I don't even really want this birthday
Jul. 23rd, 2005 03:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fpbThis has been a crappy year. From summer to summer I have been plagued with computer bugs, never-ending debt, loneliness, professional failure. The only thing that has increased is my waistline.
Well, almost.
When I asked myself what I had to be grateful for, if at all, over these twelve months, I ended up with these things:
My hairline is not receding and my hair is still almost wholly black. Not bad for a 43-year-old male. I owe this to my mother's side of the family, made up of tough old buggers who generally died at 95-plus with all their hair still on, and that hair not even white but grey. Thanks, Mamma.
I have had a good deal of help and support from my mother and brother, which has allowed me to keep my head above water and even make a little professional advance. Thanks again.
And I have made a lot of new friends. For this I am particularly grateful, and that is why I am writing this entry. Thank you (in alphabetic order):
adeodatus, agatha_s, aphoenix2007, artemisiabrisol, avus, beckyemerson, briana_rose07, bufo_viridis, cathy_white, cette_vie, chthonya, curia_regis, dreamer_marie, enelya_oronar, goreism, jennilee, kagome_sama, kennahijja, kikei, lazy_neutrino, lyssiae, pandoraculpa, patchworkmind, privatemaladict, purple_mirie, rfachir, rubix1229, sevenorora, synaesthete7, tashmania, thepreciouss, theregoesyamum. You have made a great difference. Give or take the odd disagreement or ten thousand, it is still wonderful to know that people like you exist.
Well, almost.
When I asked myself what I had to be grateful for, if at all, over these twelve months, I ended up with these things:
My hairline is not receding and my hair is still almost wholly black. Not bad for a 43-year-old male. I owe this to my mother's side of the family, made up of tough old buggers who generally died at 95-plus with all their hair still on, and that hair not even white but grey. Thanks, Mamma.
I have had a good deal of help and support from my mother and brother, which has allowed me to keep my head above water and even make a little professional advance. Thanks again.
And I have made a lot of new friends. For this I am particularly grateful, and that is why I am writing this entry. Thank you (in alphabetic order):
adeodatus, agatha_s, aphoenix2007, artemisiabrisol, avus, beckyemerson, briana_rose07, bufo_viridis, cathy_white, cette_vie, chthonya, curia_regis, dreamer_marie, enelya_oronar, goreism, jennilee, kagome_sama, kennahijja, kikei, lazy_neutrino, lyssiae, pandoraculpa, patchworkmind, privatemaladict, purple_mirie, rfachir, rubix1229, sevenorora, synaesthete7, tashmania, thepreciouss, theregoesyamum. You have made a great difference. Give or take the odd disagreement or ten thousand, it is still wonderful to know that people like you exist.
