MMIX

2009 has been designated as the:

International Year of Astronomy.

International Year of Natural Fibres.

International Year of Reconciliation.

and the

Year of the Ox (by the Chinese calendar)

And, to quote my friend over at Rancho de Perro:

Please, dear MMIX, try not to suck.

Source: Wikipedia

Raised most of my life in New Mexico, my job brought me to Northern California. I don't usually identify myself as a Californian, simply a New Mexican living in California. In the first couple years after moving, I distanced myself from my home state thinking it backward and remote. Then I began to visit home more frequently and truly learned a love for my home state that only comes by gaining perspective. I'm a writer, a crafter, a photographer and labor at a "real job" during the days.