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or, "Lurking at the Threshold"
A year ago at this time, we were preparing for our wedding. That went spectacularly well.
( some photos to remind you )
In fact, January was fairly spectacular all around. I wrote through February, and in March I obtained a promising position with a promising young firm in Seattle.
And then, somehow, the year completely slipped the tracks and plummeted into a ditch from which it never recovered. Death, disaster, and looming economic ruin stalked our family like a great looming, stalking thing.
Well, I'm done with it.
Here's to a new year, full of promise and lacking in all dread!
And as a reminder, here's my traditional list of the first sentence of each month's first post concatenated with the last sentence of each month's last post. There will be, I fear, an unavoidable bit of recursion at the end.
January: The LORD bless you and keep you! Prayers, well-wishes, and general good vibes actively encouraged.
February: The interview yesterday was with Alteon Training a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Large North American Aeroconglomerate. This afternoon, I walked the bounds, but I was unable to find any evidence of what our nighttime disturbance might have been.
March: Gary Gygax, who co-created the game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. Alleluia!
April: More details soon. Thank you.
May: Please continue to pray for the soul of India Escobar. Thank you.
June: Tonight we chanted vespers. Your polar opposite is the Urûk-Hai.
July: WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. ... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.
August: Bless you all for the love, the advice, and the support. Clearly, somebody in scheduling at the DNC has a sense of humour.
September: You decide. Roald Dahl was a spy.
October: It is useless to complain that your chefs cannot repair your automobile. Anybody looking for a writer?
November: Remember, remember the fifth of November, / gunpowder, treason and plot, / I see no reason why gunpowder treason / should ever be forgot. Please pray for my son, and for the drivers of these vehicles.
December: It has been some time since I've posted here, and longer still since I've posted regularly. ... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.
Some things I've learned from compiling this list:
My friends are good to me.
There are rather less political posts than I would have suspected.
I had exactly one LJ entry in October. And it was a whinge about work.
I had fewer posts this year than in some months of years past. I must change this. Even if I'm whinging (and I despise whinging nearly as much as I despise personal drama), there is some value to journaling it rather than bottling it.
May the new year prove more joyous for all!
(... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.)
A year ago at this time, we were preparing for our wedding. That went spectacularly well.
( some photos to remind you )
In fact, January was fairly spectacular all around. I wrote through February, and in March I obtained a promising position with a promising young firm in Seattle.
And then, somehow, the year completely slipped the tracks and plummeted into a ditch from which it never recovered. Death, disaster, and looming economic ruin stalked our family like a great looming, stalking thing.
Well, I'm done with it.
Here's to a new year, full of promise and lacking in all dread!
And as a reminder, here's my traditional list of the first sentence of each month's first post concatenated with the last sentence of each month's last post. There will be, I fear, an unavoidable bit of recursion at the end.
The Year that Mostly Was
January: The LORD bless you and keep you! Prayers, well-wishes, and general good vibes actively encouraged.
February: The interview yesterday was with Alteon Training a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Large North American Aeroconglomerate. This afternoon, I walked the bounds, but I was unable to find any evidence of what our nighttime disturbance might have been.
March: Gary Gygax, who co-created the game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. Alleluia!
April: More details soon. Thank you.
May: Please continue to pray for the soul of India Escobar. Thank you.
June: Tonight we chanted vespers. Your polar opposite is the Urûk-Hai.
July: WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. ... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.
August: Bless you all for the love, the advice, and the support. Clearly, somebody in scheduling at the DNC has a sense of humour.
September: You decide. Roald Dahl was a spy.
October: It is useless to complain that your chefs cannot repair your automobile. Anybody looking for a writer?
November: Remember, remember the fifth of November, / gunpowder, treason and plot, / I see no reason why gunpowder treason / should ever be forgot. Please pray for my son, and for the drivers of these vehicles.
December: It has been some time since I've posted here, and longer still since I've posted regularly. ... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.
Some things I've learned from compiling this list:
My friends are good to me.
There are rather less political posts than I would have suspected.
I had exactly one LJ entry in October. And it was a whinge about work.
I had fewer posts this year than in some months of years past. I must change this. Even if I'm whinging (and I despise whinging nearly as much as I despise personal drama), there is some value to journaling it rather than bottling it.
May the new year prove more joyous for all!
(... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.)
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