2006
December 29, 2006
Since I’m on the verge of losing this year without another post, I thought I’d better slap some memories down here while I still can. It’s not everyday a year like 2006 comes by.
Aside from being one of the fastest and least memorable years I’ve ever had (in terms of daily happenings – it’s been a year of Groundhog Days), it was, as contradicting as it is, one that will hold many memories. The highlight for me happened early in the year when I got married with The Lady. I wish we could’ve had a bigger thing with more friends and family but it was what it was and it went as well as it could. I’ve finally posted two pages that I used to transmit information from the wedding and from the nijikai party – see the previous two posts.
While this was our first year as wife and manslave, it went by business as usual. I’m really glad I had the chance to live with The Lady for extended periods of time before getting married because there were no surprises, I was, to my furthest extent, used to her bad habits and she’s learning all the new ones I make up each and every day. Note to self: she hates it when I start tapping her head… with a fountain pen… leaking… blood… from a rotting carcass… of… a mountain gorilla. I really can’t wait until we celebrate our one year anniversary, coming up in slightly less than one month.
Then another highlight this year was getting promoted. I have to say, this promotion did not feel as satisfying as the first one. This may be for many reasons of which I won’t bore you with right now. It involves blurry visions in my mind and wispy opinions about my job and the company I work for.
This year I also clamped down on renegade studying habits and decided to take the JLPT. While I certainly did not study as much as I could and should have, it definitely focussed my efforts more and made me learn more than I would’ve. I hope this steam not only continues next year but grows in magnitude as I will be needing essentially a miracle to pass level 2. But hey, only the difficult stuff is worth pursuing in life.
Since the summer I’ve also gotten back into a little card game called Magic The Gathering that I used to play all those many years ago. It all started when a couple of people from the French team started playing next to us during lunch and while explaining the game to another friend, I peaked my interest and decided to join them. Since then, I’ve bought over 500,000,000 cards and wallpapered my apartment building with cards. I basically play two or three times a week after work casually with one or two friends. Now, with a disposable income, the game is much more exciting. I’ve managed to keep my sanity and kept the game purely as a pursuit of fun and entertainment. It’s not about winning, it’s all about making fun of Guillaume as much as possible. (Hi Guillaume!)
I didn’t do much hiking or traveling this year unfortunately. I mostly stayed at home and tried not to move to retain energy. Next year though, in fact, next week, I’m going to get some outdoor action going for sure. I’m currently one week into my 16 day holiday and I do intend to balance out the mental celebration with some physical exertion.
2006, thank you very much. You have been a kind time period. I hope your slightly older sibling will also be nice and kind!
December 31st, 2006 at 19:22
HAPPY NEW YEAR DUDE & THE LADY!
December 31st, 2006 at 22:53
Happy new year to you too! Sorry I missed you when I called.
February 4th, 2007 at 18:03
Am I back up? Testing testing…
February 5th, 2007 at 15:40
YAY! It’s working again!!! That template you had up for two days sure looked weird, I thought some company bought your domain.
February 5th, 2007 at 19:27
I’m on a new webhosting company. I’ll have a whole write up blasting the former. I also installed the new wordpress and some of my old tags were deprecated. Hence the weirdness in the sidebar and probably other places.