*Warning: This is somewhat stream-of-consciousness. Rambling ahead.*
Well... this year:
I tried to stop hiding quite so much... and found out that my atomic number really is 83.
*NERD JOKES NERD JOKES NERD JOKES*
I learned that I'm likely genderqueer/agender and really don't care about clothes/pronouns/whatever.
And I learned that my grandfather, while he might not understand, really won't stop loving me. (He's also 80 and has taken a liking to telling us to have a 'super sparkly day'. It's awesome XD)
I watched a lot of new anime and got into Six Feet Under (and realised that the DVDs aren't censored. 0.o)
I got obsessed with Tiger and Bunny (again). And Sherlock. And started the Millennium Trilogy.
And I found out that someone on the internet actually likes me and thinks I'm a 'voice of reason' (and she's cool, too!):
And that I'm interesting enough to have 48 Followers on tumblr. And to have had, at one point, 100 on Twitter. Two of the people I was so amazed by at first on tumblr have wound up in a mutual follow-thing with me.
And that being bored when you have manga caps and Paint leads to stupid things like 'Texts from the 27th':
And that if I talk to new people, they usually won't tell me to go away and I can actually make a few friends that way. I'm grateful for all of them.
It was my first year being in the writing community for longer than about a month. It was my second NaNoWriMo, which, by the way:
Yeah.
I wrote a lot and figured out a new system that works a lot better for keeping track of things. All my ideas are now in a spreadsheet containing, from left to right:
Title
Genre
Starting WC
Ending WC
Length (Novel/Novella/etc.)
Stage (First Draft/Editing/etc.)
Body Count
Pen Name
(Project) Blog (Does it have one?)
Cover (Does it have one?)
Series (if it's part of one)
Soundtrack (Does it have one?)
(Actually, I'll type 'Blog', 'Cover', and 'Soundtrack' in if those are done.)
I discovered The Hectic Glow:
And got my heart ripped out by a fan story.
And then again by an original book.
I rediscovered fandoms and found several new ones. I connected and reconnected, cluttered up and simplified. I talked with new people and found some common ground. I figured my life out, scrapped the plan and figured it all out again. And then started reworking the plan one more time.
I discovered that I'm a writer, an artist and a hobbyist deathling. I wound up obsessed with shows, movies, books - new and old.
I dug up all kinds of amazing music. And all kinds of ideas. And all kinds of new interesting things other people have done, including Salad Fingers and the Creepy Puppet Project.
I also rekindled a love of Creepypastas (good ones, at least).
It was a year of:
And the funny thing is that I can't wait to feel like this again.
It was also full of stupid autocorrect that has now found its way into our normal vocabulary. (Such as 'The world is full of ass waffles. Much llamas to you, my friend.')
So, now, 2013 is out ahead.
I think I'm ready for it.
It was roller-coaster of a year and, while it was a fun ride, I'm glad it's winding down. Here's to an awesome 2013 and I'll see you on the boards.
