Gave up red meat, began keeping a journal and gave away a quarter every time I swore
Celebrated a year without a cigarette
Had no heat and no hot water
Went to Pegu and Ñ
Saw Dr. Klein for the final time
Went to court
Stayed in Manhattan
Sebastian had a heart attack
Started eating red meat again
Reconnected with Erin
Saw an airplane in the Hudson
Went to Little Branch
Read Revolutionary Road
Watched Obama's inauguration
Had a lovely lunch at Say Cheese
Saw Garden of Earthly Delights
My old friend Joel died (more)
Went to Dallas
Reconnected with old friends Jayna and Kirk
Went to Joel's funeral
Erin came into town
Jason came into town
Celebrated Beer Table's one year anniversary
Saw Wicked
Had quite the lunch at Punch
Saw Murder by Death
Met Azure Dawn, Rob and Kelly's new addition
Went to Momofuku Milk Bar
Stayed in Pennsylvania and skied
Stayed in New Jersey
Got a big bonus
After long last, got a Laccio table
Stayed in Queens
Saw Andy Samberg on my floor at work
Stayed in the Berkshires in Massachusetts
Started getting Rolfed
Went to The Armory Show and the Pulse and Scope art fairs
Saw Becky Shaw
Read Sex Advice to All Creation
Read Broca's Brain
Got a lawyer
My roommate moved out
Celebrated 14 years, lost a friend, lost a client and had a lovely dinner at Franny's, all on the same day (more)
Lost another friend
Went to Brian and Ashley's annual spring party
Went to Dallas
Worked unsuccessfully on getting my Eagle Scout
Saw an owl in a tree
Went to John and Tasha's wedding
Went to York Street
Got my chip in person
Went to Austin
Larkin, Matt, Daria, Kristen, Nick and Allison came into town
Saw a friend perform with The Roots
Saw 60 dances in 60 minutes
Tammy and Steven came into town, saw Craig again, and met Angela, who became a good friend
Ate whiskey-bacon ice cream
Picked up my grandfather's watch
Saw Reasons to be Pretty
Went to the New York International Auto Show
Chris came into town
Went to Momofuku Ssam
Got a new guest bed
Got a new camera
Went to court again
Jayna came to visit
Went to the Russian Turkish Baths
Saw Marc Jacobs at a gallery
Went to Morimoto
Went to a party at Philip Glass's house
Went to White Star
Had a lovely brunch at Flatbush Farm outside on a gorgeous day
Went to Momofuku Ko
Bet on Mine that Bird, got interviewed, photographed and put on the internet on Derby Day
Sat and waited in the hospital
Bought a bike
Put up a pivotal blog post and then took it down
Sat and waited in the hospital, again
Dave came into town
Went to ICFF
Went to Adam and Alecia's wedding
Went to James for a birthday dinner
Avery, the best boss I've ever had, turned in his two week's notice
Had lunch in Bryant Park
Went to Water Taxi Beach
Moved all my money to Banc of America
Went to Milk and Honey
Went to a wedding on Saten Island
Went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Attended my first graduation ceremony, had an inopportune encounter, and my iPhone crapped out, all on the same day
Went to the Meier Model Museum
Went to a party in the park, learned to hula-hoop, went to Don and Nikki Petersen's baby shower and saw Tortoise, all on the same day
Worked the MTV Movie Awards
Bought a new iPhone
Frances came into town
Evan came into town
Celebrated two years back at MTV
Discovered an absolutely incredible coincidence
Picked up my bicycle
Went to New Haven
Went to Pepe's
Watched Federer win the French Open
Laughed harder than I can ever recall having laughed before
Saw David Byrne play in Prospect Park
Had a dinner party
Got sued and my lawyer quit on the same day
Went to Flex Mussels
Gunnar came into town for his birthday and it was banananoodles
Read Ethan Frome
Babysat Brian and Ashley's Roomba and it unleashed mayhem on my apartment
Celebrated five years in New York City
Justin and Mary came into town
Rhiannon came into town
Read Anathem
Survived a round of layoffs
Returned my new iPhone for a newer iPhone
Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died on the same day
Went to the High Line
Saw Blond Redhead play in Prospect Park
Went to Vinegar Hill House
Went to another wedding
My mom came into town
Read Slash
Went to Lindsey and Anthony's Wedding
Had a surprise birthday party at Brian and Ashley's in which Justin and Trish were heavily involved
Went to Gramercy Tavern
Had the Bunny Stack at Hope and Anchor
Read The Quiet American
Rode to the beach in Far Rockaway
Julie Abby came into town
Had two bike accidents in one day
Saw Justin and Trish's new house
Got two gorgeous Mid-Century Modern dressers
Had a dinner party/book club meeting
Had dinner with two priests
Had shelves and my TV hung on my living room wall
