New Years Eve 2004
by Josh Staiger
2004, we hardly knew ye. You were full of many firsts, both good and bad.
You took me overseas for the first time on a life-defining trip.
You took me to Carolina, to live far away from home for the first time in my life in a permanent fashion.
You brought my first full time job.
You taught you to really cook for myself for the first time.
Unfortunately, you took a good friend from us for the first time. (I'll be thinking of you tonight, Vasu!) But, you also brought new friends as well.
You got me back into the Mac world for the first time in four years.
You brought the demise of old blue and my first new car.
You introduced me to some serious badasses who really changed my way of thinking.
You brought the advent of Podcasting.
You made me quite disappointed in my fellow countrymen, and all too recently brought the worst trajedy in memory.
Of course, there's always other bizarreness, happy times, and sad that I can't even mention.
How did I do on the resolution I made for this year? Well, though I got plenty of implicit rejection from women, never from ten in the same day (I don't think).
Tonight I'm heading for Karthik's house in Mansfield. Will hopefully be seeing many friends I haven't seen in quite some time.
Have a very Happy New Year if I don't talk to you! As always, hope you have someone to kiss tonight!