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Well, it's been a busy year all in all. Especially November/December which I have no desire to ever repeat again in my entire life, ever, ever, ever. But that was for reasons not particularly related to busyness, even if I was very, very busy. 8)
So. I left Wheel: to join Enron, only to end up back at Wheel: (albeit only temporarily) after Enron became the fastest and largest bankruptcy ever, losing me my job in the process (as well as 1400 other people here in the UK). And in 31 hours or so, I start a new job at Inpharmatica, a biotech startup... I've not been as excited about a job since joining Bluewave in 1996. Cripes, I'm sad 8).
And to top it all, just before the year's end, I became a Dad again, with the birth of Eulalia (photos coming soon - I have quite a few now, but I'm still programming the interface that'll make it all easy to stick them on these pages).
Aaaanyway, we've all passed a lot of water since then. But still, the year 2001 is the focus of the moment (albeit from my sidewards perspective), so I'll concentrate on that for the moment.
So. What have I done, this 2001?I wonder what 2002 will bring. Hopefully, lots of good stuff (I can but hope!).
Anyway. Time for the awards. (Well, they're not really awards, but at least it'll remind me of what I liked in 2001).P.S. I notice that Gareth Gates actually turned in a decent performance on "Pop Idol" this evening, and left me quite stunned. They were all pretty good tonight though, even Laura (who was voted off this time around) and it's going to get even harder to separate them over the coming weeks... Rosie will almost certainly be the next to go, but after that... My prediction is Hayley, leaving Gareth, Darius, Zoe and Will - although Zoe and Hayley might be the other way around. I think that Gareth will probably win it thanks to the teeny vote, but Will probably has a more broad appeal... The dark horse is Darius - in my heart-of-hearts I'd like to see him win it, clutching victory from the jaws of defeat; but my head says Gareth. It'll be interesting to see how it all pans out.
P.P.S. In case you hadn't noticed, Pop Idol is about the only TV program I actually watch these days (unless you count "Thumb Bandits", which isn't actually on at the moment).
No, it's not like that at all! Far more interactive! Firstly 10,000 prospective "pop idols" were whittled down to about 50, and over 5 weeks two were selected from each pool of ten by a phone vote, leaving ten finalists.
Now, there's a show every week where the person with the least telephone votes gets booted off the show.
There can only be one... POP IDOL! (It's quite addictive, dontchaknow 8) )
"Popstars" over here had a totally different format... (well, I say "totally", but what I really mean is that they're different with a few similarities) and I think Pop Idol is actually miles better. There's no docu-soap crap going on, just singing and voting and Simon Cowell wearing his trousers up to his nipples.
What's not to like? 8)