Imagine you were told that you finally won the lottery after so many attempts, the jackpot in fact. And then just before you can receive the money, you are told that someone else actually won, not you. Even though that person has won it several times in the past already.

Wouldn’t that suck?

Hmm..

I feel like my hand of cards has been knocked out of my grasp and mixed in with the deck. I had an Ace that I was holding on to so dearly, just waiting for the right time to play it. It didn’t matter when, just so long as I had it for when the right moment came.

Now I’m not sure if I still have that card.

So I started work this week. It’s kinda tough. As in, I’ve gone from having a lot of free time to having quite little. And in that time I do have, I’m pretty tired and trying to force a lot into a small period. I’m just trying to make sure that I put the time into the important stuff. I have hardly even been near Warcraft for example, but I am making sure things are good with friends/family.
But work is good. So far. Although I haven’t done a lot of “work” yet. I’m still in the learning/training phase. The people are very nice though, which is always a good thing.

This evening I took some time to play some Guitar Hero. My brother came into my room and was watching me finish off a song, when he suddenly called me “that guy”. “That guy” being the one that is good at every game and so takes the fun out of it. Now I admit… I do usually beat him at games… ok most people in fact. But it’s not on purpose! I play for fun, not for the winning.
I dunno if it’s because I grew up with games, but I seem to have a natural talent with most of them. There are of course some that I have troubles with.
But oh well… if I am “that guy” then so be it I just apologise in advance for any embarrassment anyone might suffer in future

Now time to sleep, another day of work tomorrow…

2009 is here. 2008 was a big year in some ways. I graduated university, landed my first job (starting on Monday) and became closer to someone than I thought possible considering we never met in person.
Whilst that may seem strange, we have known each other for over two years now, almost two and a half in fact. We know each other pretty well by now.

If I could go back and change anything I did this year, would I do it? I think I would given what I know now that I didn’t then. But that’s not the point is it?
We learn from what we do wrong so that we don’t do it again. I think the key is to not look back at what we could have done, but take a good look at what we do have in our lives (the people, the skills we have, and the opportunities before us) and think about what we can do with those. We have no control over what has passed, but the future is ours to shape for ourselves.

So this new year, it is time to wipe the slate clean, accept what has happened but start fresh, making the life that we want and settle for no less.
This is what I intend to do. It will take a great deal of effort, but 2009 will be a good year. It is my sole resolution to make it so

Happy new year to all!