Reflection

A Year in review 2008

The year of the Rat will be etched into my head as the time when I maxed out my life as a concert goer, a time to reconnect with the grassroots, and the break-free of all the hipsters/scenesters around.

Concerts this year: I tried to make it a resolution for max 2 concerts a month... but that got busted in Mar/April.....
Tally: 30+

Memories: Saw great ppl come and go (KC) but will be back
saw ppl leave for awhile
Saw relationships end, and terminate... (people blow up, and shut out)
good, bad, ugly (not so much)
celebrity signings, sightings, and close encounters followed by relentless searching

Top 3 Albums:
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Fleet Foxes- S/T
Sarah Slean - Baroness

Top 5 Gatherings:
1) HG-VI (bigger and betta each year. this edition featured collective pins!)
2) Mah jong nights (series of 3)
3) Grillfest 6
4) Cranium nights (4)
5) Beach days!!!

Top 3 experiences:
ROCK game! a la Buffalo
Summer in TO (first time in 8 years)
Best Birthday in my extistence (recent, but still worthy)

Top 5 Concerts:
Adele - @ Rivoli
Coldplay - Experiencing it for the first time
Celine Dion - I'd do her over again....
Golden Dogs - NYE double show
SPICE GIRLS - FINAL SHOW! (hopefully ever)

Top 3 Newsmakers:
Obama v. McCain
Crash of the sub-prime housing - and market
Michael Phelps!

Here are my Top 5 Photos:

Riverdale: you will be missed, offically done!

(First marathon: great experience, will be better prepped next time)

(CWC and GC - two amazing people that I adore)

(RP: someone who I adore more, like une grande soeur! she's the bomb. This was taken at ADELE concert @ rivoli!! BEST concert!!!! BEST SOUND!!!)

(SAM: Baller cat of JD - one of the other amazing ppl I know, Sam's my OG)

2009 I'm ready for you!
Year of the OX! bull-dozer through the market insercurities, and the trouble with the factions... let's see how this pans out!

To 2008 , you were an excellent year. I LOVE YOU to bits, but it's time for you to be over.

back on track? start of 9

9th week:

Amazing swim in 45min yesterday during work. (I'll try it again next Monday)

W-U
300 Swim
200 (50 swim, 50 drill)
100 (kick)

Main Set
[200 Swim, 100 drill] x 5
odds: IM, MI, IM
evens: Free

Cool Down
250 swim - choice
50 kick
50 drill
50 swim
done: 2.5k

23! on 23! that means champagne for all! or just me. happy happy!
tons of texts, but I'm more concerned about presents galore....

NEW pins to be released tonight :D so excited for them.

Cheers. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

8th - DONE

this is really depressing.

gooseegg.

why?!
Work,
Buffalo-trip (good shopping trip, my credit card reflects that.... now there is NO USING it for 3 months, I slipped, this is now on STOP)
Work. Bookclub (missauga non validating ticket=best times eva)
Work, HOliday Gathering VI (pins-galore)
sleeping in, WORK... hangout dins.
sleeping in, WORK, Indian, SS (amazing show= RP, V, N, JD, 3rd row. I could reach out to her.. WOW)
crashed @ RP, WORK (12 hours), here...

so you see a theme? WORK.. I know... but it's better than me spending any more money.....

09 - back on track, I swear!

7

exams. no training. feels shitty.

finally over all the academic commitments, and can just relax.
After our last exams, the group of 25 of us decided to go out on the esplande and have a merry time, pub hopping at 3:30pm. Great fun! afterwards hitted up the household, and the staff party followed by sizzle's suprise bash @ sutra tiki bar.

Great fun followed for the saturday, when it was V's birthday. Not only did we have a lazy pizza dinner and awesomeness @ Bedford, but clicked on over to Crew's for some drag fun.

Now I'm not opposed to some merry fun in the village... but it quite interesting on this night.

Capped off the weekend with 12 hours of sleep, followed by an amazing pomegranite dinner! it was amazing. but maybe north was bettter, but it was true persian...... to make things betta, lizness made this amazing marble rasberry cheesecake, it was to die for!!!

LOVED IT.

Publish Post

Plans for this week: get better, buffalo, HGVI, SS! Can't wait!

6

First official 0 (goose egg) week.

Besides the fitness I had to do (avg. 37 in benson - slower than last time, but I've been spotty with training)

I'm very hard on myself, and I need to take gordo's advice: the biggest thing that stands in the way of athletes is the self-destruction of a person's health and mental capacity.

NExt week: 4 exams, done done done! Re-focusing is in tact.

Shout out to KC - HAPPY BELATED! you're the bestest. Please have tons of fun @ Celine!

Hearts

Looking forward to the week end of next. triple plans, mega V birthday weekend, start of celebrations!.

REFOCUS, REFUEL, RECOMMIT!