5 Best moments of 2013

Everyone is doing a little best of 2013 and I've never been one to look at a year to decide it's best points via subjects important to me, ex; Video games,comics, cartoons, etc. That said, it is important to look back and come to terms what we've learned and how we've grown and I have done a lot of growing over this year. So, this post is going to be pretty personal as this list is MY best moments of 2013. There's no specific order just 5 moments I can recollect the best and want to share with the world.

5. My new years Resolution

This is that cop out you always see at the beginning of top 5s but it's still important. I want to do better for myself and one of the best ways is to connect to the people I've met and who watch me. My resolution for 2014 is to be more internet friendly, i.e. Update my Blog/twitter/FB/DeviantArt more often and keep incommunicado with all the people who appreciate my work. This will be good for me so as people will learn who I am and my personal tastes and may even make some friends from these before you know it.

4. Pacific Rim

This was a movie that needed to be made. It had been a long time since a giant monster movie had really been made for the broad audience it deserved. Cloverfield had been an attempt to get a foot in the door but it seemed to work more in favor to the found footage style than giant monster subject. That was 5 years before Pacific Rim was released. Sadly, it's more likely that Transformers had more to do with influencing WB to make Pacific Rim. I do enjoy such a movie though; good action, great cinematography, and a pretty fun cast. I look forward to the inevitable Saturday morning cartoon show *wink*wink* WB.

3. The World Naked Bike Tour Chicago

Some where out there is a picture of me naked on my bike on the streets of Chicago. I never thought I'd do something like this in my life but I found it necessary for a more social reason. I always think of myself as a bit shy, which if you know me may surprise you, but it's true. I always find it hard to talk to people and find common interests to talk about since my knowledge primarily consists of some sort of visual media. Not everyone sees the movies I want to talk about or even cares about those subjects the same way I do. It can make me feel alienated and frustrating that I don't keep up with music trends or know the score to a sports game. Going out to do something crazy like this was SO much fun. I met the friendliest of people and got some great exercise all while exposing my genitals to the general public without getting arrested. I was still so shy when I arrived that I still had my underwear on but as time went on I grew comfortable that I took it all of and just enjoyed the silliness of thousands of nude people wandering around the city. I almost didn't make it home in time as I arrived back at the HQ the last train to home was about to leave but with perseverance and little traffic I was able to make it on the train with heavy breath. I'd like to do it again this coming year.

2. Artist Alley Travels

I love to travel but of course finances can get in the way. For the past year I've set myself up to travel to a variety of conventions to sell my art to people and improve myself along the way. I learned of the nature of conventions and how to do well at selling in an artist table. I also learned there's still much I can improve on both as an artist and as a business. I've also met people that have encouraged me to work harder and become a better artist which is just as important. I'm a man of example, show me how you did it so I can also do it, and from that I saw a plethora of people that gave me the inspiration to continue onto this.

1. Wolf Children

I've come to be a fan of animation director Mamoru Hisoda. While I didn't think much of Girl who Lept Though Time I absolutely sung the praises for Summer Wars and still appreciate his work on Digimon. Wolf Children though, holds a special place for me. It was at Otakon 2013 where me and my lady love saw it on the big screen in an audience of hundreds. We were concerned we wouldn't see it since we had an artist table at the same time but we took a risk and shut down temporarily to see it. It was worth it and I had such a grin on my face from it that my girlfriend went and bought a copy of the story board book to which I kissed her quite passionately.

My story doesn't end there as my girlfriend continued to gift Wolf Children on Bluray. I was so excited to own it and knew the perfect person to show the movie to, my mom. I came over to show her the movie and told her how much it reminded me of her and by the end she cried such tears of nostalgia because of how the movie spoke to her as a mother. I will always remember how much that movie impacted her and myself. That's also why I got her a copy for Christmas.