So long, 2015; let’s talk about what went right.

[solarbird]

I’ve seen a lot of people talk about 2015 as a terrible, just-survive-it kind of year, and hoping next year will be better.

For us, 2015 has been a pretty good year, and not just because nobody had to overnight at the hospital. No, it wasn’t all great; some things were pretty terrible, and I could dwell on them, and would, given half a chance. It’s in a supervillain’s nature, I think. But I’d rather start 2016 concentrating on what’s gone right.

So, in that spirit – what’s gone well for you in 2015? What’s gone right?

Here’s my list. Taking it month by month:

• January: After all those delays, Bone Walker shipped, with a big release show at Conflikt;
• February: BASSMAS! Plus, I could announce announce my first GoH (Toastmaster) invitation;
• March: Legend of Korra fandom had the best possible ECCC fan meetup photo;
• March and April both: The Sad Puppies mess was terrible, fair enough, but I won’t turn down the traffic from the articles I wrote;
• May: it turned out that having a proper mobile view really matters on the blog;
• June: Playing concerts in 119°F weather was terrible, but we got good stories out of it;
• July: the Seattle Peoples’ Front struck again with great success;
• August: the Spokane Worldcon came and went with some degree of hilarity, and then, of course;
• September: we got nominated to the Grammy jury, and, to our astonishment…
• October: …past that jury and to the Long List, making us officially nominees. Then I made Regional Sales Director at Vault-Tec;
• November: …and went to Orycon for the first time in so long it was really my first Orycon again. Then we topped off…
• December: …by recording a new single (can’t link yet, sorry), and making our first guest appearance in someone else’s music video.

So for us, on balance? A good year.

Your turn. What’s gone well for you in 2015? Go!

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Comments

[vatine]

Successful job change (3 months in, I am still doing well-attended weekly tech talks, people seem to respect my opinion on technical matters).

Second WorldCon (successive, at that).

Made a small raptor out of red acrylic on a laser cutter and handed it over to yourself and annathepiper.

Managed to get peer bonuses at my previous job for boring grunt work that really needed to be done.

[solarbird]

Oooh! Bonuses! Awesome. :D

[vatine]

That reminds me, did you get to see the ickle raptor silhouette?

[solarbird]

I did! Anna has it, she has it with her convention stuff. ^_^

[birke]

On a personal level, I stuck out a full year on a new committee, got involved in a German language meetup, and maintained some friendships. I visited Astoria for the first time, finished a difficult book, and learned a lot.

On a political level, I watched marriage equality come to my state and to the country of my ancestors, donated to a presidential candidate I genuinely wanted for the first time, and was cheered to discover that Portland is starting to actually care about housing issues.