MMVIII.

[icebluenothing]

This was .... a hell of a year, really.

I left a job that was slowly killing me even though I had no fallback plan for it. I was more broke than I've ever been, getting by on ramen and peanut butter sandwiches. I put together a spiffy redesign of webmutant and starting shopping my resume around, and now I'm paid quite well at a job I really

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[bork]

"I literally danced in the streets that night, with thousands of people, thousands, who could finally believe in their country again, who were laughing and crying and cheering and everyone was a friend, that night. It felt like we'd won a revolution without ever having to fire a single shot. It was, honestly, the most joyful and meaningful and profound night of my life and I will never forget it, not ever."

Yeah, wasn't that awesome? I think I finally went to sleep at 2am that night, all because of the excitement of it all.

The next day, I had to do some banking. The one banker looked really sad. "You guy lost, didn't he?" He nodded yes, then nearly cried into his Armani shirt. I then saw a teller, and asked him "Is this a sad day, or a happy day for you?" His eyes bugged out, he said "Are you kidding?!" then broke into a huge grin.

It was also great walking around that next day, and just feeling the sense of relief emanating from nearly everybody.

[kynaii]

Published a Doctor Who book?!?!
Is it out yet?
I WANNA READ IT!

[icebluenothing]

Well, the whole book isn't mine -- it's a book of short stories, and I only wrote one of them. But the others are all pretty excellent, too. It is indeed available online.

[wendolen]

This is a really great post. I never use the LJ memories function, but I'm going to tonight. Thanks, Six. :)