Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Things that were true about me one year ago that are no longer true

I had never met a Karen I didn't like
I had never been to France, so I had never seen the Eiffel Tower or the Arc de Triomphe
I had never been an active participant in a wedding
I had a 36 inch waist
I had not played rugby since secondary school
I had never rented the same room for more than two years
I had never had an article published
I had never been to an Ireland away game
I had never been to a semi final and seen my team lose
I had never been to an Ireland - England game
I was using a Nokia 8800
I had never designed a pair of sneakers
I had never had my photo taken with a DJ
I was in my twenties
I never had birthday cake at my desk
I had never seen an original film in 3D (although I had seen one remade in 3D)
I had never met Vince Vaughn
I had never gone on a date with more than two women in the same year
I had never developed a web application in Java (although I had developed one in XQuery)
I had never been on the Eurostar
I had never seen a film before it had been completed
I had no Italian friends on facebook
I was not following any celebrities on twitter
I had never accessed twitter anyway except through the web interface
I had never seen the Kaiser Chiefs live
I had not done any charity work in over 2 years
I did not have a Google Wave account
I had never seen St Patrick's Athletic play live
I had never heard of Pawnee, Indiana or Veridian Dynamics
I had only seen rugby played at Thomond Park
I had never been to the National Concert Hall
I had never had my photo taken with the batmobile
I had never been to an AIL final

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