I'm officially back in NYC after about eight weeks of living out of a suitcase. I did a lot of things while I was gone, but apparently updating my blog wasn't one of them. Over the past nine weeks I,

Lost my father.
Got married.
Skipped watching the 4th of July fireworks for the first time in recent memory.
Got ticketed for jaywalking.
Signed a bunch of bands I love to RCRD LBL (technically Elliot and Josh did this).
Helped cover E3 for Engadget and Joystiq.
Celebrated my 5th anniversary as a gadget blogger by liveblogging a Steve Jobs keynote.
Spent way too much time driving back and forth across the state of California and flying back and forth across the country.
Got mentioned in Rolling Stone.
Picked up and moved 15 times in 8 weeks.
Went to FOO Camp for the first time.
Had dinner with both Dave Winer and Jason Calacanis. But not at the same time.
Finally learned how to play Guitar Hero.
Broke my favorite pair of sunglasses.
Broke down and got on Facebook.
Failed to start using Twitter.
Came perilously close to replacing my beloved Dell X1 with a MacBook.
Finally realized that I'm closer to the end of my time in New York than the beginning.