2016 Year in Review
Fourth year in a row!
Overall 2016 was an amazing year personally despite what was going on with politics and all the celebrities, people, and animals we lost.
It will be a year forever etched in my memory.
Read on.
1. What did you do in 2016 that you'd never done before?
Attended first rap concert!
First hot stone massage.
Saw sakura in Japan at springtime #lifegoals
First cello rock concert.
Traveled with my friend of 26 years for the first time just the two of us.
Met Weezer!!
Finally saw Rancid, The Living End, and Green Day live!
Went to a Good Charlotte concert after 13 years.
Osric Chau meet and greet, my first meet and greet at the Supernatural convention!
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make any. I tried to make one for this year but already broke it within the day, it was to not swear.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that close but my coworker gave birth to a baby girl at the beginning of December.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My cousin passed away from kidney failure in the summer. Also the outside cat we took care of, Snowball, passed away earlier in the year.
5. What countries did you visit?
Taiwan, Japan.
6. What would you like to have in 2017 that you lacked in 2016?
How about some romance? But this would be something I have lacked my entire life.
7. What date(s) from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
1/1 Rancid show
1/15 The City Drive show!
1/31 Bone Thugs N Harmony
2/13 Vertigo at the San Francisco Symphony
2/27 O-Town
3/28-4/11 Taiwan and Japan trip with dad
5/15 UC Davis Young Alumni Reception, Break of Reality show
6/23-24 Pacific Veterinary Conference, SF
6/25-26 Cat Con LA
7/10 Gwendoline's Birthday Party/Charity Event
7/31 Weezer
8/6 Warped Tour (after 10 years)
8/25 The Living End
8/26-28 Las Vegas, MY2K Tour
9/9-14 PA/Washington DC trip
10/22 Yellowcard Final World Tour
10/25 Good Charlotte (after 13 years)
11/1 Sum 41
11/13 Shrem Museum opening
11/23 Dat Phan comedy show
12/2-4 Supernatural SF Con
12/10 Not So Silent Night 2
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I became the lead doctor of my hospital.
Quad photo with Supernatural cast.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
So many things but it has to be the cat shirt I bought from warped tour that has a chubby cat with money that states 'Girls Don't Like Boys, Girls Like Cats and Money'. Shout out to GC!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All the bands I got to see this year, my friends, and cats.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Clients especially around the holidays. People do NOT get nicer around the holidays, they get meaner.
Also all the people who could have voted this year but did not, like 50%.
14. Where did most of your money go?
See above events and trips. A lot of money went to the Supernatural Convention, enough to equal one of my student loan payments.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
OMG, The City Drive Reunion show, aka the best night of my life.
Also of course the Supernatural convention!
16. What song will always remind you of 2016?
Yellowcard's "Rest In Peace"
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
-Wiser? I think so.
-Healthier? Maybe or about the same.
-Richer? Possibly but then I spent a lot of it.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I pretty much went to all the shows/events I wanted to go to. #noregrets
I wish I drew more though.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
I guess I wished I was more thrifty with my spending.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent Christmas at home opening gifts and taking pictures which is our tradition. I also went to church and lunch with my mom. We discovered a new Vietnamese place in the city.
22. Did you fall in love in 2016?
Lee Soo Hyuk!! That voice and how he reminds me of a vampire, and actually played one twice.
23. How many one-night stands?
None. Always none.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Supernatural
Heroes Reborn
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Probably so because I'm a hater.
26. What was the best book you read?
Scott Weiland's 'Not Dead and Not For Sale'
I also read through most of every article of the Rolling Stone subscription I somehow got for free.
And I finished 'Where Are They Buried?' by Tod Benoit after like hella years of having that book lying around.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Not really a discovery but a renewal of love for Good Charlotte!
Also listened to a lot of Eric Nam and Royal Pirates.
28. What did you want and get?
See above.
29. What did you want and not get?
A man of my own.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The only new film I watched, because I don't really watch that many movies, was "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2".
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
On the actual day I went to Herbivore with my mom. My friend Courtney and her cat also stopped by my house to exchange gifts. I turned 31.
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Lee Soo Hyuk mainly but also Seo In Guk
And don't forget, Misha Collins is my #mancrusheveryday.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2016?
Not much of a change, except for the incorporation of bomber jackets. I also finally got a Castiel costume.
34. What kept you sane?
Music, art, the events above.
35. Who did you miss?
U-KISS! USA tour please!
Most of the 94+ celebrities who passed.
Some people who left work.
36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2016.
The important lesson I learned is that I have to do the best that I can in being a steward for animals and the earth because a lot of people just don't care, and although that makes me very upset, I'm going to keep going strong with my beliefs and what I know is right.
37. What did you gain this year?
Lots of cool items, new staff, new skills.
38. What did you lose this year?
Some money, staff at work.
39. Who was the best new person you met?
Gwendoline Yeo, the actress, and Brandi, a fellow vegan cat lover.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"Going through these life changes
Gotta keep my feet moving
I'm looking up at the sky
Gotta keep my eyes open
Gonna keep my mind racing
I keep on trying to fly"
Good Charlotte "Life Changes"
Overall 2016 was an amazing year personally despite what was going on with politics and all the celebrities, people, and animals we lost.
