Okay, so I still don't have cool fire magicks, but I did turn 24 years old today. That's kind of neat, I guess. Level 23 was pretty rough. I had random encounters with Game Boy-stealing street thugs, evil Scottish interior designers, crooked police officers and extreme poverty. But I also did some cool stuff too: I got a new apartment in Brooklyn, started a blog, wrote some music (which I'll get around to recording & releasing eventually) and even got myself a job that isn't deplorable.

It's pretty overwhelming to consider that all of this happened in a year's time, and thinking about it makes me especially grateful to the people who have shown interest in the stuff I make/do. My friends in the Destructoid community have been especially encouraging. Going to Seattle for PAX this past September opened my eyes to the fact that -- *gasp* -- people actually care about my work! There was nothing more encouraging to me as a creative person than having all these fine folks (whom I barely know) tell me enthusiastically that they read all of my blog posts, or that they enjoy my humble (and embarrassingly paltry) offering of Game Boy music. You guys are the real reason I continually force myself to stay awake after long days of work: Because I know that you're out there, listening.

So, in short: Thanks for reading.

In long, THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKKKKKKSSS!

~ Zen Albatross