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I'm sitting at my desk at work and I've just received some marketing crap from a winery. It looks to be some sort of quarterly or half yearly summary of the activity of the winery. It starts up by saying:
'Often, a year is remembered through a handful of tragic events that commentators feel shaped our psyche or, when dramatic, caused us to lose our innocence.'
This could not be any more truthful when applied to 2008 & I. I feel as if I really grew up a lot this year, lost some innocence, learnt some harsh lessons about my relationships. Lovers, friends, relatives. Strangers. Customers.
Looking back through my livejournal and remembering what else has happened that I haven't written about, makes me want to forget the year.
Jake, Troy, Kimberley, Erin, Gede, Alex, Jarrad. All of these people have pissed me off because they've done something to cause me significant pain and attributed some negative aspects into every area of my life... namely: love, family, home, friends and work.
So, I continue reading the winery marketing mail out on my desk, relating it to my own plans for next year being better and brighter. Its gonna be about change.
'But life in the wine industry is more than the pursuit of financial rewards: it is the rewards of being closer to nature and the change of seasons; the friendships built and the sharing of your passion; it is feasting for your senses and bringing joy to others. It is more than just a drink.'.
Too damn right. I'm writing every Monday from now on.
'Often, a year is remembered through a handful of tragic events that commentators feel shaped our psyche or, when dramatic, caused us to lose our innocence.'
This could not be any more truthful when applied to 2008 & I. I feel as if I really grew up a lot this year, lost some innocence, learnt some harsh lessons about my relationships. Lovers, friends, relatives. Strangers. Customers.
Looking back through my livejournal and remembering what else has happened that I haven't written about, makes me want to forget the year.
Jake, Troy, Kimberley, Erin, Gede, Alex, Jarrad. All of these people have pissed me off because they've done something to cause me significant pain and attributed some negative aspects into every area of my life... namely: love, family, home, friends and work.
So, I continue reading the winery marketing mail out on my desk, relating it to my own plans for next year being better and brighter. Its gonna be about change.
'But life in the wine industry is more than the pursuit of financial rewards: it is the rewards of being closer to nature and the change of seasons; the friendships built and the sharing of your passion; it is feasting for your senses and bringing joy to others. It is more than just a drink.'.
Too damn right. I'm writing every Monday from now on.