2009, a Quick Review.
The year is wrapping up once again, and even though I don't write in here as much as I used to, I'm still here. I've been thinking a lot about what happened this year, and there were definitely some ups and downs. Spring was mostly spent worrying over a health scare that turned out to be nothing, thankfully. Still that put a lot of things in perspective for me, and really pushed me towards some goals I set for myself. In June I went to E3--E3! I had been dreaming of that since I was 12 years old, and to be there in an official, journalistic capacity was mind-blowingly amazing.
Also in June my grandfather had heart surgery, and a few weeks later had a stroke and lost the ability to talk and eat on his own. Things looked bad for a while and then, like a miracle, he started getting better. He was always so strong and optimistic, and I really believed all along that he would get better and go home, so it was a huge blow when he died suddenly in October in his sleep. That's still pretty heartbreaking to me, and has been hard on my family too, especially my mother.
I went to San Francisco for the first time, finally, but saw almost none of it, being there for less than 48 hours. I met tons of awesome people in the industry. I played a lot of video games. I felt like I belonged. I worked a lot, I worked hard, I worked constantly.
I got engaged. Yeah, I've told enough people now that I can just come out and say it--I'm engaged. Come spring/summer 2011, I'll be getting married. That's pretty... insane. Somewhere in time, a younger version of me is screaming "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING???" Commitment, relationships, cohabitation, engagement--these were never things I wanted or looked for, but somehow they just happened. I never planned to get married in my 20s if EVER. I was not supposed to find THE GUY at 22. That wasn't in my plans... at all. AT ALL. But everything since then has seemed right. Living together has been effortless for the past 2 years. Just makes sense.
There are many other things that happened this year, but I'm trying to keep it brief for now. As for the decade in review, well, perhaps I'll get to it later in the week. I've got a lot of goals for 2010, a lot to accomplish, and sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the things I want for myself. But I've always been about making things happen, and I know that if I want something, it's up to me to make it happen. I'll keep making things happen.
Also in June my grandfather had heart surgery, and a few weeks later had a stroke and lost the ability to talk and eat on his own. Things looked bad for a while and then, like a miracle, he started getting better. He was always so strong and optimistic, and I really believed all along that he would get better and go home, so it was a huge blow when he died suddenly in October in his sleep. That's still pretty heartbreaking to me, and has been hard on my family too, especially my mother.
I went to San Francisco for the first time, finally, but saw almost none of it, being there for less than 48 hours. I met tons of awesome people in the industry. I played a lot of video games. I felt like I belonged. I worked a lot, I worked hard, I worked constantly.
I got engaged. Yeah, I've told enough people now that I can just come out and say it--I'm engaged. Come spring/summer 2011, I'll be getting married. That's pretty... insane. Somewhere in time, a younger version of me is screaming "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING???" Commitment, relationships, cohabitation, engagement--these were never things I wanted or looked for, but somehow they just happened. I never planned to get married in my 20s if EVER. I was not supposed to find THE GUY at 22. That wasn't in my plans... at all. AT ALL. But everything since then has seemed right. Living together has been effortless for the past 2 years. Just makes sense.
There are many other things that happened this year, but I'm trying to keep it brief for now. As for the decade in review, well, perhaps I'll get to it later in the week. I've got a lot of goals for 2010, a lot to accomplish, and sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the things I want for myself. But I've always been about making things happen, and I know that if I want something, it's up to me to make it happen. I'll keep making things happen.