Jumpin' January!

I don't know....whatever.

I can't believe that this month is gone now. It went by so damn fast. A lot of fun stuff happened, and a lot of stuff happened...wedding planning, ballroom dancing class, grad class, work, gym, seeing lots of friends at Katie's b-day celebrations, seeing great grandma in the nursing home, seeing family, etc. I wrote about 7 pages and 1 poem the night of the one-year anniversary since I proposed to Katie. It's fun to go back and review the year, especially when many significant events unfolded. What I did notice is that my poetry really has gone downhill in frequency and perhaps content/creativity. I could give reasons/excuses/justifications till I'm blue in the face, but I'd rather not.

I saw Story of the Sea, Asobi Seksu and The Appleseed Cast at the Triple Rock last Thursday night, and it was a phenomenal show! But I don't think I'm going to extensively review the show, mostly because tonight I'm not feeling the energy to do so. I love winter time, and it's going to be downright chilly for the next week. The office is chilly, which could explain the lack of entries. Then again, meh.

The Blur That Was...2006

I will not put up a month-by-month favorite list like I did last year. Basically, a lot of things happened in 2006. I proposed to Katie in January, and haven't really been able to top that since! Hmmm...weird.

Now that you're done laughing, smiling or whatever it is that you do, few readers of mine, here's what was great about 2006:

Lots of phenomenal shows: Wagner and the Zombie Men, Arab Strap, Film School, Sigur Ros, Amina, Mogwai, Band of Horses, STNNNG, Mono, Kaddisfly, The Silversun Pickups, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Built to Spill, Cursive, Kill the Vultures, Empires, Red Fox Grey Fox, Pernice Brothers, The Decemberists, The Lymbyc System and The Album Leaf. These were all awesome, jaw-dropping shows that I saw this year and blogged about. There were others, but not as captivating as these.

Significant Events/Changes:
- engaged to Katie
- new place (back in Minneapolis)
- new job (U of M School of Public Health)
- physical injuries/sickness (bacterial bronchitis, cut right finger, hit a woman with my bike, great grandma with broken right leg, regular grandma with collapsed chest wall)
- exercising at Rec Center again
- less time hanging out during the week with friends
- less biking around the lakes, going to the beach
- less yoga, stretching, meditation, writing, journaling, blogging
- awesome friend went to Australia for awesome grad school opportunity
- awesome friend went to Brazil for awesome internship
- traveled to Chicago with Katie
- experienced more local events (Minnesota Institute of Arts, May Day Parade, Powderhorn Art Fair, Fall Out Fest, Apple Orchard, Latino Health Fair, Science Museum, Minnesota History Center)
- rad parties (New Year's Eve, engagement celebration/Katie's b-day, b-day at Shriner's Circus, Cinco de Mayo, Tricia's grad party, Art Party, Bastille Day, Ryan's Farewell-off to Brazil, Haus' sendoff, Tricia's b-day, Halloween, Lee's b-day, holiday party)
- went snowtubing!

Now it's 2007, and I'm:

- taking one grad class for credit as a non-degree seeking student (received rejection letter in April, to get in Fall 2006)
- about to begin ballroom dancing class with Katie
- beginning wedding planning, finally
- going to be reading at a friend's wedding in February
- hoping to write more, exercise/stretch more, hang with friends more
- going to be marrying Katie in July. Damn, that's awesome!

...and a bunch of dream-like shows coming up in terms of sheer kick-ass-ness, as well as other life events that will surely bring about much writing, poetry and conversation.

Perhaps I'll write about life on here this year, and not just shows.

Happy 2007! I aim to make this year, the year of Peace.