Notes From the End of the Year

Hello all. Since it's the last day of 2008, I thought I'd just throw out a few observations/thoughts/rants about the past year.

1) It's been a pretty good year for me in many ways. I got baptized, and I just turned 20. Hooray!

2) TV was good this year. I wasn't horribly disappointed by any of my favorite shows... even if Doctor Who staged a bit of a dues ex machina at the finale. (But hey, what's new about that?)

3) The economy is going down. Things look bad for the system. Again, I repeat: hooray!

4) Heath Ledger died. That's the first time I was bothered by something like that. I don't know why, it just felt... weird. You don't expect that sort of thing to happen to a young person. Makes your own (young) existence feel even more fragile by comparison.

5) This was a great year for music. And I can't think of the summertime without hearing songs from 'Viva la Vida' It's like some weird, psychological connection.

6) A nice summertime at home, spent with a good book, good food, good people, and a lot of naps. I didn't even know I liked naps until this year.

7) I went (mostly) vegan, and I've stuck to it pretty well. And, tomorrow: 2 years of being a vegetarian! Maybe I'll make some vegan cupcakes to celebrate. :)

8) I've learned some songs on the piano, which, despite my lack of rhythm and inability to read sheet music, makes me feel just a little bit cooler.

9) I have nearly finished 'Crime and Punishment.' (Nearly finishing it is an accomplishment in itself, believe me. I started reading it in August.)

10) I now have this and this. My Geekness is complete.


Hopefully, 2009 will be just as good as 2008, and include: a job with benefits, pioneering of some sort, making more artwork, a driver's license, and lots more cookies.

So. Your thoughts on the past year?

Hello, world

I'm having a weird day. Slept in a bit, not enough to actually be late for work but enough to be late for service. I had cake for lunch (which was not my fault), and now I'm at the office, which has been completely rearranged. I feel a bit like I'm in one of those funhouse things where the floor turns. Everything is different, and it's quite a strain on my poor old self to have to turn around and grab the phone with my left hand.

So unfair, I tell you. Life is hard.

In other news: I must finish my novel by tomorrow evening. It's long and novel-worthy, but it doesn't actually have an ending yet. This is the first time I've ever written a novel where I reached the word count before I had an ending. It's... weird. I'm not one for endings; I've written an absurd amount of unfinished stories/poems/songs, etc. And when I do manage to finish something, it breaks my heart, like I've just killed it or something. Weird.
Although I'm glad it's nearly over, since I'm just coming apart with ideas for more things.

I'm having a hard time typing right now, since my nerves are shot from playing this game.
Painful for someone who can type quickly without looking at the keyboard, yet types with four fingers instead of the correct ten.

I went to see 'Australia' on Thursday. Great fun, but very long. I expected it to be over at five different instances. (It reminded me of the style of movies from the 1940s, though, so that was cool.)

I spent a wonderful, geek-tastic, fangirly evening last night with Rebecca, watching about 5 hrs of Doctor Who in a row, from this episode (which was scary) to this episode (which was silly). I feel worn out now, strangely. It was awesome, nonetheless.
No, no: fantastic. ;-)

Now I must work. Someone has inadvertently created more work for me to do. Bah.