2008: retrospective

Rapidly: making lists before 2009 - there's not a reason for it, it just keeps the list-making ability sharp during the merriment. gotta keep the skillz.
Planning: to see the new year in with a cup of tea. if only it was twinings, that's some good first-footing tea.

2008 was the year of:

zero punctuation
twitter
the acer aspire one
louis the dog
paris
broken windows
the lumix lx2 (it's got a leica lens, you know)
anguaji.net
this blog, and the many side-blogs (like standing stones, you can't count them all and get the same number twice)
prince caspian
thai-envy
the xbox
clumsy accidents
bittorrent
linux
old friends
new friends
in-the-middle friends
crazy ex-friends
the end of coco v
the birth of bewick house
the resurrection of tilleys
obama ambivalence
stephen fry
nation
the dalai lama 2008 desk calender
zen preparation
real christmas tree with twinkling lights
photographs of you - my favourite piece of handmade music thus far
reason 3.0.4
(only just) reason 4
cubase betrayal
the fujitsu monster of beth's room
10yrgay
mobil mania: sek660i lgkf600 sew200i sez760
flickr
comedy gold
the high road
dogwalking
the flu
collecting and storing for later use
giving up smoking
hypothetical teetotalism
losing weight
wifi/3g/HSPDA
list making

i hope 2009 is many things, but mostly i hope it'll be the year of:

staying smoke-free (mostly)
remaining relatively teetotal
saving up money
the sony psp
louis the dog v2.0
this blog (and all who sail in her)
more making music and getting out it out there
losing weight once and for all
zen discipline
365 photos - the one photo a day project
better health

here's to another year! good/bad/indifferent -- it's all the same, really.

happy new year all - all the best! and look up "first footing"

-- beth x