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The year 2022 in review...
3 years ago
Well, the year is almost over, and so it's that time I look back and recall how things went for me. Those twelve months just flew right by; heck, it feels kind of like summer only started a couple of months ago, and now we're transitioning into winter! Overall, things felt pretty much back to normal with the year of 2022, even with COVID-19 still around in some forms, but it's now pretty much just become kind of a nuisance if you get it. The vaccines and boosters have made more and more people resistant to it, and if you do catch the virus when vaccinated with at least one booster, you just get kind of sick as if it were like a chest cold (my dad got it back in autumn, but at least it wasn't too bad, not as bad as when we all apparently got it in January 2020!) I got my second dosage of the Moderna booster back in October, so I'm all good for the coming year until next autumn when it's to get another booster; now it's pretty much like getting an annual flu shot (in fact, I got both my flu shot and that booster dosage on the same appointment!) But let me get on with recalling the notable events of the year...
JANUARY
Not much happens out of the ordinary,
FEBRUARY
Anthro New England 2022, the first one since the pandemic broke out, and I have so much fun with their 1990s theme!
"Arthur" ends after 25 seasons, and I mourn that a bit.
MARCH
I make a mistake filing out my tax return and end up flat-out broke... but thankfully not for long.
Pixar's "Turning Red" comes out on Disney+ and I enjoy that.
APRIL
I get my first employee raise.
I install Windows 11 onto an Intel Retina 15" MacBook Pro and begin to often use that for my Windows needs.
National Record Store Day 2022, where I do some music shopping in Boston.
K-O the Kangaroo gets back into action for some out-of-stadium appearances, after almost 2 1/2 years of being dormant!
MAY
I buy an iPad from work.
"The Bad Guys" comes out and becomes the first DreamWorks Animation movie I actually enjoy.
The Brockton Rox season begins, back in full swing with a new owner, some stadium renovations, and K-O entertaining and greeting the fans again!
Anime Boston 2022, the first one since the pandemic broke out, and the first one I attend as Zak Wolf!
JUNE
K-O gets to meet legendary Red Sox players Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, since their sons are on the Brockton Rox team roster this year!
I begin construction on my newest fursuit project: Sam Valentino, private toon detective fox.
JULY
More fun with the Rox, such as a Fourth of July day game, and an 80s-themed night.
AUGUST
I take my first vacation from my workplace since I got hired there.
My friend that moved to North Carolina four years ago comes back to visit and accompany me to Fan Expo Boston 2022!
I mourn the closure of the In Your Ear! record store in Boston.
My workplace sells that older BMW they've been letting me drive to me for a good deal, leading to the first car I've owned and insured under my name!
SEPTEMBER
Autumn begins, and nothing significant or out of the ordinary happens, save for starting to get in some off-season work as K-O.
I also celebrate the return of Frute Brute cereal, and stock up on a stash of this werewolf-themed breakfast food.
OCTOBER
I get my second dosage of the COVID-19 booster.
Downtown Fest 2022, a fairly small affair, but K-O is glad to be part of it.
Sam Valentino's partial fursuit is completed!
Halloween, where I go into work as Zak Wolf, and then that even dress up Zak in Grandma's Clothing for handing candy to the trick-or-treaters!
NOVEMBER
I visit the old school building I had preschool at one last time before they prepare to demolish it.
A filling Thanksgiving, followed by K-O participating in Brockton's annual holiday parade!
DECEMBER
Another non-traditional Christmas, though I do give a lot of presents to my family!
I gotta say, the "new normal" has really been going smoothly. And I'm glad I was able to finally make the fursuit of my newest 'sona, Sam Valentino.
And my most viewed YouTube video I made this year is this 3D Movie Maker animation I made in response to Nickelodeon doing away with the NickRewind block on their Teennick cable channel, largely due to streaming services like their Paramount+ stealing much of cable TV's thunder recently...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXnN1vdvUc
And yes, I used UberDuck for some of the characters' dialogue as an experiment. Some of it sounds awkward, but some of it does sound pretty good (I especially like how Ren's "Who cares about STREAMING?!")
On a sadder note, we lost a bunch of celebrities and well-known media figures this year, as if it were 2022. This year brought us the deaths of Bob Saget, Peter Robbins (the original Charlie Brown voice), Emilio Degado (Luis on "Sesame Street"), Estelle Harris, Gilbert Gottfried, Ray Liotta, Larry Storch, Paul Coker Jr. (MAD Magazine and Rankin/Bass designer), Pat Carroll, Carlo Bonomi (the original Pingu voice), Olivia Newton-John, Queen Elizabeth II, Angela Lansbury, Jules Bass (half of Rankin/Bass), Kevin Conroy (the best Batman voice actor), and Bob McGrath (Bob on "Sesame Street"). Some of those shocked/saddened me more than others, and I think it was the deaths of Saget and Gottfried that got to me the most.
