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jchrisobrien) wrote2008-12-31 02:02 pm
jchrisobrien) wrote2008-12-31 02:02 pm
2008 - A New Hope
While the snow gently flutters to the ground, and I wait for this glacially slow remote session to occur, it's time to capsulize 2008, and what
January - I go blond at a NYE party, and pay my debt to the IRS. Good times at the club, but overindulging a bit. Sick.
February - I take my first limo ride. Major bad moods most of the month. Sick again.
March - Another tumultuous month overindulging in several areas, undervaluing myself. My boss disagrees and I get a big raise. Lots of brain work going on,
April - I injure my shoulder, which gets misdiagnosed. Slow progress on the brain work, more extreme nights in a good and bad way. End the month with a good time at the Colonial GT.
May- Overall FAIL : bad club nights, Sara's hospital trip, tragic loss for a friend, fire on the Red Line, misinterpreting a friend's advanced, disastrous picnic. At least I buy a new office chair.
June: Passport acquired, Clay visits. A few good weekends, including WildFire, still have neck pain, still have control issues. Month ends with a great weekend.
July: Fantasia rules! I discover I am claustrophobic. My friends cheer me up at Laced. I start looking at console games, have two great weekends. My pain is coming from a herniated disc.
August - Pain is pretty intense, lots of medication and anti-inflammatories, another crappy month with some extreme bleak periods. New paved driveway, new pillow.
September - Awful Labor Day cookout, awesome family reunion in PA, I slowly get to socialize with some of the fire spinners. I start taking medication for my moods. Uneven period as I adjust to the medication, but some good times clubbing. New desk!
October - Mood stabilizing and generally improving. WildFire was good for skill,s bad for socializing. Club time is all kinds of awesome: bodyguard duties, great time at Laced and my birthday party, and Sweeney Todd was in the house (and passed out on your floor). New gaming bag, new hoodie, new TV!
November - O-BA-MA! More awesome dancing, I perfect the art of having fun while losing games. I introduce my parent's to Dali's for the best meal of my Mom's life. She notices I am much happier. Power outages at work, an awesome Orphan's Thanksgiving. FURRY PANTS!
December - Super fun positive vibes continue. Bad vibes reflecting in nightmares? I run a big tournament, then play in one in the shadow of the Empire State Building. Underworld rocks, Sara's birthday rocks more. A hard drive dies, a PS3 arrives. I pass on a Sure Thing to hang out with my friends and dance (where are my priorities?) I have a great Christmas with my blood family and my chosen family. Mediation in game time, and I get introduced to Christina.
Wow. May, August, and September are definitely the low points of the year, with February through April pretty bad too. There was a lot of struggle and painful growth, and hurdles to overcome. A common theme was having friends around to help me through those tough times. I'm very grateful to a lot of you for that. I'm looking forward to returning the favor in 2009. I think I'll be on much better footing to make some real progress, and more importantly, have a hell of of a lot more fun. No one I met tells me I look my age, so I guess I won't act like it either, for just a little bit longer.
January - I go blond at a NYE party, and pay my debt to the IRS. Good times at the club, but overindulging a bit. Sick.
February - I take my first limo ride. Major bad moods most of the month. Sick again.
March - Another tumultuous month overindulging in several areas, undervaluing myself. My boss disagrees and I get a big raise. Lots of brain work going on,
April - I injure my shoulder, which gets misdiagnosed. Slow progress on the brain work, more extreme nights in a good and bad way. End the month with a good time at the Colonial GT.
May- Overall FAIL : bad club nights, Sara's hospital trip, tragic loss for a friend, fire on the Red Line, misinterpreting a friend's advanced, disastrous picnic. At least I buy a new office chair.
June: Passport acquired, Clay visits. A few good weekends, including WildFire, still have neck pain, still have control issues. Month ends with a great weekend.
July: Fantasia rules! I discover I am claustrophobic. My friends cheer me up at Laced. I start looking at console games, have two great weekends. My pain is coming from a herniated disc.
August - Pain is pretty intense, lots of medication and anti-inflammatories, another crappy month with some extreme bleak periods. New paved driveway, new pillow.
September - Awful Labor Day cookout, awesome family reunion in PA, I slowly get to socialize with some of the fire spinners. I start taking medication for my moods. Uneven period as I adjust to the medication, but some good times clubbing. New desk!
October - Mood stabilizing and generally improving. WildFire was good for skill,s bad for socializing. Club time is all kinds of awesome: bodyguard duties, great time at Laced and my birthday party, and Sweeney Todd was in the house (and passed out on your floor). New gaming bag, new hoodie, new TV!
November - O-BA-MA! More awesome dancing, I perfect the art of having fun while losing games. I introduce my parent's to Dali's for the best meal of my Mom's life. She notices I am much happier. Power outages at work, an awesome Orphan's Thanksgiving. FURRY PANTS!
December - Super fun positive vibes continue. Bad vibes reflecting in nightmares? I run a big tournament, then play in one in the shadow of the Empire State Building. Underworld rocks, Sara's birthday rocks more. A hard drive dies, a PS3 arrives. I pass on a Sure Thing to hang out with my friends and dance (where are my priorities?) I have a great Christmas with my blood family and my chosen family. Mediation in game time, and I get introduced to Christina.
Wow. May, August, and September are definitely the low points of the year, with February through April pretty bad too. There was a lot of struggle and painful growth, and hurdles to overcome. A common theme was having friends around to help me through those tough times. I'm very grateful to a lot of you for that. I'm looking forward to returning the favor in 2009. I think I'll be on much better footing to make some real progress, and more importantly, have a hell of of a lot more fun. No one I met tells me I look my age, so I guess I won't act like it either, for just a little bit longer.
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