a year looking back

Here has been some notable experiences in 2008:

-lost my job
-filed unemployment
-said goodbye to the house where i grew up
-said goodbye to the state where i grew up
-travels to Texas, NorCal, Oregon, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Mexico, South Carolina, and North Carolina
-got a new job
-quit my new job
-saw the redwood trees
-surfed in jeans in santa cruz CA
-saw yosemite NP
-applied and got accepted to seminary
-did a mission trip in watts
-declined on going to seminary
-saw my best friend get married
-was the best man in a wedding
-met a rad girl by surprise
-pursued rad girl,
-was ignored by rad girl
-eventually rad girl became girlfriend
-went to salt lake city with rad girl for a wedding
-entered serious long distance relationship with rad girl
-decided my time in LA is coming to a close; decided i want to teach english overseas in 2009
-started reading/writing and journaling again consistently
-got my first ipod
-had my first christmas away from the home where I grew up.
-realized that home is the people you are with, not a place
-discovered great music
-was let down by new music
-met many new friends

looking forward to what 2009 brings