2009 Retrospective
Inspired by a friend's summation of his unbelievably prolific "off-year," I decided to get a little purchase on what I made of 2009. Here it is (was?): Writing
- Composed my first ever book of poetry (also, apparently, the first ever book of twitter poetry), published by A Mutual Respect Books & Music.
- Began writing my first novel, which will be released via facebook application beginning January 2010.
- Edited two more issues of New Comm Ave, including first-ever print editions.
- wiki entry for iconoclast Nick Courage, and galvanized his compatriots to create COURAGE: a portrait of the man as an artist.
- Gave an exclusive (and inclusive!) interview for AMR's Friend of a Friend series
- Did a brief series of noir comic illustrations.
- Designed cover art for New Comm Ave, V.5, No. 2 & 3 other projects
- Contributed vocals & trumpet to multiple tracks of "Christmas at Castlegate," a limited edition album of holiday music for friends.
- All My Lovin'
- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- Only Yours (Bella Connolly, vocals; MF: harmony, horns)
- Produced 3 original recordings for friend Bridget
- Music video for Nick Courage's Don't Be Yourself
- Jacques Lacan in one Minute (with apologies to David Lynch)
- Facebook in the Classroom
- TWEET, TWEET (my poetry collection) as film epic
- Web 2.0 Self-Evaluation Teaching
- Teaching with online discussions
- The Given-New Theory of Writing
- Went vegetarian (Jan 2009-Present)
- Walked 30 miles in 12 hours straight
- Built an elaborate rat-home
- Built shoji doors for my bedroom. From scratch.
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Roadtripped to Colorado and back. - Created an alter ego & started a blog about it
- Founded a videogame company.
- Founded a website for online teaching theory
- Helped create a new literary magazine, dirtcakes
- Became Sonny AND Cher for Halloween
- Presented Facebook in the Classroom at ECCTYC 2009
- Successfully interviewed for a position in the Peace Corps (to begin June 2010)
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Did poetry reading of "TWEET, TWEET" at Fullerton College - Grew (and am still growing) my longest beard yet
- Quit my job, determined to live deliberately
- Remodeled markfullmer.com, newcommave.com, and writing.markfullmer.com
