Well It's All Right, We're Going to the End of the Line

Well here we are (quite nearly) the end of the year!  It's hard to believe, really.  It seems like it wasn't so long ago that I wrote my decade wrap-up, and now here I am writing my first year in review of the new decade.  I can only assume decade reviews will be easy the next few rounds, providing of course blogs become a viable source of online information sharing (although a video blog review of the next decade 9 years from now could be a lot of fun, especially if I have puppet-based reenactments).  What a crazy future it will be.

Of course today we are in yesterday's future, and to make sure any of our time-traveling friends from the past need to know exactly (edited for content...so I guess not exactly) what my past year was like, then they will at least have this trendy reference guide (providing of course they have a basic grasp of what the internet is and how to use it...maybe it would be best for these time travelers from the past to just stay there and they can see us in the now and/or future.  That way, they won't miss anything...unless they die...).  Still following me?

Now what exactly did 2010 bring me?  If we went by blog entries, not too many in number; however, there is an abundance in value.  Over the past year I have actually started to expand my graphic design business, dropping the poorly thought out JoshIsHask.com and instead opting into a new brand identifier PixilatedParchment.com (don't look for the site, it's still under construction).  On top of that, I have also had some real gigs and from that some projects I am really proud of (not to mention my Anvil and the Chimpunks design which I really love...wearing the shirt now, actually)!  One of my goals in the next year is to get that web page up and running, and continue to get work.  I also put my social networking knowledge/abilities to good work by offering tutoring services to the agents in my office, to help them keep in touch with today's modern market places and clients.

Other than that there were a few weddings, a few pregnancy announcements and/or births, and for the most of the year, that was about it...of course until I took the steps necessary to go from devoted/enthralled boyfriend to devoted/even-more-enthralled fiance (I also learned the difference between fiance and fiancee).  It's pretty damn exciting, I mean, as you may remember, there was a time not terribly long ago that I had serious doubts of ever getting to this point in my life, let alone meeting the right person to get there with; so yeah, I couldn't be happier :D (see).  Of course this also pretty much dictates what my wrap up next year will be (moving into a place with Rachel (finally), turning 30 (shudder), having a beautiful wedding despite all the headaches and hiccups getting there, and at the very end about to embark on our honeymoon to (yet to be decided)).

So yes, 2010, you were fantastic, but 2011 is already shaping up to blow you out of the water!