Ravings of a Textual Deviant

The Good:

1. Started Ravings of a Textual Deviant on Yahoo!, which Dorothea has kindly turned into a genuine blog.

2. Ran the Grand Ellipse to a successful finish.

3. Read many, many wonderful books including William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition, Judith Tarr’s Devil’s Bargain, Robert J. Sawyer’s Humans and Hybrids, Nalo Hopkinson’s Skin Folk, Ashok Banner’sPrince of Ayodhya, Robin McKinley’s Sunshine, and Napoleon’s Buttons.

4. Ed’s shot at teaching an A+ Certification class

5. Discovered Gaelic Storm, a kick-ass band.

6. Satori at the car wash

7. The removal of my extremely dead rosebush

8. The tour of artist’s studios at the Stutz buiding

9. Getting to play the voice of the computer for Mark Racop’s new movie

10. My new employer

11. Lots of blueberries. Some of which are still in my freezer.

12. TorCon III, the Canadian National Exhibition, and seeing my assorted cousins in Toronto

13. Anne & Evan’s baby girl, Annalise

14. My two newest cousins, twins Hunter and Kira

15. Wedding anniversary #5…already

16. A very happy holiday with my family and Ed’s

17. Ed’s new job and my new project

18. Finishing David and Dorothea’s quilt after far too many delays

19. Lost almost 20 pounds, the hard way

20. Meeting Sarah, Karen, and Andy

The Bad:

1. Hit the neighbor’s dog with my car on New Year’s Day

2. Getting Kathy’s stuff packed up and moved to Pennsylvania

3. General crazy busy-ness

4. The Maple Leafs’ performance in Stanley Cup Finals

5. Hyperfix traffic

6. The untimely demise of the water heater

7. Coming back from Toronto to find the neighborhood flooded

8. Missing the family Thanksgiving

9. Ed’s bouncing paychecks

10. The even more untimely demise of the washer

11. More colds and assorted unwellness than I care to count

The Ugly:

1. The Project of Elemental Evil, its associated nervous breakdown, lingering depression, and a month of unemployment

2. Legends of the Superheroes. And its sequel.

3. Getting kicked out of Doug’s gaming group

4. Ed’s old employer

5. 40-some pounds left to lose, the hard way

And that’s just in my own little world. I hope that your 2004 is better than my 2003. Happy New Year, everyone.

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