Yes I’m late, but here they are;
1. I realised that the number 7 is truly my favourite number.
2. I prefer whitewater rafting over skydiving.
3. Studying and working is a horrible life-destroying combination.
4. Lite ‘n’ easy actually tastes good, and it sure is easy.
5. Brisbane has a wicked country music station 98.9 FM.
6. Updating a website seven days in a row proved too much of a challenge (I managed six).
7. I am very lucky.
8. Had the best birthday in ages, a surprise cowboy party!
9. Learnt (again) that simple is usually best.
10. Discovered Game Of Thrones, the most epic fantasy fiction series ever.
11. However I still think my favourite book of all time is Frankenstein, and it is especially good in audiobook format.
12. 80% of the time I cooked (when I cooked) the same meal AND I LOVED IT.
13. Despite living with italian chefs for 6 months in 2010, few skills have transferred.
14. As above but regarding the Italian language.
15. Best live gig – Guitar Wolf (not as good as 2010′s best which was Overkill \m/)
16. I had a horrible year for creative output, few songs, few posts.
17. But this has left a nice space in my soul for new thoughts and passions to develop.
18. I developed an unhealthy obsession with spreadsheets.
19. And colour-coding.
20. Wore black shirts/t-shirts roughly 80% of the time.
21. Most of the remaining 20% was spent in black wife-beater singlets.
22. The beach holds a special magic for me.
23. Living in a dungeon is great when you have good Dungeon Masters.
24. Had very few visitors but each was special.
25. Queensland is beautiful and I got to explore some of it in winter on a fantastic relaxing holiday.
26. Had to introduce a midnight curfew to curb unhealthy drinking behaviour.
27. Total effective instances of applying the curfew = 1
28. Finally fixed my recording situation with the purchase of a new computer + Cubase, so no excuses now.
29. Failed completely to deliver an album for The Torrens to our record company.
30. Succeeded in using many buzzwords often, and with gusto, including ‘gr8′, ‘delta’, ‘core values’, utilisation’, ‘de-prioritise’ and ‘resource’ (when describing HUMANS).
31. Completed Uncharted 2, it was killer.
32. Mucked around with a few other PS3 games, notably Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Dragon Age, but not a big year for gaming at all.
33. Failed to re-commence latin dancing.
34. Hardly played any Future Tennis.
35. But I did wear my Future Tennis T-shirts with pride (especially the black one).
36. I keep catching myself acting/thinking like Dad.
37. I keep catching myself acting/thinking like Mum.
38. Luckily, I love them both and so do lots of other people, so that’s OK.
39. Deepened my love of dancehall music.
40. Remained obsessed with Dr Sakis.
41. Discovered Asian girly pop music.
42. Made a start at ‘being visual’ (painting, drawing, photoshop etc) but haven’t really progressed much yet.
43. My AFL teams came last (Port Power and Gold Coast Suns).
44. My LFL team didn’t even play (Dallas Desire).
45. I still don’t know what the difference between League and Union is.
46. Probably watched a total of 10mins of commercial television.
47. Attempted to save a duckling on the shores of Lake Wanaka.
48. As usual thought about getting more tatts but stalled ‘due to cost’.
49. Kept in touch with old friends as best I could, and made some good new ones too.
50. Realised my favourite superheroes are The Phantom and Robocop.
