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I may or may not do a year in review. I may or may not do much of anything tonight. It's the 31 Decmber 2008 and I feel as if it's somewhere in 1975 because of having all these new TV stations that show exactly the same things as all those old TV stations.

For anyone who wasn't watching Aussie TV in 1975 (for whatever reason), here is a neat summary of the process:

Now I have to go watch some Norman Gunston interviews. The rest of the year needs quality Gunston time. Maybe those interviews are my year in review?

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It's half an hour to midnight and everything is in halves.

I am halfway through writing the ghost novel and have given it up until tomorrow. I don't want to start my New Year with nightmares and I would have if I had written more. Also, I so want to kill one of my characters (because she irritates me unduly), but maybe a stern learning curve will suit the novel better. Except she would be cool as a truly annoying ghost. I need to sleep on it.

I am half way through to getting well again. I still hurt every day and still get inflammation and am back on cortisone (again), but I am slowly mending. I hurt less most days and even get blocks of hours where I don't feel awful at all. I can't carry shopping with any sort of comfort yet, but I can carry it. Two whole bags I carried today. My sister's birthday present and my milk and etceteras for the next few days. And candles. I passed Dusk on my way to buy milk and they have a sale. I do love candles very, very much.

I am halfway to believing in myself. The gifts and confidence others have in me helped a great deal with this. Some special friends, some special occasions (Conflux, the Freecon, all the wonderful new writing projects).

I'm not even halfway to being a good friend yet. It was not an easy year for me to be a good friend. It's the thing I shall regret forever about 2008.

I am more than halfway to being a writer. I am also more than halfway to being an editor.

Halfway years are good. Lots and lots of intense learning. They're tiring though. And way busy. Even when I was too sick to move, I still had to work. I so missed paid sick leave this year.

The other thing about halfway years is that they're preparation for something. In this case it looks as if the 'something' is 2009. It should be a very interesting year.