So what do we learn from 2011?
1- The Arab Spring,
Where apparently facebookers brought down the corrupt Tyrants in charge of Middle Eastern countries. Quite ironic considering they got Rage Against the Machine to number 1 a few years ago. In fact I remember it was a good friend @RatedR1882 who told me of their political leanings in their songwriting.
2 - Killing Osama Bin Laden.
He got shot, war against terror is now over? Not really, but you'd like to think it could be that easy.
3 - Royal Wedding.
Niggles me at times this one, people were quite happy to criticise the wedding, but were happy to take the paid holiday. People were quick to criticise the spending on security and tax payers money, but didn't understand that the Royal Wedding created billions of dollars of revenue for this country, if it wasn't for the swelling of coffers from tourists and royalists flocking to London then we'd be even more of a financial mess than we are now.
4 - The Middleton Sisters.
Kate and Pippa looked very hot. I hope dreaming of a sandwich isn't a beheading offence.
5 - Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri leaving Arsenal.
To be honest, I don't think Fab knew what was going on at times towards the back end of last season and he did become increasingly injury prone. Best of luck to him. Samir Nasri on the other hand reportedly said some disgracefully disrespectful things about the Arsenal team. That would be the arsenal team that supported him when he first came over from France and when he broke his leg and when he went MIA in the League Cup final against Stephen Carr. Well I'm sure Roberto Mancini won't regret it... Oh what was that I heard recently, "Nasri pull your socks up you're not good enough?" funny old game.
6 - Year Of Promise
When the year started I was on a high, my hopes and expectations were buoyant, what actually happened was that every avenue turned out to have a roadblock at the end of it. I hit four different filmmakers who just vanished on me after I'd started scripting for them and in November another folded. I consider 2012 to possibly be the time to go back to basics, to retreat to some old characters and scenarios. Back to short stories alongside existing audio commitments.
7 - The 'Real' Job.
I haven't been settled this year, have changed shift several times, have been the centre of issues because of depot closures and apparently should know better than to expect interdepartmental communication. I've started to go beyond detest to the actual 'hate' feeling towards getting up and going to work. I hope 2012 sees a fresh start in a new environment. I know for a fact that thins are going to be interesting for the next 3 months as I'll be out of the picture. Watch this space.
8 - Twitter and The Great Depression.
Possibly the greatest discover of 2011 is that Twitter and being in a foul, deep depression when everything seems to be against you do not mix. You really need a bit of good spirit and humour to help you out and sometimes your tweets are a veiled cry for help. getting no replies, no retweets and no mentions feels like a slap in the face. In 2012 I'm going to remove quite a lot of people I'm following, have a clear out. I followed a lot of writers expecting them to be great and full of useful tips and tbh they're quite boring buggers who have their own circles which I'm not and never likely to be part of.
