This was how the new year began for me during my week-long stay at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island.
And 2009 is looking good so far.
I’m enjoying my new website.
I’m enjoying the hard, all-consuming work of writing Cal-raven’s Ladder.
I’m looking forward to catching up on so many celebrated films of 2008, and seeing what 2009 has to offer.
I’m looking forward to new music by U2, Buddy and Julie Miller, The Decemberists, and many more of my favorites. (Over the Rhine told their fans that they’ve got a bunch of new material already, so… here’s hoping!)
What are you looking forward to in 2009?
I’ll go with U2 and Buddy and Julie Miller too, as well as also hoping for some new OTR if I can get it. Not sure who else might have something in the works musically. A bunch of folks I like put out new music in 2008 (Denison Witmer, Manual, Steve Roach, Robin Guthrie, Harrold Budd, etc, ad infinitum) so I’m not sure if I can expect anything from them for a while.
In movies I’m looking forward to the Watchmen movie (hoping it can live up to the hype and excitement its trailer is generating) and the new Terminator movie with Christian Bale (been watching Sarah Connor Chronicles, so I’m into all things Terminator at the moment). Not sure what other movies are coming in 2009 at the moment.
Aside from those things, I’m looking forward to become more financially responsible, hopefully more generous, and more out of debt. Also looking forward to using my time better and getting more reading done.