Howdy y'all, it's Kattelox/Firewings/Mike, however you know me as. I wrangled me a python in Times Square this past July. I felt like dropping in and letting everyone know what I've been up to most of this year. Not that I think anybody particularly cares, but I have some free time on my hands and I was thinking about my friends from DTF. I am sad by the note on which I left this place and with people making certain commentary on me and my mental health.
Long story short, I've had a pretty good year. I got on a plane for the first time and traveled to New York City for a friend's wedding on Long Island and I spent the rest of the trip in Times Square and fancy places in Manhattan. I found the love of my life at the start of the year and have spent all year making plans with her. She used to tour with metal bands, and this past summer she was Sabaton's merch manager on their tour with Judas Priest. So I got some nice swag and behind the scenes opportunities through that connection and saw Judas Priest 4 times, as well as Sabaton's longest show ever when they played almost 3 hours in Denver after Priest canceled the tour. I also just saw CHVRCHES last week in Chicago which was amazing. Also, that was my first time in Denver, so I've had lots of firsts this year.
Right now I'm in the middle of packing up my apartment. I left my job in July and have been out of work since; I am going to go to Prime next year and become a trucker. In 3 weeks I'll be out of here and starting a new life. Thought I would check in before I'm on the road all the time. Also just wanted to say I hope everyone is doing well. I don't see myself checking in here very often. But the thought crossed my mind, and it's the holidays, and it's Saturday morning here and I had free time. I also got a new phone number so I apologize to those who had my number and maybe weren't able to reach me over the last few months (sorry, Tim!!). Feel free to ask for it again. I love you dudes. I just really needed to separate my social media lives for a while. Things were getting too familiar and too cluttered and because of just who I am as a person I buckle under that kind of social stress very easily.
Hope the rest of you Americans had a lovely Thanksgiving and everybody else hopefully is having a great week and weekend. Oh, I also bought a new digital piano for the first time in 15 years, and my girl got me an early Christmas gift: a Roland FA-08 synth workstation, a new piano bench, monitors, monitor stands, a Focusrite Scarlett interface, a bunch of Switch games, and so much more. I'm spoiled to death over here and happier than I've ever been. Now I have Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Super Mario 3D All-Stars to blast through before I don't have a couch anymore.
I miss y'all. Stay safe and take care. And wear your masks.