Year in Suck

Dearest 2011, you were not a particularly kind year. Yes, I started off 2011 with mondo auditions and winning my lawsuit against the treacherous Dog News Daily, but it kind of went downhill from there.

For instance, I’m still waiting for my Dog News Daily money. Alan Siskind, who runs the “company” is a cold man, to put it succinctly. I worked very hard for the company, but when I finally stood up and demanded back pay (over $3400), I was greeted with threats. I took him to court at the beginning of the year and won… But I still haven’t received a penny. Thus, Alan Siskind wins my “Horrid Person of the Year” award. And in case you were wondering, I wrote his wife, a former studio exec, pleading my case. Nada. Zilch. Zippo. So, she wins the “Accomplice of the Year” award. I hope next year I can give them both the “Finally Did the Right Thing” award. I won’t hold my breath

Twenty eleven was also a year of loss. I lost a really good friend due to a dime-store Svengali, a certain pinkish eyewear, and an extraordinarily rigid code of friendship conduct. Let me say this: if one fight was enough to undue every 5-year relationship, then no one would have friends. Isolationism really only works for the Swiss.

Loss also occurred at the end of this year with the sudden death of a family member. We are still dealing with this daily.

Then, there is the issue of my acting career. On one hand, it was amazingly creative and fulfilling with my sketch duo, Sparklepuss. We wrote and produced a live sketch show and several Web shorts, one of which was featured on the front page of Funny or Die. And I am also finally SAG-E! Huzzah! On the other hand, commercials were sloooooow, and I booked not a one. Money-wise, I’d love an upturn in 2012. I am not cut out of cubicle cloth.

So, I guess “weird” kind of sums up 2011. I have no idea what to expect from 2012, but I figure if the human race is still around, we’re all ahead of the game. Happy New Year.

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