Fuck you 2011
2011 has very easily won the award for the worst year of my life. I've had some stinkers in the past, but this one sweeps past them all to claim the prize. I don't want to talk about the shit though. Going to focus on the handful of positives instead.
In no particular order:
- Being reunited with my kitties. OMG I had missed them so much. I don't ever want to lose them again.
- DuD winning the UK Larp Award for 'best medium-sized larp'. Whatever issues there may have been with how the awards were organised, the fact that enough people thought of us to nominate us made me beyond proud.
- Maelstrom. Was always terrified to attend, and as it turned out with good reason. But I discovered crewing Maelstrom is absolutely awesome and made of win. Am very much looking forward to next year's events and being involved in the 'closure'.
- Odyssey - I also discovered that there is a big fest larp that I can enjoy playing!
- Visible improvements in my writing ability. 2011's Black Library submission was significantly better than 2010's, and 2012's, which I have already started working on, is another level of improvement over 2011. They say that if you keep writing you WILL get better. Actually being able to see that for myself is really rather inspiring.
- Going to see Ghost the Musical. One of my all time favourite movies brought to life on stage? There was no way I was going to miss that.
- Being diagnosed with Asperger's. I think on the whole it is a positive thing. I'm feeling like I can understand myself and the problems I have had all my life with context now and start to move forward in a way I have never been able to before.
- Rift MMO and the lovely guild I am in. It's kept me sane when things have really turned to dirt.
- Being reunited with old friends from a decade or more past. Evil Gary, Rob Leigh and the people of Elephant MUD.
Things neglected in 2011 due to sickness and lack of funds: Legion of Dreams and Re-enactment. I hope I can pick up on these again in 2012.
In no particular order:
- Being reunited with my kitties. OMG I had missed them so much. I don't ever want to lose them again.
- DuD winning the UK Larp Award for 'best medium-sized larp'. Whatever issues there may have been with how the awards were organised, the fact that enough people thought of us to nominate us made me beyond proud.
- Maelstrom. Was always terrified to attend, and as it turned out with good reason. But I discovered crewing Maelstrom is absolutely awesome and made of win. Am very much looking forward to next year's events and being involved in the 'closure'.
- Odyssey - I also discovered that there is a big fest larp that I can enjoy playing!
- Visible improvements in my writing ability. 2011's Black Library submission was significantly better than 2010's, and 2012's, which I have already started working on, is another level of improvement over 2011. They say that if you keep writing you WILL get better. Actually being able to see that for myself is really rather inspiring.
- Going to see Ghost the Musical. One of my all time favourite movies brought to life on stage? There was no way I was going to miss that.
- Being diagnosed with Asperger's. I think on the whole it is a positive thing. I'm feeling like I can understand myself and the problems I have had all my life with context now and start to move forward in a way I have never been able to before.
- Rift MMO and the lovely guild I am in. It's kept me sane when things have really turned to dirt.
- Being reunited with old friends from a decade or more past. Evil Gary, Rob Leigh and the people of Elephant MUD.
Things neglected in 2011 due to sickness and lack of funds: Legion of Dreams and Re-enactment. I hope I can pick up on these again in 2012.