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Went to several shows in 2009, including:

Mercy Madonna of Malawi
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Barry, Pull Your Finger out
The Vagina Monologues
Adriano Adewale
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Soweto Gospel Choir
Oleanna
Capoeira Nights: The Boys from Brazil

and a couple of other things I can’t remember the names of. Definitely want to do this again this year.

I decide to go the St. Vincent for my birthday this year. The overall trip was wonderful (I spent a couple of evenings hanging out at the Prime Minister’s official residence!), but the two highlights were (1) climbing the La Soufrière volcano and (2) the day trip over to Bequia. Bequia is tiny and quiet – perfect for days spent lounging, reading, lying on the beach, and eating seafood. Next time I go back to SVG, I’m definitely going to spend more time in the Grenadines.

FINALLY! I went to the gym today, not even intending to do a personal best time today, just to do a good run, and things just fell into place. About halfway through I saw that my target was within reach, and I stuck in there and pushed myself just a little bit harder, and I did it, with seconds (8 seconds, to be exact) to spare. I am really really happy with this; I’m running at a pace that a year ago I did not seriously think I would ever attain. I’m very proud of myself.

A tip for anyone reading this: hill training. I think that the reason I was able to achieve this goal so quickly and re-setting my mind to it was that I was doing two hill runs a week – they are hard, but they’ve worked better than just about anything for me in terms of increasing speed.