Yesterday: Amidst the boxing week crowds, I ventured into the sea of humanity (and automobiles) in a (eventually futile) effort to find cheap wireless keyboard and mouse. It was advertised as $30, but I never found them in the two stores. So then I decided that I really don't need it anyway, and walked away mildly disappointed but not too much. So, my boxing week haul consists of a mechanical pencil and a box of freezer bags for a total of $8. Yeah, not so much of a bargain there.

Today: Laundry and puzzles. That's how I wasted my time, again.

Tis the season to look back at the past year and forget about the coming year...so here's a list of 10 things that shook my world in 2005 (in no particular order)...

1. Fear of flying. Not a good thing to have when I had two trips to Taiwan and a trip to Saskatoon during the year.
2. Connection with friends, new and old. It was wonderful to be able to reconnect with Austin, and have a new friend in KCS.
3. Trip to Pittsburgh. Longest driving experience for me, first time crossing the U.S. border in years, and made a few new friends.
4. Japanese puzzle books. I'm now addicted to them.
5. Getting a heavybag. Fulfilling a lifelong dream.
6. Playing MYST. This is really my first obsession with a computer game. But it is way too hard, I got through I to IV with heavy usage of walkthroughs.
7. Lack of progress in research. Until very recently, I was only going around in circles.
8. Devaluating myself. Realizing that I have a lot of very poor qualities is very disheartening, but at least now I know where to improve upon.
9. Watching movies in theatres. I've actually watched 4 movies this year, and considering that I have only watched 3 in my lifetime up to 2004, this is an incredible feat.
10. My own website. So this proofbypicture.com site is set up for 1 year now. It has a functioning blog and gallery, but many of my dreams for this site have yet appear...so stay tuned for more in the future.