{"id":2777,"date":"2009-12-30T23:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T07:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2011-01-10T21:28:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T05:28:38","slug":"year-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2777","title":{"rendered":"Year 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WAIT hold on, my life is flashing in front of my eyes.  At least the last 4 years as I import photos from iphoto on my powerbook to iphoto on my new macbook pro.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>I spent the night reflecting on 2009.  Unlike years past of <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1624#more-1624\">2005<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1966\">2006<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2207\">2007<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2429\">2008<\/a>, 2009 started out hopeful, but hope slowly turned into reality.  Success yes, growing in my leadership.  But what hopes there were, they were disappointments.  I always am optimistic for the future, because it&#8217;s a blank canvas.  Come at me, 2010!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i>January<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/january.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to take risks.<\/p>\n<p><i>February<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/february.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>Exploring new worlds.<\/p>\n<p><i>March<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/march.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>The start of my fascination of the unique and untouched.<\/p>\n<p><i>April<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/april.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>Fresh opportunity awaits.  I think.<\/p>\n<p><i>May<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/may.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for a wild ride.<\/p>\n<p><i>June<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/june.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>Is this the big ocean?  Will I get lost?  Or will I discover&#8230;that there is nothing fantastic on the other side?<\/p>\n<p><i>July<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/july.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s sweet and divine, but appearancewise, it wasn&#8217;t what I expected at all.<\/p>\n<p><i>August<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/august.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>A test of strength and competition.<\/p>\n<p><i>September<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/september.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>It looks majestic as a whole, but it cannot stand on its own.<\/p>\n<p><i>October<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/october.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>I am surprised too when I find that I am alone.<\/p>\n<p><i>November<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/november.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>They told us it was grand, but when I saw it, it was nothing like what I expected.<\/p>\n<p><i>December<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2009reflectionpost\/december.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>Here there are choices.  But which to start first?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAIT hold on, my life is flashing in front of my eyes. At least the last 4 years as I import photos from iphoto on my powerbook to iphoto on my new macbook pro. 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