Catching Up: Looking Back at 2007, Part 1

Hey there.

It's been a long time since I last posted here. Almost five months to be exact. Just been too lazy or preoccupied to update my main blog. Which I apologize, especially to the few who check on the blog.

Well, since this is the new year, I'm going to rectify things. Hopefully update things here at least once a week if I can.

Speaking of the new year, I'm going to get started with a look back at 2007, which was a very interesting year for me. A lot of things happened, some good, some bad. But overall, very interesting indeed.

First the good, got a chance to work with a sports team, through my stint as a team operations intern for the MISL's Detroit Ignition indoor soccer team. It was a chance to work in a sports environment, which was one of my dreams growing up. I also got to meet some cool people and made some good friends as well.

Now this gig started back in November of 2006, but in '07, the team made it all the way to the league championship game. That's quite an achievement, especially for it's first season. Unfortunately, we lost that game, but still it was a good experience to witness it. And I'm back working for the team again this season in the same capacity, with some new roles as well. Hopefully in '08, we'll be able to win it all.

2007 was also a chance for me to achieve something I wanted to do, become a filmmaker. My little company, MarkOne Films, officially got off the ground last year with the September premiere of the teaser trailer for my long standing pet project, "Mark of the Wolf", which recieved good reviews. That was then followed in October by "Vanishing Act" a joint collaboration between me and my friend Chase. I also helped out with a few other story ideas for some friends of mine and concluded things with the launch of "MOTW:The Web Series", an online short film extension with me and several friends of mine that will be related to the MOTW feature film. This was a great year in that regard and I'm proud to see that slowly becoming a reality.

Also in '07, I got a chance to return to my old high school, Cass Tech, for their anniversary celebration, visited Comerica Park for a Tigers game, checked out Ford Field for the first time ever to see a Lions game, and got to reconnect with some old friends. I also made contact with MySpace, joining the social online circle, where I made some more new friends as well. I'll give some shout out to the friends, old and new, in an upcoming post.

And while 2007 has been a year of good moments for me, there was one moment last year that wasn't. In fact, it was something that I never saw coming. I won't talk about it here just yet. But I'll talk about it later on this month, when the first anniversary of that moment is coming up.

That's it for now, but I'm not done with the year in review. On my next post, I'll look back at the friends I've met last year, talk about the best and worst movies and TV shows I've seen, and some other moments. Then after that, I'll look ahead at what's to come for me in 2008, including something very very cool that I'm planning.