I hate timelines – too much to do, only a few days to do it. So as I dart back to work like always, let me take some time to post the final blog entry of 2002 and make it a good old-fashioned Monday Mission. The rest of this week will be dedicated to remembering back over 2002 – be it my favourite personal posts, and my annual Best of 2002 lists in music, movies, and television. Hopefully you enjoy it, and I always like hearing what you think in the comments. Keep them coming! Now, without further adieu:
1. Which Blog post of yours was one of your favorites of 2002?
I haven’t actually gone through them all yet to see, but the one that stands out in my mind simply due to the sheer amount of feedback I got on it, is “Sometimes things happen in life”. It was a startling true-life story that hit me pretty hard at the time – tragedy is always worse when it comes home.
2. Were there any “old acquaintances” that should be forgot this year?
I don’t think so, no. I’ve lost touch, for the most part, with Zohra and Casey, and my old friends Tiffany and Nick Ellis from Georgia. I like keeping in touch with people, sometimes I guess it just doesn’t quite work out.
3. Did you finish what you started last week?
I’ll never be finished what I’ve started.
4. Will you be doing anything to celebrate “New Year’s Eve?” Any traditional food or drinks you associate with “New Year’s?”
Every year we (Mar and I) head over to Craig and Cheryl’s house to meet up with Pat and Denise for an evening of pretty much nothing but jokes, food, drink, and TV. As for food and drink, this year it’s apparently fondue for food (last year was sushi – blech..) and I’ve got a Bubba for Craig to drink – I only wanted the Maple Leafs keg. I’ll also be preparing my now famous margaritas which managed to knock both Craig and Pat for a loop last year. Knocking Craig for a loop IS an accomplishment.
5. What was the coolest present you got this year?
Oh, dude. Hrm.. I got too much good stuff. A basketball net from my sister and Jeff, new light fixtures and a calendar holder for the kitchen, a Coke pillow, jeans, shirts, Dockers, a jacket, lots of chocolate and cashews. DVDs (Back to the Future Trilogy, Star Wars II, Frosty the Snowman, Monsters Inc.) and CDs (Maybe This Christmas, Nirvana, The Dears, Nickel Creek, and 3 Coca-Cola Christmas CDs for the collection). Oh, and a subscription to The Hockey News, which is hella-cool. Anyone else get a keg of beer, a hockey magazine, and two childrens DVDs for Christmas? :)
6. The day after Christmas, around 3pm, I drove by a car where the driver and his passenger were each drinking a beer; there was no mistake about it. I was shocked, because I’d never seen anyone actually do this. And wasn’t sure what I should do about it. What would you do in the same situation?
Call the cops. 100%. Take down the license plate, call the cops, and follow the car to it’s destination. There is no excuse for that bullcrap anymore, none. There’s no excuse to get into a car if you’ve ingested any alcohol (yes, even one), let alone drive while you’re drinking it. The inability of people to refrain from drinking when they have to drive will always shock me. I don’t know how many more times I’m going to have to hear “but it’s only one” or “but I’m not driving for a bit”. There are plenty of other wonderful beverages on planet Earth that, shock of shocks, actually even taste better than the booze you’re drinking to be social.
7. Have you ever driven a car while drinking alcohol? Ever driven drunk or known anyone who has? How’d that turn out?
I guess the answer to this one is inherently obvious by now, but for those without a keen sense of the obvious, no. I’ve known people that tried to drive drunk once from a house party I threw in high school, but I kidnapped their keys until they found a sober person willing to deliver them. In their angered and infinite wisdom, they decided they’d “get back” at me by stealing my Cap’n Crunch from the kitchen cupboards. Boy, that hurt.
Assuming I’ll be too…. celebratory…. to post anything tonight, please allow me this moment to wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year. Unless you don’t celebrate your New Year tonight, in which case I’ll be politically correct and wish you the best anyways!