Looking Back

Wednesday the 29th of December 2004

What I have done, abridged, off the top of my head:

Started going out with Penny; moved in with Pen. Births: my niece Maniesha; Pen’s nephew and godson Sam. Marriages: Marc/Belinda, Jennie/Liam, Daniel/Hiroko, Rebecca/Paul, Mark/Katie. Music: Walken EP, Meebar EP; me, Bowie, and Jeans having been making compilations for each other. I read Rob’s fantasy novel for young adults, A Weave of Darkness. Pen and I travelled to Mildura, Northern Territory, Sydney and the Hunter Valley. We saw Carravagio, the Impressionists, Munch, and Gleeson (and I discovered the difference in seeing art “live” and seeing it in a book). I introduced Penny to the complete Miyazaki; the Ghibli DVDs started to come out from Madman. Grant Morrison: I caught up with The Filth; Sea Guy got me buying individual comics; I made my fourth and fifth Invisibles loans. Mark discovered Purple Goannas in the Phillipines (sadly I have not been able to meet with Rob and Bowie to drink them). I attended theatre for the second and third times ever (The Producers, The Busker’s Opera). I pretty successfully quit watching television (as did Pen); I also gave up on newspapers, though, alas, politics draws me in still. And it’s been 10 years since I graduated from high school.

Whew!

2 Responses to “Looking Back”

  1. By Rich, 12 hours, 46 minutes after the fact

    It is a ashame you couldn’t add calling me to your list.

  2. By David Golding, 1 day after the fact

    Ouch, yes you’re right. Sorry, we’ve been v busy. Um, will try and ring tomorrow.

    But we did visit you in Sydney and put you up for a week when you visited here!

    Happy New Year!