YOUR Year 2004 In Review...

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Europe

• Watched the NY begin under Big Ben from Parliament Sqr.
  Took a job at a University in London, moved in with some kids I met (London South Bank)
  Bought a bike to ride the streets of London each day from W1 to SE1
  GF & I speak of marriage
  Got a partial scholarship to UK Law school, a full scholarship to UL - decisions to be made
  Took a job at a pub (The Metropolitan at Baker Street, The Volunteer next to Regent's Park)
  Prague for Easter (5 Go Mad in Prague - Running from Cabbies, Absinth, Jazz, overcrowding hotel rooms, changed locks)
  Theatre (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phantom, Sweetest Swing in Baseball, Reduced Shakepeare, Reduced Bible, Oleana, Blood Brothers, Bombay Dreams)
  British Friends (Liam, Catherine, Alpesh, Cecile, The Croatian girl, Nishma)
  American Friends there (Sandy, Ky, Adam, Em, Tabb, Syd, Carolyn, Joe, Esme)
  Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race then Oxford Uni
  Friday Night TV night (Sex in the City, Friends, Distraction,
  Bilbao/San Sebastian Spain for a Weekend Get-Away (Coming out of the club to daylight, Art, Beautiful Waters, Beautiful People)
  Corfu Greece for the next weekend get-away (Ferry Ride, Swimming Out to the Island, Pink Palace, Broken Plates, Broken Promises, Great Food, Red Bull & Vodka)
  Brindisi Italy (Maurizio getting in a fight with the policia, huge lemons, free gellato, free lemondrop shots, great food, good beer, great guy)
  Saw my Favorite Artist --> The Streets in Brixton
  Traveled England (Cotswalds, Bath, Oxford, Stonehenge, Shakespeare's home, etc)
  THEN I TRAVELED (Pompeii, Capri, Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, Grindelwald, Gimmelwald, Munich, Salzburg, Halstadt, Vienna, Budapest - so many people so many memories...none more pleasant than Gimmelwald)
  26 hours in the airport after missing my flight

Back Home

• Girlfriend leaves me, finds another guy (deep depression ensues, lots of drinking - half inspired by missing Europe, mostly her)
  All my friends, perhaps inspired by me, leave (Katie - Calie, Dang - Phoenix, Nall - Belgium, Clint - DC, Todd/Chad - Etown)
  Get the new The Streets Album - more sadness

School

• Law School starts
  Poker Night
  iPOD + myTunes = lots of great new music
  Beer Golf Invitational begins (too much money, too much booze, too much fun)
  I LOVE LAW SCHOOL
  Realize that I've got so many great things ahead of me...vying to do well in school, to move to another place (hopefully N.Y.) & then plan my next travels (probably Norway & Sweden) & I'm happier than I've been in a long time.
  I end the NY with my law school buddies, drinking in a piano bar in Louisville

Perhaps the greatest year of my life...I'm stronger than I've ever been, I've been hurt & I know I can heal, I've seen great things, I've met great people...I'm happier perhaps than I've ever been...I'm sad to see this year go.