It's a new world, it's a new start.

[Here I Am, Bryan Adams]

I figure I should make some attempt to use this for reasons not pertaining to the 365 project. Don't know how well that will go but for the time being, I'm just going to dump this year's "List" here. I told Nicole I was going to do it this year and I might as well do it now before I forget. I don't think I did it last year. I can't remember.

Anyway, the random 2010 list of noteworthy things.

[This is going to be hard, I don't have that fabulous of a memory.]

-September marked a full year of living in Seattle, with the best roommate ever.

-As of the day after Christmas, I worked a full year at the Pike Walgreens. This is both a good and a bad thing for various reasons. I miss not having the desire to punch the majority of my customers.

-Also, I very happily became a photo tech after over a year of hatinghatinghating being a service clerk.

-I have seen significantly less of downtown than I would have liked, but saw new places at the same time.

-Adopted the perfect cat in late February. Still asking ourselves "How did we get so lucky?" and still not getting any answers.

-On Christmas, Veda stopped sleeping on Breanne's bed. Still haven't figure out why after almost a full year of not sleeping on my bed. Yes, this is a very significant happening because she pretty much didn't pay attention to me for a full year, unless I initiated some sort of interaction or she wanted food. Now she's willingly picking my bed over Breanne's and  we don't understand why.

-Went to Fort Casey with Alyssa, had a wonderful time and was reminded once again of how much I love that place.

-Attended SakuraCon for the 2nd time and had even more fun than the first time.

-Dyed my hair in full for the first time. It was red. I got tired of it fading to orange, however, and dyed it dark brown. It needs to be dyed again. I look like I'm balding because my roots are so light.

-Went to the Cheesecake factory for the first time and am now hopelessly in love with Crabcake Sandwiches.

-Apartment hunted and almost moved into the Archstone in September. Plan thwarted, still living in a box.

-Left JrockRevolution.com and have since fallen way out of the Jrock loop. I have no idea what's going on anymore.

-That being said, finally saw Miyavi at the Showbox this year and every minute of standing in line was completely worth it. We were there from the morning until the doors opened. Yeah. And then we ended up standing in the back because everyone was ridiculously tall and I'd rather look at Miyavi than someone's sweaty arm. It was wonderful, though.

-Also saw X Japan at the Paramount, which was also ridiculously amazing.

-Can't forget how I saw Sugizo browsing shelves at work, that was kind of amazing and kind of bizarre.

-Bought my Kindle and yeah, it's kind of amazing.

-Somehow managed to acquire both a PS3 and an Xbox, what?

-On the same line of thought, fell in love with Assassin's Creed and am forever game spoiled because of it. [I say this as iTunes shuffles to playing Jesper Kyd's "Ezio's Family" from the ACII soundtrack.] I will never be able to play sub-par games again.

-Even Keel turned two in August. Still trying to figure out how that happened. Still trying to figure out why we love it so much. Still trying to figure out how it all came from the whole idea of "Mr. Coat", his "cat" and the "Heir".

-Discovered places like Swerve and Mud Bay. Am eternally grateful for both.

-Acquired a love for Peppermint White Hot Chocolate and am sad that it is not a year 'round thing.

-Reacquainted myself with my love for draft horses.

-Started and finished season one [and caught up to season two] of Glee in less than a week. We are sufficiently hooked and in love. Yeah. [Also, Chris Colfer is amazing.]

-Learned that I have some of the best co-workers ever. The kind you miss when you don't see them for two days and the kind that miss you when you're off for a couple days. Also, the kind who make sure a birthday means something.

-Went to Lady Antebellum&Tim McGraw with Haley and had a blast, even if I had to run from work to the Key Arena in the pouring rain as soon as I clocked off.

-Saw Roger Waters at the Tacoma Dome with Dad and it was a hundred times better than the first time. And not only because I had glasses this time, though that helped a lot.  Oddly enough, it was also pouring rain for this concert, haha. There was significantly less time actually spent in the rain, however.

-Became a little bit hooked on Ghost Hunters, thanks to Breanne.

-Also fell in love with Torchwood, thanks to Breanne. But I do blame her for the misery that came with watching the last two episodes. [They killed Ianto, whyyy?]

-Went to Emerald Downs for the first time in longer than I could remember. Had fun and am sad we couldn't go for the last races of the season. Maybe this year?

I made the mistake of going to try and buy cat food [why are people closed New Year's Day? It's only been a week since 99.99% of them were closed for Xmas. Stupid.] and now I've lost my flow. If I think of anything else, I'll come back. Maybe. I know there's plenty more that I wanted to mention.