Good morning 2011

Ciao 2010 - hello 2011. So far it's off to a gloriously cold start - around 26 when I got up this morning - 32 right now. Had to scrape frost off my car when I left from work about an hour ago. Brr brr.

Started the year with friends and champagne and cupcakes, as it should be. I don't have resolutions this year, only two major goals. One: get fit. Steps in that direction include exercising every Monday and then not going more than two days without exercising, as well as starting rock climbing with the_verb as soon as I have cash flow again, and aiming to eat just a smidge better. Two: send a query letter and (hopefully!) receive a rejection letter. I've decided to shift my emphasis back to writing this year - last year I believe I put too much emphasis on photography, which is fine, but that it still not my ultimate goal in life.

Also, keep reading more. Last year I read
( all these books )

That's 25 books, and only 25. I fancy there were more in that bunch, but I know there were a handful I didn't finish - House of Leaves, the complete short stories of HP Lovecraft - and one I'm currently in the midst of - Territory, by Emma Bull (which is absolutely lovely by the way). I have a number on my list for reading in the coming month - Leviathan, the Secret History of Moscow, Rampant, Habitation of the Blessed - and I also would love to read all of the Hugo nominees this year, not to mention Patrick Rothfuss' Wise Man's Fear is finally coming out, and generally read at least 30, if not more books.

Yay books! I love books.

And now I'm going to steal malanai's meme and try and write in this LJ every day over the next 30 days, addressing one of the below topics herein. It's not the most interesting of questions, or the most deep discussion points, but again, I am trying to write here more, and in general. Starting with

Day 01 - Your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is.
I am in a relationship with a wonderful Lady and, in fact, our dating anniversary is coming up in a short two weeks. Hard to believe it's been five years since that cold day in Florida when we wandered down to the bay and back and I had to point blank ask if we were a thing or not. :) Those were very confusing times and I'm so glad it coalesced into what it is now. I love her so very much and I am thankful for her and her patience and intelligence and amazingness each and every day. It's kind of nifty being all engaged up, too, and I only get a bit of a thrill of terror contemplating what planning must be done in the coming year for the party and how to best navigate that particular terrain with my family.

( All the rest of them, if you'd like to play along. )