2008 Recap.

As this crappy year draws to a close, I reflect.

1. Chicken Pox
2. Mono
3. 1 Missed opportunity.
   
4. 1 Crazy... who I'm oddly enough, friends with still.
   
5. Lollapalooza.
6. 1 Lying, self-absorbed crazy...
   
7. Many mistakes...
   
8. 1 set of parents returning and displacing me to the basement... again.
9. 1 solo roadtrip... to Iowa and beyond.
10. 1 rollercoaster ride of emotions.
11. 21
12. 3 jobs.
13. 3 weddings participated in.
14. 2 weddings attended, additionally... all were semi-close friends.
    
15. Graphic realizations.
16. Decent freelancing musician gigs... including some DJ'ing.
17. Obama Depression
18. Actually finding my Dreamcast games after 2 years of searching.
19. Loss of Sky Angel.
20. Too many dead youngsters... I hate going to kid's funerals.
21. Parental issues... including withholding information.
    
22. Good music... written and listened to.
23. Overcoming bitterness.
24. Dating myself.
25. Realizing what I have to do in '09 to straighten all of this crap out...

So...
Piss off, 2008. As a whole, you sucked a major monkey ball. Good riddance.

Dear 2009,
If you suck as bad as 2008 did, I'll cut you.
kthxbai.

Happy New Year! :D
-kendrick

'Tis a lovely day!

Wow... the first day in a long time where I have nothing planned whatsoever... it's kind of amazing... minus the fact that I'll probably spend it cleaning my car and my room (since those are the places I inhabit the most these days).

What an interesting semester this has been. I've met a lot of new people (some good, some bad), rekindled old friendships, parted ways with a few, and even dated for a bit. I've learned more about myself, about others, and even about art in general than I ever have before... and even though some of those lessons sucked to learn, I'm glad I experienced them now and got them over with :) They've made me a better person.

Realization #1579

I'm growing up.
Realizing the error of
my past.
Its fingers still
gripping me on occasion.
But the harder it
squeezes the more
I slip through.

I'm slipping out
and starting over.
Picking up my pieces
and re branding myself.
I have better things to
Live for and fewer things
to Die for.

Until next time,
Kendrick Wallace: forever the opaque transparency.