525,600 - 2007 in Review

"Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes;
Five hundred, twenty-five thousand moments so dear.
Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes--how
Do you measure, measure a year?"

--"Seasons of Love", Rent

It's been a busy year, during which there have been far too many blogging breaks and apologies and half-sincere resolutions to post more often. I don't intentionally neglect my blog; it's just that sometimes I can't come up with ideas of what to post about and other times what I wish I could blog about is just unblogable. [Should that have one "g" or two? Hmmm.] Still, it being January 2nd, I figured it's a good way to start the year.

This year I got a new computer at work, wondered why people don't take the mitzvah of "kedoshim ti'hiyu" more seriously, had a crazy chavayah for the Pesach seder, managed to break through my writer's block at Patches of Poetry on an intermittent basis, and made it to the finals at the JIB's. I pondered moving on, prompting a slight scare that I was retiring from blogging, but by which I really meant I was reconsidering what sort of things I post about. I discussed my inability to take a compliment, took a painful walk down memory lane, and took a walk down Manhattan that was many miles long. I turned myself inside-out for all to see, blogged about the importance of having a rav, rebbetzin, or mentor in your life, experienced some crazy mood swings, and reflected on my year since the past Rosh Hashana. I had a whirlwind of a time over the chagim, spending no two yamim tovim in the same place and having a great time wherever I went. I considered how I view my family, particularly my parents, and how my attitude towards my family has changed over the years. I wrote about sunshine and shadows and how we perceive our place and others', and got off track--and back on again--at the end of the year.

But more than any of the various things that have gone on this year, I really feel like this year was a year of friends. Over the course of this year, I have met so many incredible people, all of whom have enriched my life immeasurably.

"It's time now, to sing out,
cuz the story never ends.
Let's celebrate, remember a year
in the life of friends!"

--"Seasons of Love", Rent

I owe this year to all of you.