It’s Friday night, I’m done with my bus route for the week,
just got done helping the niece and nephew with a little homework, got them
sent away…and low and behold, here’s a bottle of Jameson! Must be a sign that I’m
overdue for a new blog! As this is my first blog of the New Year, I’d like to
take this opportunity to reflect on my last year and set some goals for the
upcoming one…bear with me!
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| Me with my best "Bear" expression circa 2007 |
2013 wasn’t exactly the year I had planned on. I distinctly remember
discussing how the year was going to go down and all the awesome possibilities
during New Years 2012/2013 and not one thing I had planned actually happened…which
of course makes it a crappy year, right?
I could easily look back at this past year and bitch and
complain and look at all the negatives and a lot of people may even agree with
me that I had a bad year, but when I really think about it, I had some crappy
stuff happen, but it’s over. The first part of my year was pretty awesome, and
then I had an unexpected end to the relationship I was in and the worst summer
that our business has ever seen. But first looking at the relationship, the
girl and I had different opinions on what love should be and when that happens,
it’s obviously not meant to be. So what really devastated me at first has
really revealed itself to be kind of a godsend. I was really hurt for quite a
while, and the crappy summer for our business certainly didn’t help anything
along, but as it usually does, time gave me perspective. I can honestly say
that I am in a much better place now than I was after we broke up, and when I
really think about it…I think I might be in an even better place than when we
were together, not that I disliked our situation, I did and still really do
care for the girl and truly hope she’s happy, but we just weren’t right
together. She has an amazing family which I truly miss as well, but if we hadn’t
been together I never would have gotten to know them, and I truly am thankful
for the opportunity to get to know them.
Once I was able to pull my head out of my ass and realize
that you can’t do anything but accept your past, I was able to have a pretty
decent remainder of the year. Overall, I might even say that about 7 out of the
12 months were pretty darn good! That over 50%, much better than my shooting
percentage or even the number of years I attended college and had passing grades
(I did graduate finally with a 4.0 though! Thank God grades don’t transfer,
only credits!)!
Once I did get back on track I was able to do something else
that really made the year a lot better for me as well…that’s getting this blog
going again, and better than ever!
Are you through making your pretentious and derogatory
comments?
Fine. I’ll continue…We really got this baby going again
about the time I started to really move on from the crap I couldn’t control in
my life anymore and really, I think writing and organizing other contributors
really helped me through everything.
We did more blogs in the final three months of 2013 than we
had done in the previous two years! We gained a few more contributors, got a
sweet new logo (Thank You Kelsey!!!) and I think that we all were able to learn
a few things from the posts…or at least enjoyed some fine daiquiris (the secret
is pineapple infused rum)!
2014 has just begun and I’m trying to learn from last year’s
mishaps and I’m trying to not set my goals too high…just kidding! I learned a
lot from last year, but not dreaming big was and never will be something I
learn. Life’s short and we all only get one crack at it. We all make mistakes
and have regrets but we learn from them and move forward. When you have trouble
moving forward…buy a blender, and some bananas, and some pineapple infused rum…and
sit down and let us tell you a little something about life…then do the opposite
(but drink the daiquiris…you must drink the daiquiris).
So, my goals for Banana Daiquiris and Life Lessons, and
myself for 2014 will be lofty! I want us to get more contributors producing
better and better blogs. We’re awesome writers (and modest), which is what our
readers expect and deserve, and in 2014 we’re just going to get even better!
Our first blog this year was already from a new contributor so we’re well on
our way! I’d also love to get a celebrity to blog with us! I’ve been in contact
with, “The Todd” from Scrubs and I have a suspicion Rainn Wilson wouldn’t
completely dismiss us either!
We’re also working on a clothing line…both of our readers
are pumped, I’m sure! But once our book comes out (it’ll be mostly pictures…possibly
some tasteful nudes of bananas) I’m sure BDandLL will be the next Douglas
Bubbletrousers! On a side note…don’t Google “nude bananas,” unless you want to
be scarred for life.
I’m thinking the book might just be a coffee table book with
drawings such as this:
But still, it’ll be a game changer.
I just finished reading, “Steal Like an Artist” and one of
the things they tell you is to, “write the book you want to read.” I love to
read whatever I can get my hands on. I’ll also watch just about anything and
listen to just about anything. Some people may accuse me of having bad taste,
but I’d like to think that I just prefer diversity…and that I appreciate the
art and craft of things. Our blog is the blog I’d read. I do it every day. It’s
diverse. It’s funny…sometimes, it’s a bit edgy at times and there really truly
are some life lessons we can all learn from.
I promise 2014 will be an awesome year for BDandLL and our
followers! My goal is to post a new blog from me every Friday throughout the
year. The rest of the contributors are more than welcome to set a day and
attempt and do the same thing, and if there are any of our readers that just
feel like they have something to say sometime, and want to do it somewhat
anonymously…let me know! Safety in numbers, right?!
Your 2014 and mine will be what we make of it. I hope it’s
awesome for all of us!!!
Happy New Year from all of us at Banana Daiquiris and Life
Lessons!!!
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