LJ in Review

So I'm gonna do this meme thing where I post the first sentence of the first post in each of the month on LJ. I'm going to do the public entries, tho.

January: "Welcome to the new decade! Over the past few days I have devoured the entirety of the current Black Dagger Brotherhood books, finished my first draft of Sugar Melts, lost my temper at the cat, seen Princess and the Frog for the third time, Sherlock Holmes last night, made a snow angel, and trudged through slush."

February: "Yesterday, I met up with a photographer friend for breakfast, and then we went wandering around the Botanical Gardens."

March: "Last night was pretty much an existential mess for me, because I tried writing the counter-Victorientalism article for Allegra (of Steampunk Magazine) and I just ended up so goddamn angry."

April: "So, in between Steampunk World's Fair and WisCon, I've decided to take the train or bus in between since I do have ten days of fuck-all."

May: "HAY EVERYONE CHECK OUT stephiepenguin'S STORY AT CROSSED GENRES!!!"

June: "So, I sold a steampunk short story to Expanded Horizons =)"

July: "Seriously, book publishing/distributing industry, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE."

August: "Hi folks! Sitting with Tariq and Pat today, listening to them talk while we should be writing, and I will be delivering you a Sunday Linkfest!"

September: "Because I've been commenting on various LJs to see if I'll get taken to the Facebook/Twitter settings page, and so far, every time I do, whether it's a friend's LJ, or LJ comm, I've been taken to the page."

October: "So, yeah. Class, then went to the lecture for the class I TA for, then hung out."

November: "So today I woke up? And realized I had nothing to do, really, besides write for NaNo. I'd already accomplished about 2k last night and I thought, I could go a couple more K today. Did I mention I'd also written two response papers last night before embarking on the novel writing?"

December: "Hey, f-lists? Particularly those of you in school? I'm looking for an article which apparently isn't available on any database my school can access, so I was wondering if someone could do me a favour and check this out?"


I'm not sure what these lines say about my year, but hey, it was fun!

I swear, this is the last NYE post for 2010.

Things I of note I recall over the last year:

Jan: NYE with Elie. I also met melissagrey while enroute back to Malaysia in NYC, for the first time since we first met online in 2001. Holy crap.
Feb: Spending Lunar New Year with my family in Bali.
March: Receiving letter of acceptance from McMaster. Also, the Victorientalism bullshit.
April: Packing.
May: I met dmp for the first time in over a year of email communiques! SPWF and WisCon! Traveling with my dad in Cape Breton and across provinces. Finding my current apartment. This was possibly my busiest month ever.
June: My first ever short fiction sale! Thank you, spacehawk!
July: Not much of note this month that I can recall off the top of my head.
August: Moved into my current apartment. Got to know Hamilton. Discovered basements are always 5'c colder than upstairs. ALWAYS.
September: School started! I have an office and everything!
October: School is kicking my ass! I actually SPEND TIME IN THE OFFICE and everything!
November: School is STILL kicking my ass! NaNoWriMo is too, to a lesser degree. I had a lot less fun this time around, because I didn't quite get out as much. I also make another sale!
December: I finished 3 term papers in a daisy row! Ottawa! A plan for my project!

Other notable things I managed to do throughout the year:
- Maintain the Sunday Linkfests, which, I think, are actually getting noticed!
- Make friends with incredible people like nisi_la and tithenai and troubleinchina AND meet them in real life too.
- Make friends online like tons of Tumblrites! I don't know how. But all the new people I met this year? I'm so thankful for you.
- Continue working on writing. I now have like three book things percolating in my head.
- Do decently in grad school. I'm actually really happy with my academic life.

Other notable things I wished I got to do throughout the year:
- Get laid more regularly. ... Well, get laid, period.
- Write more fiction.
- Write more poetry.

Things I look forward to in 2011:
- Presenting at Nova Albion, SPWF, WisCon35, Canadian National Steampunk Exhibition.
- Meeting more excellent people!
- Writing my Major Research Project!

Things to aim for next year:
- A professional SFWA-qualifying sale.
- Finishing another novel.
- Write more poetry. I may be terrible at it, but I miss it.
- Submit stuff for academic publication, maybe an academic conference.
- KICKING ASS IN MY MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT BOO YEAH!