Well folks, we're not only at the end of the year, but the end of the 2010's itself. It really has been a hell of a ride.
This year in particular had its ups and downs.
2019 came in a fog, and my first thought was "I sure hope this isn't some kind of omen." Oh, how wrong I was.
Well, first are the positives:
-Didn't die
-Still have my job
-Got back into writing fanfiction. It's still a work in progress, I'll let you all know when I finish it.
-Continued to blog
-Committed to #AuGHOST again
-Went to more cons
-Managed to see both Avengers: Endgame AND The Rise of Skywalker without being spoiled.
-Started to reconnect with extended family
-Played through Pokemon Sword
-Met Dr. Demento!
-Met Caroll Spinney
-Met Christopher Eccleston, one of the only living Doctors I still needed to meet (Jodie Whittaker still eludes me)
-Got to shake Farva's (from Super Troopers) hand!
-Got to sit front row at a Con panel!
It was a panel about Disney TV creators talking about how they pitched their shows (Big City Greens, Amphibia, The Owl House). I found that the front row was empty after I got up to shake Farva's hand, and nobody stopped me.
-Cosplayed for the first time (I'm on the right)
-Got to drive a cool car around.
-Got to meet Ed Asner!
-Commissioned two pieces of art at NYCC!
This DekuMina commission is from Steph Mided. Justin Briner (the voice of Deku) loved it.
While this Mina piece is by Kristen Gudsnuk. I've been going all in on My Hero Academia, and I really love how these two came out.
-Saw Weird Al in concert!
Second row, and he was backed by the Queens Symphony Orchestra! It was 90 degrees at night, but totally worth it.
-Also got Weird Al's autograph through my friend Danny!
-Watched the first episode of The Simpsons on the thirtieth anniversary of its airing!
-Bought a Simpsons script off of Ebay!
It's of Behind The Laughter. It wasn't a table read script, but rather one made later in the production cycle. It has directors notes, and still full of stuff cut out of the final version.
-Won $50 on a Christmas scratch-off ticket!
...Heh, I actually did a lot of good things this year. I guess I can't complain TOO badly about my year. But unfortunately, I do have to mention the negatives:
-I got into a car accident in July, hence having to drive the cool car around for a few weeks. Everyone involved was okay, and my car got fixed, but it was hell on my finances.
-A week before that, my uncle passed away suddenly. He was the last relative who lived in his house, so my parents have spent the past six months cleaning out his house, and they're in the process of trying to sell it. It's quite sad.
-Early this month, I lost one of my best friends.
His name was DJ, and for the past 13 years he was one of the best people I ever knew. Back in our college days, there was no social scene PERIOD without him. This picture was us at NYCC back in 2014, with Arthur Darvill and Alex Kingston from Doctor Who. He's dressed as Green Arrow. I had it framed not long after we took it and it's been hanging on my wall ever since.
He had Muscular dystrophy, which confined him to a wheelchair for most of his life, and for the past few years he wore a respirator and rarely left his bed. But that never stopped him from living a full life, nor being unable to live out the full college experience.
The guy almost died about half a dozen times in the years I've known him, and he managed to bounce back every time. But some time in mid November he was hospitalized with bilateral pneumonia and fought to the end.
In 13 years, I never missed a birthday. When I met Christopher Eccleston at NYCC, I got him to sign a pic for DJ (I did that with most of the Doctor Who cast I've met) and gave it to him the last time I saw him near the end of October. Folks, the way his face lit up when I showed him that picture is something that could chase any blues away. And now I won't get to talk to him any more about Doctor Who. Or the DC tv shows. Or Star Wars. Or the Marvel movies. Or Pokemon. Or Rick & Morty. Or video games.
I miss him.
Sorry to be such a downer, but after all that, I hope you could forgive me if my heart just wasn't in Christmas or most other things over the past month. I've been getting better, and I'm looking forward to starting over in 2020.
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