It's been one hell of a year. Here's a recap. Deeper analysis is ongoing. I'm not sure if putting those results here would be fruitful. We'll see.
January 2006
* Switched from Linux to Windows
February 2006
* Made one Episode of my own podcast with Jess. Loved it. Never made another.
* Considered running WordPress.
March 2006
* Switched from Typo to Wordpress.
* Started blogging again.
* Started posting photographs again.
* Struggled with issues regarding where to post which types of content online in order to get the most out of the time I spend publishing content.
* Got into Geocaching
* 365 days of NOT smoking passed.
* Jess' brother came to visit.
* Considered NOT selling the book.
* Went to Fossil Rim Wild Life Preserve
* I took one of my most favorite images ever ("I'll build tomorrow":http://revjim.net/2006/03/23/ill-build-tomorrow/)
* My 3 year wedding anniversary passed ("My thoughts":http://revjim.net/2006/03/29/thoughts-after-three-years-of-marriage/)
April 2006
* Laura and Joe got married. Wooo hooo!
* I express my "hate for Rachel Ray":http://revjim.net/2006/04/06/eee-vee-oh-oh-so-annoying/.
* We did lots of yard work.
* Started using Google Calendar
* I took a "beautiful picture":http://revjim.net/2006/04/29/jessica-outtake/ of my beautiful wife.
* Had a serious mental breakdown.
* I decided to start a business for Jess and I around Photography.
* I started using (and hating) Quickbooks.
* I started Five-A-Week ("Five-A-Week":http://revjim.net/five-a-week/)
May 2006
* I had a nasty cold (and "proved god's existence":http://revjim.net/2006/05/03/tangible-proof-of-gods-existence/ in the interim)
* I considered cancelling the book, again.
* Bonnie and Justin got married. Wooo hooo!
* With my Dad's help, Jess and I re-floored the studio.
* I stirred up a ton of anger toward me when I did one of those "tell people, anonymously, what you really think about them":http://revjim.net/2006/05/15/what-i-think-about-you/ things. The funniest part is, most of the people that were angry didn't actually have anything written about them and if I were to do the same thing today, I'd probably be able to leave over half of them up there.
* I taught people how to drive ("but no one listened":http://revjim.net/2006/05/19/life-in-the-fast-lane-an-agreement/)
* A good friend was in some real emotional pain.
* I learned how to use HDR and tone mapping techniques.
* I bought a new lens (Sigma 10-20mm)
* I started "YTT":http://revjim.net/category/ytt/
* Jess and I went to Caddo Lake.
June 2006
* Jess started a new job and I threw her a surprise party.
* For the 8 millionth time, I decided I was taking back my life for me.
* "We are not settlers":http://revjim.net/2006/06/08/we-are-not-settlers/
* Went to Flickr Meetup in Fort Worth
* Went to Cedar Hill State Park
* Started working out at the Gym.
* Went canoeing with my dad.
* Saw a beaver.
* Almost got bit by a snake.
* Lots of self seeking.
July 2006
* Finished the book.
* Started doing Environmental Portraiture
* 28th birthday party.
* Business trip to Tampa.
* Made a "stupid movie":http://revjim.net/2006/07/15/in-search-of-meaning/
* Started using Etsy.
August 2006
* Prepared for my first Photography Exhibit
* Camping trip in New Braunfels
* I quit the photography business
* Mind altering, life changing trip to West Texas
* Problems with the book publisher.
September 2006
* I bought a bunch of portable flashes.
* I bought an iPod
* I wrote about "sex and songs":http://revjim.net/2006/09/20/sex-like-songs/
* I bought some sunglasses.
* I got my eyes dilated for the first time ever.
* I attended my first Photography Exhibit. I was shocked by the support I received.
* Jess and I decided to go to Myschievia.
* Jess and I decided to have a photography studio at Myschievia.
* I worked on my "Photoblog":http://djamesphoto.com/arranginglight/
* "Growing Down":http://revjim.net/2006/09/11/growing-down/
October 2006
* Jess and I attended Myschievia
* I travelled to Indiana on business.
* "Corn Field in Fall Colors":http://revjim.net/2006/10/24/corn-field-in-fall-colors/
* I travelled to Indiana on business again.
* I got a new mobile phone.
November 2006
* Opened "Arranging Light":http://djamesphoto.com/arranginglight/
* Planned a West Texas trip for Thanksgiving
* Cancelled a West Texas trip for Thanksgiving
* Self analysis: "addictions":http://revjim.net/2006/11/08/addictions-2/, "finding ghosts":http://revjim.net/2006/11/14/finding-ghosts/, "digging deeper":http://revjim.net/2006/11/16/digging-deeper/, "building blocks":http://revjim.net/2006/11/17/building-blocks/, "unnoticed":http://revjim.net/2006/11/20/unnoticed/
* I tried to write one post every day. I failed.
* "Rebirth":http://revjim.net/2006/11/29/rebirth/
December 2006
* Lots of family for Christmas.
* My sister's wedding.
* One of the best new year's eves ever
* A new outlook on life
* The start of a self-portrait project
* "In this moment":http://revjim.net/2006/12/02/in-this-moment/
