Well the fact that it’s taken me 27 days into the new year to write something about the previous year says something about my diligence. It’s just hard to create content, you know? Well, maybe I’ve just gotten lazier, I don’t know.
So here’s what happened in 2012:
- Wrote 48 blog posts (down from 132 in 2011).
- Wrote 16 short stories (down from 21 in 2011).
- Read 15 books (up from 2 in 2011). Favorites: The History of Love, Blood Meridian, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Least favorites: Beloved, Indian Nocturne.
- Took 3716 pictures that I kept on my computer (down from 3803 in 2011).
- Baked at least 56 items (up from 53 in 2011).
- Made at least 27 different cocktails (down from 77 in 2011). I seem to have stopped making cocktails in the middle of the year, since I started to drink wine more. For health reasons, of course.
- Made $236 playing poker (which totally doesn’t make up for the $560 I lost in 2011, but 2012 included a particularly bad run at Tahoe where I lost $500 in a series of bad beats).
- Lost $454 through other forms of gambling (which is significantly worse than the $10 loss in 2011, which means I should really give up on gambling probably).
And there was also all the non-blog-related stuff, like going on vacation, more food indulgences that I didn’t post here, making new friends, spending time with friends, starting the long search for a house, and so forth. Well, I hope 2013 will be even better! I always say that. But I think it usually does come true somehow.