Party like it's... 1999 + 10?

The year is closing soon, and because I have nothing better to do at the present moment, I'll recap first yesterday (since it's freshest in my mind) and then the whole year. Aaaaaaaand here we go.

Alex and I journeyed to San Fransisco yesterday without any real plans in mind. I'm actually surprised things went as well as they did. After checking out some shops around Market street, we realized we were hungry, so we ate at this cute little bistro in the middle of a deserted street, down a block from Union Square. We could even see the giant Christmas tree in the distance from where we sat. After that we walked to the Metreon, hoping to catch a showing of Sherlock Holmes. Amazingly, it wasn't playing (probably because Avatar was taking up half the theater). So instead we went to a tea lounge overlooking Yerba Buena Gardens, and sat for an hour. Normally I'm not really a tea person, but we got the most delicious chai tea I've ever had, and a Earl Red which grew on me. It was nice to just sit and relax, looking out over the park. Earlier in the day I had wanted to go to Fisherman's Wharf, but Alex reminded me about Haight and Ashbury. So after trying to figure out which bus to catch (a nice native showed us the right one), and a shortish jerky bus ride, we were there! We checked out the music shop first, which I was frankly a little disappointed with, since you couldn't touch the instruments unless you asked. I did end up finding a fiddle book, which I'll hopefully use more when I get better (I decided to pick up the instrument again. We'll see how this goes.) Then we just strolled up and down the street, checking out exchange, vintage, and thrift stops. I found a dress for the new year's party tonight! It was getting late, and dark, so we headed back to Market to get on Bart and go home. It was a really pleasant San Fransisco experience.

ANYHOW.

In beginning to recap the year, I realized that that was this blog's original purpose. At the beginning of 2009, 365 projects began springing up everywhere, so I jumped on the bandwagon as well.

I started to re-read all my previous posts, but there's over a hundred, and I really don't say anything about my life. The posts are more musings and commentary on small events, rather than descriptive detail of my life.

2009 was filled with a lot of life-changing events, like me graduating high school and going to college. Senior year in high school was completely different than previous years, both in a negative and positive way. I missed my class of '08 friends, and wasn't involved in theater as much as normal. I was ready to be DONE with high school, and just ready to move on. During the summer I worked for the city as a camp counselor, which I think I'll do again. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, which I didn't really tell anyone about until I accidentally blurted it out one night. Besides the fact that I didn't know how to deal with it, I didn't really feel like talking or thinking about it. It was scary, especially when we didn't know how bad the cancer was, or what the next steps were. Luckily, after some surgeries and tests, we found out that the cancer was benign and that she didn't carry the gene for the cancer, which means Becky and I have a better chance of NOT getting it. In the fall, I headed down south for UCLA. I had the hardest time deciding where to go to school, and I'm happy to report that I made the right choice. I love UCLA, have a steady group of friends, and just finished a successful first quarter. I'm even excited to go back and start winter quarter. After being here for three and a half weeks, I've realized that there is not much for me here now. I've also picked a major! After winter quarter I can apply to the engineering school, and hopefully transfer successfully to the computer science major. Ultimately, I want to move back to the Silicon Valley and work at some tech company (like Google or Apple, etc.). LA is great and all, but I love the Bay Area.

Well, that's about all. I think I'll go make some crepes now.

Sometimes

I just want to cuddle.