Electric Feel
So first and foremost I’d like to wish all my readers all the best for 2009 and let you know that I do intend to write a lot more posts in my blog this year than I did in 2008. I think I only did like 17 for the whole year or something, compared to 2005 when I did like over 100. Obviously my life’s a lot busier now what with working full time and all the rest of it, but there’s been many an evening when I’ve been wondering what to do and I guess really should have just sat down and wrote something. Although to be honest for all I know, there could be absolutely nobody reading this anymore because they’ve all lost interest.
I guess it always makes for more of an exciting read when I’m hung up on someone or I’ve just been dumped or I’m depressed about something, but it’s not really worth purposely putting myself through that for the sake of the (tiny) readership my outpourings would get.
The good thing about it being a new year is that it’s time for a new start and a new beginning almost, or at least that’s how I’m trying to look at it. I said a long time ago that from between the ages of 20 and 25 I would try and make that the best time of my life and with me turning 24 this year I’m getting scarily close to that end point. I think I might take a bit of a liberty and extend it until I’m 30 years old. To be honest though it’s not like I go out of my way to have an exceptionally good time just because I’ve imposed this imaginary limit on when I’m going to stop having as much fun. Having just said that, surely the whole purpose of one’s entire life is to have as much fun and enjoy it as much as possible, since it is after all not infinite.
When I look back I can still remember my first day at primary school, the day before my first day at Academy and the very first day of Uni. It’s scary how quickly time flies and what with 2008 disappearing as quickly as it did, I fear that we’ll be into 2010 before I know what’s going on.
Something that came into my head the other day was that it’s almost 1 year since I met for the first time, the first girl I fell in love with. Yes it didn’t last long and I got dumped but for all the time of it, it was pretty intense and it’s weird to think that the night we met in Vodka Bar at table 24 (my lucky number incidentally) was so long ago. I felt quite down about it at first but I’m blaming that on the fact I’d had a few morgans and cokes before retiring to bed early after learning my mates weren’t coming into town for their night out.
Sho and I were talking about it on Saturday night and it’s strange how we both feel the same about our first loves, even though the time span of the relationships was so different.
The positive aspect of it though is now glaringly obvious and that is that on the 17th January last year I had no idea of what was about to happen and that I was going to meet someone I would end up caring about so much, so there’s nothing to say that this year isn’t going to be the same again. Except perhaps that the 17th of January this year lies on a Sunday and I’ll probably be suffering from a hangover instead. 
The fact of the matter is, this is a new year and anything can happen. It’s time to put into action the changes in my life that I want to make and to go out and achieve the things I want to achieve.
Exciting project of this year so far is the podcast my friend Brock and I have started called “Random talk with Goatie and Brock”. The pilot episode is available for download. If anyone’s interested please drop me an email or comment me on facebook or bebo and I can point you to the link. I’ve been told that it’s really funny and we’re just working on the equipment side of things now to get the best audio.
Also there’s something else I’m hoping to re-embark on which I haven’t really told many people about. I think only 2 of my friends know I ever did it or was ever in on the scene. If I get really good at it hopefully it’ll become obvious to most people but for now I’m keeping it under wraps until I know for sure I’m definitely going to go through with it for real this time. I started in earnest in 2006 and never really got through the initial stage, but hopefully this time I’ll succeed. Wish me luck! 
That’s all the random ramblings I seem to have in me for just now.
Currently Climbing: 5+/6a
Currently Listening to: MGMT - Electric Feel
Laters
