Can I describe this year without resorting to that overused Charles Dickens opening? Truthfully, the "worst of times" could have been much worse. Everything was handled as best as possible, and I can't ask for more than that. A lot of difficult moments were really about moving forward and hoping for something more. An opportunity to restart without losing what matters most. For the first time in almost eight years, I was truly alone. At least, I felt alone. Not isolated, but simply occupying my own space and no one else's. So I moved forward, and found things to be even more complex and wonderful than I could've imagined previously. This is the year where everything changed, like I've gotten older and younger simultaneously. I've loosened up a bit. I don't take myself quite as seriously. All the same, my thoughts still get cloudy now and again. It'll take time to fully get what this year was about.
This "year in review" blog post is something of a tradition. Previous years: 2004 | 2005 | 2006
Memorable events for 2007:
* Le Divorce
* Meeting April
* MoCCA Art Fest in New York City
* Tuesday nights at Amsterdam Bar
* Road trip
* Scott McCloud's presentation at UTA
* La Reunion Workshop: Scriptwriting for Graphic Novels
* Taking Kennedy to Disneyland
Favorite comic books in 2007:
* Buddha (softcover) vols.5-8
* Amulet
* From Hell
* Super Spy
* The Umbrella Academy
* Strangers In Paradise, Pocket Book 6
* Notes for a War Story
Favorite TV Shows in 2007:
* Lost
* How I Met Your Mother
* Flight of the Conchords
* The Wire
* Battlestar Galactica
* Mythbusters
Favorite movies I watched in 2007:
* Rocket Science
* The Darjeeling Limited
* The Savages
* Knocked Up
* Me and You and Everyone We Know
* The Night of the White Pants
* King of Kong
Favorite food for 2007:
* Marie Callender's Salisbury Steak
Favorite music for 2007:
* Bishop Allen, The Broken String
* Danger Doom, The Mouse and the Mask
* Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha
* The Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
* Battles, Mirrored
Going to get some sleep now.
