2009 Was a Fucking Horrible Year!
-Actually made some friends at OCC!... during my last semester.
-Participated in U of M Dearborn's Alternative Spring Break. Changed an amputees life for the better.
-Went on 6 ride-a-longs with ROPD.
-Became a couchsurfer.
-...
-Transferred to U of M-Dearborn on a whim.
-Experienced my first, second, ...eighteenth gay bar.
-Had the worst birthday of my life.
-Watched a cocaine addict relapse.
-Spent the *whole* night
----(big deal when you still live with your parents! lmao)
-Discovered Soul Train Dance Line videos on Youtube.
-Created the gun permit that allowed a 26 year old girl with Paranoid Schizophrenia to buy a gun and commit suicide.
-Went to the Fisher Theater for the first time.
-(Re)Discovered the wonderful music scene in the area.
(Including-- Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful, Frontier Ruckus, The Macpodz, Photographers, Anna Ash & the Family Tree, Laurel Premo, Breathe Owl Breathe, Mayer Hawthorne, [Mister], Seth Bernard & Daisy May, Orpheum Bell, Who Hit John?, Greensky Bluegrass, )
-Had my palm read; with scary accuracy.
-Met Lindsea. Platonic true love at first sight.
-Had the worst semester of my life.
-Saw the first girl from our middle/high school "group" get married!
-Went to a "Nerd Party" in Ann Arbor and wore my actual 3rd grade glasses and a t-shirt from 1st grade. lmao.
-Toured 18 miles of Detroit and Belle Isle by bike!
-Got my first speeding ticket.
-Became a wino...
----And a mead-o... lol
-Was forced(through circumstance) to finally introduce a guy to my parents. Damn!
-Spent about a month and 30+ hours surveying a poor, mainly Latino neighborhood in South West Detroit all by myself. And successfully lied to my parents about it! (cause they freeeaked out when i told them what some of us were gonna have to do)
-Had to press the panic button at work because i was in fear for my safety.
----Was later told i was the first person EVER to press that button... 0_o
-Learned the TRUE definition of a feminist, rather than the one i had always been TOLD was a feminist.
-Discovered the awesome alternative dance scene in Detroit!! Yeah Funk Night! and The Bang! in A2.
-Quit Plato's Closet.
-Found out what it was like to have a chronic illness.
-Had to take someones keys away from them.
-Went to my first gay prom! (volunteering at Affirmations Community Center)
-Experienced my first real relationship.
----Experienced my first real breakup.
----Never found out what he meant.
-Watched the Detroit Fireworks (first time!) from the roof of a loft in Corktown with my sis and her bf. :)
-Checked out a hot guy in suspenders for about 40 minutes while at the August Funk Night, only to realize later that it was my ex-boyfriend. FML. FML. FML. FML. FML...
-Joined a dating site
----Had moderate success...
-Had my wisdom teeth removed
-Had the best and most creative date ever :)
-Found out my Uncle Dan's cancer came back, and that this time it's likely terminal :'(
-Bowled at the Garden Bowl! (Oldest Bowling Alley in the U.S.!!)
-Became insanely allergic(to a ton of things) seemingly overnight.
-Fucking sinus infection!
-Discovered Music festivals!!
-*ALMOST* got to spelunk the Packard Plant.... (Damnit, i will get there someday!!!)
-Was introduced to the shows "Trailer Park Boys" and "Dr. Who"!!....
-ROTHBURY with Lindsea!!
----Volunteered with the Green Team. Felt badass for digging through trash...
----My ex found me, in the middle of FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE. ...it did not go well.
----Volunteered backstage during Flogging Molly!! and watched part of their show FROM backstage!!! ...like ON the scaffolding part of the backstage! It was amazing!!
----Ran into my friend Doug twice! Was a real peach and snuck me a large amount of tequila from the bar after my ex succeeded in giving me a mild panic attack.
----Took my first milk jug shower!
-Hollerfest!
----First time i ever camped alone! (and I was not ravaged, raped, or murdered.. which is basically what my parents told me would happen).
----Met Houston. *Swoon*
----Saw and hung out with Doug, Jade and Katie. Had a barefoot dance party to a 20 minute version of Paul Simon's "Graceland".
----Blew a tire on I-94 while on the way home, and almost lost control of the car.
----Gained a creepy creeper named Jim Smith. Ugh.
-Harvest Gathering!
----Rolled around in the hay, in a barn. quite literally...
----Camped IN the woods, not next to them!
----Tree swing love!
