And an About page! Written six years ago!
Alongside e-mailing capabilities (youlookgoodinblack at yahoo.com) and that last.fm song teller thing!
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Tuesday, January 13, 20092008: In Delayed SummationSo I ended the year 2008 by signing up for the Facebook and with my arrival probably signaled its imminent decline. See, I got in line with the Myspace much too late and by the time I'd enrolled, everyone else had moved on to greener, digital pastures. I'm assuming by now the coolest of the cool people are probably using something akin to nautical flags to keep in touch, but I lack both the sea legs and patience with communicating via cloth for that. After ditching the Myspace months ago, we'll see how long I last with this. I'm still coming to grips with the idea of it all. It's so strange to remember that some people I knew years ago even exist, let alone that they are now my friend and are apparently currently doing laundry. Anyway, after much debate, research, and review I hereby deem 2008 mostly the tops. Despite the pain and the yearning of the Great Recession, I somehow kept my job and managed both a bonus and raise at year-end. Unlike previous years, we opted not for a giant vacation to a distant land (Scotland can't be topped anyway) and instead invested the money into our house, so home renovations made the best-of list this time around. (Note: Including home renovations on your year-end "best of" list automatically means you are old.) As follows are the rest of the line items that made 2008 a winner in my book, in no apparent order: The addition of our dog, Porter. For years, we've been talking about getting a dog and I kept delaying. I liked things the way they were, but I was wrong. Vastly wrong. Mr. Dog Man rules, except when he eats Christmas presents. The Phillies Winning the World Series I stopped paying attention to major league baseball when the Pittsburgh Pirates kept losing to the Atlanta Braves and Joe Carter broke my 14 year old heart by hitting that homerun off Mitch Williams to eliminate the Phillies. I started paying attention this year and reveled outside on Broad St. after that last pitch. Those two hours afterwards were probably the coolest moments I've ever had living in this city. High fives for all regardless of income, color, or creed. Weekday P.O.P.E. Outings with K We support our local tavern. One of my favorite places on the planet, especially on a week night when its just me and my wife. Sea Dog beer for all. Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Our four day trip to Pittsburgh was more bust than boom, but Fallingwater absolutely ruled. Both being fans of modern architecture, we thought the house might dissappoint, but it doesn't. At all. Get there. Completing the City to Shore Bike Ride Although almost everyone I know who initially agreed to ride this did not show up, but I did and completed it. 80+ miles of flat NJ riding in September for charity. Will I ever do it again? Ehhhhhhh. More Charity. Much More. Since we're able, we gave more money away this year than ever before. Of the twenty organizations we gave to Kiva and Rock Camp for Girls remain two of our favorites. Bon Iver @ Johnny Brenda's I was lucky enough to see Bon Iver play to a handful of people at Johnny Brenda's last winter before their album was out and I was amazed. Easily my favorite album of the year. The sound of snow. The Election For the first time in years, we did something right as a country. Plus I got to vote right after a guy named Richard Simmons. Finally Discovering the Greatness of "The Big Lebowski" How did I miss this? The dude abides. The Windows, the Kitchen, & the Captain This was the year of paying others to retool our home. It was time and the ends justify the means. The means being a large sum of cash that now lives within the walls of this home. The ends being a pleasant living experience with a wooden sea captain watching over us. Beach Gymnastics There are few better ways to turn 30 than attempting to do drunken forward rolls & cartwheels on a lawn at the beach. Backwards roll, I'll master you yet. 2009, let's do this. This is B. Dawk's year. 7:46 PM + 0 comments |
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