Wasted Continuum

2008 is coming to an end fast. It is always a good time to reflect on the year. Here is the short list of the top five things I have learned over this year. These are mostly personal so may not apply to anyone else but me. Not sure if this is in order or anything.

• I really love photography This may sound weird because I have been, in one way or another, taking photos since I was young. I have always liked photography, but this year, I really dove into it and learned so much especially from my 365 project. There was also several incidents that made me realized how photography has became such a big part of my life.
• Once you go Mac I have been a Mac user for many years, but I have not personally owned an Apple computer since my Apple IIe from my childhood. This year, I finally purchased a MacBook Pro and I can’t see myself buying another PC (Windows box). This is saying a lot since I have been putting together PC’s for myself and other since I was in grade school so I know them very well. But I know this because I have a killer PC desktop right now, but I rarely ever use it.
• Baking is fun I have been cooking since I was a child, but I never really got into cooking. I don’t really know why. I just didn’t. This year, I decided to try it out. I start with something simple, mini-financiers au miel. That was a huge success so I tried something more difficult. I tried baking a chocolate and zucchini cake (photos). It was excellent. And just recently, I baked my first batch of cookies and cupcakes. I made some chocolate chip cookies and top-to-bottom crumb cupcakes.
• Twitter is indispensable I joined twitter late November of 2007 and at first I didn’t really understand it. Flash forward to end of 2008 and I feel deficient and uninformed without it. The community is strong. I’ve met so many intelligent, funny, resourceful people on there. It’s open so you can connect it to almost anything. I can’t describe how powerful twitter is here without writing out a few paragraphs. I may have to write up a full post on it on a later date.
• I am still capable of love I had my heart broken just under two and a half years ago. I was in love with that girl, but she did not love me back. We were really close friends, but in the end, she treated me like just another guy and that made it even worse. After that I really closed myself off to love. In 2007, for most of the year, I couldn’t even think of getting into another relationship. I eventually got over her, but I don’t think I really healed. In the beginning of 2008, I decided to be open to meeting someone. I went on several dates and I just didn’t connect with any of them even though they were great. I was thinking that I’ve lost my passion or ability to let anyone in. In the end of August, I met a girl on twitter that changed everything. If you follow me on twitter, it will not take much to figure out who she is. We had an instant connection, incredible chemistry. Now, I think about her all the time. She is more than just intelligent, beautiful, talented, caring, understand and funny. Those are all things I look for in an ideal woman. She is more than that. Above all that, she also inspires me. She inspires my art. She inspires me to be a better person. She has shown me that my heart still beats and that it is still very much alive. I am still capable of love.

I have learned a lot more this year, but those are the ones that really stick out. I would encourage all of you to think about what you have learned too.

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