2012: the year in review

it was busy. it feels like this year has been a whole lifetime. let's talk about all the things that went down! in no particular order: 

• graduated college 
• moved to south philly
• drove to florida and went to harry potter world
• ate some amazing food in charleston
• went to austin texas with beth cozzolino and learned about sociology/ate a lot of tacos/watched bats
• hosted awesome theme parties including librarian's delight, classic toga, and a wizard surprise party
• started working full time at Sprout
• had a successful 12-show run of our improvised B-movie with my improv team, Asteroid!
• went to Sufjan's christmas concert 
• fell more in love with MikeYaz
• roadtripped to New Hampshire with a bunch of crazy people
• fell in love with my bike again
• brunched a stupid amount
• learned to make amazing sours mix
• won free tickets to the led zeppelin experience and got to live like a VIP for two hours
• accidentally ate a raw shrimp
• said goodbye to Great Place
• got a flat tire in the trader joe's parking lot
• ran/walked a 5K (color run color fun!)
• sent a lot of mail
• had a misunderstood halloween costume (sybil! from downton abbey! come on people!)
• showed off my city to my aunts and my mom/other mothers
• got better at the ukulele
• roadtripped to the midwest. saw kim's crazy college life, ate two dinners in one night in chicago, drank fishbowls on a tuesday in ohio, made a stuffed ghost buster pole dance at iup. 
• watched a lot of netflix
• went on the harrisburg house tour and rode a motorcycle 
• made a superhero short film 
• wrote a spec script that was formulated with a friend over drunk mexican food 
• said goodbye to an amazing improviser and writing partner unexpectedly in august. 
• gained weight from the excessive brunching and boozing. i have a serious brunch/beer booty working now. 
• sat in a hot tub for too long drinking baileys.
• drank beers in a canoe with my cousin. 
• built a tee-pee
• fell more deeply in love with everyone in my life. got better at accepting things for what they are. crossed off my lists. changed my mind about things. starting seeing people through the eyes of their mothers. cried about how wonderful everything is. cried a lot in general. drove to and from harrisburg by myself dozens of times, thinking about how blessed i am and how full my heart feels.

i hope this upcoming year is full of the same. and it will be. because i want it to be that way and so i shall make it that way. 

2012 resolutions: let's check in

i resolved a lot of things this time last year. i posted the list on my blog, kept it written in the back of my notebook, and was diligent in making sure things got crossed off. here's how it went:

• go on a new england road trip. DONE! went up to new hampshire with the TU crew this past August.
• do something different with my hair. DONE!  I cut that mane down!
• build a tee pee. DONE! it stands proudly in the corner of my living room.
• graduate college. DONE! this was definitely a freebie.
• fix up my etsy. kind of done. i listed a bunch of things to try to move old stock and i'm hoping to re-vamp everything in the coming months.
• go to chicago. DONE! only got to spend a day here but it was wonderful.  i want to go back with mikeyaz in tow.
• learn three full songs on the ukulele. DONE! santa baby, sentimental heart, chimbly sweep, vibe so hot, you and i - i'm all over this one.
• more karaoke, more wigs, more theme parties. DONE! new favorite karaoke song is "In the End" by linkin park. new favorite wig is my short black bob. favorite theme party of the year was librarian's delight. or wizard party. or no white sheets toga party. it's a toss-up. 
• throw a dinner party. DONE! french onion soup, pumpkin & spinach mac'n'cheese, spinach salad with warm bacon dressing. carly, tim, ben, katy, laura, jonah, suzie, and scott were all in attendance.
• knit a sweater. kind of done. half way done. work in progress. 
• go to more concerts. DONE! sufjan stevens, led zeppelin experience,
• learn a few conversational words in a foreign language. nothing on this one. i'll push it into the new year.

not too shabby, amigos. i think i was pretty good at achieving goals this past year - i have a book full of crossed off to-do lists to prove it. up next: 2013 resolutions.