Forward and Back

Inspired by Kate’s post, In the Past Year, I…

• Saw, for the first time in my life, the person I voted to become President actually become president, capping what was for me an utterly unprecedented level of activity and involvement in the campaign process. I cried like a little girl.
• Celebrated my first wedding anniversary.
• Actually enjoyed a Ren faire for the first time, thanks to seeing it through the eyes of my wife and my daughter, rather than my own.
• Killed a Balrog, and bought a lifetime subscription to a computer game.
• Painted the house, and built a pretty cool shelf unit out of an old kitchen table.
• Started and maintained a regular face-to-face gaming schedule. (Biweekly, on Wednesdays, one full year as of January 14th!)
• Made some new friends out of old acquaintances.
• Finished publisher-requested revisions on Hidden Things; this time adding over 75 pages to the manuscript.
• Figured out, for the eighth time or so, what I liked about blogging, and why I wanted to keep doing it.
• Figured out, for the seventh time or so, what to write about.
• Wrote a series of posts of which I’m really terribly proud.
• Started podcasting.
• Kept my day job (and actually got a nice bonus).
• Made my wife laugh when she wasn’t expecting to.

In 2010, I want to:

1. Learn CPR
2. Bake a birthday cake for someone
3. Learn how to sharpen a knife better
4. Read fiction every day
5. Write every day (either fiction or a blog post, at least, but preferably both)
6. Learn how to mix a vodka gimlet well enough to please my personal preferences
7. Make a meal for company
8. Travel light
9. Be a better listener
10. Find the light at the end of the tunnel with Hidden Things (or, failing that, create my own light)

Bonus: Finish, and finish podcasting, Adrift.

How about you?