The month started off on a sour note with the death of R&B legend Luther Vandross [link] and kinda went downhill from there with a weekend of frustration [link] [link] at the-party-which-shall-not-be-spoken-of and missing someone's birthday by a few days. Sheesh. With three friends down and none left, I decided to toss my hat back into the freelance web design ring [link] and tried to lobby for 100,000 unique hits for July [link]. I didn't make it. What the hell happened in June? I gave an update on my 101/1001 goals [link], broke my self-imposed silence about my current job [link] and revisited the notion of personal ads [link] during an extremely lucky weekend of sex and companionship. Tony celebrated his 5th year of blogging [link], Death-Phoenix jumped the broom [link], and the Asides started [link].

While August was a slow month on the blog, it was anything but slow in real life. I kicked off the first annual Black Weblog Awards, which went very smoothly (although it raised controversy and eyebrows and was even deemed *gulp* racist). I did manage to take time out and pay homage to the new-and-improved Timbaland [link], wondered why new beaus always needed to know about my exes [link] and how my work situation is getting worse [link].

September was another blah month; I talked about the online/offline dichotomy of getting to know people [link], gushed about my time in Cali at Twin and Triplet's wedding [link], and started the BlackGayBlogger.com blogcasts [link]. Be warned — the audio is rough. I also started my password-protected work posts, mainly because I didn't want another "Karshed" situation on my hands.

October was all about blogcasts and work posts — go through the archives and you'll see what I mean [link]. On a sad note, the world lost two great pioneers: August Wilson [link] and Rosa Parks [link].

Should I continue with the blogcasts? Despite the haters, I pressed on [link]. The Brand Atlanta Campaign came out, and all I could think about was how much I needed to leave the city [link]. On the real [link]. The now-famous "Man of Morehouse" blogcasts kicked off this month as well [link].

World AIDS Day capped off the month [link], and if you weren't paying attention, you could almost say that this was "Morehouse month" on the blog with the continuation of the blogcasts and the report on Morehouse police assaulting a civil rights figure [link]. Completely unsatisfied with my job, I threw out the resumes and started interviewing with a big company for a big position [link]. With the year wrapping up, I turned the focus inward thinking about the future [link]. addressing the rubbernecking naysayers [link] and lamenting on the holiday season [link]. I also decided to show more of my tech side, posting a tutorial on how to modify your Wordpress dashboard [link] and making the leap into advertising on the blog [link].

Oh, did I mention I'm in Chicago right now? Chicago bloggers, holla at me!

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It's been a hell of a year, and I hope that next year brings more happiness and less bullshit. To all the readers, commenters, haters and lovers of BlackGayBlogger.com, I wish you a happy new year.

Let's make 2006 right!