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2009: Orange Paisley's Year to Move Back to California
The sad state of the US economy has made my plans to return to my hometown very difficult, but I am not happy in Austin so job or no job, I am leaving.

"Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any dread of ridicule."
~Frederick W. Robertson

2008: Orange Paisley's Year of Hooping
It looks like this hooping thing that I took up for fun is something that I want to do full-time. There's just one problem: I currently live in an unbearably hot climate that has lots of airborne allergens. I've gotta move some place that has nice, cloudy skies and fewer cedar trees! So I'm making plans to move to either the Pacific Northwest or some place in New England. Preferably Massachusetts. I will be moving back to my hometown of San Diego, California in July 2009.

I am also studying the Classics, teaching myself Latin, and reading up on economics. And with the help of iTunes U Podcasts, I can do these things for free and from the comfort of my own home! (And when my boss isn't looking, sometimes at work.)

2007: Orange Paisley's Year of High Strategy
I'm going to live after all! (For those keeping score at home, that's Orange Paisley: 3; Death: 1.) So I had best start preparing for a long life. That means paying off last year's medical bills, breaking the chains of credit card debt, improving my Go game, polishing up my Esperanto skills, perfecting my Argentine Tango, learning how to cook, and oh yes, making some romance. Provided that romance can fit into my schedule.

Since Health Crisis 2001 and Health Crisis 2006, I'm all about being healthy. You should be, too. Join me in pledging to:

* be physically active
* learn cholesterol and blood pressure numbers
* relax more
* curb unhealthy behavior
* eat smart

2006: Orange Paisley's Year of Dancing Dangerously
When I stare into the Abyss, not only does the Abyss stare back, it smiles and blows me kisses. Life is short, folks. When I die, I don't want people at my gravesite to have nothing better to say than "She had very good organizational skills." I want them to say what they did at my godmother's funeral:

"Wow, she could really dance!"

So I am dedicating 2006 to learning how to ballroom dance. You're invited to watch, laugh, remark, sympathize, etc...

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Blog entries from previous years are either friendslocked or private. I've had a couple of really bad years, so you are not missing anything. If you wish to add me to your friends list, please feel free to do. You don't need to ask me first. And if you wish to remove me from your friends list, go right ahead...it won't hurt my feelings. (I think of friends lists as a kind of subscription service. Would the New York Times be upset if I canceled my subscription? Nah.)

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