Highlights of 2008

I'm glad the year of the Mouse/Rat is over. It was a tough year, but also a very rewarding one, filled with events, color and life. It was definitely a great one for meeting new people and leaving the dead end contacts behind. It was a year of travels, learning, emotional change of scenery, breaking the habits, and finding peace. In short: Vice internship, movies with Slava, Barbi, high tea, cuckoo New York trip, mad revelations and heartbreaks, the legendary night of the Justice show at the Great Hall, indoor pool voleyball in Richmond Hill with a blizzard outside, Montreal for the first time ever, straight to Vancouver, the return of Dimitri, straight A's that semester, "I love nature" cottage visit, summer internship, more Montreal, Lemeac, Rajni, Ottawa, Rafael Nadal, gourmet adventures with Roberto, Magdalena's return, dancing late and coming to work early, Osho, red eye to Europe, constantly ringing cell in Berlin, Baltic Sea, goth party in the bunker, wasp attack, Kunstwerke, Michael and Karin's epic search for a gallery, scootering in Ibiza, flying, getting lost in the hills with fuel running out, Gaudi, Joan Miro, Catalan people, Faulkner's Light in August, La Tomatina, Valencia's paellas, the girl from Jupiter, getting lost in Barcelona with a flight to catch, gloomy London and port, vintage stores in Shoreditch, Strategic Planning, yoga, wonderful professors, wonderful people, PalmsOut in October, jerks stealing my possessions, Vosges chocolate in SoHo, Coney Island freak show, Mad Men, calming down, peace of mind, movie night with dear C.L., playing the tambourine till 4am, BBDO, roommate reunion, blizzards in Vancouver, the return of Scotch, securing that opportunity, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, light at the end of the tunnel, Russian madhouse, caviar and champagne on New Year's Eve.

Okay, so 2008 sucked balls for a lot of you, right? 'Cos it sure as hell sucked for me. Help me PUNCH 2008 IN THE BALLS.

I’m making a 2008 piñata which will be shaped like a nutsack, so that I can PUNCH 2008 IN THE BALLS. Since so many of you share my sentiments, I thought you all might like to participate, at least in spirit. So here’s my proposal: In the comments below, write a short message to 2008, or write something that frustrated you, or any negative thoughts that you want to let go of in 2009. I’ll write each comment on the strips of paper I’m recycling into the balls piñata. (They’ll be painted over to protect your privacy, and I won’t include names!) When my friends and I PUNCH 2008 IN THE BALLS tomorrow night, we’ll destroy all of the negative thoughts and energies, wiping the slate clean for a fresh start for EVERYONE in 2009. Okay, that’s a little hokey, but you get the idea. ANYWAY, comment below, PLEASE. I’ll post photos and videos of the outcome!