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Day 5...

Wow. I was really cold.
And extremely tired.
So cold, it crept through my pants, and my longjohns, and made my legs numb.
So tired, I nearly slept through Saturday night.
But, I made my way back here, and I'm posting.

Here is, in a nutshell, the highlights of 2003.

January - Stopped working at Crate & Barrel. Incident at the party leads to one of my most prized poems, Shakeya. Start spring semester, without Tavie.

February - Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig dies. I meet some old High School friends. Bowling for Columbine, the best documentary I've seen since Hitman Hart: Wrestling with shadows, comes out.

March - I meet Veesha via blogging. The first info-super-highway friendship I've made. Crate & Barrel dinner party realizes a dream deferred. Sony DJ headphones are acquired. Saw Chicago. War With the Mirror was created. The Wiz electronics store starts to go out of business. Humorous quotes are added to weekly posts.

April - Just Your Ordinary Shy-Guy becomes Shy-Guy Version 2.0. The 3rd Generation iPods debut. The 2003 Auto show at the Javits Center. I and the "Nest Fam" form a Trini/Chi connection, killing midterms like crazy. Spring break saw my pop extremely ill for about 2 weeks; causing family shakeup.

May - iPods come to SoHo Apple Store. Trini/Chi connection finishes off Spring semester with the highest GPAs acquired to date. Matrix Reloaded debuted at theaters.

June - Costco trip turns Crazy as Cops Capture Cab Con...
iPod turned 6 months old; Reggae & Soca Gold 2003 come out.

July - Bad Boys II & Johnny English debut in theaters. MacWorld Expo came to the Javits center. Some more freelances. Started working at GreenPoint Bank.

August - Cell phone upgrade to the LG-VX6000. Gregory Hines & Bob Hope pass away. The 2003 blackout, now is indented in history forever.

September - It's official: I have one more year of school left!! The Labor Day parade; the acquisition of the Sony earphones. For the first time in ten years, my grandmother from Trinidad visits New York. Meet Nedra via blogging; run into some more old friends. The Rundown debuts in theaters.

October - 4-train Writer and Arrow are composed. Run into some more old colleagues from previous jobs. Yankees win yet again, another ALCS pennant in a Game 7 thriller vs. Boston Red Sox; only to lose the World Series to the Florida Marlins. Stu Hart passes away. Aunt Janice passes through BK for the first time ever. Fotolog has been added to Shy-Guy v2.0.

November - Matrix Revolutions debuts. Meet Miss Walker via blog, making her the third person I've known via internet. Bad & good fortunes hit at my job; fiascoes with the GreenPoint OldTimer begin. Lightning Strikes Twice and Cursed are created. Michael Jackson problems reach incredibly new heights.

December - "Shy-Guy" turns 22. Celebrates one year of iPodding... with acquistion of new 30GB 3rd gen iPod. Elephant Man's Good 2 Go debuts. "About Me" post is created. Jay-Z announces Black Album as his final album. Befriend indian chick, and tutor her in accounting; I finish Fall 2003 semester with another high GPA. I have now one more semester left until I graduate.

Next time, the 2004 agenda.
Stay warm, y'all...