2011 blew my mind a little bit.  I reached a lifetime dream of attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans; I was unleashed on Monsterpalooza; I MET TIM BURTON;  I stood feet from actors from my favorite show at the True Blood season 4 Red Carpet Premiere, got autographs, and made friends there I’ve stayed in touch with; I saw Muse and Eminem at Lollapalooza; Krystopher Sapp made me a gorgeous purple Baroque frame for my computer monitor covered in my favorite things; I created my 666 blog post; and Megan, Hope and I had a deviant and decadent Halloweekend that  took five posts to cover.  I was obsessed with FX’s new series American Horror Story, which even gave True Blood a run for its money as my all-time favorite show.  I also got sick new Dahlia Jane illustrations by SpunkyFreakster, Christopher Ulrich (!), and Callow Lily.   And I’m thrilled to have made new friends with Christopher Ulrich, Justin Mabry, and Dr. Paul Koudounaris.

Here’s a look at how I did on the ten resolutions I made last year:

10. Have 666 Facebook friends (at 659 this morning, I’m tantalizingly close).  Hell yeah I achieved this one.  I’ve been doing my best to maintain it, but it does fluctuate by a few.

9.  Get someone in the religious right to admit that they wish I’d been aborted.  No on this one.  But I don’t think I talked to any hardcore conservatives this year, which seems like an accomplishment in and of itself.

8.  Determine once and for all whether human meat tastes like chicken.  I’m taking the fifth amendment on this one.

7. Become penpals with a serial killer (preferably one that’s incarcerated.  This is not a veiled death wish).  I’m still working on this one.

6.  Meet and get a photo with Anna Paquin, Bill Moyer and/or Alexander Skarsgard from True Blood, Matthew Gray Gubler from Criminal Minds.  Technically I didn’t meet or get a photo with them, but I did get Anna Paquin, Bill Moyer and Alexander Skarsgard to sign my Rolling Stone cover at the True Blood season 4 premiere.  I’m still looking for Matthew Gray Gubler.

5.  Talk more to other people and less to myself (I concede that most of the voices responding to my chatter are still technically myself).  I talked to the voices in my head and we all think we did this one.

4.  Stop collecting art.  Start collecting artists.  I probably should have said start collecting restraining orders.

3.  Learn the art of domination from a bonafide Dom.  I guess I forgot about this one because I didn’t even try to make this happen.

2.  Have an amazing Mardi Gras in New Orleans filled with gorgeous costumes, rum and creepy things.  New Orleans Mardi Gras with Megan was a highlight of my year.

1.  Create dark and deviant guides to the neighborhoods of Los Angeles to share what I love so much about this city.  I did a little work on this one, but I’m making it my number one resolution again for 2012.  Hell is paved with good intentions and all that.

I guess I did a little less than half of the things on this list.  But my main goal was for 2011 to be more “insane” than 2010, and in that sense it was a huge success.  I’ve decided this year to make 666 New Year’s Resolutions.  Oh my goth, can you imagine?  Yeah, I’ll just do another ten.

10. Have 666 followers on Twitter (at 379 this morning, I’m more than halfway there).

9. Learn Photoshop, especially techniques to enhance horror.

8.   Wear something dead.  Perhaps someone’s face like in Silence of the Lambs.  But if that doesn’t work out I’ve also been seeing lots of interesting taxidermic jewelry and accessories.

7. Become penpals with a serial killer (preferably one that’s incarcerated.  This is not a veiled death wish).  I mean it this time.

6.  Meet and get a photo with Rob Zombie or Marilyn Manson. (hey, I never really thought I’d meet Tim Burton, but I did, so I’m going to aim really high on this one this year).

5.  Do more photo shoots like the ones at St. Louis #1 Cemetery in New Orleans and the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia.  I’ve been doing about one a year, in 2012 I’d like to do at least four.

4.  Build an altar at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Dia de los Muertos festival.

3.  Memorize The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.  I think I have a better chance of meeting Rob Zombie, but I subscribe to the Lewis Carroll sentiment, “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

2.  Become as pretty on the outside as I am rotten on the inside.

1.  Create dark and deviant guides to the neighborhoods of Los Angeles to share what I love so much about this city.

I always strive to top myself, but 2011 is going to be a tough act to follow.  I don’t have any trips planned for 2012.  There are so many places around the world I want to see so if opportunities arise you can be sure I’m going to pounce on them.  I am looking forward to seeing Emilie Autumn live for the first time in February and I’m hoping to see Marilyn Manson.

Thank you for your blessings and RIP 2011.

 

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