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Friday, December 31, 2004
Treat Me Like a Monkey!
Everyone's doing that year-end thing, eh? How was your 2004? This chart sums up my year as a Monkey in the Year of the Monkey:
The thin line represents activity/stress levels with the light blue space in the middle showing the "zone of comfort". You like comfort, right? The colour bars show the focus of each chunk of the year (obviously, I didn't take off four whole months over the summer). The grey bar shows ... er ... the months.
Compared to cushy 2002 and sluggish 2003, 2004 was exactly what I was expecting: a bumpy ride. It really was a 'Year of the Monkey': there were ups and downs and surprises and changes and death and romance and sadness and joy and mayhem and aliens and quiet and blogging and boozing and dancing and fun and a few really unexpected turns (such as that nasty Kenny Rogers incident). After last year when nothing much happened, it was a welcome change and even though some of the dips caused me to lose my appetite (I'm about 15 pounds lighter than I was at the start of the year), it was a great time. I'll take crazy over dull any day of the week.
As you can see, the WORKING portion of the year was pretty intense. The highlight was working on the largest single project I've ever taken on and in March, surviving the hardest week of work I've ever managed: nine solid days working full tilt on 3 hours sleep a night. That's my excuse for geeking out in front of Lorraine Segato at that party ...
The VACATIONING stretch was easy and groovy. I didn't go on any big trips but I was out of town almost every weekend and enjoyed four combined weeks of laziness up at the lake. And no broken toe!
Things got a bit hectic again in the fall. I started the Fall Dating Experience to get back in the game and did a lot of things I've never done before such as going on a date on national tv, arranging a first date for the morning (and I'm not good in the morning) and even tried out the speed dating (speed kills, Del). The weirdest incident was when that woman approached me on the street because she'd seen my internet dating profile. Don't try that, it doesn't work. Another thing that doesn't work is emailing someone every six months for a couple of years after you've been on two dates that didn't go anywhere.
Now the cycle begins again and it's back to work mode. I'm hitting the ground running on Monday ... which is good for the blog, because the busier I get, the more I blog.
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being complete crap and 10 being excellent, 2004 was a 7.64873!
1:35 AM
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