute for a mermaid who didn't know any better (Daryl Hannah in Splash), but it is no longer cute. 23. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will stop being referred to as "Brangelina", which wasn't that clever a nick-name in the first place. They will stay together (at least this year) but they will both get to re-claim their own identities. In turn, the press will stop doing that name thing altogether. a
	24. Some of our most choice Congressional quacks are gone! While we aren't naïve enough to think that any Congress will leave us without a certain number of guffaws, we probably won't have a Senator diagnosing a vegetative patient via video, Congressmen IM-ing frisky little notes to pages half their age, or Tom Delay. (We feel like doing a little dance and Wang Chunging tonight just thinking about it!) That just leaves us with the guy who had a freezer full of cash (aka, William Jefferson of New Orleans).
a 25. Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the man who made People magazine's "Most Beautiful" list under the heading of "the man for thinking women", will be giving press conferences again as part of his investigation into the CIA leak case. C-Span anyone? 26. Soccer star David Beckham, who is arguably the world's most famous and sexiest athlete, is coming to our side of the pond to play. You'll be able to see Beckham bend it in LA this year. 27. Carbohydrates will make a comeback. Bread will no longer be a sin, and women will eat pasta without guilt! 28. The housing bubble has (finally) reasonably deflated, so first-time buyers have a prayer of getting a home this year without getting hosed! a
29. The latest trend for Generations X through Echo is needle and thread. If knitting is svelte and sewing is sexy, baking apple pie is just around the corner!
a 30. Italy just passed a law banning super-skinny runway models from the Milan fashion shows. Could fashion world finally be coming to its senses? We are cautiously optimistic this will create a ripple effect throughout the world for women and their body images. 31. 31 Magazine is in its second year and keeps getting better and stronger. Stay posted to the postings!