Counting down.... 3... 2... 1....

So three hours left before I turn 26. To think I'm actually turning 26 tonight / tomorrow. I've heard its all downhill from here. I'm doing my best to not believe that, but so far I'm failing miserably. Anyway, I thought I'd list down all the stuff I feel I've accomplished and maybe a few lessons I learnt this year. Of course they won't be in any particular order, but it should be interesting if I can come up with at least 10.

So here goes:

1) Bought my first Bike / Car : Ok, down payments are a bitch! However, the monthly installments are pretty low. Maintenance and gas can also be a little irritating. Is it worth it? So far the bike hasn't gotten me laid, but I have a feeling that's more my shortcoming than my bikes. All said and done, she's awesome and I'm glad I bought her.

2) Learnt to drive a Bike / Car : Ok, so some of you may consider this cheating, but really I don't. I actually can't believe that I had to wait till I was 25 to get my license. Something always came in the way before that.

3) Made a bunch of new friends, lost a bunch of old ones : So, yeah this was a funny year with regard to friends. I feel maybe I've changed a lot and well bottom line is a lot of friends that I've known for a while, well guess we just all went our different ways. On the flip side a couple of new ones. One of them would be BWSP (Batman Wannabe Scared of Pigeons!) and definitely a few others. You know who you are.

4) My Lil Sister : I found out that I can finally connect with my Lil sister again, this took me over a year to get done. I'm glad we managed to work things out.

5) Failures : This was the year of numerous failures, but in retrospect, the weren't all bad. Thing's could definitely have been a lot worse than they were. And after all what are failures except instances to learn from right? Or so we keep telling ourselves that. Well I'd like to think I'm a better man for them. I'm probably not, but I can always hope.

6) Reading comics : So I managed to read a whole ton of Comics this year, I feel that's definitely an accomplishment. I mean I read the entire Death of Superman series, Batman : Cataclysm, the Justice League of America Series and so many more.

7) Stupidity : In bed with a girl and calling out another girl's name. Hilariously Stupid.

8) Dad : Thanks, took you a while, but it's nice having him back in my life. In some form or the other.

9) Moments : This year, two things happened that entered my Top 3 moments ever. And none of them involved sex. Insane!

10) Craziness : I saw a 60 year old hitting on a 20 year old at a bar. That was craziness... they were asking each other homogeneous questions! What the hell is homogeneous???

See, told you, I'd struggle to come to ten! There is one more thing, it's not a lesson, not an accomplishment. It's just a wakening realization that there is hope for all of us out there in this crazy world. It's not necessarily a bright beacon, but it's there. I've also realised that my posts have turned into ramblings.

After recapping, It wasn't a bad year. I may not be a millionare superhero yet... but hey at least I'm on my way somewhere. A wise person reminded me of something: It's not getting to the goal that matters. The goal is actually the journey. Enjoy the journey and you'll have gotten to your goals.

So with that I bid thee adieu. Guess what!?! The next time I post I'll be 26. Woohoo!