The end of a thing

Tomorrow is the last day of blogging every day. Now, I know that I didn't blog EVERY day in November... I missed three days. And I suffered mightily for it! Wait, no. No one suffered. In any case, have I learned anything from blogging (almost)every day for a month?
I guess. I determined that even though there's a lot of crap that comes from posting just for the sake of posting, there's also a lot of good stuff. Funny stuff. Stuff that I might want to revisit later, but might not have ever posted in the first place had I not felt obligated. And I think that's good. It helped to be accountable for posting every day - even if it was only to myself. Plus, there were lots of mundane details that I posted that I probably wouldn't have otherwise, but that's kind of how you get to know how people are different from each other, right? The day-to-day stuff? I mean most people leave home, get a job (or a few jobs), meet someone (or several someones), start different chapters of their lives on a semi-predictable timeline. Not everyone lives in Somerville, acts in plays, has the best friends ever, gets to snuggle with the enginerdiest skier/surfer dude... That's the stuff that makes me... me.

Anyway, enough of that. I won't continue to post every day, but I am certainly motivated to post more, and not to omit details that I think are too small when I could just as well include them. Right now, I'm in the middle of making soup from the leftover turkey. It's also got broth, carrots, celery, onions, and spinach. Yum! The man and I will eat it with arugula salad and a little bread. I hope that he'll bring over his fake little Christmas tree and we can trim it together while watching a movie*. That's what makes us... us.

*Last night we watched Good Night and Good Luck, which he'd never seen and I haven't seen since the theater. GAH this is such a good movie! And I was struck again at how the integrity of the media continues to be such an important issue that I'm not sure can be overstressed. The media is broken; it's not being used to its potential. I know it disappoints me, and that's why I don't watch regular tv anymore. And, the longer I go without watching it, the less tolerance I have for it. If you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend that you do. HIGHLY! (That's a threat in case the BOLDCAPS didn't give it away!)