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Here we are, almost two full weeks into 2010 and I have totally slacked off updating the blog. Each year, I tell myself that this is the one that I am going to update every day, and each year it fails. I try, but I hate writing just for the sake of writing unlike some bloggers out there.
At any rate, this January has been a bit melancholy for me. Not sure why, but it has been fairly slow overall. I think I am still recovering from the excitement of the Doctor Who finale on New Year's Day, but I think its that post-Christmas hangover everyone gets.
Not much has been going on other than I am back as an hourly again at the park. Nothing new there, since this is the time of year it usually happens. I like the fact that no matter where I go in the park, people miss me or are glad to have me back. It is nice to feel like a part of so many teams. Hopefully, this will be the year that things start to pay off permanently, and if not, at least I will have the challenge of whatever is thrown at me.
On the nerd front, I was unusually interested in the Consumer Electronics Show this year. I had forgot how much I used to drool over this show back in the late 90s and early 00s. I have felt out of touch technologically, but following the coverage, I feel back in the mix. I am super excited about all the new TV tech and home video tech coming soon to a living room near you. I am hoping this year I can get a new TV to replace my 36" Sony Wega, and of course now is when they announce 3D TV!! I will wait and see, I am still fond of what my Wega can do with an HD signal.
Of course the other big thing I am anticipating is the new Apple device that theoretically will be announced at the end of the month. I hope it is a super-cool tablet/slate/ereader or whatever the heck it is. Last year, I really wanted a netbook to replace my laptop for uploading photos and writing my travel journals. It reminds me of when I had a Sharp Zaurus 5000 that I used to have and thought it would work for traveling. I loved the Zaurus' portability but it was severely lacking in the Internet access department. A netbook seems to be a natural offshoot of the Zaurus, and hopefully a new tablet-like device will be everything that I wanted the Zaurus to be with a touch interface and way better software!
Finally, I will be attending a concert with Daniel next week as well as heading to the theater to see Mary Poppins. I am excited to see MP since we missed our chance in London back in 2007.
Oh and have you seen all those earthquakes recently? Eureka, CA (m6.5) and Haiti (m7.0) within a few days of each other? We are definitely entering a more seismically active period. One wonders if we will get something closer to SoCal on that magnitude!
A classic almost every New Year's, its my list of things I have done on NYE over the years..
1990-1995 Disneyland
1995/6 Universal CityWalk
1996/7 Disneyland
1997/8 Club Universe
1998/9 Dad's House
1999/2000 The crazy disco Hollywood sign affair
2000/1 Santa Barbara
2001/2 Working at Disneyland
2002/3 Working at Disneyland/Horrible Club in Hollywood
2003/4- Quality Time at Home
2004/5 - Sick at Home
2005/6 - Working at Buzz
2006/7 - Quality Time at Home
2007/8 - Quality Time at Home (I'm certain I was asleep well before midnight)
2008/9 - Working at Disneyland/Long Beach Bar with Nathan and Daniel
2009/10 - I worked until 10 at Disneyland then raced home to watch CNN.
It seems more than not, I am celebrating at home where it is nice and safe and free of drama. This year, I could not bring myself to watch Dick Clark struggle to do the countdown and instead watch Kathy Griffin make Anderson Cooper blush and giggle.
If I remember, I think next year I want to go to someone's New Year's Eve party or have one at my place. I will be interested to see if I can pull it off!
It's almost the end of December and I am finally back on track after my whirlwind South America trip. One of the disadvantages of going on vacation in December is that when you get back, you are thrown in the chaos of the holidays with no holds barred. When I returned from Argentina on the 12th, it was raining and cold here in Southern California. Combined with my Buenos Aires allergies and I am sure the long plane flights from BsAs and Miami, I ended up with a cold. I imagine I must have slipped in my Emergen-C intake while on vacation.
At any rate, the first week back was pretty much wasted as I recovered from my head cold. It wasn't that bad of a cold, just enough to make you not want to do anything. I did manage to do laundry, but that is about it. I also managed to make it to the Family Christmas dinner in Carlsbad. It was great to see the gang, even if only 13 out of 28 people showed up. Before too long, it was back to work, and that is always time consuming as the long shifts really make me not want to do much when I am not there. All of this combined to put me behind!
Last week, I finally got off my rear and put together some Christmas presents via iPhoto on the Mac and they came out great! Of course, just like in my UCD days, it only took me a few seconds to discover a tiny mistake, but I am sure the rest of the gift will more than make up for it. More details on the gift after Christmas when people open it.
Tonight, I finally got around to getting the Gorn photos posted from the Argentina trip, and as a result spent a few hours fixing the Gorn Page, since there was no category for South America photos. I checked the archives and its the first re-do of the home page since 2001. Nothing too major just the addition of new categories. I am actually surprised how well the design has lasted. (Of course it could just be me..)
Christmas is almost here and I am looking forward to the next few weeks and am waiting to see what 2010 has in store. I am sure many will agree 2009 was a tough year, so I join the many that hope 2010 will be better than ever!!
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