I added a new personal page. In case you don’t make it a habit of checking the about page, the personal pages are sporadic updates of 25 things in my life. Since I’ve kinda neglected to update them much this year, i figured that posting about a new page here will remind me to not let a whole year go by without updating. Here’s the list in, um, list format.

1. flickr 5,401 photos, 7,483 views
2. to do list buy stuff, organise move, try not to panic before moving
3. in my backpack e-ticket, moving notebook, environmentally friendly shopping bag, iPod, camera
4. gadget earbuds for ipod, crazy taxi game for PSP
5. new on iTunes kanye, ne-yo, britney and jd’s band
6. stress level i’m the human rms, i’m flying on sunday, i haven’t started moving … what stress lol
7. running i can do 6, 8, 10k easy now. 8.8km/hr — need to work on speed
8. city chicago
9. last vacation hokkaido, seems so long ago
10. love of my life what to do, i’m leaving again
11. food turkey leftovers
12. drink hot coke with lemon and ginger
13. transport walking
14. books sci-fi, fantasy disguised as regular romances
15. film whatever was on the plane
16. kit i can get into my old 501s again, woot
17. net citizen omg i’m on facebook
18. color black
19. covet time to organise my life
20. obsession the move
21. freesquare met a fb friend who likes katherine kerr *and* ivy
22. like getting into the running routine
23. hate the uncertainty of our future
24. daydreaming we both end up with jobs in london
25. smell cold weather

After more than a year, I posted a new personal page. No big difference from before, indicating that either a) my life hasn’t changed from a year ago or b) my life is so boring that it doesn’t change.

Or may be, I’m not asking the right questions. Instead of what is in my backpack I should be asking myself why I carry the stuff I carry with me all the time. Instead of the most recent city (Chicago…again) I should be asking myself where else I’d like to visit.

Then again, I don’t think my way of behaving or living my life has changed for all the years I’ve lived on my own, regardless of where in the world I am. The ultimate goal is always the same — retreat home as much as possible, don’t talk to people, don’t tell them what’s on my mind, don’t let anyone threaten my safety net, don’t let anyone know I’m just pretending to be a normal human being.