2016: A Year of Firsts and Foremosts

As previously stated, this is to be my annual recollection of the year in totallum(<-- not really sure if that's a word.)

The early part of the year was delightfully busy with work for what easily became the largest client of Tiny Box Productions ever. With the help of Marissa and Corey(and a couple other folks as the job demanded) we got some work done and even made a little money along the way. It was a good, crazy, fun, learning time.

Rolling along into the second quarter of the year, we then started serious talks with the Flea about officially forming a business with them to not only be a smart thing for the Flea but to also help Chad in the process of him becoming a US citizen. We plugged in with the Renton Chamber of Commerce, made a few decent business connections through them, as well as setup a few fun, exceptionally challenging, productions with/for them like the golf tournament production. It was the beginning of a very busy mid-year.

Rolling through the Summer saw a solid mixture of Hoarders and Screaming Flea Creative Media work that kept everybody busy like bumble bees. It also ramped up as we helped plan for the 1st annual Renton City Comic Convention which definitely took the "cake of difficulty" as the most challenging, physically demanding, excitingly fun production of the year. Sure, my Hoarders shoots were more challenging on a professional level, with the first one being the most difficult shoot I have ever done, but I wouldn't add the excitingly fun element into that equation. Anyway, it was all kinds of crazy that basically fell off the mountain once it all wrapped up.

Which made for a very slow but very appreciated fourth quarter. Sure we have stayed busy with planning and a few small projects here and there but I would have been lying if I didn't say this fourth quarter was pretty much too easy for my liking. It has been a good holiday season. A nice relaxing time.

Oh, I should probably also mention that I started trying to do some online dating this year, sometime in the Summer I suppose, and have had a very strange, but not altogether bad experience with that. I've met a couple rad women somehow(which basically feels like total luck, considering how few women online even respond or bother to read any of my invitations to chat that I send them), even though it doesn't seem like anything beyond friendship will come of any of it so far. It's a really puzzling experience that I doubt I will ever really understand to a normal level of satisfaction. We'll see what next year brings... or doesn't bring. Ha.

Anyway, I think this was about as good of a snapshot as I was ever really going to conjure for this year's grand experience. I will call it a good one, as far as years go, and definitely look forward to all the new stuff the next year has in store! Best wishes to all who read this and a happy New Year to all of you, as well!