Happy New Year!

Another year has come and gone, and in my life it was a significant year.

• I was laid off, kind of, and spent months getting paid to look for a job
• I quit my job (before the lay-off actually kicked in) and the company I'd worked for since college
• I got a new job, turning down several other offers that could have kept me in California, moved me to Colorado or Virginia
• I almost bought a house in California, but ended up leaving California altogether
• I moved back to Boston and bought a condo
• I started shaving my head (I'd done this before, but not for this long)

I doubt that 2008 will see quite so many significant changes in my life, but there is always the possibility.

As for New Year's Eve, I spent the evening at Whiskey's. When I first moved to Boston, I had dinner there quite regularly and still go most weekends to watch football. So I figured that would be a good place to close out my year and begin a new one.

I had a lot of fun and met many nice people. A couple from Pittsfield that were in town for New Year's. Two girls who I seem to recall were working as au pair's, one of them was from South Africa (I mentioned I had been there as a kid when there was the big drought, she had no idea what I was talking about, since that had been in 1983 and she was born in 1986, made me feel like a dirty old man). I also met a couple of girls who described themselves as Canadian Pollacks, who were visiting Boston for New Year's. I always find it amazing how people from all over can end up in one place.

It was also a lot different than the New Year's before which I spent in San Francisco. I had a good time in San Francisco, but it didn't have the relaxed friendly feel that I had this year.

Anyway, I hope 2008 brings you happiness and fulfillment.