27th Dec 2005
Annus Horribilis
2005 built character. Enough already.
There are some highlights from this year that I really enjoyed, such as living in NYC, driving across the country, and making significant progress on FlexiPhoto. My daughter got to go to a stellar school in NYC, and thrived. My wife got photos into a couple of exhibitions. I’m frikken healthy.
But there were mistakes aplenty. A bunch of “should haves”. Shoulda pulled the plug on working with AOLServer & Tcl much earlier (career detour). Shoulda rented out the West Coast house so that we could have stayed in NYC. I haven’t done a good job at marketing FlexiPhoto, or my own blog, or myself, for that matter (my resume and site need a going-over). I haven’t done enough to keep up with friends. Wasted a lot of time fretting about things I can’t change. bla bla bla. Terrible birthday [1], and worse Christmas (not in the materialistic sense, but in the sense of not being enthusiastic about either one).
It’s not a true “Annus Horriblus” (just sounds more dramatic than “year that sucked”). If it were, I may not be fortunate enough to write the words, right? No Hurricane Katrina here. No car crashes. No upside-down goldfish. It could have been a lot worse. Still, I’m glad it’s just about over. Onward.
[1] with the exception of being with a couple of wonderful folks in Mill Valley for a few hours.
