Well folks, I had an excellent Christmas.  I got to go home to Regina which was nice.  I always enjoy some time out in the prairies.  It was our (Leah and I) first Christmas and it went pretty smooth.  There was some juggling of time between the families, but a nice time overall.  I’ve said this before but I will say it again, being married holds an interesting mirror up.  There are traditions/ticks/just little things that you would never realize about yourself or your family until someone tells you that you are a complete weirdo! 

Thankfully, Leah doesn’t think we are too weird.  But, when you come into another family, there are bound to be some differences.  I got some really nice presents, one of which was the new Justin Timberlake CD.  I’m totally bringing SexyBack!

I suppose I don’t feel like I have too much to say at the moment.  I spent a large chunk of my morning writing an exhaustingly (hopefully) creative cover letter and I feel a bit spent now.  I will say one thing, for the first time, when I was coming back into Calgary, it felt like I was coming home and that’s always a good feeling.

As Christmas continues to approach at an unreasonable rate (yet I can’t wait to get home) I am reminded of all the great friends I have.  It’s actually sort of silly how lucky I feel.  And I would like to take a moment to show you how I feel about my friend Rob.

Words cannot express it properly, it must be in song.

It’s time for a pep-talk!  Well team, I think we have had a pretty successful year.  I managed to finish my degree, move to a new city all alone, get married, find a career and get involved with the writing community in Calgary. 

I feel as though I have been stuck in a hyperbolic time chamber where 1 day is actually a year and I have trained to defeat the evil threat of Cell!  Whoa, too much Dragon Ball Z.  I have a weakness of rip-off American anime.

What I am trying to say is that I really feel like I have changed a lot and not just that things have changed.  I talked to my good friend Neil last night on MSN and he spent the last year in Australia and various islands.  I can only imagine he must have grown and changed, but I also realized that I have as well.  While he was gone all of those things happened to me.  How bizarre is that.  So much changes in a year.

Something else has changed.  My writing.  I think I have written in the past about being able to think and write in character now; whereas before it wall about me.  A side effect of being in school and young/melodramatic/me.  But something else has changed.  I am thinking big.  I used to write a poem, one at a time, whenever I felt inspired.  I am not sure that many of those poems are any good.  Now I am thinking in themes and subjects and characters and projects.  Which means I don’t have to wait until inspiration hits me, per se.  I can write without that fear of being or not being inspired.

Now for the heart-clincher.  I have really enjoyed our blogosphere.  Keeping old friends close and meeting new people.  I have enjoyed having you on my blog and reading yours (if you have one).  Thanks.  I really hope you have a great Christmas/festive season–you pagans !  (This is not my official sign-off.  That will come Wednesday or Thursday.)