This Fish Needs A Bicycle

but perspective is all that matters (well, that and love). i hope you are always welcomed home.

happy anniversary, fish. :)

Thanks for sharing the changes and being the Fish we keep coming back to read and comment to. I started reading your site a little over a year ago and share the sentiment you wrote about for yourself about my own year in retrospect.

They say the truths of life are always the same; it's just that they go in and out of fashion.

As long as you are happy with yourself, who cares about any changes? Just enjoy life! :-D

Jeez, a year is such a long time. We go through so much. The changes you mention don't really seem so small and inconsequential. I'm sure you've changed for the better. :-)

Some people spend their entire lives talking about what they're going to do with it. You changed yours in a heartbeat. That's a life worth living. And one I'm lucky to share.

(The sign was pretty adorable.)

Change is over-rated. Besides, sameness is the new 'change' for 2005.

I'd love to hear more about how you dress differently and why. That tiny comment is fascinating me.

Happy anniversary to you and NYC!

Change is good. Imagine how boring it would be if our lives stayed the same. My life (perspective) has changed a lot in the last year, for the better.

Being almost 10 years your elder....sadly, I am in more or less the same place I was a year ago.... although, today, I am craving change.... ah, to wake up to something new. Enjoy your life, change or not....

You are so lucky to have those changes documented so you can look back and reflect, and we are lucky that you have shared them with us.

Many people talk about making those changes, taking those risks - you do 'em.

So much can change, yet still nothing has changed! :) A lovely sweet post. Happy One Year of changes and staying the same.

I can completely relate. A year ago I was doing some very different things than I am doing now. It is strange that in a year, your life can turn upside-down, but who you are remains the same.

I had no idea our New York entrances were so close.

A year ago today I was back at home in the UK, reeling from a week which had made me propose to Krissa and wondering how long it would be before I came back here...

You feel good here though, right?

A year ago, I was all like, "Damn, I wish a charming and dynamic presence would come into this world of mine. Preferably one monickered after a form of seafood."

Funny how that works out.

Changing one's environment is easier than changing one's psyche.

Buckaroo Banzai said it best:

"...no matter where you go, there you are."

Mind you, the geographic cure kinda worked for me. I made a conscious decision when I moved from my hometown to change how I acted. Moving made that easier because I left behind everyone who had expectations of my behaviour.

You have no idea how happy I am to have you as a neighbor. I love that you are here and that you've flourished. Here's to an even better year in NYC.

Congrats on a year of changes. I admire the things you are able to do with your life to truly make it YOUR life. Good for you.

Happy New York Anniversary! :)

Happy Anniversary Fish! I like the comment, "Of course, nothing ever really does change, you realize. Even in a different city, or a different pair of shoes, the only thing that ever changes is perspective." That really got me to thinking!
~Sarah

I never forgot this after reading it in a Chemistry book (sigh):
Its Nature's law to change, constancy alone is strange.

I don't know how I found your site, I'm not a fish so I guess that makes me a bicycle. But as to change: "Change in all things is sweet" -Aristotle. I think that applies to everything except "ex-lovers" though occasionally that can be true. It's nice to know that some bikes are still appreciated even though we might not deserve it.

makes me think of the Blind Melon song "Change" and of what a very wise friend tells me..."The more things change, the more they suck" so cheers to changing but not changing