Saturday, November 25, 2006

Ho Ho Ho - Christmas 2006

Ho Ho Ho - It's Christmas and I hope that you and your loved ones are safe, sound and full of good cheer. Here's what's been happening for the past 12 months. See you in 2007 when Dougan's World goes through the annual transformation.


January:
New Year’s Eve in SF ♦ DeYoung Museum opens ♦ Kitty attacks Cocker Spaniel ♦ Broadway bound Lestat bites into SF audiences ♦ Movie Rec: Munich ♦ The Date of my conception was on or about Saturday, January 28, 1967 ♦ Thanks Mom and Dad

February:
President Bush delays our arrival in Orlando ♥ Celebrate Chinese New Year in SF ♥ Dinner in Paris with Dan & Bev at Epcot ♥ Movie Rec: Walk the Line ♥ I was born on a Thursday under the astrological sign Virgo

March:
Drove the historic 49 mile drive in SF ♠ Flew home with Sandra Day O’Conner on a flight from Scottsdale ♠ Kitty is diagnosed with kidney disease and a hyperactive Thyroid – treatments begin ♠ Oscar celebration at the Castro Theater ♠ Movie Rec: V for Vendetta ♠ The year of my birth was a leap year

April
Head to Florida for training ♫ Take side trip to Daytona to see Miss Kris ♫ Saw Cirque du Soleil’s La Nouba ♫ Purchased politically incorrect Salt and Pepper shakers ♫Off to Texas for Easter ♫ Get three job opportunities ♫ Start the interview process ♫ Skyline Drive Tour with Marci ♫ Movie Rec: Thank You For Smoking ♫ I was born in the Chinese Year of the Monkey

May
Boys Bowling night ☼Jens Peter visits from Denmark ☼ Explore the Golden Gate Bridge ☼ Take the California Street walk, make video for You tube and get death threat from somewho doesn’t believe I should be alive … God bless him ☼ Movie Rec: Prairie Home Companion ☼ My Native American Zodiac sign is the Bear (which makes sense due to my Mother Bear protectiveness)

June
Celebrate Dad’s 70th birthday ♂ Mom rides her last wooden rollercoaster at Silverwood amusement park ♂ Visit Oakland for the “Disney – 50 Years Behind the Magic” exhibition ♂ Pride 2006 in SF ♂ Movie Rec: An Inconvenient Truth ♂ I am 460 months old

July
Purchase bicycles Ω Attend Fillmore Jazz Festival Ω Tried to kill Frank riding down the Presideo for his first bike ride Ω Ride across Golden Gate Bridge, pedal falls off Ω Lunch at Sam’s on the deck in the sun Ω Movie Rec: Pirates of the Caribean – Dead Man’s Chest Ω Score Kathy Griffin tickets through our “connections

August
Road trip to LA > Fly to Las Vegas for Frank's birthday > Stay at the Venetian, see La Reve and dine at the SW Steak House > Temperature is a mild 104 degrees > Interviews with Kaiser Permanent and the Gap > Movie rec: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont > My birthdstone is the sapphire which enable clear thinking > This does not surprise you

September
Kaiser Permanente offers me a position as a Sr. Instructional Design Consultand * Job offer acceptec, resignation submitted, farewell party attended * Fly to New York City for my birthday * Play in the rain * See The Drowsey Chaperone, Avenue Q, a taping of the Daily Show and the Color Purple * Visit my roommate

October
Attend "family" days at the Disneyland Resort $ Detox from old job $ Start new job $ Movie rec: The Departed $ Neighbor's bathroom leaks into the kitchen $ Big hole in the ceiling $ Explore SF's Barbery Coast

November
Go on Mexican cruise with the boys ^ Take ATVs through the jungle in Puerto Vallarta ^ Taxi through Mazatlan ^ Snorkel in Cabo San Lucas ^ Sign up for Alaska Cruise in September '07 ^ Thanksgiving Dinner at John and Rusty's ^ Movie Rec: Stranger than fiction

December

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and
adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we
seek them with our eys open"


- Jawaharal Nehru




Happy Holidays!