so long 2010!

last night was incredible for so many reasons. and by so many reasons, i mean so many people. i feel like i say this too often but it's so true- i know all the best people. i am 100% in love with everyone in my life. the whole night was full of hugging and kissing and gushing and glittery hats and dancing. this was a pretty top notch year- so many good things went down. for example:

• joined temple's improv team
• got involved in temple smash
• subsequently met some of the best people through these activities
• auditioned for a philly improv theater house team and made it and got to know more glorious people
• had a kickass internship at xpn/got to meet sweet bands/actually learn things
• lived in my first apartment (shout out to the south philly furnace! i miss you- mice and all!)
  
• spent three and a half months in london
• learned to love my bike and biking around the city
• fell in love with philadelphia
• gave a eulogy for someone i loved a lot and who influenced me in a huge way.
  
• drove to texas with five lovely ladies
• had an incredible 1920's themed 20th birthday party surrounded by friends (old&new!)
• shaved two heads. not my own.
• bought too many wigs (if that's possible.)
• spent the summer playing in fountains and painting my face and getting dirty and sweaty.
  
• learned so many good new games, including miniature tanks & hinkle finny duster.
  
• got to know myself better. which sounds stupid but was so important. i'm so much more aware of what i want and who i am at the end of 2010.

i could seriously keep going forever. it was such a good year. i think the most valuable thing i learned in the year is that if you want something, you just have to go for it. i really took things into my own hands this year. i wanted internships so i applied. i wanted to be involved in smash so i emailed and wrote sketches and got involved. i wanted to see if i could make a real improv team, so i auditioned. i thought a boy was cute, so i asked him on a date. it was a very grab-the-bull-by-it's-horns kind of year, which is exactly how i like it. i hate uncertainty. making your own opportunities in the best option. 2010 has been an absolutely golden year. thank you for everything.