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Jan. 6th, 2009
2008 in Review
Jan. 6th, 2009 12:41 pmI've been stuck in a rut for the past month or so. I thought it'd be a good time to go through and look at all the awesomeness of the past year to remind me that I'm a pretty neat guy.
January: Classic-Horror crashed hard. My friends proved their awesomeness. I made a respected makeup effects artist's day. Classic-Horror came back. I saw Cloverfield and loved it. I acquired a one-eyed Himalayan kitty. I began work on a little Doctor Who/Supernatural crossover.
February: I discovered Guitar Hero III. I lost a dear friend. I joined Facebook. I went to the Arizona Ren Faire with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
desertwillow and met some awesome people. Joined THEM shortly thereafter and haven't looked back since (well, maybe that one time). DVD Panache interviewed me and posted it on my birthday. midnightfae threw me the Best Birthday Bash EVER. As part of this, I bought a PS3 and tossed aside Guitar Hero III for Rock Band. Classic-Horror is Site of the Week over at AMC's (now-defunct) Monsterfest blog.
March: I attend my first THEM reconvene. The Cook pissed me off more than any film has a right to. The St. Patrick's Day... thing. I flew out to LA for a Mario Bava retrospective at the Egyptian (and even managed to drag a bunch of the gang to a double feature of The Whip and the Body and Kill, Baby Kill).
April:hjcallipygian and I mend fences, thanks to Facebook. Courtney and I start dating; I lock my keys in the car on our first date. I start reading novels regularly again. I buy a shiny new MacBook Pro. Ruin my phone and bought a new one. Double the number of Converse All-Stars in my closet. THEM Formal has me looking super-snazzy.
May: Go to see Iron Man 2.5 times in the theater (fell asleep during third viewing). THEM End-of-Year Pool Party is splish-splashy fun. Courtney leaves to study abroad in China for a month. I inflict the Roseroll upon Livejournal. Classic-Horror is quoted on the back of the new 40th Anniversary Night of the Living Dead DVD.
June:coltsbane rocks Casa Geek. A nasty bug rocks my stomach at the same time. I set-up my media server to be region-free and begin importing foreign DVDs with relish. My annual Comic-Con crazy begins. A reporter from the Chicago Tribune contacts me to do an interview on classic horror movies. Another trip to Los Angeles results in my first Disneyland visit. I vid for the first time in four years, with my Donna Noble tribute set to Oingo Boingo's Just Another Day (which has since been yanked from Youtube). Courtney returns from China and we break up shortly thereafter. I get a new boss at work who brings awesome changes to my department.
July: I vid again, this time about The Doctor's libido, set to Stuart Davis's Female Friend. I begin working on my HIMYM vid that still isn't nearly done. I get to see The Dark Knight before anybody I know, thanks to a special preview screening on IMAX. Join Twitter. Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog rocks my world. COMIC-CON! Meet Jamie Bamber, Peter David, the Ask a Ninja guys, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Sing my butt off at the Dr. Horrible screening.
August: Spend the first week back from Con very poor. The Chicago Tribune piece is published. I make a Universal Monsters vid and send off all my vids up to that point tolizbetann for inclusion in the Apocalypse West Vividcon reel. I start bonding with my niece more, hanging out with her on the weekends. John Kenneth Muir says that I am a critic he respects. I help midnightfae move to vet school and get a trip to San Francisco in the bargain.
September: Start adjusting to life without a roommate. Learn Perl on the fly at work. Shocktober Classics prep work adds to my insanity. I'm offered the opportunity to be a sponsor for the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival, which I take.
October: Help run a Zombie Scavenger Hunt. Ask for a girl's number but later discover she has a boyfriend. Shortly thereafter I have a few dates with a really awesome, really tall girl, but it never really goes anywhere. My Jigoku review takes on epic proportions. Go to Disneyland to celebrate_jealousy_'s birthday. The International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival rocks -- I interview Adrienne King of Friday the 13th fame and introduce a screening of The Blob (1958). My Halloween costume is horror geek win.
November: Obama wins. Yes we did. Helpdesertwillow paint her new house. Resolve to buy a car. Take a really nasty spill while running to catch a bus, leaving scrapes that stay with me for weeks. Resolve more strongly to buy a car. Begin work on the design of Dad's website. qkellie and I conspire to release awesome Doctor Who / Dr. Horrible crossover vids -- I end up making my first four in just ten days. I also interview Reggie Bannister, star of Phantasm and its three sequels.
December: Repo! The Genetic Opera disappoints. However, attending the screening does lead to meeting the head of Horror Programming for Phoenix Comicon, who offers me the opportunity to do a panel on classic horror movies. The THEM Holiday Party is made of sheer win.midnightfae visits. We see Let the Right One In, which might be my favorite movie of the year. Christmas with my family is very good; I spend much of the time entertaining my niece, who adores me. Totally misgauge my own tolerance at the THEM New Year's party, but echan looks after me, for which I am extremely grateful.
I met so many fantastic people in 2008 thanks to THEM and for that I am incredibly grateful. I also was so moved that so many of my friends were able to come and see me for my 25th birthday. You guys have no idea what that meant to me. Thank you to everyone who was a part of my life last year. I really am a lucky guy.
