2010 YIR

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You want to know about my 2010? Simply click on "2010" under "Blog Archive" to the right of your screen. You may be reading for a while.

But in short:

I achieved an academic milestone - the Associates in the Arts in Mass Communication

I kept a job for the full year for the second straight year - never happened before

NISB has never been more popular - probably better than not working at a paper in six years

I made every baseball fan's pilgrimage at the ripe old age of 23 - Cooperstown

I made every football fan's pilgrimage at the ripe old age of 23 - Canton

It's nice to see everyone's okay - celebrating the five-year high school reunion

Kicked a habit - retiring from baseball card collecting

Found my future - NIU, some time.

Aside of the accomplishments and enjoyments, I will remember this year as one of transition.

I found out a lot about myself personally. I'm starting to find out the difference between "friends" and "people I know." It's like shaking that box with the filter in it. I have begun to associate myself with other people within the high school sports world.

As my classmates move on in many different directions, I haven't been in contact with them as much as I was from 5th grade to high school graduation. There's a group of people that's been around you for so long, and when they leave you're left with very few. Well, that's when you man up and grab something. I feel like I'm doing this with the friendships I have in the high school sports world.

While finding people to be friends with is on the right track, what still hasn't been on the right track is finding that certain woman. I just can't make a predction for 2011 when it comes to this. However, I have learned certain things this year that may help me in this regard.

There have been a couple of women that have pushed the trigger in my brain over the past year; and they have one thing in common. They were not links from school. So there's people out there, I guess. So I was faced with a decision of either turning back and going forward. Turning back isn't a good idea, because the field has dried up. So I guess it's marching forward.

What do I mean by "turning back?" There were a lot of girls I know in my school days. I can't go back and try to go forward with them. They've moved on. I understand that. But there are still a few small ones lingering around that I can't get out of my head, in addition to one big one. She was in the forefront of my mind throughout most of my teenage school life. While she was shuffled around in favor of other crushes at certain times, she still lingers in my mind.

She's the last link from school. I can't decide whether to keep it or sever it. I will find out soon.