The End…

Well, 2005 is coming to an end. It’s the end of the bidness blog, but not the end of this one. Still, I feel almost tempted to break out the classic line from the Beatles’ “The End.” You know that one–the love you take is equal to the love you make. Just a great line, especially considering its timing.
Either way, this has been one of the most interesting and significant years of my life. It’s been filled with the most professional success, excitement, and disappointment. That’s a strange grab bag, but things like that happen when you’re in this business and aren’t on a payroll. My two-decade long stint in school has come to an end without the prize I came to get, but that’s proving to be the best thing for all parties involved. 2006 will begin like no other year has–with a clear idea of what I need to get done, with a lot of options to try to get on track, and little to no idea of exactly how to make things work.
But we’ll make things work. Know dat, shawty.
But I close this with thanks to all of you. I started this site a year and a half ago as a way of publicizing my work and establishing myself as a brand. I am my only agent, so I have to do whatever I can to sell my product. And while my product is my work, the only real ingredient is me. So the same way beer companies trump up the qualities of their barley and hops, I decided to use this site to introduce you to me. Sometimes that means riding with introspection. Sometimes that means hearing about mundane things like me decorating the Palatial Bomaniland Estate. Sometimes that means hearing about the issues in the news that interest me or watching me compile long lists of songs.
All those things are part of me, and I kinda dig that some of you can appreciate that. And it’s no coincidence that I’ve done things professionally that I never was sure would happen in the first full year of this page. So, I appreciate you all reading and hope you can continue to find something useful in the random shit I say on here.
But something else happened with this site–I managed to make a serious connection with lots of you. After I put my screen names on the site, a few of you added me to your lists and have become friends. Perhaps I should be more fearful that some of you are fuckin lunatics, but so are the girls at the club I used to try to sleep with. At least I can just block a screen name if I have to.
This site has torn down the barrier that frequently exists between writers and readers, and I really enjoy that. I enjoy communicating with you all, and I hope to continue that. So in exchange for me sharing a bit of me in this site, many of you have shared yourselves with me. That’s helped me through some things and, more than anything, provided some serious entertainment. Hell, some of my friends ask me how some of you are doing. That’s wild when you think about it.
So thank you. On to ’06. Be safe on Amateur Night New Year’s Eve. If you’re in Durham and like Altoids, get at me.