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In retrospect, 2010 has been the most amazing and life fullfilling year of my life. I am thankful in so many ways. And I am truly excited for 2011. I'm looking forward to an even better year and a bright future :)
Here are some of my many reasons that I am happy and grateful:
In 2010 by Month:
1) January brought an end to my depression and heartache. After 6 months of wallowing in sorrow over my break up with Chris, I finally was able to accept it and realize that it wasn't a healtrhy relationship;. I was ready to move on and have fun and just be single and do things for myself.
2) February brought on my 21st Birthday. Seeing MSTRKRFT was insane, followed by a wonderful Smiths Vs. The Cure Dance Party at Mohawk Place the day after. The Voors played at Moawk earlier, and a teacher in the art dept at UB is in that band, so a lot of the visual studies students were at Mohawk, so they bought me drinks all night !
I also committed myself in february to participate in The Rumsey Competition Exhibition at UB. I spent 16 hours straight installing and putting my work up on the gallery walls.
3) March gave me great news that I won the Rumsey Competition and was receiving a $2000 scholarship to go towards a trip to London. After my trip, I would have another art opening at UB. I started to feel like my artwork didn't suck as much as I thought it did and that teachers truly respected me as not only a student, but a colleage.
4) April brought an end to a beautiful semester for me. I actually made artwork I was happy with. I made and sewed a boudoir doll from nothing and in total liberation I cut my hair off and glued it on her to give her life. She may contain my hair and my eyelashes and photographs of my eyes, and she is creepy, but she's very important to me.
SHORT BOY HAIR CUT!!!! I loved that haircut so much. I felt amazing.
I also had become very close friends with a guy I met in my classes named Alex.
5) May was a break month for me.
6) June brought on my little love sickness obsession with Rich, that 30 year old guy. As much as I make fun of him and laugh about the whole situation now, I did like him for quite some time. I honestly appreciated our late night walks around Allentown, holding hands and talking about life.
7) July enabled me to not work for an entire month and TRAVEL TO LONDON! I lived in a hotel and did whatever I wanted. I went to every art gallery available and pretended to be normal and not a tourist. I met a handsome french man named Arthur there, and we dated as boyfriend and girlfriend for 3 weeks. He made me realize that men aren't so terrible after all. The time he spent with me made me feel so special. It was like a man was actually interested in my life instead of ignoring me or trying to get in my pants. The best night of my life in London was when I went to Fabric dance club and went home with a DJ. I left London feeling confident and beautiful. I knew I would never be the same. I listened to goldfrapp on the plane ride home and tried not to cry, because London made me be the happiest I have ever been in my life.
8) August was the month I moved out of my parents house and into an awesome apartment in the Elmwood Village area. I was moving in with my two best friends + 1. The apartment seemed hectic and a headache at first, but after painting and settling in, I loved the fact that my apartment could be on a cover of an urban outfitters catalogue.
9) September was a busy busy month for me. I stayed up late and hardly slept. I lived off of coffee and aderall, which I'm not proud of, but I needed it to finish my artwork. I dedicated myself night and day for weeks to completing my photographs for the Rumsey follow up show. On September 15th, the opening was here. The framing, the photos, everything was perfect. I couldn't believe I pulled it together.
10) In October, I gave a warm home to a beautiful little baby kitten. I named her Zelda and she sleeps with me every night. I can't picture my life without her. She's too adorable.
I also started talking to this mysterious and attractive man in my art classes named Derek. We started hanging out and we clicked right away. After a few weeks, we decided to start dating. And I am totally and completely in love with him. I know I want to be with him for the rest of my life. He is the one.
11) School...
12) Finally starting to get more hours at work. Classes are over. I'm very happy because this semester was quite rough.
Goals for the upcoming month/new year:
1) find another job/better paying job
2) Make jewelry with my new jewelry tools
3) Put together an artists portfolio
4) Start and plan a 365 project on Flickr
<3 I hope everyone else was blessed as much as I was this year. Good luck to everyone in 2011.
