Life: February
I am an uncle. :) I have to say that I am quite excited about the entire situation, although I have no doubt that as soon as I see him it will change my perspective on life. :) It seems as though my experiences in the last two years have been “life-altering” so to speak. I wouldn’t say that I am all that different, but I do feel as though I look at life quite differently in a lot of ways. I suppose I just learned to appreciate what I have and not be concerned with everything else. Simple words to live by. You can use them if you wish. 
With that being said, things are relatively typical lately. Work is slowly starting to take up more of my day, in particular abstract reviews, which I am really excited about this year. We made some changes to our “suggested topics” and received some really innotive and interesting proposals. I have also been doing some graphics design work for some nightclubs in the city. Mostly just poster artwork and some website design but it has been a nice “break” for me. I imagine it is a little odd to replace work with work but one feels more like a hobby. I could just be making excuses I suppose, lol.
I have been spending my weekends (late nights) at the club and have started to make some really great friends there. I haven’t been drinking, which comes as much as a surprise to me as to the rest of you. :) I started by helping my friend out with the poster artwork but slowly started spending at least one night a week there just lounging and providing my insight and experience wherever necessary. D.G. and I discussed the thought of my getting back into the scene, but I don’t think I would want to go back to the lifestyle associated with being a managing partner of a nightclub. I am just as content to spend my weekends lounging on the couch with a movie. 
Speaking of movies, we (read I) went on a bit of a spending spree this week and picked up Michael Clayton, We Own The Night and American Gangster. Along with 3:10 to Yuma, which we watched last week, these are all really good movies and totally worth renting/buying. I have also been catching up on a bunch of movies that I haven’t watched yet, I suppose that is due to the fact that I have been up late recently (i.e. 3am right now). I should probably get back to a regular sleep schedule but I have been a little preoccupied with work lately (happens every year) that it takes me a while to get my thoughts clear so that I can fall asleep.
On that note… Zzz…