This has probably the longest I've been online in a while now. I guess it's kinda nice to end the year in a sort of old way. I can't remember the last time I stayed up till 3 am just chatting with one person on AIM.
That one person happens to be Paul. We managed to figure out that we've known each other for approximately four years now, and who knows...maybe we'll figure out some way to meet in 2011. He'd be the last one, and hopefully that meeting will go well. I'm fairly certain it will. I might end up going to Anime Iowa for the first time to make this happen. Alas, all that planning will take place sometime in the new year. Trying to figure out when we first started talking brought up some dusty old memories. Not bad, just dusty. The one person linking us has melted out of both of our lives. That part is a little sad.
2010 has been...really pleasant, to say the least. I suppose the world came crashing down with a dreadful amount of drama at the end of 2009, and then some surprisingly good things started in 2010. It doesn't seem like January 2009 was that long ago. Sometimes I'll still lie awake at night and feel guilty about how all of that played out. That will pass in time though. I hope.
Overall, it's been a fantastic year as far as years go. It was eventful, but all in the good way. There weren't any major tragedies to get hung up on in these past 365 days.
Looking back on my calendar from January to April, I cannot believe the insane amount of stuff I managed to cram into 24 hours. I would totally go back and do it all again if I needed to too. I'll have all these happy memories from this year to think about now. Through all this, I've started wearing more colors and my face now does this automatic thing called "smiling." Those are all good signs, right? Sure, I've become distant with one or two friends, but most of them are still around and I've made new ones along the way.
I suppose I'm mellowing out now that it's drawing closer to four. I don't want to sleep in my bed tonight. There's so much empty space. It's the first time I've really considered sleeping out on the couch in this apartment.
My parents are coming down later today and we're going to some sort of party for new year's. All I remember is my mom getting super excited about an Elvis impersonator. I'm not entirely sure how this is going to go. Hopefully there won't be too many drunk people running around, but I don't have my hopes set very high.
Anime wise, there's just so much more to look forward to. There are still boxsets to buy and shows to watch. I'm not sure what's coming up on Netflix next. I just finished Clannad tonight. Apparently Clannad: After Story is a Masterpiece according to 1000+ votes on ANN. Too bad you can only save the DVDs on Netflix at the moment. I hope they become available soon. Started watching Miracle Train earlier, but I got bored with the first episode halfway through. I vaguely remember reading about it when it came out and I thought it sounded kinda stupid. My first instincts were proving to be right. I know I shouldn't judge a show by the first half of the first episode, but if the tagline ends in "will you fall in love with a train station?" then there has to be something wacky going on. It was quickly becoming another generic bishounen-help-lovely-ladies-solve-their-problems type of deal. Maybe I'll go back and watch the rest of it another day.
Listening to Pandora. Have been for the past few hours. I'm either very easy to please in terms of music, or they're just really good at picking songs I like. It's probably more of the former than the latter.
I think I will sleep in my bed tonight.
Happy new year's (eve) everyone.
