It seems I left two important things out of the retrospective entry, and I would like to draw your attention to these.

 

APRIL 29
Brady had his 18th birthday.

 

also, Kim had a birthday, but i have been unable to discover precisely when this occurred. My apologies to everybody for forgetting to add in these world-changing events.

 

Here is a lovely little month-by-month summary of what happened last year.

2006, was the Chinese year of the Dog, The International Year of Deserts, International Asperger's Year and The Year of Mozart (commemorating 250 years since the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). The year a German man invented a spray-on condom, village leaders in India ordered 150 men to dip their hands in boiling oil to prove their innocence after food was stolen, a Vietnamese man famous on a national TV program for his ability to resist electric shocks was electrocuted while fixing a generator, coup leaders in Bangkok banned go-go girls from dancing near tanks and posing for photos with soldiers because they were distracting the troops and doctors in India were caught by a TV camera agreeing to amputate healthy limbs of beggars who wanted more sympathy.

 

It begins, obviously in

 

JANUARY!

 

Sydney had its hottest day ever on record (45 degrees celcius), Esther got an MSN Space, I hated technology, ate chocolate cake for breakfast at least once, Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke, I enrolled at uni, and had a job interview (i didnt get the job), NASA retrieved dust from a comet, i got a haircut, and decided i was insane.

All in all, a pretty good month (for me, not Ariel Sharon)

 

FEBRUARY

 

The month of the Winter Olympics. Our Japanese host person arrived, I got back together with Anthony (again), Mariah Carey won an award, I wrote a blog entry in Japanese, went to a fancy dress party as a fallen angel, attended O Week at Uni, Went on a pub crawl, and started Uni. Dick Cheney shot his Lawyer in the face.

An interesting month, to be sure.

 

MARCH

 

Had some pretty blonde moments, gave Esther an award, A new breed of shark was discovered, I had some emo moments, had an interview with Hogs Breath, Chile swore in their first female president, Dave featured me in his webcomic, had 5 sexy hair days in a row, got the job at Hogs Breath, Commonwealth Games mania seized Melbourne, I broke up with Anthony again :(  , went to a couple of good gigs, smashed guitar cases and ate chips and gravy with The Reason (a band) and ran out of icecream. Cyclone Larry attacked Queensland.

Very up and down, emotional and kinda weird.

 

APRIL

 

Started my job at Hoggies, cut my finger at Hoggies and got taken to Emergency, developed a highly plausible *cough* story about why the world sucks, endured Easter aided by lots of Easter Eggs, and drank toxic amounts of alcohol. Albert of Monaco reaches the North Pole and becomes the first reigning monarch ever to do so.

Pretty good month, as far as Aprils go.

 

MAY

 

Got frightened by my Dad (in a funny way), made a white ninja fan art, and listened to lots of Ill Nino. The Beaconsfield Mine collapsed, but 2 guys survived 14 days underground. I was also going out with Adam around this time. A new coalition government took office in Israel. Lordi won the Eurovision Award.

 

 

JUNE

Went to the Uniball, it was neato, discovered the best way to write essays, Kazakhstan launched its first space satellite, I went to see some plays (heh, that rhymes), Dave gave up on his Landshark comic, I bought my plane ticket to go to Brisbane, stayed in Geelong for a few days, went to a party or two, and got a song stuck in my head. Kuwaiti women got the vote for the first time ever.

Possibly the best month so far.

 

JULY

 

Spent a lot of time being cold and bitching about Ballarat's weather, went to Brisbane, and met some marvellous people and crashed on Brady's couch. Syd Barrett (from Pink Floyd) died. I wrote an entire description of my Brisbane trip in haiku on my blog, China and Tibet are joined by railway, Dave had a birthday, and had some major timetabling dilemmas. Rehearsals for Cinderella began. Israeli troops invaded Lebanon.

This month was way better than June (except for the Lebanese)

 

AUGUST

 

MSN attacked us all with their change from MSN Spaces to "Windows Live Spaces", I invented the best Omelette recipe EVER, was attacked by evil Anchovy-Brents, started thinking about how useless my course is and fell in love with Brent's poetry, broke up with Adam, and got back together with Anthony. Pluto got demoted, and the missing Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna were recovered in Oslo.

 

SEPTEMBER

 

September was a very busy month, with lots of assignments for Uni, costuming for Cinderella in full swing, and work, work, work. Steve Irwin died, I only did one blog entry for the entire month, which was very slack of me. Pope Benedict stirred up the Muslims. The highlight of September was probably Lee's birthday party, it was fancy dress, and was very fun. West Coast won the Grand Final (AFL)

 

OCTOBER

 

Another very busy month, with Cinderella opening on the 25th, my birthday on the 29th, and a whole bunch of assignments due. Google bought YouTube for US$1.65 billion. I wrote a big open entry on an awful lot of things I hadn't written about in my blog before. Things were good, but I did nearly crack under a lot of pressure a day or two before Cindy opened. I got asked to design costumes for the next show BLOC is doing, which is High School Musical. Internet Explorer 7 was released and Bob Barker retired from the US The Price is Right.

 

NOVEMBER

 

November was a bit of a catch up on sleep and relax kind of month (at least until exam time). Science Journal predicted that 90% of maritime lifeforms will be extinct by 2048. I finished Uni for the year and breathed a huge sigh of relief. South Africa legalised gay marriage. I began helping BLOC out with their costume hire and worked a lot. I also started my designs for High School Musical. I was very slack on the blog entries. A transit of Mercury occured and former Russian KGB agent was assasinated in a London Sushi bar. Steve Bracks won the state election.

 

DECEMBER

 

Got sick of Ballarat, wanted to leave, and decided not to. Chinese River Dolphins became extinct. I was still slack on the blog entries. December was much the same as November, but with more Christmas shopping. Shane Warne retired, tickets for High School Musical went on sale, despite the fact we've had no rehearsals. I also made some Resolutions for 2007. Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad.

 

So that was last year for me, and some other people as well.

Best luck for 2007.