Bing Bong New Year!
I have to write this now because I'll forget to do it tomorrow and I really want to write this down!
Last year I celebrated New Year's at my wonderful friend James' apartment. There were people I saw nearly every week, people I saw several times a year, and people I'd never met. At midnight we went onto his roof and counted down while looking at the lights in Times Square and hearing the city celebrate around us. We all kissed each other then went back down and had collard greens (for money) and black-eyed peas (for luck). It was exactly how New Year's should be.
I'm a sucker for sentimentality and I can be a little superstitious. There's a New Year's episode of The OC where Summer tells Marissa that how you spend that night will be a reflection of the rest of your year. I didn't spend last NYE making out with Ryan but I'm pretty sure he and Mariss didn't even last a year. Instead I spent this year surrounded by friends, new and old. I was employed the entire year and got to do some pretty exciting projects, getting my name even more out there. I moved to the best apartment and got a cat who I love even if he keeps pissing on my stuff. I've gotten through rough spots with the help of friends. I made so much progress in therapy that every couple of months my therapist reminds me and then I have a hard time taking a compliment. Whatever, even if I can't take a compliment I do a good job... I stopped drinking, it'll be one year sober in just a couple of weeks. I started doing storytelling, something I need to rededicate myself to in 2014. I got involved with so many different creative things and danced like a motherfucker. And sweated like a motherfucker. I got to see Belle & Sebastian for the second time. I got to see Emily Danger and Hand Job Academy and Mal Blum over and over and each time was the best time. I fucking talked with Mike Birbiglia! How the fuck did that even happen?
My point: This year I've gotten an overabundance of friends and luck and just the right amount of money. My 2013 NYE paid off and I don't see any reason why 2014 shouldn't be better. Shitty things will happen but I think in the end they'll be out weighed by the overwhelming good that's in my life right now. I want to name everyone who's made this year so good but I'd forget people and it'd take a long time. The TCGS community has been the motherfucking best and there are so many things I can't believe happened by being involved with it. I've laughed so hard at the things the TCGS tumblrers have made and never stop being impressed by you guys. So many people still in my life from high school and undergrad, my amazing grad school friends, the comedians, the musicians, the artists, my Planet Rose family. I can't believe I'm allowed to be friends with all these people.
This is the best life. This is the life I've always wanted. I can't wait to see where this goes in 2014.
I love you guys, be good, be safe. If you can, reach out to someone you love on NYE because it'll only make next year better.
