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.

goodbye Two Thousand and Tenacious, hello Two Thousand and Elevated

2010 is soon behind us. Myself included. I loved 2009, a year full of adventure and experiences for me. In comparison, 2010 was dull and unsatisfying, even disappointing. I didn't have many adventures, and the ones I had didn't meet expectations. I didn't get to travel. I didn't meet any resolutions that I can remember. I didn't really move forward or up or much of any direction this year. But I don't mean to say 2010 was all disappointment.
Like all things it had it's good points. I didn't get to be Bert or The Grinch this year, but I got to play Peter Pan and Jack Skellington. Those are lifelong goals that I got a taste of this year. I didn't land an agent or a regular acting gig, but I got a feature film, I got to be a working actor for a while, and I even got to audition for the lead of a major motion picture!! I got to shoot a sketch comedy show, and for a good while I managed to be part of a pretty successful improv troupe at one of the biggest improv houses in LA! My 2010 Resolution project was also kind of a failure, but I did it, and it's given me tips to make it better next year. And that's really what I'm looking forward to, getting 2011 right, especially where 2010 fell short.
I've already checked, 2011 is going to be an awesome year for me. This is the year where I get things done! I get around, I make things happen, I make better puns... Not only is the whole acting career thing gonna hit off, but entrepreneurship gets started. I get the agent, and better auditions, and I'm pretty sure I land a gig that a lot of people notice. I can't recall what it was, or maybe I do and I'm just not telling you, but trust me.. it's awesome! (yes, I sang that last part.) And, lots of adventures. I get to travel, frequently, though a good chunk of it is work related. Thought getting to visit Orlando and all is still very cool. I also got to conventions and fairs and parties. Lots of cool events. It ends up being a really interesting year. And I end it not owing money to anyone! Which is a welcome change from these past few years. It's especially noteworthy since I finally get those video games I've been wanting. But that's beside the point. 2011, awesome year.
I'm really looking forward to the coming year and all the many wonderful things I get to be a part of. The 2011 Resolution project turns out really cool because of it, and there's not so much a silver lining, just silver. Sterling silver. And I make it rain!
Anyway... 2011. Awesome year.