Old Year's Eve

Ok everyone, here is one of my New Years Posts.  I will probably write another one later or tomorrow as well.

The main thing now is to reflect on the past year and see if I met my goals. I would say I mostly did.  My goals were to increase participation in Graphic Design, Journalism, and Comedy. And I did three graphic design picture books, two comedy routines,and a lot of blog posts.  I also ended the year with some onion articles. So I think with those main goals I did great and am thankful.

One of my other goals was to go downtown more.  I actually only did the minimum for that. But it kept me from spending as much money, so I think it worked out.  I took three train trips and gave away another 400 books.  The book giveaways actually slowed down a lot.  I do not know how it will go this year, but I might not have money to share much more.

The other main thing is the videos on my facebook page, advertising the books.  The conspiracy is saying that it went well, but I don’t know if I sold any books at all.  My numbers make it seem like I sold only about twenty copies, but Ravneet sends me messages sometimes saying it went well.

Another main thing is that I successfully changed my name to Refried Bean. It was documented by 19 credit card companies and about ten government agencies.

Some people dragged their feet in calling me the new name, and it was not easy in some social circles to introduce myself.  But really, I think it has gone very well and a lot of people do call me Refried or use both the first and last name, which I find kind of funny and cute.

My pen name is very secure and I am public enough that no one should succeed in taking it away.  Probably some more trolls will try as my books reach people.

Did anyone get Refried Bean books for Christmas? I hope so, but it seems like they didn’t, and why should I be deprived of that joy of seeing an audience receive my work?  I still disagree with it and think the people who always take away the fruit of my labor are fools.

Well there we are on a negative note again. On my next New Years post for this years goals, I will try not to let the bad people tarnish it. That is all for now, happy holidays, mystery readers.