2009 in Review/2010 in Prediction

Again, I’m going with dubious grammar choices for the title, but I believe it fits.  Instead of just reviewing the low and highlights of 2009, I figure I’ll go through a list of my greatest hits ’cause for nearly all of them I have goals of faster and more intense for 2010.  So, when you start seeing Facebook statuses (stati?) about how bored I am, you can just send me a link to this page to light a fire under me towards something.  Maybe.  I don’t often admit to being bored in Facebook because it actually doesn’t happen too much.  What’s more likely is that you’ll see statuses (stat–oh, forget it) about me wasting time on something completely inconsequential.  Which is essentially what this blog post is.  Anyways, moving on, in an order where I presume the most interesting to the most number of people is at the top, I present the list:

Epic Fail

I’m going to have to qualify this post before I even begin it.  This is not fishing for sympathy or compliments.  Any comments made in that vein will be deleted ’cause I have that power.  Nor am I angry with anyone here.  So, why write this post?  ‘Cause sometimes blogging is really just forcing yourself to sit down and type out the situation to make you think things through.  So, if I have to make my predictions now, the moral of the story will probably come out as “I’m getting older” since that’s been the trend (notice how fat the tag for “Oldness” is over there).  Okay, disclaimers made, thanks for still reading if you are still here and, I’m not kidding, I will do some delete comment smackdown if anyone tries to validate me ’cause that’s not the point.

Podcasts I Listen To

As one of those fools clinging to a daily hour commute (total, not each way), I found myself quickly tiring of music every day and decided I needed something else to pass the time.  That was just under 3 years ago and that was perfect timing to be part of the podcast boom.  For those not in the know, a podcast is a piece of audio that’s sent out over the Internet and downloaded to a computer or MP3 player (such as an iPod).  It’s basically the audio version of user-created content on the internet.  Categories range far and wide, as does quality and scope and duration and frequency.  I love the idea of podcasts.  I tend to go through a lot of information on the internet (and by information I mean stupid videos) and podcasts save me a lot of time of tracking down research as I can just let it come to me as I drive or walk the dog or do the dishes or take a shower or whatever it is I’m doing.  So, it’s a beautiful thing and I want to plug the podcasts I listen to and give some feedback.  These are all created by folks who want to share what they know and mostly non-profit.  So, they’re labors of love and I think that’s something great that the Internet can give us.