So here we are. 2007. Ok.

Not quite sure how I feel about it so far.

I spent the stroke of midnight on the 66 bus heading from Harvard to Allston with regenald , angelbug0114 and intercat . We happened to be going over the JFK St. bridge, so we got to see a few distant glimmers of explosions down the river, peeking over the edge of MIT buildings that look like diseases before the closer buildings hid them from our view of the skyline. It seemed somehow appropriate.

Even though I busted my ass [who am I kidding? I mean even though clara_girl and arcanus busted their asses] to get myself and two others on a guestlist for a hip party, we didn't end up going. I'm ok with this, though, because I honestly ended up spending NYE with almost everyone I could have wanted [and realistically expected] to see.

Went to SCUL's Closing Ceremonies; was given the honor of a Bronze Cog Award. I am in rare form, which is to say deeply moved and humbled by this gesture. The thought of it kind of chokes me up, and I struggle to keep tears at bay. I am grateful, overjoyed, and almost nearly speechless. Thank you.

( Bronze Cog Pics )

Had some food and drink at Sunset Grill; met up with loxocele and her boy, and the lot of us went back to intercat's house for Mario Kart and Total Recall.

2006 Year In Review.

This year I:

• Quit a job I hated.


• Learned how to pull espresso.


• Won something on merit instead of skill or luck.


• Gave an old-school cocktail game system to a friend.


• Downed Ragnaros for the first time.


• Got punched in the face by a complete stranger.


• Cried in front of another person.


• Was thrown up on by a stranger.


• Got someone back into smoking by teaching them how to roll their own.


• Had a conversation with my niece.


• Was an inconsiderate asshole on more than one occasion, and haven't forgotten a single one.


• Went skinny dipping many, many times.


• Buried a close friend.


• Experienced one of the best thunderstorms of my life.


• Felt my heart break.


• Saw one of my favorite couples get married.


• Ate a donut in 15.27 seconds, while racing a chopper.


• Started playing guitar again.


• Lost one of my most precious physical possessions, and then found it again.


• Voted in a local election.


• Remembered what it means to care about someone, regardless of pragmatism and/or mutuality.


• Learned how to true a wheel.


• Finally got a cell phone.


• Made concrete plans to move to Cambridge next year.


• Missed far too many of you.

There are LOTS more, but I'm forgetting them, because I'm kinda drunk and tired.

( See? )

Best to all. Good night.