2005 Year in Review | Preview in Year 2006

2005

• Word of the Year: Wahm­bu­lance
• Good Idea: Tremonter.com
• Anoth­er Good Idea: Recy­cling and ener­gy effi­cien­cy.
• Bad Idea: Ran­dom hookup with some chick. Worst. Idea. Ever.
• Sec­ond Worst Idea: The Vendy
• Best-Worst Sick­ness: Infec­tious Mononu­cle­o­sis
• Best Poem: Break­ing Up is Hard To Do
• Worst Poem: Star-Chart
• Favorite Show: This Moment in Black His­to­ry at Pat’s in the Flats
• Favorite Item of Cloth­ing: Grey hood­ie [7 year win­ner!]
• Favorite Movie: Straw Dogs [1971]
• Favorite Album: Eagles of Death Met­al — Peace Love Death Met­al
• Favorite Place to Hang Out: The Lit­er­ary Café
• Best Source of [Sur]reality: Tremont Laun­dro­mat [1, 2, 3]
• Best New Friends: Steve Gold­berg, Lou Muenz, Pep­per­mint
• Most thought-pro­vok­ing and chal­leng­ing source of growth: Jack/Zen

2006

• Meet with a mort­gage per­son about what it takes to buy a house.
• Look for a house in Tremont, if I can afford one.
• Find more ful­fill­ing employ­ment that pays a decent wage.
• Pack­rat moola.
• Run the Rite-Aid Cleve­land Marathon.