why wy?

It's come to the end of the year, and the time to be reflective etc etc but stuff it. I'm just going to enjoy meself, go shopping, party and hopefully get relatively sloshed. Had drinks with gnat and the non-irish half of team williams last night, and would have gone for a second round but my other friends wimped out. Non-journalists, bah!

work-related bit: we use a strange system at work, called coyote (because the old work stations were brown and tan, ha ha) and it has an instant messaging system of sorts built in. The man who oversees it was nice enough to create a little message group for us, back when we were wet-behind-the-ears bright-eyed interns. He called it 95, the year it was started. The message group still works today, which means, counting internships and part-time work, I have been at the company for - cue psycho music zing zing zing - 10 years.

Wah lao, I should have asked for stock options.

It is also strange but cool to see how well my friends have done for themselves. Most of them who are still around are supervising, trying to be patient with newbies and interns who can't string two sentences together or hit spellcheck. In the beginning, I remember getting messages from more senior people on how to write better, I just sent out one of those messages yesterday.

So, may your new year be filled with joy, peace and less stupidity.