Here are some of my many reasons that I am happy and grateful:
In 2010 by Month:
1) January brought an end to my depression and heartache. After 6 months of wallowing in sorrow over my break up with Chris, I finally was able to accept it and realize that it wasn't a healtrhy relationship;. I was ready to move on and have fun and just be single and do things for myself.
2) February brought on my 21st Birthday. Seeing MSTRKRFT was insane, followed by a wonderful Smiths Vs. The Cure Dance Party at Mohawk Place the day after. The Voors played at Moawk earlier, and a teacher in the art dept at UB is in that band, so a lot of the visual studies students were at Mohawk, so they bought me drinks all night !
I also committed myself in february to participate in The Rumsey Competition Exhibition at UB. I spent 16 hours straight installing and putting my work up on the gallery walls.
3) March gave me great news that I won the Rumsey Competition and was receiving a $2000 scholarship to go towards a trip to London. After my trip, I would have another art opening at UB. I started to feel like my artwork didn't suck as much as I thought it did and that teachers truly respected me as not only a student, but a colleage.
4) April brought an end to a beautiful semester for me. I actually made artwork I was happy with. I made and sewed a boudoir doll from nothing and in total liberation I cut my hair off and glued it on her to give her life. She may contain my hair and my eyelashes and photographs of my eyes, and she is creepy, but she's very important to me.
SHORT BOY HAIR CUT!!!! I loved that haircut so much. I felt amazing.
I also had become very close friends with a guy I met in my classes named Alex.
5) May was a break month for me.
6) June brought on my little love sickness obsession with Rich, that 30 year old guy. As much as I make fun of him and laugh about the whole situation now, I did like him for quite some time. I honestly appreciated our late night walks around Allentown, holding hands and talking about life.
7) July enabled me to not work for an entire month and TRAVEL TO LONDON! I lived in a hotel and did whatever I wanted. I went to every art gallery available and pretended to be normal and not a tourist. I met a handsome french man named Arthur there, and we dated as boyfriend and girlfriend for 3 weeks. He made me realize that men aren't so terrible after all. The time he spent with me made me feel so special. It was like a man was actually interested in my life instead of ignoring me or trying to get in my pants. The best night of my life in London was when I went to Fabric dance club and went home with a DJ. I left London feeling confident and beautiful. I knew I would never be the same. I listened to goldfrapp on the plane ride home and tried not to cry, because London made me be the happiest I have ever been in my life.
8) August was the month I moved out of my parents house and into an awesome apartment in the Elmwood Village area. I was moving in with my two best friends + 1. The apartment seemed hectic and a headache at first, but after painting and settling in, I loved the fact that my apartment could be on a cover of an urban outfitters catalogue.
9) September was a busy busy month for me. I stayed up late and hardly slept. I lived off of coffee and aderall, which I'm not proud of, but I needed it to finish my artwork. I dedicated myself night and day for weeks to completing my photographs for the Rumsey follow up show. On September 15th, the opening was here. The framing, the photos, everything was perfect. I couldn't believe I pulled it together.
10) In October, I gave a warm home to a beautiful little baby kitten. I named her Zelda and she sleeps with me every night. I can't picture my life without her. She's too adorable.
I also started talking to this mysterious and attractive man in my art classes named Derek. We started hanging out and we clicked right away. After a few weeks, we decided to start dating. And I am totally and completely in love with him. I know I want to be with him for the rest of my life. He is the one.
11) School...
12) Finally starting to get more hours at work. Classes are over. I'm very happy because this semester was quite rough.
Goals for the upcoming month/new year:
1) find another job/better paying job
2) Make jewelry with my new jewelry tools
3) Put together an artists portfolio
4) Start and plan a 365 project on Flickr
<3 I hope everyone else was blessed as much as I was this year. Good luck to everyone in 2011.