I've somehow managed to survive the semester, have written and submitted 40ish pages for end-of-semester assignments at NYU, hit up Wisconsin to visit family and eat far, far too much, and close the year with good people and good victuals.  2011 was challenging but fruitful and found me playing music on four continents, releasing a record, relocating, changing my primary vocation from saxophoning to reading, and moving from painfully skinny jeans to slightly less skinny jeans.  Oh, and I got a bass clarinet. 

I can't thank you all enough for whatever part of my life you've played.  2011 has been quite a net positive - thank you.  Let's read more and write more and learn languages more and travel more this 2012, eh?