January: Classic-Horror crashed hard. My friends proved their awesomeness. I made a respected makeup effects artist's day. Classic-Horror came back. I saw Cloverfield and loved it. I acquired a one-eyed Himalayan kitty. I began work on a little Doctor Who/Supernatural crossover.
February: I discovered Guitar Hero III. I lost a dear friend. I joined Facebook. I went to the Arizona Ren Faire with
desertwillow and met some awesome people. Joined THEM shortly thereafter and haven't looked back since (well, maybe that one time). DVD Panache interviewed me and posted it on my birthday. midnightfae threw me the Best Birthday Bash EVER. As part of this, I bought a PS3 and tossed aside Guitar Hero III for Rock Band. Classic-Horror is Site of the Week over at AMC's (now-defunct) Monsterfest blog.March: I attend my first THEM reconvene. The Cook pissed me off more than any film has a right to. The St. Patrick's Day... thing. I flew out to LA for a Mario Bava retrospective at the Egyptian (and even managed to drag a bunch of the gang to a double feature of The Whip and the Body and Kill, Baby Kill).
April:
hjcallipygian and I mend fences, thanks to Facebook. Courtney and I start dating; I lock my keys in the car on our first date. I start reading novels regularly again. I buy a shiny new MacBook Pro. Ruin my phone and bought a new one. Double the number of Converse All-Stars in my closet. THEM Formal has me looking super-snazzy. May: Go to see Iron Man 2.5 times in the theater (fell asleep during third viewing). THEM End-of-Year Pool Party is splish-splashy fun. Courtney leaves to study abroad in China for a month. I inflict the Roseroll upon Livejournal. Classic-Horror is quoted on the back of the new 40th Anniversary Night of the Living Dead DVD.
June:
coltsbane rocks Casa Geek. A nasty bug rocks my stomach at the same time. I set-up my media server to be region-free and begin importing foreign DVDs with relish. My annual Comic-Con crazy begins. A reporter from the Chicago Tribune contacts me to do an interview on classic horror movies. Another trip to Los Angeles results in my first Disneyland visit. I vid for the first time in four years, with my Donna Noble tribute set to Oingo Boingo's Just Another Day (which has since been yanked from Youtube). Courtney returns from China and we break up shortly thereafter. I get a new boss at work who brings awesome changes to my department. July: I vid again, this time about The Doctor's libido, set to Stuart Davis's Female Friend. I begin working on my HIMYM vid that still isn't nearly done. I get to see The Dark Knight before anybody I know, thanks to a special preview screening on IMAX. Join Twitter. Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog rocks my world. COMIC-CON! Meet Jamie Bamber, Peter David, the Ask a Ninja guys, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Sing my butt off at the Dr. Horrible screening.
August: Spend the first week back from Con very poor. The Chicago Tribune piece is published. I make a Universal Monsters vid and send off all my vids up to that point to
lizbetann for inclusion in the Apocalypse West Vividcon reel. I start bonding with my niece more, hanging out with her on the weekends. John Kenneth Muir says that I am a critic he respects. I help midnightfae move to vet school and get a trip to San Francisco in the bargain. September: Start adjusting to life without a roommate. Learn Perl on the fly at work. Shocktober Classics prep work adds to my insanity. I'm offered the opportunity to be a sponsor for the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival, which I take.
October: Help run a Zombie Scavenger Hunt. Ask for a girl's number but later discover she has a boyfriend. Shortly thereafter I have a few dates with a really awesome, really tall girl, but it never really goes anywhere. My Jigoku review takes on epic proportions. Go to Disneyland to celebrate
_jealousy_'s birthday. The International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival rocks -- I interview Adrienne King of Friday the 13th fame and introduce a screening of The Blob (1958). My Halloween costume is horror geek win.November: Obama wins. Yes we did. Help
desertwillow paint her new house. Resolve to buy a car. Take a really nasty spill while running to catch a bus, leaving scrapes that stay with me for weeks. Resolve more strongly to buy a car. Begin work on the design of Dad's website. qkellie and I conspire to release awesome Doctor Who / Dr. Horrible crossover vids -- I end up making my first four in just ten days. I also interview Reggie Bannister, star of Phantasm and its three sequels. December: Repo! The Genetic Opera disappoints. However, attending the screening does lead to meeting the head of Horror Programming for Phoenix Comicon, who offers me the opportunity to do a panel on classic horror movies. The THEM Holiday Party is made of sheer win.
midnightfae visits. We see Let the Right One In, which might be my favorite movie of the year. Christmas with my family is very good; I spend much of the time entertaining my niece, who adores me. Totally misgauge my own tolerance at the THEM New Year's party, but echan looks after me, for which I am extremely grateful.I met so many fantastic people in 2008 thanks to THEM and for that I am incredibly grateful. I also was so moved that so many of my friends were able to come and see me for my 25th birthday. You guys have no idea what that meant to me. Thank you to everyone who was a part of my life last year. I really am a lucky guy.
