I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Happy Dappy 2006!
I ate something bad in the last days of 2005 (this is the end of my hotpot obsession, I’m telling you) and spent a lot of New Year’s Eve spring cleaning my stomach, which is not a painless experience. Getting rid of junk is always tough. For me at least, but I’m glad it’s done. It’s strangely ironic, I almost feel like it’s a necessary purge to empty the junk box that was 2005. The universe sure has a sense of humour.

Well, the first few hours of 2006 have left me unharmed so far. Some residual pangs of pain, but there’s always that. The road to recovery not always did run smooth.

But I’m feeling good today. Things are looking up. I fixed my Flickr uploading problems (it takes settings from IE, and I had stupid proxy settings on IE. Geez!) and the weather is good. And Mom is bringing over some fried fish killies, yay!

I’m grateful for a lot of things, some happened in 2005, some pre-date it. But here they are.

Things in Life That Indicate or me, whoever
in no particular order

• The Internet. Where else could you find such a vast expanse of knowledge, stupidity, entertainment, pain, happiness, love, hate, progress, freedom and <insert random emotions I fail to comprehend>? With the ease of tapping on various pieces of plastic, we are transported into worlds that would otherwise take us too long, cost too much, etc. On the Internet, we can learn Korean, read about my favourite author, read about random lives, watch the world go by, get music, get smart, get smart about tech, get smart about (tech) business, find recipes, do just about anything. How cool is that?
• Steve Jobs. Sure the guy sold more iPods than Macs, but without him antagonising either Microsoft or Creative, our tech life would be so much less exciting.
• Microwave ovens.
• My job. After you strip the emotion out of it, there’s still something to be said about flexible working hours, casual dress every day of the week and being able to surf as part of your job.
• Books! Even with the vastness of the Internet, you need a break now and again.
• Living in a city where you can get a good variety of food, without driving.
• Tea. What would be afternoons be without this?
• Family.
• Friends.
• Photos.

That the world is a pretty wonderful place.

Here are 100 things we didn’t know in 2004, which is pretty incredible.

Hello 2006!