December

Christmas 2008.

I always mean to get these posts out later than I intend, and by the time I’ve written what’s happened, it’s all gone hazy.

So this is the post where I start to catch up on everything that was missed during the month-and-a-half when I was hardly posting at all.

This is almost recent history, so I’m somewhat surprised that I don’t remember the details of this month better than I do.

This was my second year of college. I remember in ’97 it was my first time home and my family and friends made a big deal about my return.

I was five, and I believe this was about a month before I officially became obsessed with dinosaurs. This far back, I remember events (like Christmas) and otherwise unfixable moments… I won’t know for sure exactly what month or even what year I’m remembering.

I say it all the time: 9/04 – 9/05 was a great year! One of the best. So here is the December installment.

This was in many ways a kind of sedate month; Chicago was cold that winter and so far exceedingly wet.