eh, I should be cleaning, but I don't relly feel like it...

I don't really feel like being overly reflective/introspective/thoughtful/whatever, but... that's okay.

instead of trying to put a lot of thought into this, I think I'm just going to sit down and list all of the changes/big happenings of the past year...

I came out to my friends... I guess that would be the biggest one.

we got daisy... and... crabs...

I went out with katie for 3 months, and daniel for a week, and had other "close encounters" (so to speak) with several other people (I would list them all, but I don't know if they all want to be listed...)

Visted Texas (again) over spring break... and was, of course, sick for half of it.

I started to open up to people more... and apparently I started to mature a lot more...

I mended things up with daniel (we broke up the previous december), became really close friends with daniel, hung out with daniel every time he visited after he moved, went out with daniel, broke up with daniel, quasi-fought (if you can call it that) with daniel, and became friends with daniel again.

Uncle Tas retired, and I was in his last class ever... I also visited him twice, and had several encounters with him at various north liberty locations.

I got my first job, worked there for 5 months, and quit on an impulse after my jerk boss sold the store and everything got really disorganized.

I bought my own car... drove around in the geico parking lot trying to drive daniel's stick shift... spent weeks driving around north liberty trying to master my own car... let kate drive my car around mall/school parking lots after midnight...

was in my first accident. cried a lot. didn't get a ticket b/c the cop felt bad because I was crying.

got to know the "band clique" better.. that's a very good thing. lots of good times together. (movies, southpark, hot tub, homecoming, more movies... remember the orange bowl? that started it all)

was introduced to SKA. *drools*

made it into the jazz ensemble... moved up a chair in wind ensemble... and two chairs in the symphony orchestra... and a chair in the good time band.

didn't make all-state. or ISU.

went to two weeks of all-state music camp, during which I met a lot of awesome crazy people, and remade friendships with a lot more random crazy people, was bitched out by my ex, and was introduced to the so-called "orgy room."

dyed tom's hair green.

oh! went to a rock concert with drew in january. went crowd surfing... came home smelling like pot. was told that if he had to choose between katie, kate, and me... Drew would've killed me... the bastard.

went on the band trip to florida. spent more time with kate in a week than I've probably done in every other month combined... talked a lot in the 26-hour busride, sat on the balcony above the pool and talked, stayed up late, ate crappy food, looked crazy wearing our band uniforms to the hotel breakfast, had our parade rained out... rode lots of rides, spent lots of money... eventually ditched kate for alex and meagan. went back to kate in the end. only because we had to sit together on the bus. *grins*

became more extroverted(ish).

went from hanging out with a bunch of straight people to hanging out with a bunch of queers. they ended up being the same people. lol...

didn't stop biting my nails.

didn't eat any healthier or get any more sleep.

got a lot less sleep, in fact.

learned that having a job and a car is a lot less fun than it first sounds.

learned that growing up is for losers...

learned that I should listen when people tell me not to take certain classes (*cough* AP CHEM *cough*)

Is that it? probably not. that's all I can think of right now, though... and, I dunno... seems like a good enough year for me.

Here's to 2004...

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