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(pic from here ) HAPPY NEW YEAR! Happy New Year to you and yours! I hope your 2011 is filled with health, love, and happiness! I've gotta say, I've never been so uncertain about what an upcoming year will hold. 2010 has been exciting and crazy in so many ways, most of them pretty unexpected. Who knows what 2011 has in store for me? To recap 2010, perhaps I should have read predictions earlier this year using the Chinese Lunar Calendar because 2010 was "my" year... I'm born in the Year of the Tiger and 2010 was also a Tiger Year (specifically a Metal Tiger year). It's been a wild ride. Given the nature of Tigers, I assumed maybe just having a Tiger live through a Tiger year was just a little too much heat, but here's what I just read about the 2010 Year of the Tiger (which ends this February 2011): "This year is one of much activity, drama, change, crisis, and unpredictability. Tiger years are associated with instability and upheaval. Metal is particu...

What more can one ask for on the first day of the New Year than to have no problems when taking 9 hours worth of bus trips and making it home on time to a cat now snuggled in my lap, and everything already unpacked and put away? Last night was nice mellow fun, headed out to the Gulu Gulu for the Masquerade I mentioned (picture of me included!). Because Salem is a small town, the party ended up pretty much being a local get-together of what looked to be the entire alt-indie crowd of the town. The live band playing ended with a really sweet rendition of the Zelda theme (which I thought was awesome because I'm a dork that way)... now that's a way to transition into the new year, all that including romantic use of our b&b hot tub and fireplace ensued post-toll of the New Year bell. Today was a little erratic in terms of schedule so I have little to share with you in terms of food and picture goodness. Started off the day with more melon, more fruit throughout the day (we share...