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	<title>Days of Being LJ &#187; 2009</title>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did entertain the thought of writing a retrospective post for 2009 but in between sauntering off with family on xmas adventures, Wicked the musical, loads of food and BBC xmas specials, I really couldn&#8217;t be bothered.
Upon reflection I guess 2009 was this:

In the beginning I was fighting fit, tanned but very broody

unemployment was my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">I did entertain the thought of writing a retrospective post for 2009 but in between sauntering off with family on xmas adventures, Wicked the musical, loads of food and BBC xmas specials, I really couldn&#8217;t be bothered.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Upon reflection I guess 2009 was this:</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>In the beginning I was fighting fit, tanned but very broody<br />
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<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>unemployment was my game and lack of future prospects made me cruddy</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>somehow an interview in Jan landed me a job in a place I dreamt</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>but I quickly went from neat and officey to threadlessly unkempt</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>frustrations boiled and insomnia plagued my Uni rattled body</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>I realised fulltime work for the next 40 years will drive me potty</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>so I lost myself in food that was junk and taboo</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>in tv shows set in Rome, on Battlestars and  in Cylon goo</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>got back into photography and unleashed my dormant talent</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>along with a deep abiding love for all special tennis moments</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>especially those of Federer, painful loses and sweetest wins</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>gave me excitement on my boring days and plastered a grin</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>on my ever widening face.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>However my lack of grace,</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>was personified as i tried to emulate the GOAT on an actual court</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>as i thought skills for the game could easily be store bought</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>along the way of corporate restructures and freebie film tickets</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>in the end my friends and family were still the winning wickets</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em><br />
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<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>On the cusp of 2010, a month till I&#8217;m twenty-four</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>I need to get this body back to where it was before</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>leaner, fitter and fighting for those goals unaccomplished</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><em>to keep those creative juices flowing and unblemished.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Happy New Year Everyone and Best Wishes for 2010.</p>
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