I’m so excited right now.  I can barely contain myself.

Originally, I wasn’t even gonna post anything for the New Year, and then I thought:  how could I pass on the perfect opportunity to recap, rock out, spread some lovin’ butter, and announce all of the cool shit that I have planned for  2013?

Buckle up.

Ready.  Set.  Launch.

2012:  The Year of the Bitcher

First off, this has been such an incredible past four months.  Getting all of this stuff out of my head and onto paper has been nothing short of orgasmic.  What a silly word.  Whatever.  Creative writing is something that I’ve always wanted to do in one capacity or another, but I never really had the discipline or support that I would have liked in order to pursue it.  It’s hard to imagine that only three posts into it I almost quit.

…I’m glad I didn’t.

I owe it to all of you insanely cool people that have jumped on board and backed me up.  You’ve stood behind me each and every wacky post.  I’ve never in my life had this kind of unconditional support.  Ever.  I’m getting a bit choked up.

No.  Fuck that.  Hold it in.

I know it sounds kind of cheese, but it’s the truth.  Your readership, participation, and encouragement have inspired me in ways greater than you’ll ever know, and it’s you that continues to inspire the evolution of this raging monster that I call:  MY RIGHT TO BITCH.

I don’t just write for me.  That would be boring as hell if it were the only reason.  It’s not interactive that way.

I write for you, too, and that’s why I love blogging.  It doesn’t just get put into a drawer in some shitty, pleather-bound journal — it gets launched into cyber space.  And after it goes live,  it becomes a full-contact sport.  Anything goes.

Every time I send something out there, within minutes, you guys are already chewing it up, twisting it, breaking it, spinning it, smashing it, lighting it on fire, and barfing it back onto my screen.  That’s the coolest part for me.  That’s the pay off.  To put time into something that I love so much, and to have it all come back to me like that makes me want to keep doing it.

And for all that, I love you.  There.  I said it.

The Awards Shit Show 

Thanks to all the people that went out of their way to drop an award off.  I don’t get into all of the question answering stuff, but I greatly appreciate the recognition.  If you nominated me for an award over the past month, check out the Trophies and Stuff tab, and scroll to the bottom of the page.  There’s a little thank you note for each one of you guys.  I can’t promise that it’ll be a love letter.  You know me.  I also included a link back to your page as well.  Thank you.

Now please don’t send me any more fucking homework assignments.

Post of the Week

You probably noticed in the sidebar an image with the title: Post of the Week.  There’s also a new tab at the top of the screen with the same header.  This is a new, totally rad thing that I’m gonna be doing from now on.  Fuck being Freshly Pressed.  Post of the Week is way cooler.

Every week, as usual, I’ll be trolling  the blogosphere in hot pursuit of one standout post – one that I think deserves to be read and recognized.  There are no genre limitations.  Check back often.  Whether you’re here or not, I’ll be sure to let you know if you got picked.

See, this is just another one of those reasons why I should be getting a Christmas Card from you.

The Bitchin’ Blogroll

The Blogroll is finally up.  Scroll to the bottom of the sidebar.  Hopefully I didn’t make any glaring mistakes or leave anyone out.  Call me out on it if I did.  After all this stuff my brain is officially toast — mistakes are likely.

It’s kinda like checking to see if you made the basketball team, isn’t it?  Many more to follow…

Guest Panel Shenanigans 

Now for the big announcement.  This is going to be off-the-hook.  At the top of the screen you’ll see another new tab titled:  Join the Guest Panel.  Click it.

Read it.  Sign up.

Don’t be intimidated.

I’m gonna need some help throughout the coming year.  I’m putting together a series of Blogger Panels that will become part of some interactive blog ideas I have in the hopper.  I can’t go into details.  It’s top secret for the time being, so don’t ask me to tell you about it.  If I told you I’d have to kill you.  Well, maybe not that extreme.  But I’d definitely have to break your fingers.

All *auditions* need to be submitted in the comment section under the Join the Guest Panel tab at the top of the screen.  Please.  Keep this organized.  I’m sitting on top of Mt. Laundry right now.  Make it easy for me.

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Lastly, a few personal shout outs:  thank you to The Cheeky Diva for her help in getting me FP’d (sounds dirty), and to Le Clown for the guest blogging opportunities on both Black Box Warnings, and A Clown on Fire‘s Christmas Blogroll Extravaganza.  And finally, thank you to Mr. Radar Nelson for the guest blogging spot on Seasons of Insanity.  Nancy Grace is a Pig.

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Alright.

Are you excited?  I’m jacked to the max.  I can’t wait to start the New Year.

It’s gonna be a big one.  It’s gonna be a fun one.  And it’s gonna be jam packed with more profanity, shenanigans, and water-based lube than ever before.  I’m glad to have you all aboard.  Let’s rock and roll…

-Happy New Year, and Happy Blogging \m/

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