Well, it’s almost 2007 and everyone is doing their annual rundowns, so I suppose I should do mine, too.

I got married.

And that sums it up in many ways. I got married and it was awesome. A couple of writing projects fell through and I didn’t get as much personal work done as I wanted; I got hired at the book store and that was pretty great, but really, it’s the marryin’ part that’s going to stand out in looks back.

Yeah, there’s been some ups and downs in 2006. I met some good people at a short-lived and otherwise shitty job (Kelly, Miranda, Andrew, Christa — I’m talkin’ to you). After several years, I finally moved into a place that feels like my home (sure, I live here with my wife, but you know what I mean). Mrs. C quit her shitty job and immediately found a new and rad one (which, although it takes up much of her time and energy, has been beneficial to both of our states of mind). Sleater-Kinney broke up (and even though I don’t know any of them personally, it still sucks). We got a new book in the Song of Ice and Fire series (I know that’s not supposed to be a rare and spectacular occurence, but it still kinda is). I saw the last of my hometown crew get married (with me as the best man, which was pretty neat). The Mrs. and I started doing adult stuff like sorting out our RRSPs (which is still really weird).

So now we’re hanging out and waiting for the year to roll over. We’ve got Shogun Assassin, Meaning of Life and Buckaroo Banzai on DVD, a bunch of hummous and pita, and J is going to stop by soon with some single malt scotch. Low-key; good times. That’s about the best way I can think of to ring out a definitely interesting year and ring in one with an infinite amount of promise.

Howdy, 2007. Stop in and stay a while.