Anyways, 2023 should be interesting. Anthro New England's moving to a new location, some changes are in store for the Brockton Rox, and I'm planning to go to Furpocalypse in October (my first out-of-state furry con)... And will 2023 be the year me and my brother finally move out of my parents' house? Well, like I do when every new year begins, I may as well enjoy the ride!
JANUARY
Not much happens out of the ordinary,
FEBRUARY
Anthro New England 2022, the first one since the pandemic broke out, and I have so much fun with their 1990s theme!
"Arthur" ends after 25 seasons, and I mourn that a bit.
MARCH
I make a mistake filing out my tax return and end up flat-out broke... but thankfully not for long.
Pixar's "Turning Red" comes out on Disney+ and I enjoy that.
APRIL
I get my first employee raise.
I install Windows 11 onto an Intel Retina 15" MacBook Pro and begin to often use that for my Windows needs.
National Record Store Day 2022, where I do some music shopping in Boston.
K-O the Kangaroo gets back into action for some out-of-stadium appearances, after almost 2 1/2 years of being dormant!
MAY
I buy an iPad from work.
"The Bad Guys" comes out and becomes the first DreamWorks Animation movie I actually enjoy.
The Brockton Rox season begins, back in full swing with a new owner, some stadium renovations, and K-O entertaining and greeting the fans again!
Anime Boston 2022, the first one since the pandemic broke out, and the first one I attend as Zak Wolf!
JUNE
K-O gets to meet legendary Red Sox players Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, since their sons are on the Brockton Rox team roster this year!
I begin construction on my newest fursuit project: Sam Valentino, private toon detective fox.
JULY
More fun with the Rox, such as a Fourth of July day game, and an 80s-themed night.
AUGUST
I take my first vacation from my workplace since I got hired there.
My friend that moved to North Carolina four years ago comes back to visit and accompany me to Fan Expo Boston 2022!
I mourn the closure of the In Your Ear! record store in Boston.
My workplace sells that older BMW they've been letting me drive to me for a good deal, leading to the first car I've owned and insured under my name!
SEPTEMBER
Autumn begins, and nothing significant or out of the ordinary happens, save for starting to get in some off-season work as K-O.
I also celebrate the return of Frute Brute cereal, and stock up on a stash of this werewolf-themed breakfast food.
OCTOBER
I get my second dosage of the COVID-19 booster.
Downtown Fest 2022, a fairly small affair, but K-O is glad to be part of it.
Sam Valentino's partial fursuit is completed!
Halloween, where I go into work as Zak Wolf, and then that even dress up Zak in Grandma's Clothing for handing candy to the trick-or-treaters!
NOVEMBER
I visit the old school building I had preschool at one last time before they prepare to demolish it.
A filling Thanksgiving, followed by K-O participating in Brockton's annual holiday parade!
DECEMBER
Another non-traditional Christmas, though I do give a lot of presents to my family!
I gotta say, the "new normal" has really been going smoothly. And I'm glad I was able to finally make the fursuit of my newest 'sona, Sam Valentino.
And my most viewed YouTube video I made this year is this 3D Movie Maker animation I made in response to Nickelodeon doing away with the NickRewind block on their Teennick cable channel, largely due to streaming services like their Paramount+ stealing much of cable TV's thunder recently...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXnN1vdvUc
And yes, I used UberDuck for some of the characters' dialogue as an experiment. Some of it sounds awkward, but some of it does sound pretty good (I especially like how Ren's "Who cares about STREAMING?!")
On a sadder note, we lost a bunch of celebrities and well-known media figures this year, as if it were 2022. This year brought us the deaths of Bob Saget, Peter Robbins (the original Charlie Brown voice), Emilio Degado (Luis on "Sesame Street"), Estelle Harris, Gilbert Gottfried, Ray Liotta, Larry Storch, Paul Coker Jr. (MAD Magazine and Rankin/Bass designer), Pat Carroll, Carlo Bonomi (the original Pingu voice), Olivia Newton-John, Queen Elizabeth II, Angela Lansbury, Jules Bass (half of Rankin/Bass), Kevin Conroy (the best Batman voice actor), and Bob McGrath (Bob on "Sesame Street"). Some of those shocked/saddened me more than others, and I think it was the deaths of Saget and Gottfried that got to me the most.
Anyways, 2023 should be interesting. Anthro New England's moving to a new location, some changes are in store for the Brockton Rox, and I'm planning to go to Furpocalypse in October (my first out-of-state furry con)... And will 2023 be the year me and my brother finally move out of my parents' house? Well, like I do when every new year begins, I may as well enjoy the ride!
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