The year that I…

• brought in at Chicago house parties with Kari, Drea, and friends.
• mostly spent living in Chicago, apart from visiting my wife and working my ass off.
• learned to scratch records (sort of).
• watched my uncle get inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• met the President of the United States.
• watched Kari learn that the biopsied lymphnodes in her neck were not cancerous.
• spent Saint Patrick's Day with friends on the green Chicago River.
• learned to make umeboshi onigiri.
• attended a good friend's lesbian wedding at a dude ranch.
• visited Minnesota, Washington DC, Arizona, Indiana, Marion, Des Moines, and Lake Okoboji.
• watched a Chicago Cubs game from a rooftop.
• went to the Chicago Blues Fest, 80/35, and Lollapalooza.
• saw the Lichtenstein exhibit at the Art Museum of Chicago.
• saw Refused and Boyz II Men.
• watched an orchestra perform at Millennium Park.
• got burnt out.
• re-elected the President of the United States.
• hugged the President of the United States.
• moved back into my home with my wife and Garth Brooks.
• began purging useless junk.
• made my first video in over 2 years.
• brought to a close by running around Des Moines with Kari and our buddy Lindsey.

It was the year that I learned and grew more than ever - personally, professionally, and in my relationship with Kari.
It's a year that I will most definitely never forget.

2013 will be the year that I am hoping to...

• continue the trend of growth and living healthier.
• get in over my head again.
• figure out the next big thing.
• build that next big thing with a team of friends.
• spend more time with friends and family.
• travel more.

That's all going to be kicked off this Thursday when I begin making my way to a cabin in Tahoe for some distraction free planning with a few buddies.

Stoked.