{"id":1019,"date":"2005-12-31T22:33:57","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T02:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2011-06-05T19:49:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:49:23","slug":"closing-out-the-year-of-the-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/closing-out-the-year-of-the-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Out the Year of the Phoenix with a BANG"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" background=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/fp_bak.jpg\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/eos_phoenix_sm.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"2005: Year of the Phoenix\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Wow. It&#8217;s over so soon?<br \/>\nI gotta say, despite the many, many MANY setbacks&#8230; it&#8217;s been a hell of a good year for me.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>The financial shuffle<\/strong><br \/>\nI found myself leaving my job at the paper (of four years&#8230; a NEW RECORD!) to briefly unemployed, to landing a dream job as a graphic artist elsewhere to be laid off in July. I suppose I&#8217;m back in the freelancing world again, and lots of people have been kind enough to toss me gigs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A new Hangout<\/strong><br \/>\nWe launched Problem Adults in May of this year. A haven for my web friends to escape the pressure and bullshit of reality. Old friends, new friends&#8230; one big dysfunctional cyber-family having the times of our lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s with the Phoenix?<\/strong><br \/>\nWell, Phoenix is the codename of the CMS I&#8217;m building. It powers this entire site. It&#8217;s also a symbol of rebirth and metamorphosis, as I hit the big 4-0 this year. Firebirds are cool. Butterflies and moths are for pussies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cursed her good<\/strong><br \/>\nWow&#8230; A Curse on Sara Freder is STILL going strong. Got it&#8217;s 99th comment this week. That may be small potatoes for the heavy-hitting bloggers, but it blows my mind here! The point is people&#8230; YOU have the power to alter your luck, and your life. Not some phony psychic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love and happiness<\/strong><br \/>\nAre you fucking kidding me? That was a little too much to ask for, isn&#8217;t it? I&#8217;m a slug and incapable of loving and being loved. GO AWAY! (I work better as a tortured soul, and I&#8217;m a lot more entertaining and creative when I&#8217;m miserable.).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Things to come<\/strong><br \/>\nNot sure what 2006 is going to bring us all (I&#8217;m betting pretty horrific and fucked up, but that&#8217;s just me.). I will face it all with my usual blaise shrugs. Hell, I never planned to LIVE to see 2006, so this ought to be inneresting.<\/p>\n<p>But HAPPY NEW YEAR, GANG!<br \/>\nPeace and prosperity to (some of) you!!!!!<br \/>\nChaos and mischief to everyone else!<br \/>\n-=e=-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recap of 2005. 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