It will be a year forever etched in my memory.
Read on.
1. What did you do in 2016 that you'd never done before?
Attended first rap concert!
First hot stone massage.
Saw sakura in Japan at springtime #lifegoals
First cello rock concert.
Traveled with my friend of 26 years for the first time just the two of us.
Met Weezer!!
Finally saw Rancid, The Living End, and Green Day live!
Went to a Good Charlotte concert after 13 years.
Osric Chau meet and greet, my first meet and greet at the Supernatural convention!
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make any. I tried to make one for this year but already broke it within the day, it was to not swear.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that close but my coworker gave birth to a baby girl at the beginning of December.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My cousin passed away from kidney failure in the summer. Also the outside cat we took care of, Snowball, passed away earlier in the year.
5. What countries did you visit?
Taiwan, Japan.
6. What would you like to have in 2017 that you lacked in 2016?
How about some romance? But this would be something I have lacked my entire life.
7. What date(s) from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
1/1 Rancid show
1/15 The City Drive show!
1/31 Bone Thugs N Harmony
2/13 Vertigo at the San Francisco Symphony
2/27 O-Town
3/28-4/11 Taiwan and Japan trip with dad
5/15 UC Davis Young Alumni Reception, Break of Reality show
6/23-24 Pacific Veterinary Conference, SF
6/25-26 Cat Con LA
7/10 Gwendoline's Birthday Party/Charity Event
7/31 Weezer
8/6 Warped Tour (after 10 years)
8/25 The Living End
8/26-28 Las Vegas, MY2K Tour
9/9-14 PA/Washington DC trip
10/22 Yellowcard Final World Tour
10/25 Good Charlotte (after 13 years)
11/1 Sum 41
11/13 Shrem Museum opening
11/23 Dat Phan comedy show
12/2-4 Supernatural SF Con
12/10 Not So Silent Night 2
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I became the lead doctor of my hospital.
Quad photo with Supernatural cast.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
So many things but it has to be the cat shirt I bought from warped tour that has a chubby cat with money that states 'Girls Don't Like Boys, Girls Like Cats and Money'. Shout out to GC!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All the bands I got to see this year, my friends, and cats.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Clients especially around the holidays. People do NOT get nicer around the holidays, they get meaner.
Also all the people who could have voted this year but did not, like 50%.
14. Where did most of your money go?
See above events and trips. A lot of money went to the Supernatural Convention, enough to equal one of my student loan payments.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
OMG, The City Drive Reunion show, aka the best night of my life.
Also of course the Supernatural convention!
16. What song will always remind you of 2016?
Yellowcard's "Rest In Peace"
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
-Wiser? I think so.
-Healthier? Maybe or about the same.
-Richer? Possibly but then I spent a lot of it.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I pretty much went to all the shows/events I wanted to go to. #noregrets
I wish I drew more though.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
I guess I wished I was more thrifty with my spending.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent Christmas at home opening gifts and taking pictures which is our tradition. I also went to church and lunch with my mom. We discovered a new Vietnamese place in the city.
22. Did you fall in love in 2016?
Lee Soo Hyuk!! That voice and how he reminds me of a vampire, and actually played one twice.
23. How many one-night stands?
None. Always none.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Supernatural
Heroes Reborn
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Probably so because I'm a hater.
26. What was the best book you read?
Scott Weiland's 'Not Dead and Not For Sale'
I also read through most of every article of the Rolling Stone subscription I somehow got for free.
And I finished 'Where Are They Buried?' by Tod Benoit after like hella years of having that book lying around.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Not really a discovery but a renewal of love for Good Charlotte!
Also listened to a lot of Eric Nam and Royal Pirates.
28. What did you want and get?
See above.
29. What did you want and not get?
A man of my own.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The only new film I watched, because I don't really watch that many movies, was "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2".
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
On the actual day I went to Herbivore with my mom. My friend Courtney and her cat also stopped by my house to exchange gifts. I turned 31.
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Lee Soo Hyuk mainly but also Seo In Guk
And don't forget, Misha Collins is my #mancrusheveryday.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2016?
Not much of a change, except for the incorporation of bomber jackets. I also finally got a Castiel costume.
34. What kept you sane?
Music, art, the events above.
35. Who did you miss?
U-KISS! USA tour please!
Most of the 94+ celebrities who passed.
Some people who left work.
36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2016.
The important lesson I learned is that I have to do the best that I can in being a steward for animals and the earth because a lot of people just don't care, and although that makes me very upset, I'm going to keep going strong with my beliefs and what I know is right.
37. What did you gain this year?
Lots of cool items, new staff, new skills.
38. What did you lose this year?
Some money, staff at work.
39. Who was the best new person you met?
Gwendoline Yeo, the actress, and Brandi, a fellow vegan cat lover.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"Going through these life changes
Gotta keep my feet moving
I'm looking up at the sky
Gotta keep my eyes open
Gonna keep my mind racing
I keep on trying to fly"
Good Charlotte "Life Changes"