Waving Goodbye to 2009
Year-end video recaps are special because they make you realize just how long the year was. Whirled Interactive took a stab at it with this great video made with the help of Google Wave:
What are my memories from 2009? Well, off the top of my head:
- Getting snowed in and working from home while watching the inauguration of our first black president.
- Flying home abruptly in January because my grandmother passed away.
- Experiencing my first economic downturn as a full-time employee. It wasn’t much fun.
- Glen Wesley Night at the RBC Center on Feburary 17. The Bruins won.
- Being a part of the Triangle Red Sox Nation green softball team (there are three teams, and green was new in ‘09). We didn’t win much, but we had a lot of fun in the spring/summer and fall.
- Hanging out with Triangle Red Sox Nation while we watched the PawSox defeat the Durham Bulls from under the famous snorting bull in left field (as seen in Bull Durham).
- Playing golf for the first time at Knight’s Play Golf Center in Apex. Someday I’ll get better.
- CHI 2009 in Boston, April 5th-9th. I ran into a lot of old friends.
- Our gesture research at HumanCentric. Will data analysis ever end? I hope so.
- Discovering Bonobos. Well-designed pants with an unlimited return policy. I used to hate wearing anything but jeans.
- Visiting Charlotesville, VA for Rebecca’s cousin’s wedding. The downtown pedestrian mall and Monticello are must-sees.
- Visiting the Outer Banks and staying at a great bed-and-breakfast, the Cypress House Inn. Enjoyed going up Currituck Beach Lighthouse, watching an Outer Banks Daredevils game, grabbing a quick dinner (with a beer) at the Outer Banks Brewing Station, and a more low-key dinner at The Colington Cafe.
- Summer vacation on Cape Cod. Enjoyed watching the rain-shortened 2009 CCBL All-Star game at Fenway from the covered grandstand behind home, and showing Rebecca around Cape.
- Running. I used to think only bionic humans ran more than 1/2 mile. Now I’m running 5K with ease, but there are no marathons in my future.
- Labor Day weekend in Equality, Alabama. I consider this my first introduction to the deep south and lakeside living. Trivia fact: Patriots LB Adalius Thomas was born in Equality.
- Islamorada and Key West, Florida in late October. It was my first time in the southernmost state. I think about the great Cuban food at El Meson de Pepe every now and then.
- I worked over 100 hours in a week with a trip to Chicago. It was tiring, but oddly fun at times.
- Rebecca and I took a quick weekend trip to Oak Island, NC before Thanksgiving. I’m looking forward to exploring the Wilmington area more.
- I spent another Thanksgiving in Georgia with Rebecca’s family, but this time we ate at a buffet restaurant near Helen, GA. The food wasn’t great, but the reunion part was interesting. Cirque de la Symphonie in Atlanta was amazing.
- Christmas festivities in Raleigh, including two parties in one night and watching The Nutracker by the Carolina Ballet.
- Another Christmas on Cape Cod, but this time there was snow on the ground! I used some fake gift boxes again, but only had a 25% success rate this year instead of last year’s miraculous 80% success rate. Oh well.
- And, finally, I’ll be headed back to Raleigh before the year-end to host a New Year’s Eve house party with Rebecca.
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