Summarizing...

events from this year in hopes of completing another end of the year "piece" relating noteworthy happenings and emotions in my own life with several milestones throughout the U.S and world.

Some topics/themes/thoughts/emotions swimming in my mind on this new piece:

Trial/tribulations, on-going frustrations (in the country, in love, etc)
on my turning 30
death/finality, and life after
Deal, or no Deal (not the game show but judging events being a major concern or not)
living in historical times (on the wave of changes socially and politically)


Names/phenomena quite possibly to be mentioned (definitely in no order of importance): Twitter, Guiding Light, Bernard Madoff, tea party, Michael Jackson (duh!), Bea Arthur, Natasha Richardson, The Stimuls Jay Leno, Glenn Beck, Colbie Caillat, Ft Hood incident, Ed McMahon, Brett Favre, the media, Farrah Fawcett, Windows 7, Jon and Kate (yeah... hate to but...), Kanye West (yeah...ditto), Cash 4 Clunkers, Elvis Presley, Pittsburgh Steelers, Ballon Boy (or lack there of one), Patrick Swayze, Brooks and Dunn, Tre (baby nephew born in 09), The Beatles, Barack Obama, cap and trade, Taylor Swift, Steve McNair, North Korea, Iran elections, David Letterman, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Yankee/ A-Rod, bailouts/AIG...

Lots of material here from which to keep pondering.