2009, Good Riddance!

Is it just me, or has this year totally sucked? The economy collapsed, lots of people lost their jobs, and way, way too people have died.

Unfortunately, this year the new Hollywood trend seemed to be dying. All in one year, we lost all the greats - Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Ted Kennedy, Bea Arthur, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, DJ AM, Brittany Murphy, Natasha Richardson, Les Paul, John Travolta's son Jett, Walter Cronkite, and John Hughes. And for me, personally, I lost my aunt when she unexpectedly passed away from pneumonia, and I recently had to put my dog to sleep after seventeen amazing years.

But on to better news, I moved across the country to land a job at one of my favorite TV shows of all time. I also finished a spec for Curb Your Enthusiasm, which was a semi-finalist for Scriptapalooza but rejected from every other fellowship (including a rejection letter appropriately titled "Walt Disney's Rejection Letter"), finished a second draft of my sitcom pilot, became a playwright, worked out a couple of solid ideas along with my writing partner, Ellen (not DeGeneres), and also started blogging for askmattandtamsen.com

So, my new years resolution? Just keep on writing. To everybody out there who has a dream - don't just sit there. Things don't just "Happen" to you. You have to go out there and make your own dreams come true. Life works is crazy messed up ways. You never know when your luck will strike - good or bad.

So cheers to a new year! And please, nobody die, ok?