I’m about ready to disappear for the holidays. So long 2005! I couldn’t even do a recap of this year justice. I found parts of me dead and parts of me very much alive in the last 12 months. I went into 2005 thinking I would ring the next new year in somewhere in Seattle alone. Instead, I fell in love and will spend it in Massachusetts as half of a couple. When this year started, I had never been to New England. By year’s end, I will have been there 3 times. I saw Emerson’s house, Brighteyes in concert and the second inauguration of history’s worst president. I gained 20 lbs and owned two different cars. My hairline crept up a little and I am finishing off my 20s. I completed a master’s degree. My grandfather remarried and sold the only house that has been in the family my whole life. I cried seeing Michael Jackson get off knowing how many molested kids would choose not to come forward knowing the people who hurt them aren’t always punished. I laughed at “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” and “Wedding Crashers.” “Family guy” came back and gas reached $3. Johnny Carson, Richard Pryor, Luther Vandross, Peter Jennings, Bob Denver, Pope John Paul, the guy from “Get Smart” and Rosa Parks all died. Dave Chapelle cracked. New Orleans flooded. The government spied on us. The housing market boomed and...the whole thing isn’t even over yet. So I shall see you in 2006 my friends. Have a merry Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa.