Last updated on May 30th, 2023 at 10:50 pm
Another year gone, another year where we reflect on what happened, what we wanted to happen, what we wish had happened, and what we hope happens in the next year—our next attempt at getting life right.
I don’t need to think about it—2012 stands out as one of the craziest years I’ve had yet. From mountain climbing to cutting loose to bending the very nature of probability, dull moments weren’t something I was really concerned with these past 366 days.
Trippin’: Killin’ Kili and Caribbean Dreamin’
Killin’ Kili
So as you might recall, this year I managed to climb Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro—one of the Seven Summits of the World! Even though it wasn’t initially my idea, once I got there, I knew I couldn’t turn back and learned a lot about myself in the process.
What I didn’t talk about and share as much was the experience on safari after.
While I won’t go into elaborate detail in this post on the sights I saw and the things I did while on the dusty trail, I definitely hope to share it all with you someday—nothing you get in the big city compares to the experiences you can have while on the Savannah!
Caribbean Dreamin’
I’d hoped to write an entry on our Caribbean cruise as part of the November to Remember series, but the holiday season took over and it never happened (which I’m okay with, as I still have 200 photos waiting for post-production from that trip!)
One day I’ll tell you all about it.
One day.
The Man Behind the Camera
I did more photography this year than any before, covering events like Social Media Week Toronto, Toronto Pride 2012 and several tweetups and networking events. Wherever I would go, one of my cameras was sure to follow.
In 2013, I hope to continue capturing the experiences people have around me daily, honing my craft with better equipment, more experimentation and refining my technique.
#TeamTrolling and my Tweeps
2012 would see a group of friends come together that’re unified by a love of laughter, a fiending for food and just being all-around good people to spend time with.
I was very blessed this year to get to know friends like Christine even better, while still developing many relationships that I’ve made over the last decade!
Mansformation
Sometimes you have to be a one-person army to get things done, and for me, that meant blowing the dust off of my graphics tablet and working on the logo for Mansformation in Adobe Illustrator. After a lot of tweaking and input from my wife and good friends, I was able to come up with this—something that I think I’m going to be pretty happy with for a good while!
One of the more unexpected things that happened this year was developing Mansformation—an idea that’d started as a bit of a joke and developed into a project with real potential!
I love everyone who’s supported Mansformation so far, and look forward to all the things I can do with it in 2013! I feel like this year’s will be one for the history books!
Partying Like it Was 1999 Again, Were I Legal Enough at the Time to Appreciate it.
2012 had no shortage of celebration going on! Between a private Halloween party, a birthday party that easily went down in infamy and just about any other event that Twitter could throw at us—there’s been no rest for the wicked!
In some ways, I’m surprised that I managed to get anything done in 2012!
Even though the year will likely start slow with people worn out from December and trying to fill the gaping wounds left in their wallets, as the weather warms up, so will the events as they get bigger and badder throughout the year!
Better get that rest while you can!
Dating Lady Luck
A common theme in the latter part of 2012 was winning stuff.
To the point where it was ridiculous.
Winning bottles of booze and conference tickets was one thing, but top-of-the-line phones? Trips to Vegas??? Lady Luck was way kinder to me than I could’ve ever anticipated in 2012!
Love & Marriage
And, of course, this was my first full year as a married man. No more wedding planning, no more trying to figure out honeymoon details—just continuing to learn about each other and how to co-exist so that we both win.
It was a good year for both of us to relax since you never know what the future will bring!
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for many decades yet to come!
It Was a Good 2012. Here’s to 2013!
Most of all, this is the year it all started to click. Where social media became a bit less of just being another place to have fun and started being somewhere that could help define the future of not only me but a whole heap of people who I know!
Have a happy new year, mes amis—something tells me that 2013’s will be amazing!!!
