On a personal note, 2009 — forgive me, 2010 — has been an Interesting Year, thus far. First and foremost because it marks my return to keeping time like the rest of the Gregorian calendar-wielding world. In college, a year is split into quarters: the first is four months long, the second is one month, then four again, then three. Half the time is spent in what the rest of the world considers one year, and half in the other. So, the College Year is, for example, “09 – 10″ … not “2009″ or “2010.”

But now it’s 2010, and I recognize that. I’m with it, and I’m going to keep going with it. 2010. All right. This shift in time corresponds with a shift in my lifestyle: from the Fulltime Work World to Freelancing Contract Gigs to Who Knows What’s Next. Oh, and somewhere in this adventure, the personal side of life lit up: stars in my eyes, head over heels, all that…

The shifts may be wild, but they feel soft, which is a good thing, I think.

Anyway, this leads me to the image that follows this text. While doing research on one of a few projects I’ve currently got my elbows in, I came across the work of James Frank Tribble and Tracey Frances Mancenido.  They did an incredible series on intimacy for the New York Times called Pillow Talk. In celebration of all the things I didn’t know before time changed and I changed, and for the simple acceptance of newness, I share this:

(c) Tripple & Macenido

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