I mean F-I-N-E FINE! Here’s a quick list of the top 9 reasons why 2009 kicked maximum ass.
1: The birth of my son, Liam. He’s a little miracle and I truly feel blessed to be his dad. I always thought having a kid would be a great experience but I never imagined it would this awesome.
2: My wife is the BEST. Her attitude was amazing throughout the pregnancy, she continues to laugh at my bad jokes and she’s been churning out some AMAZING baked goods. Just a few of the million reasons why I love her 
3: Our younger pug, Olive, finally learned to sleep through the night. No joke – during Olive’s first two years, she’d incessantly rattle her crate between the hours of 3am-6am. It was insane. I think she sensed the upcoming arrival of our new addition and figured it was time to chill.
4: Operation lunchboxbrain took off like a rocket. I started designing under the lunchboxbrain moniker in 2006 and it’s safe to say that 2009 has been my most successful year to date. I had a bunch of tees printed at some top-notch sites and even picked up some commissioned freelance work. lunchboxbrain.com had more than 58,000 visitors in ’09! I hope to continue this full on assault of graphic goodness in 2010.
5: The Yankees won the World Series! They may have spent a boatload of cash, but at least they brought a championship home to the empire state. That’s more than I can say for my New York Giants.
6: This old house isn’t so old anymore. I’ve been to Home Depot so many times, I’ve got a personal parking spot. I built a nice, stone-fortified flower bed up front, chopped down a busted old pine tree, started and finished Liam’s nursery, had new windows and carpet installed and completed a slew of odd jobs. There’s still work to be done but our house finally feels like a home.
7: Endswell went electric. I know it’s not even close to when Bob Dylan plugged in but adding a drummer to the endswell line up was a big move. I really dug what we were doing with just two acoustic guitars but the songs just sound better as a rockin’ trio. Stay tuned in 2010 as we’re heading into the studio to record an EP and of course, more gigs.
8: Thanks to the powers of Facebook, I reconnected with some old friends. One can never have enough friends!
9: Beer makes every year awesome. I particularly enjoyed some of the microbrews from Brown’s Brewing in Troy, NY this year.
Some people say it takes a village to raise a child. I think Rob Base said it best – it takes two to make a thing go right.
