Monday, January 1, 2018

a look back at my 2017

2017 is over. my goodness. it has been... a year

i've actually been keeping a list of some things that happened this year & was planning to make a video but it was too much work so here's the list instead:
  • tried smashburger for the first time
  • got 3 strikes when bowling (my second time)
  • girl meets world was cancelled
  • i voted for the first time (clinton vs. trump, yikes)
  • trump became president (also yikes)
  • graduated from lone star
  • got my associates
  • got my first ever check for an artwork
  • lonestar bought 3 of my submissions to the student art exhibition
  • went to texas art supply for the first time
  • went to the aquarium for the first time
  • touched a sting ray (for like a second but still)
  • bought myself a necklace i really wanted (bar necklace w cali, texas, & maryland on it)
  • met my reading goal of 52 books 
  • started & finished friends
  • last season of teen wolf
  • used illustrator for the first time
  • got the last book of/re-read the DIMILY (did i mention i love you) trilogy
  • discovered allie x
  • took ceramics at lonestar & talked to megan for the first time --> we became friends
  • met her bf david & we also became friends
  • we did a photoshoot at towne lake on the last day of the semester
  • used the potter's wheel for the first time
  • went to cap 1 camp
  • met my friends anthony & david
  • became a HSTT (brown scarf w red stripe) in TNTT
  • did my first ever painting series
  • helped w my friend austin's promposal
  • became a HT (red scarf) in TNTT
  • went to mod pizza for the first time
  • went to coco's crepes for the first time
  • watched everything everything
  • went to servant leader retreat
  • watched guardians of the galaxy 2
  • started & finished switched at birth
  • watched justice league
  • volunteered at youth day to take pictures
  • my friend bought me every book on my amazon wish list
  • designed & sold my mountain design t-shirt
  • turned 20 & had a fun birthday party
  • john gave me a polaroid for my birthday
  • went kayaking for the first time for HS fun day
  • had 2 downtown adventures
  • went to local foods for the first time
  • went to common bond for the first time
  • went to the kitchen at the dunlavy for the first time
  • went to sharetea for the first time
  • tried star jelly for the first time
  • watched descendants 2
  • took pictures at the biscuit wall for the first time
  • watched & finished grey's anatomy (or at least, what's on netflix)
  • my mom's boss paid me for a portrait
  • my friend broke my camera screen
  • my friend bought me a replacement camera body
  • hurricane harvey
  • got accepted to UH
  • started my first semester at UH
  • designed a photography logo for izamar & got paid for that
  • designed a tattoo for thieny & got paid for that
  • started & finished the office 
  • rekindled a friendship
  • started watching the lodge
  • started watching that 70's show on netflix
  • re-watched red band society
  • re-watched jane by design
  • ran the facepainting booth at hoi cho
  • watched boss baby
  • had my first ever mini friendsgiving
  • made a custom-pet shirt for a friend
  • volunteered at dai hoi nghia hiep
  • went to dt/dp camp at la vang
  • john gave me an easel 
  • took the metro for the first time
  • started a bullet journal
  • got my first ever B(+) since i started college
  • took my first ever design class
  • anniversary of my grandpa passing away
  • played white elephant for the first time
  • took anthony's senior pictures
  • re-painted mine & brenda's room
  • net neutrality
  • went to MD for winter
  • went to fish taco for the first time
  • went to columbia mall
  • hung out w my friends tony & alex (in MD)
  • went to georgetown cupcakes
  • went to clarksburg outlet
  • it snowed in MD while i was actually there (for the first time since forever)
  • got 207 subscribers on youtube
i've gone/accomplished a lot more than i thought i did in 2017. let's see if i can beat that in 2018!

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