Poor little 2011. You kinda gotta feel bad for the guy.

2010 was such a landmark year! First of all, it was divisible by 10, which is always pretty awesome. Then there was that sci-fi film (from 1984) named after it. Yes, and the novel. There were Winter Olympics and a FIFA World Cup. Everyone was looking forward to 2010.

And don’t get me started on 2012! There is another sci-fi film named after this year. Everyone is looking forward to see if London screws up the Summer Olympics. And then there’s the whole apocalypse thing that’s slated to happen, which could be pretty memorable.

But 2011? No sci-fi films. No Olympics. No Armageddons planned. Nobody has really been looking forward to 2011. It’s like a filler year. That’s kinda sad. But all the more reason for us to take it under our wing and care for it. It’s the runt of the litter. And everybody loves an underdog, right?

I love 2011 already and can’t wait to see what surprises it has in store for us. Welcome, 2011 – whom I will dutifully name twenty-eleven (and not two thousand eleven) – this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.