How can I explain that there are no such things as objective truth and objective reality, without the hearer writing me off as “post-modern” or some other label?
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How can I explain that there are no such things as objective truth and objective reality, without the hearer writing me off as “post-modern” or some other label?
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It was a year.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for the next year?
Yes. They were:
By way of resolutions, I have a few overarching themes for the year, which are:
I’ve learned that vague resolutions aren’t enough to make me get stuff done. I now aim to set clear goals that are achievable but still challenging. Right now, they are:
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No-one particularly close.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandmother, and my other grandmother’s sister.
5. What countries did you visit?
Does the North Island count?
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
More time to do the things that excite me. More friends. More time with my existing friends. I’d also like to make some money from music.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched in your memory, and why?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
It’s hard to choose between:
9. What was your biggest failure of the year?
Either not writing any fiction, or not being more outgoing. But I don’t feel bad about either of those.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My guitar amp, and all those plane, train, bus and ferry tickets.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Matt, Christina, Ray, Kat, Rod and various others were particularly supportive.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
I can’t think of anyone.
14. Where did most of your money go?
In order:
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
16. What song will always remind of you of 2009?
Particles, one of mine.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
Happier.
b) fatter or thinner?
About the same. Probably fitter.
c) richer or poorer?
Richer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Writing, songwriting, performing, meeting new people, having deep & meaningful conversations, dating.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Getting up late, driving to work.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
In Nelson, with my family.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
No, but I feel like I increased my capacity to love, or something.
22. What was your favourite TV programme?
I don’t care enough about them to choose.
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I still ain’t hate nobody.
24. What was the best book you read?
The best few were:
My absolute favourite is Blue Highways: A Journey Across America, by William Least Heat-Moon, but I’m still reading that.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Fanfarlo! Also Feist, Bon Iver, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Andrew Bird.
26. What did you want and get?
27. What did you want and not get?
28. What was your favourite film of this year?
The Visitor. It is lovely. Also Cédric Klapisch’s Paris.
29. What did you do on your birthday and how old did you turn?
I did some things that I enjoyed very much. I turned twenty-six.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If the perfect band had materialised and begged me to lead them to greatness.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Classic and understated.
32. What kept you sane?
Music, crossing off the days on the calendar, daydreaming about travel.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Marion Cotillard or Leslie Feist or Jolie Holland.
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
The whole copyright thing.
35. Who did you miss?
For the most part, I was able to spend enough time with people that I didn’t really miss them.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Probably Harley Williams.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
I can make things happen.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Much of http://cavalcadesmusic.com/category/lyrics/ is appropriate.
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I’ve decided to tidy up this site and refine its focus. Perhaps I’ll even start blogging again!
This site has the following functions:
Summary of changes:
Changes I’m thinking about implementing:
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All the cool kids are doing this, and I’m jumping on the bandwagon before it gets mainstream. Here is a brief summary of things I accomplished last year, ordered by how much I think they affected me:
As for 2009: well, I have a few resolutions:
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