The end of 2011.

I wanted to write something about 2011, summing up my year and expressing my feelings about the coming 2012. I did that last year. I called it"goodbye Two Thousand and Tenacious, hello Two Thousand and Elevated". I was so clever. Anyway, I just read it and realized I was way off.
I made the predictions about 2011 being my year when everything happens. I get an agent, I book awesome gigs, I travel all over, and I get all those video games I wanted. After reading it I was disappointed. Or at least the disappointment that was on my mind came to surface. What I was hoping for in 2012 was to finally get the agent and to finally move up to the next level. Whatever that means. But I already planned for that last year. And what's to say this year won't be different. Next New Year's Eve I could be writing a blog about the same disappointment I'm feeling now all over again.
But I won't.
This year was a pretty happening year. I did get to travel. I didn't make it to Orlando to visit everyone, but I traveled all around California some, I went to visit Virginia and the DC area, and I flew all the way to Alaska! I've been wanting to do that for a decade! This year, I did it! I met my pen pal, I roamed around at a State Fair and played pirate all day, I saw the Northern Lights and had adventures! I did a lot of pirating elsewhere, I hung out with butterflies, and I became a Jedi! I also got to do a good amount of fairs and a few conventions, just like I said I would. I also ended up with the video games I wanted (Epic Mickey excluded) and money left over at the end of the year. I got to play the Grinch again, just like I said I would. And it was noticed by plenty. And finally, I did take the first and hardest step toward entrepreneurship. So, to a degree, I did what I set out to do.
All that's left is the career stuff. I met some agencies in 2011. This year I will get one. My website will be done. The entrepreneurship will take it's next next step. I will take the next steps toward the career that I am aiming for, gain success, yada yada. I will be happy.
It's not like 2011 was a great year in general anyway. If anything it was horrible. It will forever be associated with mass protests, oppression, class warfare, and struggle. 2011 was a powder keg. If there was gonna be an end of the world I would've expected it to have come in 2011.
2012 should be different. At least for me. It will be a lot of fun. I will make it happen.