25 things

ok. only 5 things.

1. tom chen is the friend i miss being next to the most.
2. sara's the best thing that came out of MA TESOL.
3. talking to derrick always makes me laugh.
4. i know i'll be at joel's wedding.
5. i am surprised this blog is still semi-used.

teenage spaceship loves roof access

this is not a great picture

reunion

anneinei thinks that the local bay area chapter of the teenage spaceshippers should hang out together and make the northeast chapter jealous.

let's all get a drink before the end of january!

crafting goals for 2008

1. follow instructions and embroider something from a book or pattern
2. make a coke bottle top pincushion
3. make a new valentines day gocco card
4. make an eyeglass case
5. make a pins & needle book
6. put my patches on something useful.

no one waving for me, just the shoreline receding

because annie asked me twice and tom asked me once!

favorite things in 2008:

10. the decemberists
9. treasure island music festival
8. white christmas
7. working downtown(ish)
6. coffee
5. sf city parks
4. no heart break 08
3. okkervil river
2. my bed
1. chicken

top 5 most played songs of 2008 (according to last.fm):

1.maine island lovers - okkervil river
2.starry stairs- okkervil river
3.jerusalem- mirah
4.for emma- bon iver
5.piazza new york catcher- belle & sebastian

two thousand eight:

kicking this from my head because i'm at work and don't have a lot of the visuals to remind me. also, not all of these are necessarily from 2008.

highlights:
racing cyclocross
recording our cd and touring europe
(mostly) getting over laura
breaking a long-standing (i.e. over half of my waking life) addiction
my 3 different jobs in 3 different cities
vegas
two weddings: irene's and my college roommate's
living and cooking in my own apartment
riding to work with the SF 2 Google crew

lowlights:
getting screwed by jabbawockeez when we went to see them live
touring europe
epic triathlon fail
spraining my hand in cyclocross
not monitoring my spending
1+ hour caltrain commute
samsung blackjack, worst purchase ever
opting for the coward's way out 99% of the time

movies: milk, slumdog millionaire, harold and kumar 2, chasing amy
disappointment: the dark knight

books: you shall know our velocity, the road, the favourite game, the omnivore's dilemma, are you ready to succeed?, rich dad poor dad
disappointment: what is the what

television: the office, arrested development, the wire, human giant

music: ghosts & vodka, the dodos, jay dee, silver mt. zion, gybe, arthur russell, lucky dragons, bon iver, themselves / dose one / subtle, manitoba, why?

live shows: bon iver, lucky dragons (saw a bunch more that i just can't remember)
disappointment: why? at gamh

2009 goals:
1. train and road race (this didn't happen last year... it will this year)
2. write and record new cd, tour japan / australia in summer
3. try a new sport / activity / take a class and learn something new
4. start volunteering 1-2x a month
5. make a list of things i want to see and do in san francisco and do them
6. read a book every two weeks
7. be in a relationship (maybe)
8. learn how to be brave

my favorite things of 2008

(i'm doing this for you, tom, who did it for joel)

• my bike
• meeting my peets friends
  
• watching the jabbawockeez and america's best dance crew
  
• snorkeling in maui
• my nike dunks and brown boots
• bowling birthday party and my skanky ho cake
• irene and conrad's wedding
• forgetting sarah marshall, nick and norah's infinite playlist, 30 rock & gray's anatomy
• getting on a snowboard
• december