RTBTCKI Onwards and Upwards
Right now as I peruse the net I am seeing more and more social media ways of looking back at 2016. Facebook is desperately trying to get me to sum up my year by their nifty algorithm. Other places have people using their media feeds to show what the year did for them and to them.
There are things about 2016 that I do like. There are things I did that will remain as fond memories. Meeting Peter Capaldi was one. Peter celebrating his 60th birthday and what I did to help him celebrate is another along with all the people who helped me create his birthday album. Caroline’s confirmation was a highlight given that she has been working towards this since her first communion. San Diego Comic Con had a lot of highlights including Caroline’s first panel and my first tattoo.
There were a lot of things I didn’t like about 2016. People I know personally passing away. Friends of friends dying. The election and the aftermath. Friends find their personal identity questioned. Fans seriously over stepping both their bounds and their welcome. It is quite a long list of things that happened that didn’t agree with me and some of it is going to continue to do so for the time to come.
2016 is where I think I talked more about mental health than I had before. Due to some other idiocy on the Internet, I decided that staying silent was not something I could do any more. And now with the passing of Carrie Fisher, I know it is something I have to talk about in hopes that what I say will help someone down the road.
On the positives, 2016 saw me stick to my gym schedule better than I had in years. I plan on continuing that in 2017 since the health benefits of exercise are myriad. I have had some physical set backs including the broken shoe which led to the knee problems but I have worked through those.
I got puppets done in record time and still have some puppets on my table half done. I would like to get out of a year with all my projects done. The puppets I did build led to some interesting places and let me meet interesting people a number of which I now can call friend.
I went to a number of conventions. There were those that I go to pretty regularly and those that I attended for the first time or first time in a long time. I met Internet buddies in real life. I met a lot of Peter’s fans. I met some people that I admire very much. I got to hang with old friends and catch up on things that you don’t put on the Internet.
I am ready to put this year in the books and move on to next year.
Today we are going to the airport to pick Caroline up from her adventure in Jacksonville. Tomorrow we get ready for the beginning of a new year.
I am grateful that Peter is home to celebrate the New Year.
There are things about 2016 that I do like. There are things I did that will remain as fond memories. Meeting Peter Capaldi was one. Peter celebrating his 60th birthday and what I did to help him celebrate is another along with all the people who helped me create his birthday album. Caroline’s confirmation was a highlight given that she has been working towards this since her first communion. San Diego Comic Con had a lot of highlights including Caroline’s first panel and my first tattoo.
There were a lot of things I didn’t like about 2016. People I know personally passing away. Friends of friends dying. The election and the aftermath. Friends find their personal identity questioned. Fans seriously over stepping both their bounds and their welcome. It is quite a long list of things that happened that didn’t agree with me and some of it is going to continue to do so for the time to come.
2016 is where I think I talked more about mental health than I had before. Due to some other idiocy on the Internet, I decided that staying silent was not something I could do any more. And now with the passing of Carrie Fisher, I know it is something I have to talk about in hopes that what I say will help someone down the road.
On the positives, 2016 saw me stick to my gym schedule better than I had in years. I plan on continuing that in 2017 since the health benefits of exercise are myriad. I have had some physical set backs including the broken shoe which led to the knee problems but I have worked through those.
I got puppets done in record time and still have some puppets on my table half done. I would like to get out of a year with all my projects done. The puppets I did build led to some interesting places and let me meet interesting people a number of which I now can call friend.
I went to a number of conventions. There were those that I go to pretty regularly and those that I attended for the first time or first time in a long time. I met Internet buddies in real life. I met a lot of Peter’s fans. I met some people that I admire very much. I got to hang with old friends and catch up on things that you don’t put on the Internet.
I am ready to put this year in the books and move on to next year.
Today we are going to the airport to pick Caroline up from her adventure in Jacksonville. Tomorrow we get ready for the beginning of a new year.
I am grateful that Peter is home to celebrate the New Year.