Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who sent me a picture on the 23rd! I can't express in words how much I appreciate it. I am going to do a couple of things with them and when I'm done, I'll post some pictures.

Day Three -- February 25

Tim Hortons + Women's Olympic Gold Medal Game between Canada and the US = Happy Canadian Girl. The game wasn't nearly as stressful to watch as the semi-final in women's curling between Canada and the Swiss. Curling is hypnotic.

Those are my birthday tribbles watching the game. They haven't been taken to their new home yet. I had two on my birthday and three today! They've multiplied! The small grey one didn't work right and the replacement one arrived today. Gotta love the efficiency of geeks!

Day Two -- February 24

I met up with some of my Slytherin cohorts and we went to the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. Excellent food was had by all. We had just finished dessert (thank you Xine!) and were very sugar happy.

Day One -- February 23

So here it is, the first birthday of the project. Don't worry; they won't all be of me. This isn't that big of a vanity project.

And yes, there are 26 candles on that cake.

Year 26 Introduction

On Tuesday I turn 26.

The other night while I was pulling an all-nighter, it occurred to me that year 26 is going to be a year of transition. I'll finally finish school after spending 21 years in the education system (23 if you count pre-school). I'll write the bar. I'll have a job. I will, in short, enter the "real world," no matter how reluctantly.

Before I sell my soul to the corporate machine and get lost in all that "adult" nonsense, I came up with an idea: I am going to take a picture every day of the year between February 23, 2010 and February 23, 2011.

Every picture is going to be different. Every picture is going to be unique. Some strange, some boring but in their own way they will represent my day. Together, they will represent my year and myself. It will be who I was, I am and who I will be.

On certain days of the year, I am going to ask those in my life and in my world to contribute to this project. On Tuesday, February 23rd, I am asking you to take a picture and send it to me at year26.project@gmail.com. It can be of anything: you, your house, your pet, the twig you tripped over, the delicious meal you made, graffiti, anything about you or your day. Together it will represent my world on that day. Thank you all in advance!

I don't know what is going to happen. I don't know what pictures will be taken and I don't know how it will all come together. But that is what is exciting.

Please spread the word!