2005 and the events, people, and places it represents will be missed for many reasons - especially for the fact that it was not 2006

with the return of my computer and a respectable amount of free time, i've rediscovered the joys of downloading music. my most recent acquisitions include albums by richard buckner, slaid cleaves (who isn't all that exciting it turns out), damien jurado, ryan adams, and smog. looking at that now, i realize i have only downloaded country influenced male singer-songwriter types. how about that. i guess i should branch out.

the new year has brought with it an expected frustration with the ever increasing velocity of time. 2005 has beaten the previous speed record by a great deal. it was my most superstitious year in recent memory and one of mixed fortune personally and nationally. i'm still having trouble believing that the summer is over let alone that it's 4 days away from the one year anniversary of my departure for glasgow.

i've never much liked the thought entering a world not structured by the flows of academia. fortunately i have dvds of the fourth season of the west wing, five months, and plenty of work to do to distract me from that inevitability.