Mark Fullmer

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

Art

• Did a brief series of noir comic illustrations.
• Designed cover art for New Comm Ave, V.5, No. 2 & 3 other projects

Music

• 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

Film

• 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

Misc

• 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.
• 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)
• 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