Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
\n Old time is still a-flying
\n And this same flower that smiles today
\n Tomorrow will be dying.<\/p>\n
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
\n The higher he’s a-getting,
\n The sooner will his race be run,
\n And nearer he’s to setting.
\n– Robert Herrick<\/p>\n
I am returned after the Christmas break, loathe to work as usual. My new year’s resolutions are fairly dull, involving more exercise and less alcohol. I don’t know if I can stick to the vow I made about eating less soft cheese. It seems a little ambitious, don’t you think?<\/p>\n
2008 holds more of the same workwise – more smut, more blogging, more writing, more reviewing dirty movies. Ah, ’tis a hard life. I fully expect the time to fly just as it did in 2007. I turn 35 this year, and that’s a bit of a scary milestone. I also intend to travel just as much as last year – to gather the rosebuds while I may. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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