An enumerated wrap-up. Thank goodness for my blog and iPhoto, which helped me fill in blanks, remember dates, and relive some of the best moments of what has been for me (personally) a really wonderful ten years.
(The lists aren't in order of importance; some are random, some are chronological.)
Ten Wonderful Places I Visited
- Featherdale Wildlife Park
- Shanghai
- Tokyo
- Dubai
- Vienna
- Lucerne
- Yellowstone Park
- Mount Rainier
- Mount Pilatus
- House on the Rock
Ten Games I Spent Too Much Time Playing
- World of Warcraft (PC)
- Katamari Damacy (PS2)
- Dance Dance Revolution (PS2)
- Animal Crossing (GameCube)
- Sudoku (web, iPhone)
- Solitaire (iPhone)
- Bejeweled (PC, iPhone)
- Snood (PC)
- Zuma (PC)
- JewelQuest II (PC)
Ten Life-Changing Events
(I'm focusing on personal events rather than world events, which is why 9/11 doesn't appear on the list...)
- Gaining Weez as a friend (2001)
- Starting my blog (2002)
- Acknowledging my depression publicly (2003)
- Getting tenure (2003)
- Being asked to speak at Supernova (2003)
- Getting invited to the first Social Computing Symposium (2004)
- Going to my first Al-Anon meeting (2004)
- The death of my first husband, Dave Tudder (2004)
- Spending a year at Microsoft Research (2005)
- Playing WoW with an amazing group of colleagues and friends (2005)
Thanks for sharing, Liz. Happy New Year!