The Year in Retrospect

Oh geez, I'm so sorry guys. I haven't posted in months. >.< I got so busy, and never knew what to post in the first place.

So, I had to go through old messages and statuses to remember some of the things that went on this year. I stopped writing in my journal in early February, so I just remembered January through that. Heh. So I've just given an overview of my year, with the highlights of each month.

January Start of my Torchwood/ John Barrowman phase. I had received my portable DVD player last Christmas, so I remember lying in my bed watching Torchwood, eating M’n’Ms from my light bulb. (Not an actual one, but a glass thing in the shape of a lightbulb. I still put sweets in it occasionally) On the 5th, I found my favourite Torchwood episode, entitled, “Captain Jack Harkness.” I don’t remember anything else happening in January.
February Olympics were really fun to watch! Switchfoot came to play at the Blacksheep, but I never made it there, I was sad for a while, I’ve been waiting for a while for the chance to see them. I haven’t yet though, sadly. My friends and I came up with our phrase “You’re a slice of my orange.” On the fifteenth, I had a three way phone call with Lee and Michael. First time I talked on the phone with either one of them. It was fun. :D
March I don’t really remember anything that happened in March. I did watch some fourth doctor Doctor Who.
April TOK Camp was fun. It gave us a glimpse of what would happen in class in the fall, and I really enjoyed it. I went to a Kings show at the loft where I met Theresa. She’s awesome . She, Bryce, Steven and I hung out at Acacia late at night, which was fun. I like downtown at night. I started talking to Jay more. “The Eleventh Hour” aired.
May Finishing up junior year. I don’t think it was too stressful though, so it was all good. I went to Amanda’s grad party as well as bowling for Jay’s party. They were both fun. I stopped liking someone, which was a huge relief.
June Summer. XD I believe I had my minor Skins phase. Jay and I started talking pretty much late every night. He started to grow as an older brother type person to me. Still is. ^_^ June marked the start of my Brothers and Sisters phase. Had a game night with my group, came up with our voodoo neighbor thing.
July Walked around memorial park with Mary one day. Made me realize as much as I love being around my whole group, it’s really nice to have a few hours to focus on just spending time with one of them. Lily’s birthday party, we all went to the zoo. I went to the Renaissance fair with Mary, Lily and Ani. I got my permit. I haven’t driven much since then, though. I think I started to watch Ally McBeal back in July. I also believe that my Glee phase started back in July as well.
August Went to the Kings of the Cardboard Castle concert where they announced their name change. Flies with Buffalo is easier to type/write out. Haha.[Edit]I LOVE YOU JAY! Sorry, guys, but I forgot that this is when his band, The Tuesday played the same show. They were fun. :D[/Edit] Had the house to myself for a week. Slept over at Lily’s on my birthday, then Alyssa’s birthday party the next day. I turned 17. Start of senior year. I remember a day my group ate outside and it was somewhat cloudy, and we discussed what Daleks would taste like. It was fun.
September Homecoming game the 24th, homecoming dance on the 25th. We won the game, but it was a close one. We hadn't won the past two years, and I like to think it was a gift for my senior year. xD I hung out with my group before the dance, getting ready. That was fun, and the Dance was memorable. I’ll always look back on it fondly. I did most of my 30 day challenge, which I didn’t finish, sorry, guys.
October I had a great start to the month, but the month went by really fast. I remember being really excited that October was starting, and then it went by like that and I didn’t want November to start. Palmer-Doherty game. We won 52-0. It was the first time we’ve against Doherty in like 15 years. I think. I’ve heard that we’ve had a losing streak against them from different values for the year. Alana’s dance, which was really fun. Kasey’s birthday party, where we went to Boriellos, and bowling afterward. Watched Demonic toys at her house. Which was just a horrible movie. Ryan and I found out that I’m the physical manifestation of Karma. It’s now a running joke between us. There was Kayla’s birthday party and trick-or-treating afterwards. It was a very, very fun weekend.
November I remember a certain weekend with working on our History Documentary and reading Hamlet. That weekend was stressful. Reading Hamlet was fun though. I went to Amanda’s birthday party. We adopted our dog, Willow, on November 16th. Masque and Sandal put on our fall play, The Bloody Attack of the Evil, Demonic Giraffe puppet, that Thursday- Saturday. I helped tech for it. This year, I’ve realized how much I love the feel of theatre, and I should’ve joined Masque and Sandal prior to senior year. I think I’ll continue to be in theatre in college. I went to Alana’s birthday party, where we went and shot pool, and played Kinect at her house. It was really fun. There was Thanksgiving Break. We watched Hamlet at Lily’s. I had Ani’s birthday party to go to.
December Last IB day of my life, sadly. We did toast it at lunch though. End of my first semester of Senior year. Went to a Flies with Buffalo benefit concert on the 17th. Their concerts are always amazing, but I loved the atmosphere of this one more. A kid that I knew from school, but I never really had the chance to talk to, died the day after. It brought everyone together, and made me realize again how short life is, and how I really don’t tell the people around me how much I love them. So I’ve been starting to do that recently. I went to a Christmas Eve service at Jay’s church, and we drove around late at night. I love driving around with friends at night, it has such a lovely feeling to it. Christmas was kind of low-key this year. I received an electronic dictionary, a few of my favourite movies. (Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium and August Rush) I also received Inception and 21 Jump Street. Both of which I have to watch. And! My mom actually found my favourite type of puzzle in book form, so I don’t have to print them out/ do them online anymore. They're really fun to solve.

Coming up, I have my group of friends coming over for a game night, which I’m really excited for. And Friday, I’m doing a Murder Mystery dinner with them for new years. I’ve never done one, and I’m so excited to see how it goes. I doubt I’ll post before then, so I hope everyone has a great start to their new year! And I’ll try and post in my blog more this coming year. We’ll see how it goes.

See ya! (and hopefully soon)
-Renae