Year in Review (Late!)

Yes, I know it's already 2013, but I still think it's worth going over some of the more important events of the last year, since this blog is pretty new, there's a lot it missed.

January:

• I started my 2nd to las term of college

• seattle was hit by a crazy awesome snow storm.  our apartment became a place for our friends to crash when they walked to far in the snow and would freeze before making it home.

• recorded this cover on a little handheld recorder ~ link here! 
• Read The Fault in our Stars and cried the whole time.
• Started playing Oblivion

February:

• Worried about graduate school daily.
• Recorded these pieces

March:

• I think this is when we bought Skyrim.
• so that's what happened to all of march.

April:

• was hired for my first job ever.
• wrote 4 short pieces entitled "Vignettes of a Confessional."  Here's one, you can find the rest on soundcloud  
 

• I was drowning in schoolwork
• Cullen's family came to visit and the sun started to come out, which meant more trips to park and more walks outside.

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May:

• Starting working retail
• Cullen and I had our 1 year anniversary

• Spent a ton of time in rehearsals for "Approaching Ecstasy" - the ballet my choral director wrote for us, The Esoterics and Whim W'him. (I'm next to the dancer in the middle)

June:

• Started getting really interested in light painting

• We were really into Avatar - Legend of Korra

July:

• Flew to Denver with my group to sing at GALA - a huge choral conference for Gay and Lesbian groups.  which was really fun and I finally ended up making some good friends with people in the group, since I had been quite shy around them before that.

• And the trip on the plane was really pretty.

• that and a huge lack of creativity is all I remember about July
• oh yeah, and we had a terrible 4th, down by the water, hungry, no restaurants open, and feeling like a burden to someone who wasn't exactly helping us by no fault of her own.

August:

• Vacation in California
• played effing golf.  for the first time.

• We did some awesome hiking up to Arch Rock - a hike that ended up being twice as long as we thought it was, so we did 9 miles while racing daylight.

September:

• I turned 21.
• this was a big deal.
• Late in the month, I started this blog.
• short, easy recording session for this project-Revelation Film Project (I'm the singer for the last short.  I also hate this picture of myself) 

October:

• carved a pumpkin in the shape of the skyrim dragon (hard to see in the dark though)

• did hardly any blogging because I was so stressed out by school.  Every week was torture and I could not see any light at the end of the tunnel
• put in my notice for my job at white house black market.  which felt so good.

November:

• STRESSSTRESSSTRESS
• Had my senior recital

• finished my recital and made it out alive
• worried about money.  a lot.  oh wait, that hasn't changed at all.
• had a wonderful thanksgiving with our friend summer

December:

• Finished my final term of college.  I am a graduate.  an alumnus.
• recorded this rough draft, as well as two other pieces.

• Started playing Far Cry 3.  This happened.

• got super excited for christmas

• Christmas itself ended up being a total bust, but at least there was the westwind trip.

So with a hopefully heart, I'm wishing that this year will be much better than the last.