Happy new year!
Jan. 1st, 2007 10:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livHappy New Year, all. I'm really enjoying seeing everybody's retrospectives on 2006 on my flist, so I'll add one of my own:
Significant Events
I spent the first third of the year trying to cram about two years' worth of social life into a few months. I finally got a post-doc job. [
] I moved to Sweden. I started to learn Swedish. I discovered lots of hidden cool aspects of the Jewish community here.
Hmm, this year hasn't been characterized by memorable events as such, it's been a gradual transition from the weird unintended gap year I found myself with, to starting the new job and settling in a new country and meeting lots of cool people. Anyway, to continue:
Books
Jack Womack: Random acts of senseless violence Emma Bull: War for the oaks George RR Martin: The Armageddon Rag Choderlos de Laclos: Les liaisons dangereuses Ken MacLeod: The Stone Canal
48 books total this year, which is pretty good going considering that I was rationing my reading severely for about 2 months.
Music
It's been a great year for discovering new music, mainly thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blue_mai and emusic. Hard to pick just five songs!
The Pipettes: Because it's not love (but it's still a feeling) Quix*O*tic: Anonymous Face Poe: Angry Johnny Cat Power: Metal heart Cowboy Junkies: Misguided Angel
LJ posts
papersky: Tangled Web pleonastic: Listening (also about racism and cultural appropriation and stuff). trixtah: The definitive lesbianism FAQ (with some helpful general advice about sexuality thrown in too) lavendersparkle: Feminist abortion polemic sartorias: Adults
My posts
You are absolutely welcome to revive old discussions on these posts, by the way.
Science and religion Immortality Boobies! Health and virtue Abortion
Creativity
hatam_soferet: Tefillin Barbie (craft) papersky: Three bears Norse / Fairy Tale Mother (poetry) j4: 9x9 for mortal men doomed to die (creative writing) Age maps (not on LJ, but very cool digitally manipulated images). compilerbitch: Yosemite (photography)
Wonderful friends
doseybat compilerbitch pseudomonas lethargic_man rysmiel
People I love and wish I'd seen more of
hatam_soferet darcydodo blue_mai ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
loreid ewtikins
People I'm really glad I got to know better
ploni_bat_ploni CA (who temped with me at BoGS early in the year) RS (work colleague) megamole fluffymark
New to my friendlist
smhwpf sartorias cartesiandaemon sunflowerinrain spin0za1
Friends from elsewhere who joined LJ
lavendersparkle (well, not really, but it was in 2006 that I connected up the LJ handle with the person) tzotze jongefrouwe
I had a very enjoyable NYE, with a some friends of RS's who live right in the grand part of Stockholm and just round the corner from the perfect firework watching spot. It was a highly civilized party, with excellent food and excellent conversation. And the fireworks were great; lots and lots of separate parties who all let off their fireworks simultaneously at midnight, which is a lot more fun than one big firework show.
Significant Events
] Hmm, this year hasn't been characterized by memorable events as such, it's been a gradual transition from the weird unintended gap year I found myself with, to starting the new job and settling in a new country and meeting lots of cool people. Anyway, to continue:
Books
48 books total this year, which is pretty good going considering that I was rationing my reading severely for about 2 months.
Music
It's been a great year for discovering new music, mainly thanks to
blue_mai and emusic. Hard to pick just five songs!LJ posts
papersky: Tangled Web pleonastic: Listening (also about racism and cultural appropriation and stuff). trixtah: The definitive lesbianism FAQ (with some helpful general advice about sexuality thrown in too) lavendersparkle: Feminist abortion polemic sartorias: AdultsMy posts
You are absolutely welcome to revive old discussions on these posts, by the way.
Creativity
hatam_soferet: Tefillin Barbie (craft) papersky: Three bears Norse / Fairy Tale Mother (poetry) j4: 9x9 for mortal men doomed to die (creative writing)compilerbitch: Yosemite (photography)Wonderful friends
doseybat compilerbitch pseudomonas lethargic_man rysmielPeople I love and wish I'd seen more of
hatam_soferetdarcydodoblue_mailoreid ewtikinsPeople I'm really glad I got to know better
ploni_bat_ploni megamolefluffymarkNew to my friendlist
smhwpfsartoriascartesiandaemonsunflowerinrainspin0za1Friends from elsewhere who joined LJ
lavendersparkle (well, not really, but it was in 2006 that I connected up the LJ handle with the person) tzotzejongefrouweI had a very enjoyable NYE, with a some friends of RS's who live right in the grand part of Stockholm and just round the corner from the perfect firework watching spot. It was a highly civilized party, with excellent food and excellent conversation. And the fireworks were great; lots and lots of separate parties who all let off their fireworks simultaneously at midnight, which is a lot more fun than one big firework show.
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Date: 2007-01-02 12:50 am (UTC)