{"id":8038,"date":"2012-01-01T21:46:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T02:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=8038"},"modified":"2012-01-01T21:46:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T02:46:32","slug":"so-began-the-winter-of-my-thirty-fifth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=8038","title":{"rendered":"So began the winter of my thirty-fifth year…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I rang out the year by watching The Dirty Dozen<\/a>, which seemed vaguely appropriate. I saw the ball drop in Times Square but skipped the rest of the Rockin’ New Year’s Eve bash.<\/p>\n

I spent the day pretty much like I would have almost any Sunday, even back in that long-lost era of 2011. I did the Sunday crossword. I read a little. I watched a little TV. I took the Christmas lights down from outside. I did a little cleaning. I did a little research on local apartments. Not exactly setting the world on fire in the new year, but it was a pleasant enough day.<\/p>\n

Oh, and I officially launched the new Kaleidotrope issue<\/a>. I hope you’ll visit and enjoy the stories, even if you haven’t subscribed in the past. It’s all free — although donations are always welcome — and there’s even a forum<\/a>, where you can comment on what you’ve read or ask any questions, make suggestions, etc. Again, I hope you’ll visit and help spread the word.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I go back to work after more than two weeks off. It’s going to be an adjustment. I’ve almost forgotten what it was like to go to bed at a reasonable hour, but I’m looking forward to a little more structure to my days. If only because it means I’m likely to get some more reading done. Except for a little over Christmas weekend, when I struggled to read in the car to and from my sister’s house, and a few short stories today, I really haven’t done much reading since taking off. That wasn’t the plan, but that’s what seems to have happened. I’m looking forward to my morning commute if only because I can spend it with a good book.<\/p>\n

Some writing in the evening would be good, too.<\/p>\n

Now if I just didn’t have all those Downton Abbey<\/i> and Vampire Diaries<\/i> episodes to still get through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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