Today is the last day of the year. I could post some serious retrospective of how I spent my life in the past year, or the important events of the world, but I choose neither. Instead, I'm going to just post a chat transcript I had this morning with Josh. It pretty much sums up the year.
Christmas this year was pretty good to me. While I didn't plan my trip well enough in advance to travel back to Iowa, I did manage to find things to do on Long Island. Christmas Eve I spent the whole day watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The first two extended editions on DVD at a friend's house on his 42" Plasma TV with Harmon Kardon surround sound followed by the third at the theatre. It was a good day, and I've had my fill of The One Ring for now. I still can't wait for the extended edition of Return of the King. Then when I got home I opened presents with my landlords.
Christmas Day I slept in and spent some quality time in my jacuzzi with my Popular Photography magazine. Then I went to dinner at another friend's house from the lab, Iva. She's from Cyprus (and Bulgaria technically) and her boyfriend decided to grill a traditional Cypriot feast of lamb, beef, pork, and chicken. It was good. There were minimal vegetables. So we had a few bottles of wine, some Egg Nog, some vodka, it was a good night.
Afterwards I had a relatively quiet weekend of talking on the phone, uploading photos, and setting up this blog.
Well, I've been sufficiently pressured into doing this. Seems like I'm way behind the trend. My photo site is a bit more mature. Please check out my photo albums. Feel free to comment so I know people are actually reading this. Oh, and that goes for the gallery even more.