Threw a dinner party for Brian, Ashley, Justin and Trish and made panna cotta
Dog-sat Luigi
Locked myself out of my apartment for the first time ever
Went to traffic and housing court on the same day
Genevieve came into town
Went to Weather Up
Played drums with Bennett
Got a library card
Read The North China Lover
Saw the new Beer Table space
Daria came into town
Went to Hotel Delmano
Successfully ended my legal battle with my landlord
Rolled three strikes in a row at Emily's birthday party
Gunnar came into town
Went to a get-together at Justin's
Went to Adam and Alecia's farewell party
Saw the awesomest bike accident ever
Turned myself on to MGMT, MSTRKRFT and Pivot
Read Drown
Went to Bennett's BBQ birthday party
Went to New Haven
Went to Philip Johnson's Glass House, Blue Hill Stone Barn, and Beacon on the same day
Played drums with Nick
John came into town
Gunnar came into town
Threw a dinner party for Lindsey and Anthony
Ran into Angela and Lisa from the Coffee Haus
Went to Justin and Trish's official house-warming party
Finished my ten session Rolfing cycle
Saw Pivot at Glasslands
Went to Washington DC
Went to The Gibson
Worked the VMAs
Read Meditations in an Emergency
Sam came into town
Saw Radiolab and They Might Be Giants at Water Taxi Beach
Wrote a check for $50,000.00
Went to Los Angeles
Saw architectural masterpieces
Saw Stephen and Carolyn
Went to Las Vegas
Ate Kangaroo meat
Saw my dad's friend Ron for the last time
Went to Dallas
Went to the State Fair of Texas and had fried butter
Went to Tei Tei
Got a $70 haircut
Saw John and Tasha's new house
Went to Austin
Saw Avery and Courtney
Went to Barton Springs
Attempted to maintain ties to my family
TSA lost my keys
Mary Chaney came into town
Read Love Begins in Winter
Went to Chrisman's birthday party at The Metropolitan
Went to a BBQ at Andy's
Lost a client and gained another client on the same day
Claire came into town
Wrote a lot of letters
Read Infinite Jest
Visited Paul Rudolph's townhouse
Went to Angela's Birthday party at Double Crown
Saw an apartment and thought about buying it
Went to 12% Imports first anniversary party
Got a new computer at work which took me out of commission for three days
My laundromat closed down
A little boy ostensibly flew away in a balloon
Went to Saul and Clover Club
Saw Set and Setting
Gunnar came into town
AAPL hit an all time high
Went to Blechtoberfest
Went to the place in Nolita I always see so crowded on weekends
Went to Broadway East
Went to Storm King
Got a check for $50,000.00
Daria and Ben came into town
Kirk came into town
Went to the Rose Club and The "21" Club
Watched season five of The Office as quickly as possible
Went as Beavis for Halloween
Started season three of Mad Men
Got my first flu shot
Heard Ron had died
My dad came into town
Went to DBGB
Gunnar came into town
Decided to buy a painting by Jenny Morgan
Stopped eating candy
Claire came into town
Ordered my first MTM suit
Bought Covet
Reached out to every friend I have
Susan L. turned in her two week's notice
Went to the artists' dinner at Like the Spice
Went to Patricia's dinner party
Resumed meditation practice
Went to Fonda
Had another bike accident
Tried to communicate differently
Heard a good friend and his wife were expecting
Made two pumpkin pies from scratch; one vegan and one standard
Celebrated Thanksgiving at Emily and Nabil's and Justin and Trish's
Started looking into buying the apartment on Prospect Park Southwest
Took a lot of baths
Daria and Ben came into town
Tried out for Set and Setting
Celebrated my third year of being in my apartment
Went to Florence, Italy, via Rome
Went to Il Santo Bevitore
Reconnected with Simona
Went to Pisa
Went to Rome
Behaved like an adult and gained some perspective
Learned that my memory wasn't nearly as good as I thought it was
Jayna came into town
Jason came into town
It snowed a foot
Went to The Vanderbilt
Finally got used to the crazy coincidences
Renewed my MoMA membership
Smashed my iPhone screen
Went to what turned out to be an engagement and going away party at Craig and Angela's
Went to Geneva, NY, via Syracuse
Heard someone I knew on Radiolab
Rode my bike for the last time this year
Finished transcribing my journal from paper to digital
Read it and made a list of the significant things that happened during the year
Realized I should have started reading it earlier and more often because I missed a lot
Subscribed to the New Yorker
Went to Dallas on a whim
Saw Alex Maas from The Black Angels, among others
Made New Year's resolutions
Ran out 2009 at a dinner party with old friends
Was glad 2009 was over and that 2010 was about to begin*
