You know, the longer I go without posting, the worse I feel every time I see the little Firefox bookmark for this site. I am not here to resolve to write more often, because I am not at all convinced that I will. But the urge suddenly struck, and some things require more than 140 characters, and so I post.

As you might have guessed, I have settled into my new life in the SF Bay Area. I live in Oakland, and I have one quarter of my Masters degree under my belt. (To clarify, my school runs on a quarter system, so what I actually mean is that we just finished the Fall 2008 quarter. Which actually accounts for I think 1/12 of my program, not 1/4. Sigh.) 

The last 4 months of 2008 were an intense whirlwind of change, growth, exploration, head-shaving, reading, and paper-writing, among other things. I went back to (shockingly snow-covered) BC for Christmas, and spent ten days enjoying the company of family and close friends, new and old. 

And now it's 2009, the year in which I will turn 30... and I've got a few thoughts about it.

This year, I have a few aspirations/intentions/affirmations: