Now I didn't ever say I would "never" blog or write again. More like I just stopped. I was just done with that phase of my life.
“I’ll tell you a story. I once fell deeply, profoundly in love with tropical fish. I had sixty fish tanks in my house. I’d skin-dive to find the right ones. Anisotremus virginicus, Holacanthus ciliaris, Chaetodon capistratus. You name it. Then one day, I say "[Screw] fish." I renounce fish; I will never set foot in that ocean again. That was seventeen years ago and I have never since stuck so much as a toe into that ocean. And I love the ocean!”
“But why?”
“Done with fish.”
The last time I wrote was about this time 2 years ago. So basically in the time it takes a mormon missionary to go and come back, I have been silent. So with a new year comes the chance for reconciliation and rebirth, and in my case it heralds a new post. 2005 was a huge year for me. I went from fighting Pirates and hunting Indians to getting a Joint Checking account and picking out pillow cases with matching duvet cover. Yeah I put my sword and tomahawks down and got married to the girl of my dreams on August 5th 2005. Everything else that year was pretty much a blur.
"He has found himself a... Wendy. And Hook is all alone."
The last year was filled with big changes: finishing college, moving out of Utah and getting a job. And filled with big challenges: unemployment, losing my Uncle Mike, and Costco (if you have to ask you wouldn't understand). But 2006 has gone the way of the Buffalo (not the ones in Yellowstone, I mean the ones that are extinct) and so I look forward to the future.
"Then tell me, "Future Boy", who's President in the United States in 1985?"
A future bright with hope and possibilities. I've got some goals and ideas for the coming year. 2005 was a year of calm waters and sunny skies and 2006 had some seriously stormy seas, but I think the next year I'm going to be setting sail toward some new and uncharted waters, filled with spectacular views and harrowing straits. I think I'm ready for some adventure.
"I know this has been a difficult time for you, but I want you to try to enjoy this day. Commencement: the end of one thing, the start of something new."
2007: the start of something new.