In the short few months since last october I have made amazing life progress. I am happy to say I have
1. Moved away from home.
2. Am almost done with my bills so I can finish school.
3. Lost amazing friends.
4. Gained amazing friends.
5. Traveled to NYC and discovered an amazing band of drama kids from every part of the world.
6. Am facebook friends with all 30-something of them.
7. Discovered my utterly deep love of people who are diverse and different and I fiend for more of them every day.
8. Met an amazing girl from Australia whom at the age of 19 is the most amazing and intelligent person I've come to know and who's bitter angst and verbal play and writing is on a par much matched to my thought processes. It makes me giddy and I love her. She is a lost sibling in my mind brimmed with the soul of a bright alcoholic and her name is Micaela.
9. Discovered my best friend is not who I thought he was. And its another growing process as I struggle with cutting off yet another tie that has been most dear to me since I've moved from home but its a relationship making me lose more than I am gaining.
10. Said best friend is ironically my roommate and I am struggling mostly because I cannot live with my mother again.
11. Am discovering myself by stepping outside myself and doing things I never thought I'd do that I always wanted to do. Like piercing my nose (done) and streaking my hair purple (this Friday) and no its not a belated rebellious teenage stage. Its finally a reflection of my personality I've always wished to emulate but never had the guts to go do it.
12. Am grateful for every moment, every loss, every tear, every failure, every success, every friend gained, every friend lost, every opportunity, every experience gained, every heartbreak. And am learning to take in all of it and realize it is making me a stronger person and putting me on a road that will be less traveled by but still an amazing journey.
I wouldn't trade 2009 for all the guaranteed pleasurable bliss in the world.
