January 17, 2008

In December of 06 my mom sent me one of those day-by-day tear away calendars with art by Edward Gorey. Under each image were the standard 4 or 5 blank lines usually reserved for dates and what-have-yous. I opted to fill them with lil summaries of my day and for the WHOLE FUCKING year I studiously documented damn near everything I did. The only exception was the ultimately shitty month of July where I more or less fell off the Earth temporarily due to Elephantitis. So, sadly, I must admit that these are approximations, but since I didn't really DO jack shyte in July anyway you can be assured that it's pretty fucking close. It is, after all, only the things I felt worth mentioning and most days were fairly boring. Ultimately, I'd say it was a pretty deliteful year, any hardships aside, but rather than tell you everything that happened I'll just let the numbers speak for themselves....

Firstly, there was my FIRST-
-kiss in an ambulance
-kiss in the middle of a frozen lake
-paint-by-number completed
-Drunken Spelling Bee
-VAST show
-Prom [trash]
-Fall off my bike
-Collision with a car
-Stencil made/ nite out tagging
-Bike ride out of state
-Year anniversary with someone
-Halloween spent to myself
-Succesful omelette

And then there's the tally:

Days worked: 205 Slept in: 99 Naps: 33
Meditated: 13 Tarot readings given: 8 Received: 1
Library visits: 44 Cemetery visits: 7 Thrift stores: 9
Adventures in abandoned places: 17 Vagrants housed: 6
Internet people met: 7 Sex partners: 7 (really is a coincidence)
Exemplary sex: 12 Petty arguments: 27 Purchased pot: 19
More than content: 60 Malcontent: 35 Indifferent: the rest
Played Host: 76 Guest elsewhere: 95 Nites in: 107
Nites alone (without contact): 63 Game nites: 22 Out of Philly: 8
Bar nites: 35 Hungover: 18 Didn't drink: 12 (hahahahahahaha. oh, me)
Recreational bike rides: 78 Movies watched: 152

Hours of broadcast tv: ZERO!
Altho I did watch nearly the whole series of Sopranos, Season one of Heroes, season 2 of CSI:NY, season 2 of Twin Peaks, and assorted episodes of Ab Fab, X-Files, Reno 911, and various sketch comedy- all on dvd

Books read: 12 (wish it were more)
Religion and Science by Bertrand Russell
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
Queer Fear by various (gay horror short stories)
Sin City by.... that guy. c'mon geeks. help me out.
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Drinky Crow by Tony Millionaire
No Logo by Naomi Klein
Harry Potter 7 by that english cunt JK
The Stranger by that french guy.... Alber Camus
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore/David Lloyd
and...
Rant by Chuck Palahnuik

Friends deceased: 2
Stephen March 10th and Terrance April 5th. Blessed be.

Noteworthy movies:
Brothers of the Head, Taxidermia, Pan's Labyrinth, Gummo, The Illusionist, Idiocracy, A Scanner Darkly, The Butcher Boy, Borat, Children of Men, City of God, Perfume, and Inland Empire

Music discovered:
Cocteau twins, Album Leaf, Mogwai (redsicovered), The Iron and Wine, Stravinsky, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Animal Collective, Cecil Taylor, Los Lobos, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ornette Coleman, Gogol Bordello, Lansing-Dreiden, Gescom, Out Hud, Prokofiev, Wilco (rediscovered), Decemberists, The Bad Plus, and I'm sure a metric ass-ton more I'm neglecting to mention. Bear in mind, these are just the newbies.

.........And that's just about it. I was gonna make a tymeline of sorts, but thats a lot more work. There you have it! My year in review. Any questions, comments, or concerns can be submiitted to your pulpy face! Or by, you know, clicking comment below. But I'd rather you flagellate yourself. Please?!?! For ME?

*wink wink*

Say no more.