----Drove up there with my new festival buddies.. Jade, Michayla and Doug
-Participated in U of M Dearborn's Alternative Spring Break. Changed an amputees life for the better.
-Went on 6 ride-a-longs with ROPD.
-Became a couchsurfer.
-...
-Transferred to U of M-Dearborn on a whim.
-Experienced my first, second, ...eighteenth gay bar.
-Had the worst birthday of my life.
-Watched a cocaine addict relapse.
-Spent the *whole* night
----(big deal when you still live with your parents! lmao)
-Discovered Soul Train Dance Line videos on Youtube.
-Created the gun permit that allowed a 26 year old girl with Paranoid Schizophrenia to buy a gun and commit suicide.
-Went to the Fisher Theater for the first time.
-(Re)Discovered the wonderful music scene in the area.
(Including-- Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful, Frontier Ruckus, The Macpodz, Photographers, Anna Ash & the Family Tree, Laurel Premo, Breathe Owl Breathe, Mayer Hawthorne, [Mister], Seth Bernard & Daisy May, Orpheum Bell, Who Hit John?, Greensky Bluegrass, )
-Had my palm read; with scary accuracy.
-Met Lindsea. Platonic true love at first sight.
-Had the worst semester of my life.
-Saw the first girl from our middle/high school "group" get married!
-Went to a "Nerd Party" in Ann Arbor and wore my actual 3rd grade glasses and a t-shirt from 1st grade. lmao.
-Toured 18 miles of Detroit and Belle Isle by bike!
-Got my first speeding ticket.
-Became a wino...
----And a mead-o... lol
-Was forced(through circumstance) to finally introduce a guy to my parents. Damn!
-Spent about a month and 30+ hours surveying a poor, mainly Latino neighborhood in South West Detroit all by myself. And successfully lied to my parents about it! (cause they freeeaked out when i told them what some of us were gonna have to do)
-Had to press the panic button at work because i was in fear for my safety.
----Was later told i was the first person EVER to press that button... 0_o
-Learned the TRUE definition of a feminist, rather than the one i had always been TOLD was a feminist.
-Discovered the awesome alternative dance scene in Detroit!! Yeah Funk Night! and The Bang! in A2.
-Quit Plato's Closet.
-Found out what it was like to have a chronic illness.
-Had to take someones keys away from them.
-Went to my first gay prom! (volunteering at Affirmations Community Center)
-Experienced my first real relationship.
----Experienced my first real breakup.
----Never found out what he meant.
-Watched the Detroit Fireworks (first time!) from the roof of a loft in Corktown with my sis and her bf. :)
-Checked out a hot guy in suspenders for about 40 minutes while at the August Funk Night, only to realize later that it was my ex-boyfriend. FML. FML. FML. FML. FML...
-Joined a dating site
----Had moderate success...
-Had my wisdom teeth removed
-Had the best and most creative date ever :)
-Found out my Uncle Dan's cancer came back, and that this time it's likely terminal :'(
-Bowled at the Garden Bowl! (Oldest Bowling Alley in the U.S.!!)
-Became insanely allergic(to a ton of things) seemingly overnight.
-Fucking sinus infection!
-Discovered Music festivals!!
-*ALMOST* got to spelunk the Packard Plant.... (Damnit, i will get there someday!!!)
-Was introduced to the shows "Trailer Park Boys" and "Dr. Who"!!....
-ROTHBURY with Lindsea!!
----Volunteered with the Green Team. Felt badass for digging through trash...
----My ex found me, in the middle of FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE. ...it did not go well.
----Volunteered backstage during Flogging Molly!! and watched part of their show FROM backstage!!! ...like ON the scaffolding part of the backstage! It was amazing!!
----Ran into my friend Doug twice! Was a real peach and snuck me a large amount of tequila from the bar after my ex succeeded in giving me a mild panic attack.
----Took my first milk jug shower!
-Hollerfest!
----First time i ever camped alone! (and I was not ravaged, raped, or murdered.. which is basically what my parents told me would happen).
----Met Houston. *Swoon*
----Saw and hung out with Doug, Jade and Katie. Had a barefoot dance party to a 20 minute version of Paul Simon's "Graceland".
----Blew a tire on I-94 while on the way home, and almost lost control of the car.
----Gained a creepy creeper named Jim Smith. Ugh.
-Harvest Gathering!
----Rolled around in the hay, in a barn. quite literally...
----Camped IN the woods, not next to them!
----Tree swing love!
----Drove up there with my new festival buddies.. Jade, Michayla and Doug