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January 2009

While it’s a somewhat arbitrary demarcation, I always enjoy the feeling of having the slate wiped clean at the start of every calendar year–hence the masthead. Reverberated may have taken a little breather toward the end of 2008–a coma, you might even say–but let’s put that behind us, shall we?

November 5, 2008: Yes, we did

I’m strangely superstitious sometimes, and I didn’t want to post this until after the election was over for fear that I would somehow, singlehandedly jinx something. The hope and happiness I felt watching Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last night was something I haven’t felt in a long time, and I don’t think I’ve ever felt this proud of my country.

September 2008: Oceans and oceans of corn

I moved to Indiana roughly four years ago now, and around this last time I lamented that I lived so far from the ocean and concluded that I would have to resign myself to the fact that the only oceans I’d be seeing in the near future would be the “oceans and oceans of CORN.” Four years later, and it’s still true… [Image from stock.xchng, which makes me just about as happy as the (real) ocean]

August 19, 2008: Congratulations on defying marriage statistics, mom and dad!

Today is my parents’ 30th wedding anniversary, and since my mum is now a faithful reverberated reader, what’s more appropriate than a whole month’s masthead in tribute? After thirty years of wearing three sweaters in the winter, not using the perfectly-good air conditioner in the summer, washing my dad’s sweaty cycling kit, and having to socialize with hordes of chemists, the only thing my mum deserves more is maybe a glass case of wine. And maybe sainthood. [Image from someecards; I'm hoping they won't mind, because I am such a faithful customer]

July 2008: Cultivating Hope

Ah, life post-exams: the grass is greener, the world is sunnier, and I am pursuing a more positive attitude toward life instead of the anxiety and annoyance of the pre- and during-exams eras. I’m still working on it, you know, cultivating it, but I am hopeful…

June 2008: Life on Hold

Here’s the thing about June 2008: it will go down in reverberated history as The Month I Took My Qualifying Exams. Sure, other things will happen, but they will be divided into time in terms of “Before I took my quals” (this sentence ends with “I worked 14 hours a day and went a little bit peripherally blind”), “During my quals” (this sentence would ideally end “I wrote three brilliant essays,” but will probably realistically end “I ate ice cream for breakfast to make myself feel better”), and “After my quals” (which I hope will be followed by “I resumed living life like an actual human being,” and then continued “in England,” “by drinking tequila,” and/or “by spending lots of time making lolcats”). So, yeah. Real life is on hold for June, first for exams, and then for exam recovery.

May 2008: Apparently did not exist on reverberated.com. Refer to June 2008 as to the excuses reasons.

April 2008: Celebrating Spring

April’s masthead is late and lacking a clever tagline, but it’s pretty (you can see more of this set of flower photos on flickr) and it’s a sort of celebration of the arrival of spring, as now I can look outside and see some hints of green, living things and sunshine instead of grey skies and dead, brittle leaves.

March 2008: Welcome to the Panopticon

Welcome to the internet panopticon, where you can never be sure who’s watching. You can read all about this in a rambling explanation posted here.

February 2008: Just Another Sucker

Ah, February, the traumatic month of Valentine’s Day and day after day of gray, barren winter wasteland in Indiana. I found this image via stock.xchng, which is one website I love so much that I may buy it Valentine’s dinner. I might have thought up something witty and vaguely bitter for this month’s tagline, but when it comes down to it, it’s true; I’m just another sucker.

January 2008: Migration