Decade in Review (with Pictures!)
2000
-Rang in the New Year with Jean, Ricki, Mark, Jessie, Bob, his Mom, Mom, and Dad.
Mark, Jean, Me, Ricki, Jessie, and Bob on New Year's Eve
-was working at my first job at Bayne Library
-continued learning guitar (Began in summer 1999)
-went to France
-started dating Matt
-got mono
-went to NWMC for the second and last time
Jessie, me, and Andrew. I forget the others' names. July 2000
2001
-went to France, England and Ireland
-got my first ferret, Wyatt and got my turtle Franklin
-our physics class thought the 9-11 pics were photoshops till they made the announcement over the PA system
-wore this really cute dress to homecoming
October 2001, me
2002
-got my belly button pierced
-graduated from high school
Me and Ricki June 2002, Graduation night
-got second ferret, Hermione and my third ferret, Zeus
-entered Carlow
-Matt joined the Airforce
-quit my job at the library and worked at Regina Margherita's, then at Petco
2003
My sister Michelle, my brother Nick, me, and my sister Steph in January 2003
-had my first stint of unemployment
-flew on a plane all by myself for the first time ever (to Texas)
-broke up with Matt, and went out with Teddy instead
-started playing DDR!
-worked at KFC for 5 months
-dropped out of Carlow, thought about being a vet tech or a massage therapist, but then decided to go to CCAC
-got my job at Eckerd
-witnessed the birth of a pididdle
2004
-got engaged to Teddy. He asked me with DDR :D
Me and Teddy at his 21st birthday party, June 2004
-went to Toronto and Niagara Falls with Teddy, our first trip together. Played lots of rhythm games and went to a cool Asian mall
-went to Atlantic City with Teddy
-chose Japanese as my major
2005
-got accepted to Pitt
-turned 21
-got my driver's license and got a car
Me in my car
-started taking classes at Pitt
-went to Canada again
-promoted to assistant manager at Eckerd
-Teddy graduated college
2006
-adopted Tiggy
Me and Tiggy
-took summer intensive Japanese
-sent in my application package to the JET Program
2007
-got an interview with JET
-we drove through an ice storm with Milberry-san to go to DC for the interviews
-was chosen as an alternate
-graduated from college summa cum laude
-upgraded on the first day of upgrades
-got married
Our wedding day, May 2007
-went to Mexico
Us at Tulum, May 2007
-got my Prefecture placement in June, my real placement in July
-moved to Kyoto City, Japan in August
Me with Ruth and our students at the school culture festival, September 2007
-visited Tokyo, Osaka, Nara, Hiroshima, Himeji
2008
-chose to not recontract
-visited Kobe, Kyuushuu, Okinawa
Ruth, Me, and Teddy at Gion Matsuri, July 2008
-returned to the US
-Teddy got a job with John
-I got a job at the JCC
-We got a car
-Prepared my grad school application
-took the ACTFL OPI in Japanese and didn't get a high enough score (I got Intermediate High)
2009
-Accepted to grad school
-went to DC's Sakura Matsuri
Me at Sakura Matsuri
-Quit my shitty job
-went to SF
-Discovered why I felt like shit for the past couple years - under-active thyroid. Began replacement therapy and feel better than I've felt since high school
-Started grad school. I'm disappointed with how easy it is
-Have a 4.0 in grad school for the first half. One more half to go!
-Rang in the New Year with Jean, Ricki, Mark, Jessie, Bob, his Mom, Mom, and Dad.
Mark, Jean, Me, Ricki, Jessie, and Bob on New Year's Eve
-was working at my first job at Bayne Library
-continued learning guitar (Began in summer 1999)
-went to France
-started dating Matt
-got mono
-went to NWMC for the second and last time
Jessie, me, and Andrew. I forget the others' names. July 2000
2001
-went to France, England and Ireland
-got my first ferret, Wyatt and got my turtle Franklin
-our physics class thought the 9-11 pics were photoshops till they made the announcement over the PA system
-wore this really cute dress to homecoming
October 2001, me
2002
-got my belly button pierced
-graduated from high school
Me and Ricki June 2002, Graduation night
-got second ferret, Hermione and my third ferret, Zeus
-entered Carlow
-Matt joined the Airforce
-quit my job at the library and worked at Regina Margherita's, then at Petco
2003
My sister Michelle, my brother Nick, me, and my sister Steph in January 2003
-had my first stint of unemployment
-flew on a plane all by myself for the first time ever (to Texas)
-broke up with Matt, and went out with Teddy instead
-started playing DDR!
-worked at KFC for 5 months
-dropped out of Carlow, thought about being a vet tech or a massage therapist, but then decided to go to CCAC
-got my job at Eckerd
-witnessed the birth of a pididdle
2004
-got engaged to Teddy. He asked me with DDR :D
Me and Teddy at his 21st birthday party, June 2004
-went to Toronto and Niagara Falls with Teddy, our first trip together. Played lots of rhythm games and went to a cool Asian mall
-went to Atlantic City with Teddy
-chose Japanese as my major
2005
-got accepted to Pitt
-turned 21
-got my driver's license and got a car
Me in my car
-started taking classes at Pitt
-went to Canada again
-promoted to assistant manager at Eckerd
-Teddy graduated college
2006
-adopted Tiggy
Me and Tiggy
-took summer intensive Japanese
-sent in my application package to the JET Program
2007
-got an interview with JET
-we drove through an ice storm with Milberry-san to go to DC for the interviews
-was chosen as an alternate
-graduated from college summa cum laude
-upgraded on the first day of upgrades
-got married
Our wedding day, May 2007
-went to Mexico
Us at Tulum, May 2007
-got my Prefecture placement in June, my real placement in July
-moved to Kyoto City, Japan in August
Me with Ruth and our students at the school culture festival, September 2007
-visited Tokyo, Osaka, Nara, Hiroshima, Himeji
2008
-chose to not recontract
-visited Kobe, Kyuushuu, Okinawa
Ruth, Me, and Teddy at Gion Matsuri, July 2008
-returned to the US
-Teddy got a job with John
-I got a job at the JCC
-We got a car
-Prepared my grad school application
-took the ACTFL OPI in Japanese and didn't get a high enough score (I got Intermediate High)
2009
-Accepted to grad school
-went to DC's Sakura Matsuri
Me at Sakura Matsuri
-Quit my shitty job
-went to SF
-Discovered why I felt like shit for the past couple years - under-active thyroid. Began replacement therapy and feel better than I've felt since high school
-Started grad school. I'm disappointed with how easy it is
-Have a 4.0 in grad school for the first half. One more half to go!