52 Weeks In Review

I suppose that's the whole year, huh?  Well, then, let's get started.

Week 1.....Just kidding.  Actually, in case you're just a little slow, this will be an overview of some of the cool things that happened over the course of this year.  Let's jump in our friendly neighborhood TARDIS / Way Back Machine / DeLorean / or any other time traveling device you happen to have and see what happened.

One of the most important things that happened this year was I got an iPhone!!  Yes, it seems silly for me to say that, but the iPhone has proven to be a saving grace in a lot of situations.  No matter what I happened to do the rest of the year, there was an app for it.  And if there wasn't, I probably shouldn't have been doing it in the first place.

Over the course of the year, I also saw several movies, though, as of this writing, I have yet to see Harry Potter.  I know, mock me, if you will, but I have been a busy person.  Some of my favorites from the year of movies were Kick Ass, Toy Story 3 and The A-Team.  If you look through the archives, you'll find reviews for some of these movies and you can even read them, too, if you want. 

During the summer, we got a lot of furniture for our house.  Unfortunately, we did not get an chesterfield or an ottoman (for those of you who don't get that joke, I am sorry.  You really should listen to the song "If I Had a Million Dollars" by the Barenaked Ladies.  Go on.  Listen right now.  Here's the lyrics so you can sing along.  There you go.  See how funny that was?)

Speaking of Summer, you might have missed the entire month of July having fun, but you could have simply lived vicariously through me as I blogged every day for that entire month.  Who knew that I had so many random and strange things happening in my life?  I certainly didn't. 

Also, in November, I attempted NaNoWriMo once again.  However, this year was not as successful as my previous attempt, when I managed to get an entire novel written in the month of November.  For some reason, I was completely exhausted and had trouble focusing on finishing the novel on time.  I still have the desire to finish the story, but I am not ready to at the moment.  It's more of a muse thing.  When the time is right, I will continue.

In December I got to go someplace that I never thought I would ever get to visit.  It was so unimaginable that I had placed it on a "Bucket List", figuring that it would just be something that I didn't get to do.  What is it, you ask?  Well, just look at the previous entry and you'll see.  And if you're lazy and don't want to look back, I'll tell you.  I got to go on a tour of Skywalker Ranch!  I know that only a nerd such as myself would truly care or even mention it, but it was so cool and much better than even I could have imagined.  It was interesting to step into the beautiful library and to walk the grounds and find stuff to purchase at the Gift Shop.

Now, I know there was something else that happened this year and I can't seem to remember.

Oh yeah!  Of course.  I became a dad for the very first time (that I know of.  LOL.  Kidding).  Abigail was born September 22 and has been the life of every party that we go to now.  "Oh, nice to see you, let's see the baby." / "The baby is so cute!" / "She's a good mix of both of you."  Of course, with everyone paying attention to the baby now, it seems like Joanna and I are second fiddle, at best and act more like staff to the baby girl that warms our heart.  What's that saying?  "Dogs have masters, cats have staff."  The same holds true for babies, too, because they need their parents to change them, feed them, burp them and play with them.  We're not parents, just staff.  No wonder I'm tired.

Well, that's the year, I guess.  I'm sure there were hundred of other cool stories I could have told and people that I met, but there is no need to go into that on this blog.  You can ask me individually and I might even remember enough of one to respond.  If not, oh well.  This has been a fun and interesting year and it's only going to get more fun as 2011 begins.  I look forward to entertaining you more in the New Year and will once again try to be more consistent with blogging.  Who knows, maybe I'll even blog an entire month again.  I know that anticipation is killing you already.


Until next time.