The Zolas
Fell in love with New York (2015)
I thought it was time for a break from all the nostalgia…
Year: 2016
Otherstream at 20: 2004
I’m almost caught up from my vacation break and so I can return to one year a day soon The anniversary happens on 13 January.
In 2004, the trend toward daily updates with no substantial essays continued, making the site more of a journal than a reflective space. Thus it’s harder to pick “highlights” as such and the ones I chose don’t really show what was on my mind quite so well as in earlier years. Anyway, here are the ones I chose, such as they are.
January:
February:
- Married (sort of)
March:
May:
July:
August:
- In the local paper
- Marriage
- Hawaiian wedding (several posts follow)
October:
November:
- Documenting
- Muzak
- East Coast trip (several posts follow)
- Pittsburgh
Otherstream at 20: 2003
Wow I turned into kind of an asshole there for a while. By 2003, there was domesticity and some travel. but the site seemed to be losing some of its charm (and its audience). The same thing happened to Rhoda in the 1970s and the producers divorced her, but it didn’t help. I remained bitter and cynical as always, but much less charmingly so. That didn’t help either.
Highlights and favorite posts follow. I tried to include a couple of the obnoxious ones as well even though they make me look bad, but not too many because they make my brain hurt.
January:
- To the Sierra (several posts follow)
- Where I live
February:
- Stupid potheads
- My Valentine
- Off to LA (several posts follow)
- Randomly Monday
March:
- Idiots of the week
- I protest (this one’s kind of obnoxious though I still stand by some of the sentiments)
May:
June:
- East Coast trip (several posts follow)
July;
August:
September:
- Letters to the editor
- The S&M “community (this one’s still pretty funny, but I can’t take credit)
- Psycho driver
- A religious hypocrite? Never…
October:
- Preservation vs. density
- SoCal road trip (several posts follow)
November:
December:
- Central Coast road trip (several posts follow)
Otherstream at 20: 2002
Twelve days till the big anniversary, and fourteen years to cover because I missed a couple of days.
2002 was all about love and mushiness, until September, when it became all about love and cohabitation. But I occasionally managed to write about other things, too. In retrospect, I’m not wild about some of it, but most of it holds up OK.
January:
February:
- Weekend in Fresno
- Animal “rights”
- New York Pizza (it didn’t really burn down after all)
- The “bear” thing
March:
- Los Baños (the first “coupled” road trip begins, several posts follow)
- Find a city
- Cities, continued
- Free speech
- Northwestern road trip begins (several posts follow)
April:
May:
June:
July:
- Mmmm. Databases (if only there were a career choice for someone with these interests…)
- On gay bookstores
- Community center
- Sheehy is an idiot
August:
September:
October:
November:
Otherstream at 20: 2001
Sorry for that delay. I didn’t create enough of these before I left on vacation, thinking I’d catch up on the road, but the “cut and paste” nature of these particular posts made that a major pain on the iPad. Twelve days till the anniversary.
So 2001 was the year in which I lost one of my oldest friends, had major health issues, and met the love of my life, among other things. And a surprisingly latge number of things still managed to annoy me. A pretty intense year, all in all.
Some highlights:
January:
February:
March:
- I never killed my classmates
- A thankless job
- Stupid Netscape
- The bi-coastal road trip of 2001 begins (several posts follow)
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December: