December 31st, 2006
I just spent about an hour skimming through an entire year’s worth of writing on mihow.com. And I have to be honest; I talk a lot and say very little. For those of you who stuck around, I’m proud of you. I feel like I owe you some presents. This exercise has taught me a little something about this site and myself. I need to stop with the filler, be a more honest, and I need to stop worrying about what other people think because sometimes I hold back on what I really want to say. I will try and make 2007 more valuable (in blog currency, of course), creating a valublog, if you will.
Seriously, I’ll be the first to admit that most of the posts on here are filler crap. Not that I know what non filler crap might be. But I did find a few from 2006 that seemed different. (The funny thing is, most of the ones that came to mind when this idea occurred to me earlier today turned out to be posts that dated back two, sometimes three years. Oh, how time does fly. And, oh, how little I have actually done in 2006, but I have BIG plans for 2007, just you wait. Heads are gonna spin.)
There are 10 posts below that I feel say a little something about this site, the year behind it, etc. It’s a year-end roundup if you will, a retrospective. Most of the choices came easy because there wasn’t much left once I sifted through all the dirt. But I did have trouble figuring out what to choose for “Most Stupid” because, quite honestly, there were several of those.
Lastly, I want to say thank you to everyone for visiting. If it weren’t for your comments and emails I wouldn’t continue to do this. I can’t thank you enough. And I really, truly mean that. Thank you, sweet people.
Most New York
Most Melancholy
Most Absurd
Most Informative (because of the participants).
Most Stupid
Most About Us
Most Sarcastic
Most Historical
Most Irresponsible (Most Embarrassing might work as well.)
My Personal Favorite
Thanks again, everyone. Happy New Year.
Edited to add: There is something very wrong with our server. If you’re reading this at all, it’ll be a miracle. We’re working on it.
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December 29th, 2006
(I’m late on this one but who cares.)
A little over a month ago, a buzz hit the Internet. People began talking about the new issue of JPG Magazine. Tobyjoe and I read reports about how amazing it looked but we had yet to seen one in person. On December 4th, I received an email from Rachel James thanking me because she had seen herself on a spread in JPG Magazine. Still, nothing came for us.
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December 29th, 2006
I settled in for a nap at around 7 PM last night. At around 7:30 PM I woke up to the shrill sound of our bell ringing. Our buzzer is so loud, so startling, it’s been known to force turds from our cats. Most people who regularly visit us know that the bell is loud and therefore skip buzzing up. They call from downstairs instead. So I figured this wasn’t going to be a friend. I hadn’t ordered anything. I wasn’t waiting for any evening deliveries. Tobyjoe was out of town. Who could this be?
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December 28th, 2006
My friend Brad tells me that there are two roles during a conversation. He tells me this when I fess up to how bad of a listener I can be.
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December 22nd, 2006
Tobyjoe and I purchased a computer for my dad recently. I use the word “purchased” but what I really mean we took his credit card number, clicked a few buttons, and had it shipped to our house. Tobyjoe spends the majority of his day talking to computers. He tells them what to do, how to act, servers, too. He talks to them through something that looks like this:
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December 21st, 2006
Yesterday I had a doctor’s appointment on the Upper West Side. Since I was basically heading to a different state, I left the house at around 12:30 in order to get there in time. My appointment was long. It lasted nearly 2 and a half hours. They drew blood, ran some tests, told me I was probably going to be A-OK. It was good news but I was absolutely exhausted when I left and I was starving. I’m not sure what it is about doctor’s visits, but they suck the life out of me. I guess after 8 vials of blood, that’s to be expected.
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December 20th, 2006
I discovered Gothamist about a year ago. I had heard about it before, but I never really checked it out. And discovering this particular Web site was different. I actually remember doing it. I had become totally annoyed with blogging, and completely frustrated with blogs in general. I was in search of a decent, non-NYT, non-major corporation, local Web site. I wanted to find one about New York City, New Yorkers, and our local news. So, I visited Gothamist, added it to my RSS, and the rest was history. I’ve been hooked ever since.
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December 19th, 2006
A friend of mine had a baby boy last week. Nico wrote me yesterday to tell me the news. I couldn’t be happier for them. After Nico forwarded me the email, we got to talking and the whole circumcision thing came up. I must say, the whole “to snip or not to snip” question hadn’t ever occurred to me before. What if Tobyjoe and I one day have a son? Would we snip the little guy?
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December 18th, 2006
3:39 PM: The first batch (and by batch I mean three) of mihow.com holiday leg lamp cookies was put into the oven. In 8 minutes I will know if there will be a Christmas this year at all.
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December 18th, 2006
I hadn’t ever been to Boston before last week outside of its airport so I had a great time kicking around the city. I did a lot of walking (and shopping). And I managed to sneak in an incredibly awesome lunch with my gal, Heather. She took me to a Shabu restaurant in Chinatown. I ordered the veggie plate and she got the seafood version. It was phenomenal and I wouldn’t stop talking about. Much later, as Tobyjoe and I ate at an Italian restaurant, all I could do was reminisce about how amazing my lunch was. I’ve been dreaming about it ever since.
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