2005 recap

i do one of these every year, so here's one for last year.. the highs and lows of 2005.. i tried to keep them down to three-a-month!

January -
- met my parents after almost two years
- met up with lots of friends in india
- my cousin's wedding was a lot of fun

February -
- bought a gamepad controller for the laptop
- locked myself out in the freezing cold, stoned in my pyjamas
- barbecued and played football in the snow

March -
- postponed my thesis submission date
- went to columbus with A-Rod for a Pink Floyd tribute concert
- made 'glug' (mulled wine) with Jason

April -
- went to listen to Salman Rushdie speak
- tried various eclectic recipes with Nats
- wrote some really intense posts, very deep

May -
- successfully finished my last semester with courses
- had a great great graduation ceremony!
- very reluctantly stopped partaking of the 'herb'

June -
- Discovered Cartoon Network's other avatar, Adult Swim
- Celebrated one year of blogging!
- Had a couple of breakthroughs in my research

July -
- Thursdays At The Square concert series
- Went for OzzFest, watched Black Sabbath & Iron Maiden
- Went for Shakespeare In The Park - Romeo & Juliet

August -
- Went for a Buffalo Bills football game
- Had a lazy summer sweltering in Buffalo
- Frustration of postponing the thesis defense by one more semester

September -
- Met the gf, and it's been great since then
- Watched Disturbed & Ill Nino in concert
- More thesis frustration piles on

October -
- My 'other' girl (the laptop) died on me.. she hasn't been the same since
- Crossed 50,000 hits on this blog
- Spent a great long weekend away with the gf.

November -
- Went to NY & NJ with the gf for Thanksgiving
- Hit post no. 500 on this blog
- This blog also changed addresses to its current location

December -
- Had a couple of job interviews - negatives from both though
- The 'other' gf crashed again, very frustratingly
- The gf came over on a surprise visit for the holidays

so yup, it'd been a very full year.. Happy New Year everyone!!