2020 Recap

 

So... 2020....

Okay, okay, I'm going to try and be a bit more punctual. But we can all agree this was a dumpster fire of a year, right?

I know this is cliched to say but was hoping this year would be "my year." I felt that this would be me going above and beyond what I called my "get confident, stupid" plan.

This year I felt like I was going to step up my game, accomplish items on my bucket list, and just morph myself into a better person. But while I have accomplished a few things, this year was full of anxiety, depression, rage, and so many other negative feelings that I felt dead. I felt like a zombie. Just trudging along with little to no motivation to do anything of the things I love.

This was the first time I never paid attention to the films being released and such, I don't even have predictions for the Oscars this year.

I've watched a few films but whenever I wanted to possibly write something I was like "meh."

There's a bunch of other things that made this year tough but this already getting a bit more personal than what this blog was made for so I'll stop here.

But recently I started feeling a bit more confident. Confident enough that I'm looking forward to future endeavors for 2021.

But first, let's talk about the positives of the year. We know about the negatives. But there are some things that happened this year that I take great pride in.

First I did get to take part in theatrical productions. The first one was in The Importance of Being Earnest by the legendary Oscar Wilde. I got to be in my first musical role where I played Lurch in The Addams Family Musical. The latter was pretty significant because I actually auditioned for this show and got in for my singing abilities! I've never been confident about my singing so this was something special. Especially when you look at the original Broadway Lurch who was a freaking opera singer!

But probably the best thing creatively to happen to me was I got my first screenplay writing credit! It was a virtual variety show called The Gender Bender Revue where I got to adapt the Mad Tea Party in Alice in Wonderland and I got to play Alice!

One of the rare moments where I'll post a pic with me in it.

Also, this year, I started a TikTok account (docdave90) and I've made friends with folks on there. I even had a video get over 500 likes which um... I was not expecting. Especially since it was over something Strong Bad-related!

I started a podcast and we've only had one episode so far. Hopefully, the coming year will see more episodes of it. 

There were a bunch of other things too but they're a bit too personal for this blog. But the next year, hell, the next DECADE has to be better!

Here's hoping I get more projects done, more writing on here done, and just more things done in general. 

I hope you all have a Happy and Safe New Year!

2021...