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!