And In the Same 365 Days

And the ways I'm changed from last year:

I've become more selfish and more of a closed book. And if you knew how narrow that aperture was to begin with, you'd really laugh.

I've been thinking about two movie quotes in particular:

The first is from Wall Street:

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.

The other from The Score:
Make a list of everything you want now. Then spend the next 25 years of your life getting it slowly, piece by piece.

In a paradoxical way, by being more selfish and greedy, I've become happier and less self-centered; I've become more adventurous and no longer have any broken fingers.

I've been writing less in this forum. The main reason: I just don't feel that my life is, or should be, all that interesting for other people; the footprints that serve as evidence of my goings-on are barely interesting to me.

But I've been listening to more country music on the radio.

I've become more aware and concerned about family.

Perhaps the biggest change: I watch General Hospital every night with my wife. In return, she watches Sunrise Earth with me.

But perhaps the biggest one of all - I keep the important things where they belong.