Happy Holidays, also, thoughts.
When the end of the year comes along, it always seems to bring along time for intense introspection. I’ve never been sure why people decide to introsect in public place but I guess I don’t need to understand everything. Have you ever been in a spot where you love everything happening around you, from the point where you look back and have trouble remembering whatever shitty things that’ve happened, and when you look forward, you have some sort of blinders on that make you unable to actually see any possible snags in your future plans? I’m at that point right now, I think. I look back and I see my little family, and my extended one, and they’re mostly happy, so I’m happy. I look forward to them continuing to be happy and right now I can’t actually picture them… not being happy.
My son grows like a weed. I’m not sure if I like that. I recently finished a tour that was incredibly re-energizing for me, and while I got to spend about a week at home in the middle of it, because my booking agent is awesome, he still looked so much bigger the next time I saw him. I think in the end, I was away for two weeks, maybe a little less. Ten days? It wasn’t a very long tour, but even when I was away for three days I came home and he seemed to, not only grow, but develop. For example, he can now click his tongue on the roof of his mouth, and when he’s eating dinner he just sits there clicking and he thinks it’s the best thing in the world. Even the things that made him laugh before don’t make him laugh anymore and he’s onto a whole new set of things that amuse him. I was talking to my mom, because that’s how I handle these things, and she said that’s normal. I’m still not sure if I like it much.
I’m not entirely sure where the year went. So much is different and so much is the same. I’ve been able to watch my friends grow. I’ve watched my lady grow (and shrink, har har) and I’m just not sure where the year went. Professionally, the next is going to be exciting. I’m not sure how I’ve landed the Scott Pilgrim gig (someone is crazy) but from what I hear it’s just going to be a good time with some friends. I’m trying not to wonder where I’ll be in December 2010, but sometimes, I can’t help it. There’s lots of things that are, hopefully, going to take me to different places next year. If everything works out.
Happy Holidays, loves. Keep yourselves safe. I’m off to indulge in the 12 Days of Spacemas on the Space Channel. I believe there’s a Star Wars marathon waiting for me.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Kyle
PS. When We Dead Awaken’s new album drops sometime in the first half of the new year. I’ll let you know when, exactly, when I find out.
