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a year in review.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Hit a parked car. Been in a relationship. Had a legitimate fear that my dad was going to die. Flew to Chicago, got broken up with. Took the subway. Been asked out by two people…in one day. Kissed a stranger. Had a rebellious day with friends.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I always have ideas of what I want to do, but I do not always follow through. I did lose weight this year though, which was nice. But then I came back to California and gained it back. More health goals will definitely be established for next year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. Baby Kaede!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nearly.
5. What countries did you visit?
Stayed in the country, but went to Illinois and Wisconsin for the first time.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Better health. Honesty.
7.What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
march 14th: new relationship
april 14th: dad goes into the hospital
may 14th: dad gets out of the hospital
hun 25th: flying to Chicago
june 29th: end of relationship
8.What was your biggest achievement of the year?
fending for myself for over a month in a different state. maintaining unusually high grades under immense stress.
9. What was your biggest failure?
feeling like a failure.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I spent the majority of my year sick. I felt betrayed and slightly heartbroken.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
French Connection dress from Chicago. Tickets to concerts. Dinners and coffee with friends. Interesting books.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Adam, Amelia, Jonny, and Tate who were always there for me when I needed it. Myself for having the patience to deal with a bad situation.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My ex-boyfriend’s and my best friend’s. But that is all over now.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
“If It Means A Lot To You” by A Day to Remember
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
I am proud to say that I am happier.
b) thinner or fatter?
a bit of both. unfortunately for the latter.
c) richer or poorer?
it fluctuated between both.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Been braver and taken more risks. More late nights with friends.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Dwelling on things that I had no power over. Worrying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family. It should be a better year.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
It definitely was not love.
22. How many one-night stands?
None in that sense.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Scrubs and Criminal Minds.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I really try not to hate people. My opinions on a few people have definitely changed for the worst this year though.
25. What was the best book you read?
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
A book of Robert Frost’s poetry.
1984 by George Orwell.
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Kings of Leon. Andrew Bird.
Rediscovery and falling back in love with John Mayer and Empires.
27. What did you want and get?
Meaningful nights. Freedom. Money.
28. What did you want and not get?
A lasting relationship. Honesty. A car.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist comes to mind.
So does Wall-E and A Very Long Engagement.
30. What did you do on your birthday?
Dealt with a bitchy friend. Moped. Went out with Jill to Boys’ Town for flirting and Chinese food.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Honesty. Consistency.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Consisted mostly of v-necks, hoodies, and moccasins. More cardigans came into play. Finally became comfortable wearing heels. I would like to think it became a little more sophisticated, when necessary.
33. What kept you sane?
Reading, my friends, coffee, and distraction.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Tie between Michael Guy Chislett and Matthew Gray Gubler.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
I generally do not like being involved, but Prop 8 became a pretty big deal in my life because of how it affected my friends and family.
36. Who did you miss?
Chicago friends. Friends that have drifted away. Tita Marite.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Clay for making me feel comfortable in my own skin and confident with who I am as a person, even if it was only for a short time.
Jacob for coming into my life when I needed a friend that was in the same boat as I. Thank you for being there and helping through all of my personal bullshit.
Tate, I may not have met you this year, but I think we became the closest this year. Thank you for bitch and rant nights and always knowing and understanding how I feel.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009?
Always kill with kindness—it always ends up with the best outcome, sometimes unexpectedly. Learning to open up more to others and just letting people in.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
“You know, it’s nothing new, bad news never had good timing. Then, circle of your friends will defend the silver lining. Pain throws your heart to the ground, love turns the whole thing around. No it won’t all go the way it should, but I know the heart of life is good.”
“The Heart of Life” by John Mayer
The entire song is just all too fitting.
culinary adventures: foreword
christmastime is my favorite time of year
mostly because of vacation, family, and food comas.
so, if any of you actually know me,
you know how much i enjoy cooking.
(and you probably know how much i
want one of those gorgeous bajillion
dollar kitchenaid stand mixers.)
(in red. cough.)
or how much i love going to sur le table
in santa monica or how depressed i get
when i’m in williams sonoma and can’t afford
to even buy a fucking cookie cutter.
anyway.
i decided that i am going post some
of the fun shit that i do / have done
on here. mostly just for myself, but hey,
maybe one of you will find it amusing?
(via loveyourchaos)
"I burp and it taste like the soup."
my Lola is very pinay, so it is about
a million times funnier if she is actually saying it.
it sounds something like this:
“Aye berp und eet taste like de sop.”
I love hanging out with my grandma, haha.
you all know how much i like tattooed boys.
this is for tatey because we survived this semester together.
i thought a dose of ash stymest could stand in place of the champagne
…for now.
Hawaiian Octopus
Snap-happy orangutan clicks with Facebook
A 33-year-old furry photographer is winning fans on Facebook for pictures of her daily life as an orangutan in a Vienna zoo.
Orangutan Nonja’s photos, taken with a camera that dispenses raisins as she snaps, have won over 2000 fans on Facebook (now over 15,000 fans) since the zoo launched an online photo album on Tuesday.
I’m not a fan of much on Facebook but I will become a fan of this.
in all seriousness,
if journalism fails as a career, i am going to culinary school.
"He who angers you conquers you."
Elizabeth Kenny (via simtan) (via quote-book)
i am going to keep this in mind.
Flower-Gathering
I left you in the morning,
And in the morning glow,
You walked a way beside me
To make me sad to go.
Do you know me in the gloaming,
Gaunt and dusty gray with roaming?
Are you dumb because you know me not?
Or dumb because you know?
All for me? And not a question
For the faded flowers gay
That could take me from beside you
For the ages of a day?
They are yours and be the measure
Of their worth for you to treasure,
the measure of the little while
That I’ve been long away.
-Robert Frost
