I've always really enjoyed having my birthday at the beginning of the year; it makes it super easy to remember how old i was when something happened and keeps everything tidy with my age changing almost in sync with everything else. Because of this, i use my age to judge everything.
like if it is Feb. and i am single--say last year--i know that i will not get married until i am at least 25 (being this year).
or when i say that i want to accomplish something in 2013 i know that i will accomplish it while i am 25.
see? everything is simple.
And since today is my birthday eve, i figured i should reminisce what i learned/did during my year of being 24.
(did i ever mention that i didn't know i had my own birthday until i was probably 6 or so? I always thought that mallory and i had the same birthday because mallory and my dad shared a birthday, my mom's was 4 days later and then mine was 11 days after that so we celebrated once for all of us. This probably is the reason why i always wished mallory was my twin growing up...)
like if it is Feb. and i am single--say last year--i know that i will not get married until i am at least 25 (being this year).
or when i say that i want to accomplish something in 2013 i know that i will accomplish it while i am 25.
see? everything is simple.
And since today is my birthday eve, i figured i should reminisce what i learned/did during my year of being 24.
I:
finally have documented proof of how terrifying it is to go bowling with me (and equally dangerous).
caught my third bouquet at a wedding (third times a charm, right? RIGHT?!)
after 8 months of preparation i had over 300 images on display in my BFA final show,
Tithing Child: A Photographic Memoir
after what felt like a million drafts of my speech were approved--i spoke at my college's convocation ceremony and showed the campus (for the 3rd time) images of my sister giving birth...
learned that i have a problem am the champion of holding grudges against past boyfriends that were asses
(still working on that, but lets be honest, we will never be friends. ever)
survived the great disneyland flash flood of 2012 (okay, it was just horrendous rain...) while being trapped on small world--now lovingly know as 'the slow-moving torture device from hell.'
started a blog about awkward dates--probably because of that date with that kid that made up his own name, wanted to take me 'fast food shopping' for dinner, and told me about himself using his kindle since he 'forgot his book of photos that he normally uses'.
moved to manhattan--and then kept moving around manhattan--again and again and again...
figured out that peanut butter balls don't have to be boring balls, they can be dinosaurs!
(and filled with chunks of reese's holiday treats...)
went through a hurricane unscathed.
went out on a date with a Turkish American that met me on the subway and thought i was russian.
(of course there are no photos of that...)
figured out what type of guy thinks i am their type: non-white and non-mormon men
(and if i had photos of the guys who hit on me in Harlem or on Canal Street, well, that would just be weird... creepier than the comments they made to me...)
slept on 5 different couches and in 14 different beds in 5 different states in 5 months.
met dan lauria who plays the dad on my most favorite show of all time, The Wonder Years.
gave uncle sam all my money after a tax blunder
went to six broadway shows
graduated from college and got this cool piece of paper as a 'well done, kid'
ate an entire pack of Hebrew National hot dogs in one week in all sorts of interesting culinary masterpieces.
lost the ten pounds i gained when i was dating tucker
succumbed to Pintrest. i say i did it for work purposes but let's be honest, i secretly want to make little crafts and take photos of my fingernails (which two people at the mall today were convinced were fake, they look that perfect and pink right now...)
and i still don't have any followers, so you should help me out so i don't feel like a failure at something so very simple...
'ran' my first ever race
joined a very sketchy dating site that i am pretty sure is only good for hooking up and not falling love.
had the most drawn out graduation ever.
walk in april
walk/speak in august
actually graduate in december
finally have my name in the program in april of 2013
wore pants to church for the first time (but not the last if it stays so bitterly cold in utah...)
oh and one thing i didn't do was buy a tripod...still...
i have a bfa in photography, that doesn't mean i NEED to have a tripod, right? RIGHT?!
and here's to 2013.
It has had a rocky start but it can only go up from here.
I unpacked my kitchen and most my room, that is a HUGE improvement in my life already.