Fresh Slate for 2008

Well, I've been meaning for several months now to write how the F5 (Refresh) key literally detached from my computer -- clearly from over use -- and how this is a metaphor for my life or some such thing -- but I have been too scattered all over the place for the last few months take the photo and start the entry.

I realize I need a fresh slate in this blog space for 2008.

To begin, a quick historical summary, I worked through some "place" and "drive across the USA" issues on the trip outlined in the blog entries below. Afterwards, I spent several months oscillating (July-Sept) between Mom and Dad, Redding and Chappaquiddick (all sorts of combos). I returned to Seattle in mid-September after reducing everything from my 10x10 east coast storage unit into a 5x7 crate which I had shipped to my new apartment in the Fremont area of Seattle. Items had been in the storage unit for THREE years. At this point, I've worked through all of the 'stuff' and it's been like opening a time capsule of my life from three years ago in Boston. As cheesy as it sounds, I used the criteria outlined in a book titled "Clearing Clutter with Feng Shui" which was given to me by Megan Riley and that I would highly recommend to everyone. Essentially, the author's point is one's physical space often reflects one's mental place. Ideally, one should only allow objects that you absolutely love into your physical space unless the object has some sort of tactile usefulness needed for survival.

In addition in late September, I started a new contract at Microsoft in the MSN Entertainment group. And most happily, my good friend from college, Jennifer Nelson, relocated to Seattle to start a new job in December.

It is my goal for 2008 to use this blog space to capture and record things of interest that are floating in my head, in email with friends and web links out there.

A new year. A fresh start. Ya gotta love it. Hope.