One of the posts I wrote at the end of last year predicted that 2013 was going to be awesome . It was. On a scale of 1 to 10 it was a solid 9 - because nothing is ever perfect. I achieved some personal goals I didn't think possible a few short years ago when I was still freezing my ass off in Toronto: traveling to some of Europe's most beautiful cities, catching my favourite DJs at music festivals, and learning to drive stick - an essential skill in any car chase. I said I would walk on hot coals, and, in a sense, I did as I adapted to a new role at work and became more friendly with the Romanian language and with life here. I also said I'd stand up against injustice. But did I? We, the people, are treated with as much disdain as ever: Bankers are in cahoots with drug cartels. Politicians are creating self-serving laws while they spout lie after lie, and governments are spying on their citizens with impunity - and protecting aforementioned banks. That's only the ...