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Fine. I'll Reflect.
The "New Year" should not start in the middle of the damn winter. That makes no sense.
That said, I have done a few things since last Dec 31st. I'm not even sure I remember all the highlights. Let's see:
--Became a Contributing Editor at Zombie Zone News.
--Found out that the "mysterious bird deaths" were not mysterious at all. The CDC and WWF both knew about the poison causing it and did fuckall about it. Thus endeth my contributions to WWF.
--Learned that the Salvation Army is a bunch of homophobes. No more money or stuff there, either.
--Planned Parenthood is the only organization I still donate to regularly. We're not rich, but we do our best to support causes we believe it. Honestly, I give more money when my friends have emergencies and hit people up online. My friends do this sort of thing judiciously, so I try to help when I can.
--Found a new publisher. Still a small house, but chomping at the bit to market the hell out of my new book, The Finster Effect.
--Finished what is about to become my FOURTH published novel. Woot.
--Tried my hand at freelancing. So far, meh. But this year I will make it my primary source of income.
--Dug the hell out of Harry Potter 7.2, Dexter, American Horror Story, and the zombie authors at Permuted Press.
--Heard the greatest TV dub of my entire life: "That's it! I'm tired of these monkey fighting snakes, on this Monday to Friday plane!"
--Came to love Obama slightly less than I wanted to.
This year I will:
--Leave my day-job. Let's hope I can refrain from burning it to the ground on my way out.
--Have a huge, rockin' book release party for The Finster Effect.
--Yoga minimum of 4 days a week. Strength training. For strongness.
--Will draft my new book this year. Yep, gonna draft the WHOLE THING.
--Do at least 2 interviews per month for ZZN, and at least 2-zombie articles for same.
--Will write one new excellent article for Associated Content each month.
--Bake more bread than I buy at the store.
EDIT: I forgot, I'm also going to try my hand at creating a language for my next horror book, which I may not begin until 2013--you know, if the world doesn't implode or whatever. I don't know if I've got the linguistic muscle to actually create a language, but I'm giving it a go.
That said, I have done a few things since last Dec 31st. I'm not even sure I remember all the highlights. Let's see:
--Became a Contributing Editor at Zombie Zone News.
--Found out that the "mysterious bird deaths" were not mysterious at all. The CDC and WWF both knew about the poison causing it and did fuckall about it. Thus endeth my contributions to WWF.
--Learned that the Salvation Army is a bunch of homophobes. No more money or stuff there, either.
--Planned Parenthood is the only organization I still donate to regularly. We're not rich, but we do our best to support causes we believe it. Honestly, I give more money when my friends have emergencies and hit people up online. My friends do this sort of thing judiciously, so I try to help when I can.
--Found a new publisher. Still a small house, but chomping at the bit to market the hell out of my new book, The Finster Effect.
--Finished what is about to become my FOURTH published novel. Woot.
--Tried my hand at freelancing. So far, meh. But this year I will make it my primary source of income.
--Dug the hell out of Harry Potter 7.2, Dexter, American Horror Story, and the zombie authors at Permuted Press.
--Heard the greatest TV dub of my entire life: "That's it! I'm tired of these monkey fighting snakes, on this Monday to Friday plane!"
--Came to love Obama slightly less than I wanted to.
This year I will:
--Leave my day-job. Let's hope I can refrain from burning it to the ground on my way out.
--Have a huge, rockin' book release party for The Finster Effect.
--Yoga minimum of 4 days a week. Strength training. For strongness.
--Will draft my new book this year. Yep, gonna draft the WHOLE THING.
--Do at least 2 interviews per month for ZZN, and at least 2-zombie articles for same.
--Will write one new excellent article for Associated Content each month.
--Bake more bread than I buy at the store.
EDIT: I forgot, I'm also going to try my hand at creating a language for my next horror book, which I may not begin until 2013--you know, if the world doesn't implode or whatever. I don't know if I've got the linguistic muscle to actually create a language, but I'm giving it a go.
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Yup. That's one of the reasons that they're always the last place to which I refer my clients for rental assistance. I still have to refer them there in case the other agencies/organizations don't have enough funding, though, and I bite my lip every time. It really sucks - to put it mildly - that Section 8 has a waiting list long enough to make people wait two or more years for affordable housing.
--Came to love Obama slightly less than I wanted to.
Well, him and certain members of Congress, too, I imagine. Our politicians behaved deplorably in 2011.
--Leave my day-job. Let's hope I can refrain from burning it to the ground on my way out.
Seems like you're not the only one. I hope that goes well for you! Extra sanity is always a good thing.
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