This was a hard one.
I went through the years worth of post looking for interesting pics and events to share and it all seemed kinda bleak.
I hate saying that, I’ve never really declared a year to be a bad one before, but man 2009; you sucked!
Still, I know that this is about change and letting go of old dreams so I can have even better opportunities, it’s a hard struggle, but worth it. There were still momentous events for my personal year, things that will be valuable for 2010 and beyond and it’s time to celebrate them.
To do that, I’m going to go back to the original format from 2007 and present the top events of 2009!
2009
In the industry
Started a podcast
Created an online portfolio
Made my first Demo Reel
Made a style guide
Made business cards
Launched website
Graduated From Fullsail
AFO memories
Worked with Erik and James to make the poster for AFO10
Made TMNT awesome
Rocked the 25th Shell-ebration with Turtle-Palooza
Finished the Pop Rocks Jam Session opening
Made a new interface for Big Damn Gameshow
Made Ranma’s boobs better
Saw Anime Explosion return
Got a badge of gameshow excellence
Sadly retired from the convention
Personal Achievements
Begged for money
Invented a holiday
Made a new type of GPS mount
Got a new Motorcycle suit
Found the original earth
Made a screen and a prototype of a pipboy 3000
Designed and built my own teleprompter
Met Sylvester McCoy
Left Florida
Moved to Georgia
Punched Edward Cullen in the face
Went to my college graduation
Saw a big worm
Found out Pens want to kill us all
Made up some names so manly they have chest hair
Killed my phone and watched it come back to life
Became a super hero
Movies Seen
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Krull
The Golden Child
G.I. Joe
Star Trek
BSG: The Plan
Harry Potter
Games Played
Champion’s Online
Ghostbusters
Brutal Legend
Fallout
Startrek a Final Unity
House improvements made
Garage
Kitchen
Computer Room
Grill
Song to remind me of 2009
BSG: Prelude to war
Best Show
BattleStar Galactica
Worst Show
BattleStar Galactica
Quotes
But Vegeta… tricks are for kids!
I’d love to hear your pluvonks sing.
I SLEEP NOW!
Beaten and broken beneath an unconscious naked child. Yup, I’m done here.
Moment Of The Year
This picture is the last thing I took at AFO and is the perfect representation of how I feel.
It’s a sad picture, but also one of hope. After all, for every ending, for every show complete there’s the memory of what was achieved and the promise of new adventures to come. 2009 was a year of huge change and that’s always painful.
I’m glad it went as smoothly as it did.
Discussion (5) ¬
haha less of a year end review and more of an index of your site, im glad my template has evolved in hyperlink form! Finishing up mine now. 2009 was kind of a downer year but it had its perks.
Actually I would have hyper linked the original 2007 post, but myspace’s link system made that really difficult.
I liked last year’s picture version but it’s just too damn bandwidth heavy to do properly.
I did just install a stats system that shows me what pages are being viewed and how. I’m tweaking my technique to make it easier for people to find things on the site. You can expect a lot more hyperlinks from now on I think.